Hi Norm
I can't believe what gets thrown away - this has scarcely ever been used - the pull cord is all nice and clean without wear or even dirt build up
Thankfully a lot of what gets thrown out is 'intercepted' before it goes to the crusher - either by guys like us who can fix/use it themselves or by the guys who look at it and go 'oh, I can sell that as is on gumtree for a profit'. Although occasionally the latter are complete idiots and end up sitting on piles of crap for years due to insane asking prices.
Aside from dirt ingestion, running low/no on oil or the ancillaries failing, its hard to kill most engines through wear - they just don't get the hours use up
