Yup, I give in too. Not completely sure how it works either.
I was going to make the comment that the repair could be significantly trimmed to reduce weight but if it's not too bad then well and good.
I'm curious to see what you do with the adjust lever positioning and geometry to give good operation and keep it clear of the step through area.
Looking at this I remember that when the parents went mower shopping in the early eighties to replace the old rover with a shiny New Greenie they were initially looking at a step thru model but ended up coming home with a tractor (yes folks, the one I still use
) because mother didn't have the strength to adjust the deck height on the step thru.
