Of all the mowers that have come, gone and stayed, there is only one mower I have had the privilege of knowing since it was new.
In the early 90's my grandfather bought a Power torque utility, and over the years it always ran well, by the time I got into mowers, at about 13, it was starting to need a little work, the first thing was the cowl, which went from orange to red due to cracks and chips.
then later the base rust gave way, and the engine hit the ground running, so a new base was on the cards, going from silver to red, and a new cowl soon after, this time black.
Along the way the engine has needed very little, a new spark plug boot, and a repair to one of the cut out wires.
A few years ago the mower moved onto my parents lawn, and it's life became a little harder, moving from my grandparents flat suburban yard to a very steep, tricky and in parts rough acre, and it's light weight and tough engine made it perfect for the Job.
Last weekend I was up visiting, and I repaired my parent whipper snipper, while i was in the shed, I noticed a crack forming around one of the engine mounts on the mower, so I popped it in the boot, and brought it home for a new base this week.
It's now on the new base (silver) and during the migration I found the blade disk to be quite badly damaged (I don't thing it would have been to long till ejection) so I have swapped that out to.
I have also decided to give it a makeover, with a VS-160 cowl, comfort grip handles, new wheels, lever locks, and a new muffler, as well as filters, spark plug and blades.
It's also getting a full clean up, and having the governed speed returned down to normal (time has revved it up a notch) so by the end of this it should be looking quite flashy.
The engine however has never really faltered, and continues to power on strong, unlike allot of the newer power torque engines, it can handle the rough load.
I'll have pictures up soon of it's makeover, so far it's coming along great, and should get another 10 years out of it's new base, and I really cant see the engine giving out any time in the next 20 years.
