I hadn't seen the Honda for at least 5 years , it was sitting out the back with tin over it ,Shogun mower with Honda GXV160, looked new when I found it but covered in dust now, may as well scrap it for the good motor ,I see people advertise similar mowers to this now for $400. and 12 months later their still asking $400.
Very rarely do I find a Honda or Chonda mower that the carby needs replacing but years ago I'd also look for mowers in country areas as I'd find more vintage mowers and would find some Chonda mowers that looked new but the motors were stuffed (no compression or burning a lot of oil) about 10 percent of the motors were worn out ,the strange thing was sometimes the oil looked brand new as well as the mower.
Last time I ran the GXV160 it ran well, the last serviced yardking mower I sold for $50.also looked like it wasn't used much but still took a couple months to sell ,5 years ago I could have sold 50 mowers in a month on one ad at that price.
Not worth fixing a mower on Saturday to sell for $50. when I can cut and split firewood in the back yard and make $1000. and the wood can sell in a couple days.
