Well, finally got my new old mower home, it had been sitting outside for two years, with the only cover being the catcher sitting over the engine. Terrible!
From what I can see, it hasn't had a lot of use, but on disassembly seems to have a broken alloy pivoting cylinder carrier on one side.
It is held on by a big recessed nut on a left hand thread, and no socket I have seems to fit. Are SBs metric or imperial.I would have thought metric, but the bolts I removed to take the cutter unit out seemed to fit a 9/16 W open ended spanner, rather than 14mm which was a bit snug to be the proper size.
This nut looks like about 28mm, for which I do not have a socket. Previous owner seems to have used a centre punch to remove it, which has swollen the nut on one face, so I will have to try and dremmel it back to its original shape before I do any more.
Do you think the pivoting carrier could be welded?
I am also struggling to get the bottom blade off the base plate, and wondering whether a shop could sharpen it while still attached? Any thoughts?[Linked Image]

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Last edited by rayray; 22/04/25 05:32 AM. Reason: to add more photos and fix a typo