I usually have 'the real maxwell syndrome' - missed it by a mile
Great to hear its running well. This was my last freebie mower (line trimmers are another matter) - absolutely covered in muck and needed a muffler, blades, fix catcher spring, axle bushes, etc.
Good result for 3 hrs work though - runs like brand new - had the cleanest exhaust port I have ever seen on a Victa - and a spotless piston
PS - that lawn was back when we had that weird rain even back in feb - I fertilized it and sea-sol'd the day before the rain and this was the growth in 8 days. It wasn't short before that, and I am only now at back at height 5 (gave it a solid scalp and got about 8 wheelbarrows of thatch out). I mowed the whole of summer at height 10 or so to stop it dying.
