Pity you are not in Melb MF I end up with this sort of stuff when I pick up job lots of mowers, 20/40 at a time and there is always a lot of odd ball mowers in there. A couple of months ago I picked up about 40 and I soon realized I could never work my way through them all so I put all the early 2 stroke Victas on Gumtree for $10 each and a bloke came and took 15 of them so that took some of the pressure off where I could put them. I got my money back and he got a lot of parts he could play with.Problem was he said he had about 100 already at his place. The problem is the amount of hours you can spend fixing up one of these mowers. I figure it takes me close to 2 days just to refurb a Powertorque by the time I chase around and find them pick them up find good bodies and the doozie of them all, 4 good wheels, strip,paint and re assemble them.. In the last week or so I have concentrated on the heap of Briggs powered mowers I have here. First step is see if the motor runs and its condition. Second is the body type, MTD bodies go straight in the scrap bin, they usually have Briggs that are worn out, bodies are good, wheels not too bad,no catchers and the body is just too big and bulky for most people to be interested in them. Motors come off, if no good I strip any bits I want, run the grinder through the crank to remove the blade boss and into the trailer with the rest for a run to the tip. All the odd body types that need a specific catcher suffer the same fate. One thing I have started fiddling with a bit was the pile of Chondas here that always come in job lots. Most usually have done little work but get dumped because they won't start. I find most won't start because of the faulty choke design, modify that and they will usually fire up and run ok.
Last edited by NormK; 27/10/17 06:57 AM.
