OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Briggs & Stratton Engines Scored another mower - Rover 460

I thought i would do a little letter box drop asking for old unwanted petrol garden tools etc. Got a call this morning to pick up a mower from up the road and picked up this Rover 460. The lady said they couldn't get it to work and it looked like someone tried to pull it apart and fix it with no luck.

So i put it back together put in some fresh fuel checked for spark and compression and what do you know.. It runs! I will give it a gurnie off tomorrow and have abit more of a tinker with it. I believe it has the wrong catcher but it still fits.
I believe these mowers are still sold new?

Cheers

Josh

Thats nice, I had one like it a while back I had to swap another motor onto as it had a lot of play in the crank.

How many flyers did you put in mailboxes to score this one?

JRS if that engine has ripples on the casing of the engine facing the catcher side then you have got yourself one of the china made Briggs & Stratton engines with the China made Rover frame.

23 flyers Joe.

Cheers for the info Bruce! I still have a little bit of tinkering on it today and hopefully she should be good to go!

Hi JRS, and on a good score!!
A big warm welcome to the forum!!

Hmmm ok it has a bent shaft which causes the whole thing to vibrate really badly. Is there an easy way to straighten these? I have the motor apart i just have to take the conrod off the crank and pull the shaft out. Its vibrated so much that it has cracked the chassis around the mount holes.

Josh

Josh,

I have a shaft straightener in the workshop all you need to do is take the motor off the frame, no need to remove the crankshaft.

I will be doing a contractors honda engine on Tuesday as he hit something hard and it has been vibrating for a while now.