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Well this story gets better, sitting on the couch this afternoon and I hear a mower being pushed up the driveway ?? My neighbor who gave me his old mower had another mower, this belonged to another neighbor who had lent it to him and it had stopped while he was using it.

Thinking it was terminal he asked if I wanted it, I said yes please and wheeled it away. Now the two neighbours share the new Chinese mower.













I did ask what had happened and he told me that it made a big horrible noise threw out a lot of gunk from underneath and then stopped. I checked underneath and all looked OK, pulled the plug and it was the original and caked with carbon. The oil was black and the air filter was a piece of old pillow foam cut to size.

Cleaned the plug and it had spark, threw away the pillow filter and tried the starter. Nothing for a bit and then setting the throttle half way it started up ! Ran it till it was hot and then changed the oil. Started it again and then it made the horrible noise, loose blade plate. Tightened up the blade plate bolt and it started easily and ran very smoothly :-)

After having a look on the net am I right in thinking it is a Tecumseh TVS120 motor ? Not sure of what the Victa name would have been, Lawnkeeper may be ? I have asked them both if they want there mowers back and both said no :-). I actually thought this engine was missing it's shroud but now I see that's how they are, UGLY !