Hi AVB,
I goofed a bit there, the tube gets rubbed through by the cowl, I get a few and I always remove the tubes from motors I am scrapping because I never know when I will need another tube. I also have seen a few broken off somehow. New tube and motor fires up no problems. As for selling these push mowers, certainly not worth the effort, I do it to keep the grey matter spinning and I do get a perverse sort of pleasure out of telling some lowballer ( I will give you $50 and come and pick it up now) to go take a jump of a high bridge if you get what I mean
