Question for the experts - Wilmslow style - lawnmowers

[darmstadt]

One of my tasks when doing commnity service was to repair the commune's lawnmowers (along with cutting sheep toenails) so I used to tune them up. I remember taking a sit down one once for a spin and never saw the ha ha (which you're not meant to anyway.) Boy that hurt

[DimPrawn]

Guy driving home from work, stops at the lights and sees a guy on the central reservation, on hands and knees, eating the grass.
So he winds his window down
'Oi , what the heck are you doing'
'I Polski, come here six weeks, no job, no work, no money'
'And you have to eat grass to survive, you're joking'
'yes, yes , grass is only food. I starve'
'Jump in the back mate, I'll take you home, meet the missus. much food'
'Danke danke. thankyou. Can I bring Polski wife and children'
'Fck off. I've only got a small garden'

[EternalOptimist]

Guy driving home from work, stops at the lights and sees a guy on the central reservation, on hands and knees, eating the grass.
So he winds his window down
'Oi , what the heck are you doing'
'I Polski, come here six weeks, no job, no work, no money'
'And you have to eat grass to survive, you're joking'
'yes, yes , grass is only food. I starve'
'Jump in the back mate, I'll take you home, meet the missus. much food'
'Danke danke. thankyou. Can I bring Polski wife and children'
'Fck off. I've only got a small garden'

[JoJoGabor]

wurzel,


Igor, thanks for the book,

Milan.

Igor?

[ace00]

Smash It To Pieces With The Hammer

[milanbenes]

wurzel,

agreed,

Igor, thanks for the book,

hmmm, I reckon it is problem that i've been letting the grass get to long and then revving the blx out of the machine to cut it

oh well, got a spare one at the homestead so have to get that one sent over

there is a fantastic company which have supplied me spares, these damned more modern cylinder mowers have got plastic gears and belts instead of the centrifugal clutch and metal gears like on the old suffolk punches and these newer ones, you get something jamming the blades and they strip the teeth of the gears

this is the company, shoulders of shoreham...

http://www.shouldersofshoreham.co.uk...02156A-002277A

is that a cracking website or what ?

still I reckon spares for this one, it'll be cheaper to get a new second hand one

Milan.

[wurzel]

I've knackered a few cylinder mowers over the years - mostly from cutting grass that is too long. Now, I really like my stripes so what I do now is cut the grass with a rotary and then finish the job with my Atco 28 incher. A snip 2nd hand from Ebay at 120 quid!

[JoJoGabor]

Try this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Stroke-E...7828332&sr=1-1

[milanbenes]

bugger

looks like I'll have to get another new second hand one

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

you don't have gardens in Swindon Kevin ?

Milan.

Not up a 15 story council block of flats, no.

Oops.

[Moscow Mule]

afternoon all,

just cut the grass, and the mower, apart from smoking from the exhaust,
there's kind of a stream of blue smoke coming from the engine somewhere

guess it's burning oil, guess the only solution is to keep the oil topped up ?

it's a qualcast cylinder mower


any ideas, will it break if I continue to use it like this


i guess it'll run 'till it breaks


Milan.

Needs engine rebuild - IIRC blue smoke is an indicator of knackered pistons.

[milanbenes]

you don't have gardens in Swindon Kevin ?

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

Where do we start on this one?

Jeez.....

[milanbenes]

afternoon all,

just cut the grass, and the mower, apart from smoking from the exhaust,
there's kind of a stream of blue smoke coming from the engine somewhere

guess it's burning oil, guess the only solution is to keep the oil topped up ?

it's a qualcast cylinder mower


any ideas, will it break if I continue to use it like this


i guess it'll run 'till it breaks


Milan.