Hi All
I found an old Masport 632 mower (circa 1980's) with a Tecumseh TVS600 two stroke engine (model with vertical pull start). I took it to the local mower shop for a quick service to make sure that I could sell it on quickly. The mower did start when you sprayed 'start ya bastered' down the air intake and seemed to run well.
The mower shop has since informed me that the mower has a badly scoured piston and needs new rings as the old ones are shot. They said the damage was due to carbon build up and not lack of oil. It also has a few issues with the on/off switch on the engine.
I wanted to know if it was a easy or hard fix to repair these issues in a Tecumseh engine as I have never worked on one of these before. Also the shop said that it would cost around $600NZ$ to fix! Is this price right.
