That was the big end, that was....

Hello, that sounds like an odd knock....

Ease the throttle off and there's the hint of a misfire. Strange.

Give it full welly, and yes, there's definitely an odd sound there.

Five seconds later there's a God-almighty *BANG!* and the thing stops
dead. Using the starter only produces a horrible rattle. Oooh dear,
muvver.

I quickly remove the nearest engine cover, and a piece of alloy
crankcase falls onto my foot. There's a hole in the cases you could
stick a child's fist through. It's thrown a rod. The engine is
completely totalled.

****. That's me down to B&Q to buy a new lawnmower, then.

(Didn't run it out of oil, either. No idea what happened, but it's the
most comprehensively blown-up mower I've ever seen).

 

Where the **** is Bear when you need him?

 

I see it every day mate,

Blown casings, fucked ends, bent cranks, broken mounts, blades bent,
and any amount of ways to stop a mower so they can have a break instead of
working.

Bugger B & Q, go to a proper mower man and get a real mower that'll last and
don't get a cheapo either you tight wad........ ;-p


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Robbo
1500GL 1988 Goldwing (Rebuild in process)
BMW K100 RS 1984
"Fairly Quick" status. Silver level
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003.
B.O.S.M 2003.FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
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Robbo says...

I got a bargain at our local B+Q. It's built by Ransomes but badged as a
Cooper, with Tekumseh 35 engine and driven wheels, for 110 quid.

 

Lozzo <> struggled to ejaculate:

[mowers]

^
currently non-

HTH

 

That's *exactly* what I did with this one, when I bought it. And the
specialist mower place closed down eighteen months ago.

 

What sort of engine did you have?

My Briggs&Stratton Sprint375 has coped with half an acre of grass
for 7 years and was going strong until last night when I tried
to mow a brick. It will probably continue for years after I get
a new blade.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

I've had a Honda for about 10 years, wasn't new when I got it. No
problems, it probably gets about 1/2 an hours use a week in the summer.

Maintenance: Er... I add petrol and clean out the air filter. That's it
really. Check the oil about once a year, never seems to go down.

S'pose I ought to change the oil really, one day...

 

Shanks Mowers Croydon
Grove Works, Bensham Grove Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8DA T:
02087714811


Used them meself in the past for spares.


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Robbo
1500GL 1988 Goldwing (Rebuild in process)
BMW K100 RS 1984
"Fairly Quick" status. Silver level
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003.
B.O.S.M 2003.FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
..

 

Good man. Well, this engine is beyond hope and I was looking for a
specialist mower place, so I'll give them a call.

Seriously, Robbo - much appreciated.

 

I bought an early seventies Suffolk Colt for £25. Used it for five years
when where we lived at the time had a garden that justified a petrol
mower.

Then sold it for £25, for all I know its still going.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Old Fart at Play

Aye but there's two distinct types of B&S engine. The el cheapo ones
rely on splashlube for the crank (at least they used to), so it's hardly
surprising they go bang from time to time.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

7 years and you never noticed the brick before... ;-)

 

Mine's a splash one.
It gets fully synthetic oil when I change the oil
in the gixxer.

 

No, this was the first time I forgot to mow round it.

 

For some reason I see you as more of a goat man.

 

Well I know he's into Bees and their produce..............
but Goats.......... Nah..........His garden aint *that* big.


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Robbo
1500GL 1988 Goldwing (Rebuild in process)
BMW K100 RS 1984
"Fairly Quick" status. Silver level
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003.
B.O.S.M 2003.FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
..

 

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I could end up with a new good quality electric mower excess to
requirements soon.

 

Details?

 

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