Hi Tyler,
Thank you for your reply - excellent as always!
Yes, I only noticed the pilot metal screw yesterday when as per Max, Norm & your terrific advice I was looking over the linkages etc - it had a tad of gunk on it so wasn't evident at first but upon lookin at the shop manual today I realised this was also a carb adjustment screw - silly me as always.
I will follow your advice - raining a tad here here at present but written down and will venture down to the shed to do.
I will do on that Masport mower as well - I won't 'cross post' but I picked it up a few years ago, the current owner had the drive belt go on it and couldn't be bothered repairing - so sold off cheap - but I've never been able to get it running properly. The SP belt tension system was just a nightmare as it was in a mess when I got it. But I will post up as currently wondering if it's possible to repair. :-) Much thanks again.
