I looked for the kits at Home Depot and Lowe's... neither had it and I only found one guy that knew what I was talking about. I stopped at O'Reilly Auto Parts on the way home and asked if they had valve lapping compound, they did, for $2.50. It looks like I need a snap ring pliers to get the gear off, but then I should be able to see how well it works. It came with both "coarse" and "fine"... not sure what grit they are, but I figured it was worth a shot. I will report back on how well it works.
Just adjusting the blades made a huge difference. The taller grass that was taking two to three passes is now cut on the first pass, and adjusting the blades took less than one minute.
My wife likes using it. We mowed some of the front lawn with it last night, and she was amazed at how well it worked. I was wrong before also, it's a 16" mower, not 18".
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