Here's a photo of the rusted deck. It appeared the previous owners had never bothered cleaning under (or over) the deck after mowing.
Did a couple of thousand square metres with it today, great mower. I reckon the quality is better than what Aldi sells these days.
BTW it starts very easily, it does have an electric starter but didn't come with a battery so just gets a pull on the rope. There's no choke lever or throttle lever, all completely automatic, no fuel petcock either. Had some long grass to tackle and there was not a hint of stalling.
Last edited by MowingManiac; Yesterday at08:53 PM.