@Pat_USA
Being female does not exclude you from doing this work. Some mechanical experience and physical strength are all that is needed. Now many females have both and many females have neither of those traits. But you have the advantages of a digital camera to take pictures of the tractor before you take parts off and remember how it goes back together AND you have support from this group. I am hesitant to say it will be easy because it is just tedious work and you will have to remove the deck from underneath the mower. You may want to get some assistance from a friend to do this. As an older retired male, I would suggest that you ask your neighbors to assist you with this if you are not comfortable doing it yourself. I know most independent living people hate to ask for assistance but most people are very willing to help if the request is made.
But here are the rough steps that I see needing to happen.
1) remove the deck to gain access to all three belts
2) lift and block the tractor off the floor so you can slide your head, shoulders and arms underneath to get to the transmission drive belt.
3) remove the transmission drive belt (assuming you intend to replace it) by stretching the spring on the HST tension pulley. This requires strength and is a bit risky. You could use a ratcheting strap if you can get a good pull direction on the spring system. Sometimes there are bolts that allow the tension to be removed and tightened. I don’t see that in your diagrams though.
4) install new transmission drive belt
5) adjust tension properly if needed
6) tractor can be lowered back onto the ground
7) tractor can be driven now if desired
8) on the mower deck you need to take a picture of the top to show you how the belts are routed
9) to fix the mohawk problem you probably need to turn the deck vertically and tie it safely from falling either direction
10) adjust blades as needed to remove the Mohawk problem
11) lower deck back into the correct position
12) remove the belts you intend to replace on the deck
13) install the belts on the deck
14) tension the blade belt properly
15) install the deck underneath the tractor
16) install the PTO mower drive belt properly onto the engine pulley
17) attach the deck to the tractor lift linkages
18) make sure the deck lifts and lowers properly
19) make sure the mower belts engage properly
20) go have a celebration of completion
I did NOT list some steps like “remove belt guards and tension springs” on some of these steps but they may be required t get the belts on and off.
This would probably take a slow moving person around 6-8 hours to complete.
I will post a couple of diagrams about the belt routing.
