Hi all,
I had another look at this the other day, and found the deck wouldn�t lower all the way to the lowest point without the connecting link fouling on the front of the deck near the wheel. I had a look at the other connecting link I had, and the victa parts manual, and there are 2 different part numbers for the decks with and without the plastic height adjuster. I popped the e clips out of the two axle connecting links on the 2 mowers, swapped them over and got the full range of height adjustment out of both decks. So I guess if anyone is swapping between decks with plastic height adjuster and handle etc. for whatever reason, you may need to swap over the axle connecting link.
Cheers,
John