OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums General Discussion Forum Power Equipment...Mishaps and Funny Stuff Well.. found out what happened to the compression!

I owe a lot to the old Self Propelled 5hp Rover mower that I started my business with. She was a faithfull old gal right up until the end. I just didn't expect the end to be so dramatic! I was mowing away at one of my large commercial jobs and almost finished after a bloody long day, when POOF! She just ups and shats herself, lost all compression and sat there looking all depressed.

So I finished the job with the old 5hp MTD wardog I picked up from a road-side dump and got working again, and wonder what the hell I'm going to do with the rover. So over the weekend I drag the old girl up the garage to give her a good seeing too and low and behold... it wasn't the bloody rings causing the lack of compression!
The piston and rings looked great....

But the bloody con-rod didn't!!