Thank you so much Bruce!

Are there any variations to the 31520x72A model, ie a 31520x72B, 31520x73A, 31521x72A, etc? I noticed 1) the seat back is shorter in the illustration than mine (perhaps this is just failing to alter the drawing?), and 2) the grip on the blade engagement control seems different. I�ll look at it more thoroughly tomorrow. This is why I really wanted to view a Murray book to sus all these things out.

I noticed that the parts manual on the 31520x72A goes from page 28 to 38 but is missing pages 36 and 37. The mower housing details are pages 10 and 11 of the 9-31520x72 manual. Why is that?

As a fellow technician/engineer/scientist I hope you understand where I am coming from when I ask a few more questions. As you may have seen by my posts and research so far I always try to understand an answer rather than just get an answer. And I do like to be thorough!