I hope this is the right place for this, I have seen a few other posts similar so here goes.
This is the mower that came with a 15 acre property we bought. After getting it going a few times it went for a while then stopped, wouldn't restart. Ominous clacking sound when turning over didn't sound good.
Now, whilst I now know what happened (con-rod brokeded) I don't why, whether it's something I did or didn't do or it was about to go on it's own. Being about 35 years old it's done quite well but the timing of it's demise was suspicious.
I eventually got said mower back to suburbia where I could work on it and pulled the engine off and apart.
Knowing the 11HP engine was stuffed I started thinking about finding a replacement and considered a 16HP Chinese Loncin engine available locally, problem was it had an oil filter the original BnS didn't so I knew it might not fit.
Hence I decided to model the mower a) for fun (?) and b) to help with modification options without having to cut anything first c) play around with different paint options virtually.
Problem with b) is I don't have the engine modelled and wont any time soon
Since then I also decided to go with a "Buy Australian first, Chinese last" approach to life so ended up buying a 11.5HP US made BnS from local BnS guy. Contacted BnS US and unsurprisingly they wouldn't let me have any models of their engines. Poo poo heads.
BnS also has an oil filter so something's gonna get cut.
I hope I haven't crossed any lines or broken any Mower community rules but I have decided to paint it white going forward.
More to come...
