Hi Peter, the blades are definitely the same as the honda blades. FYI, the blades are 124*44. When you measure a blade it's measured from the centre of the bolt hole to the tip, not end to end.
As for what it clones, GXV140 or GXV160, who knows?? they are all fairly similar from a servicing perspective. Grumpy's given you the inlet and exhaust clearances so set them, clean the carby and see what happens.
As with all choke carby's make sure the choke engages fully on start up. My experience with these is the governor plate is inferior in its design, quality and function so a little bit of adjusting and gentle manipulation may be needed to get the choke to engage at full throttle and the kill switch to activate on shutdown. It's a balancing act and you'll see what i mean, if and when it come to that.
The good part is that Rover stock, or at least can get parts for these machines unlike most of the other Chondas. i bought a sump gasket for one 2 weeks ago.
By the way, the filter looks usable, so dont ush out and replace it, they're a bit pricey for what they are. The element doesn't look oiled, just oily along the bottom on the rubber probably due to the machine being overfilled or tipped up and the oil coming through the breather and down into the assembly at some point.
Good luck and keep us posted.
