OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums General Discussion Forum Power Equipment...Mishaps and Funny Stuff They just don't build em like this anymore!

I figured it's about time I upgraded the old 8hp Rover Colt ride on mower and give the poor bugger a break. I've actually done some pretty impressive jobs with him over the last 18 months all things considered. Some how I don't think this is *quite* what they had in mind when they built him back in 1986 but.

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And the Missus wondered why I kept calling him Slash Jnr!

Hi Dirty Berty, and a big warm welcome to the forum.
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Whoops! I forgot to change the access settings on the google docs. They should work now, but I'll look into the photobucket over the weekend.


Cheers for that

I have a similar rover colt here I use for similar purposes.

Broke the back axle last night though using it as a go cart (long story, lots of VB, boredom kicked in)

The 8hp seems to have ample power for a small machine.

Good to see you got the photos sorted out

I do the same sort of work with my rover rancher 8 hp,when you rock up to a job, people think your crazy and it cant be done.but the old girls are built tough.i would like to see a $4000.00 mower do the same work...ken

Funny stor for ya Ken, I took my little colt out to a job today to help my boss get his place done. The grass was easily 1m tall.

He was using a huge ass MTD yard machine, with a Big briggs on it. The little rover ran rings around it, In the end it worked out best for me to do the first cut and him follow being me to cut a little lower.

Even with the grass cut down to 20cm or less he had to crawl though it while I finished up, dropped the deck on the rover lower and ran past him again.

Problems for the day.....

Blew the cutting belt on both mowers (mine was RS anyway....) Got a new one and kept going

Blew the gearbox belt on mine 30 mins later, easy fixed $12 for a new one.

All in all this is a ripper of a mower.

This isn't the hardest/biggest job the old Gal has tackled by a long shot, but the photos doesn't show the 2 inch deep water futher up the easement that she slogged through or other grass and crap down the other end of the end that was upto my shoulder. The little bar on the front of her just pushes all the green down flat and the blade just chomps right on through!

I used to use her to mow/slash an acerage property out Caboolture way that was a complete swamp after a butt-load of rain earlier in the year where the entire property was between knee to waist height. But everytime I took her there since something else has gone wrong with the poor old bird. After that job I broke down the engine and gave her a good clean out, adjusted the throttle control and some MUCH needed TLC. Well bugger me if she didn't start flying around the place tackling hills in 3rd gear she could never do in 1st. I swear if I flapped my arms she damn near take off!

Next time I went to mow that proeperty I found a couple of potholes where they'de ripped out some old bushes. Hit them at full speed in 3rd on a curve and almost threw me outa the seat like a bloody bucking bull, snapped the spindle housing and one of the tabs on the disc boss assembly, tore up the cutter belt and lost a deck bolt.

Took me a bit to fix her up again as cracking the spindle nut was a pain in the arse (finally got it with a couple of meter long iron pipes and 25mm spanners). Replaced the belt, ground down the boss assembly etc, and all was good again.

Next time, same property.. A couple of the bolts that hold the casing ontop and the oil dipstick tube inplace dissapeared and the bloody dipstick came out. Didn't realise until she was sounding rough and I find oil splashed down the back of one leg and all over the frame floor. Poor bugger of a thing just hasn't been the same since then