How to Install Mulch Control Kit on 42-inch Accel Deep Deck 

Thanks for your informative video. I don't think I could have installed the kit without your video. JD should refer their customers to your videos. Thanks so much!

Very comprehensive and customer-friendly. I put mine on watching your video.

This video helped a ton. Got my kit on very quick. Thank you!

Very clear and concise. Thank you

Just finished installing the Mulch Control Kit BUC10704 on my ’23 Z320M ZTrak. I watched your video about 3 times, so I just went right after it. I did do something different however, as I left the deck on the machine. I disconnected the two rear drives by pulling the pins out (that you showed in another video) and moved the operator control arms inward, so the machine would roll freely. Using two nylon straps chocked around each caster frame I attached a small chain fall and lifted the machine to about 45 degrees. This gave me complete access to under the deck to remove the blades and to attach the kit to the deck. I removed the foot deck to access the top area of the mower deck. Now the big surprise, John Deere has completely redesigned the handle mechanism. It’s now a very robust design with a big spring and handle is part of the assembly with a rubbery plastic piece slid onto the metal section that you grab to operate the door. It only mounts with one of the rounded bottom screws and the nut on the pin-flag piece provides the other handle fastening point. Also the pin-flag piece is no longer galvanized, just black paint. The other rounded bottom screw just secures the plastic deflector to the deck, no longer the handle. Thanks again for your videos, they helped this kit install a simple job to accomplish. If you would like to see photos of the new handle assembly as installed I’d be glad to share them.

Awesome video!! This is so much better then the directions that came with the kit!

Great tutorial - thanks, made the job really simple.

As others have said, thanks a million! The JD instruction booklet is terrible w awful black n white photos. You made it so easy ! I am now a follower!

Excellent video… This saved me a lot of time installing this kit compared to the manual. Thank you!

Thank you! great video that was a big help agree with others not sure I would have got it done first time without Video instructions are very general and lacking the details you cover.

Great video. A lot better than the John Deere instruction manual.

Thank you very much. Your instructions were a hell of a lot easier to follow then what John Deere provided with the mulching kit. Maybe John Deere should reference your RU-vid video for installation instructions. One other note, you had me up until installing the handle assembly. I have a different handle assembly. Other than that, outstanding job!!!

Super nice option and easy install.👍

I put mine on watching u. Big help

Great job, thank you for the help!

Super helpful, just installed mine.

Can you buy a simple mulch cover for this model rather than a full kit? I’ve seen some for other JD models but not this deep accel type.

Thank you

THe handle in my kit is different and a single piece. I am assuming they changed the design yet still will work on a S240 with the 42A Accel Deck.

Excellent directions!

Are Oregon Gator Mulching Blades good with this deck? I'm debating replacing the OEM blades with OEM or Oregon Gator...

Do you have to get off the mower to move the lever from open to close?

Just installed a mulch kit on my 2023 x390 54" deck... I am going to need to relook at mine.. When I turn the blades with mulch door closed. The blade hits the mulch door.

Can it be installed along with the bagger system?

I just bought the x300 will this kit fit my mower ?

Thanks for the video. This add on works well and is very easy to install. Unfortunately it's not worth the $150.00 (even more now I see) from a quality of parts perspective. The part of the plastic that holds the operating paddle/stud broke on mine halfway through the first season of use. I am now back to getting blasted by face-full of grass and dirt. Lovely. John Deere wants me to pay another $65.00 for a new piece. I thoroughly enjoy my X330. This is a lesson learned. John Deere, never again.

why did john deer stop making the metal kit BM24794?

John Deer changed the color of the deck of the 42 to green. And the mulch kit lever is now a one piece in. I would like to see one of your videos on changing the blade after adding the mulch kit.

VERY GOOD VIDEO, I have avoided installing mine because the booklet that came with it was not very clear on the instructions.

Can you have this installed while also using the bagger kit? (It looks like the black plastic really changes the flow pattern under the deck)

Question What the difference between the dry-condition kit and the mulch control attachment? Trying to see which one I should get. Thanks.

Your video is the best !!! So easy to follow 👍. However I’m personally disappointed with the product. I installed it 100% correctly and when I first ran it the blade chewed through the piece that opens and closes. Not enough where it went through the other side but enough where it may now be compromised in the future. I have a z345m . I told the dealer and they didn’t offer me any compensation because they didn’t install it . Bummer

Can this kit be used with the bagger also? So I can discharge mulch or back without having to change a bunch of parts over?

received my z330m john deere and was looking for a deck belt to have on hand, Looked at your site and could not find it. can you help?

Don’t have the z315e listed!

Bought the 10704 mulch kit that is all plastic. First mow and a small rock cracked the chute blocker. $250 down the drain not what i expect from John Deere. What was wrong with the old mulch kit BM24794 that was all metal?

Does you just use your stock blades,or are there others to install?

Ive broken two of the plastic doors. Can that part be purchased separately?

Are the blades that come with the kit the same size as the original blades and what's the difference (will the original blades damage the kit)? Thank you!

I thought there was a warning not to use this kit with regular blades? Please advise!

Can this be installed without removing the deck?

Do you have a video on how to take it off and put it back on?

What is part number I should be shopping for?

Which mulch control kit do you think is best. BUC10704 or BM24794?

Do you have to drop the deck to install it?

Going to have to up armor a kit with some sheet metal. 2 seasons mine was junk. The plastic is not surviving. John Deere you can do better...

More overly complicated nonsense from JD, a simple plug and mulching blades would do fine, but I guess they couldn't charge hundreds of dollars for that.

😅😮 Plastic parts that’s bull shit. In my yard it would be broken off the first 10 minutes. 😊😮😅😂

Not impressed with it on my x390