Hi to all
ODK members,
I had a very interesting chat with the proprietor of a Western Australian mower repair shop this morning, and found out some interesting information on the solid deck Series 1 Model 45 Scott Bonnar.
It has been a long held belief here at
ODK that the solid deck Scotty's were far superior to the Series 2, twin rail models, due to the cracking problems of the rails adjacent to the engine mounting holes.
Well, it turns out that the solid deck was not all it's cracked up to be (no pun intended,
).
The fact is that this gentleman has had to repair many, many solid decks due to serious cracks adjacent to the mounting holes to right through to the front of the deck.
The cracking problem is just as prevalent in the solid deck as the twin railer.
So it appears that engine vibration is the cause and has been inherent in the Scotty design since its inception.
As I've said before, you learn something new in the Scott Bonnar story every day.
