My one went for scrap, it was getting really clapped out (was pretty sad wjem I got it) The thing that broke it for good was sheer stupidity, a 47 degree day, and plenty of victoria bitter.
Mowing the lawns minding my own business, it was very hot outside and the mower ran out of fuel.... Having not had any fuel laying around the house I put a good half litre of paint thinners in there and soldiered on. The last 20X20 square at my old house was the thickest grass I have ever mowed with any mower, even powertorques struggled with it.
Anyhow I went full steam ahead into that and about 3/4 of the way through I blew the side out of the headgasket and it only kept barely running with a decent bang on every compression stroke.
Afterward I did revive it making a headgasket out of a cereal box but it never ran the same again. Hey I got it for free, it was the second mower I ever got running and I got money for it from the scrap merchant.
