Thanks for the welcome Deejay. Been pretty crook for a while hence the delay in replying. My intention is to have a functioning lawn mower and keep it in as good a nick as possible. I must say at the moment the mower is purring like t kitten and I am getting a really good cut.

I checked out the specs on the mower - metal plate has stamped - Model no 590012 - Mower no 03174. Is this what you meant?

I do have a catcher so it sounds like I got lucky there (we found this mower at a roadside collection - someone had just thrown it out) - see photo.

As far as parts go, the items I would be looking to replace in the near future are
- the front roller
- the foam element in air cleaner
- the rubber drive belt has a few nicks, so might need replacing at some point

Are these parts out there? I took the mower to my local repair shop to get the blades sharpened - they said all they could do is apply sharpening paste.

Cheers
Pat
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