Hi Michael, Firstly, let me say that I agree with grumpy's thoughts, I have owned quite a few cylinder mowers with Villiers engines in my time and found that they are not reliable to use as a working everyday mower these days owing to age and availability of some spare parts (like the plugs that grumpy mentioned)
However, if you want a cheap cylinder mower with which to mow your lawn, it is possible to purchase a complete mower cheaply from eBay and re-engine it with a later model engine that would be reliable and spares easily purchased...such as a horizontal shaft Briggs and Stratton.
