Thanks Blumbly, yes i bought it to restore it but ive been using it as is since i bought it lol, but yeah it obviously wasnt very well looked after. It doesnt seem to have spark at the moment and ive tried a few different plugs with no luck, so while shes out of action im going to start planning my restore. Kind of dreading the self propelled parts though. If it turns out to be a bigger job than i can handle i might see if anyone around my way would be interested in a swap for some other older victa which isnt self propelled.