Cheers Jack.
My Son delivered the Rancher here to me today. 'Hard to start' he was told by the seller.
You may notice that the motor is 180* to the normal set up.
A better configuration in my opinion as the plug, carb and control cable are not exposed to close encounters with undergrowth and branches.
This was pointed out and told to me by a mate who has one also; that this set up gave better weight distribution of the machine- maybe he is correct.
I gave the base a quick clean of the dry grass with a stick, checked the oil and petrol Petrol was down and likely old. Then set the carburetor cable to choke start.
Pulled the engine up to compression then first pull, start!
No bangs or clangs.
I mowed a small bit of lawn as best I could from my chair.
It mows damn good, just the motor hunting slightly which could be ?? low fuel/old fuel/ main jet ?
Some quick observations - the wheel bearings are naff. The front axle is heavily corroded under the front apron area. Large areas of the powder coat are just sitting there - I'm not fussed about that at this point.
The chassis doesn't appear to be fractured. No rust either
It has quite a deep bowl. The blade is a mulch bar blade and (balance?) bar at 90*, I'm not familiar with this set up.
The B&S engine is a model 124702-0206-01 with
serial # 92081856
assuming time for shipping or the engine was ex stock, that would place this mower in 1992 or 1993?
I will find out more on Sunday and post some images.
Here is a couple from the listing
All in all, I am quite happy.
