G’day Norm, Tyler, Max and MF
Tyler, I’m pleased not everything gets scrapped that goes to the scrap merchant. Although, as some of the things I’ve been looking for are from alloy base machines, I’m probably going to find it harder going than it should be.
I’ve not been able to find a steel flip up guard for an alloy base Special 160 for example. Something that I would really like to finish off one project.
Another, probably unrelated, annoyance is that despite hunting, there are no flywheel nuts for attaching starter cups to be had for love nor money. I can make these but you’d think with hundreds of junk Victa mowers there’s likely to be three floating around.
Norm, I gather there’s plenty of people in town, who cut their back lawn only a couple of times a season. It’s probably why he finds himself using the 24. They’re great for high growth on rough surfaces if the overall topography is relatively flat.
I can see I’m going to end up with a user selection of seven mowers, I could probably reduce it by swapping blades but that would take a fair bit of extra time so it’s going to be much more efficient to grab another mower than swap a set of blades. It’s a bit of a work in progress. I should probably start a thread to see how others manage it.
