Hi Guys,
On Saturday afternoon I picked up something very different from the recycle centre. The mower came with a catcher and appeared to only have a fault with the throttle cable which was easily rectified once I bought it home and made a couple of adjustments. The mower starts really easily however doesn�t idle really well however I suspect with a thorough carby clean and valve adjustment the mower will run reasonably well. At full speed the engine runs spot on.
As I haven�t worked on one of these before I was curious which Honda it copies. I am thinking it might be the Honda GCV135 or similar however I am not 100% sure. I just wanted to get the correct valve clearances and read over the right manual to start with.
For everyone�s reference the mower appears to be reasonably robust for a budget mower - better than the Sanli Lawn Beetle�s I have previously worked on however I guess only time will tell.
My experience with Chonda�s to date shows they are reasonably robust and personally I don�t mind mowing with them at all.
One thing that did concern me was the mower was reasonably low on oil � perhaps at half capacity however the oil in the engine was very clean. Note � the mower does not smoke at all, I gave it a good run for 20 minutes or so today after topping up the oil of course.
My understanding with the Honda�s and Chonda�s is the oil level should be checked without screwing the dipstick into position unlike a briggs which must be screwed in to check the oil � It would be great if somebody could confirm.
As usual any comments would be appreciated.
Jaffa J
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