Very interesting thoughts. Although the handle bars look at little odd Mowerfreak they are at a very comfortable height, for me anyway, and have a real solid feel with no flexing at the deck mount points like a lot of modern mowers. Operation "get Lightning to strike again " is underway, excellent compression but no spark so off with the flywheel to check out, gee the noise the flywheels make when they pop off the crank makes my heart jump into my mouth every time. Safe to say that no lightning has come from this machine for a long period. The coil has an open circuit so need to source another. Maybe this is why she was retired. Unfortunately the starter drum is cracked also.
