I've had a fair few of these seventies Sunbeam Mowers over the years and thought I would throw them all out as the bases are badly designed in my opinion and thought I would explain the problem with the bases.
The early models are even worse and Sunbeam must have known of the cracking base problems because the later bases have a gusset cast in under the base to try and strengthen the base but still with the reinforced base it will crack ,the problem that I can see as a design fault is the height linkage rod from the front axle to rear axle,as it runs through the bases side skirt, the linkage runs through the slotted skirt ,this slot will weaken the base because now the skirt is unsupported.
A few pics of the Sunbeam below showing the problems .
$1.15 a base strikes me as mean. Not worth lifting in and out of the trailer for those tight###s. There's a local cherry picking (s)crap metal merchant my way who won't accept ferrous metal. Bet the worthless bludger pays even less.
Last edited by Mowerfreak; 18/01/2206:08 PM.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I've asked about why the scrap price was so low and they said the further out you are from the docks the less they pay, some places that I know off won't pay anything for scrap as they will only take it for free.
Yes a little mean some scrap places Mf.
Norm ,75 Dohertys Road Laverton North are $1.30 to $1.50 a Kg.
Max, I didn't really take that much notice when they gave me the cheque but I think it worked out to about $7 a base, I made more money by selling the scrap than I do fixing the mowers. I thought he had made a mistake but I wasn't going back to ask him
