Hi Em and Mod CJ,

I notice that your mower has had a clutch half changed and the situation prior to this would've affected the thrust pad and melted it.
One thing that is incredibly common is that the twin rail 20 inch was the most susceptable to rail fracture and inevitable total failure.

I would remove the engine and have a quick look carefully at the rail surfaces and see what the situation is with any tell tale marks as with it having the clutch changed means that massive vibration would've been forced upon the rail to take up and the 20 inch machine has a long span that will suffer rather quickly.

Regardless, $50 is a good buy for a machine that when fully restored should fetch around $1500 hands down.

Cheers,

BB

***Update*** that figure would be around $2000~$2500 in today's market.(Dec 2019)

Last edited by Bonnar_Bloke; 18/12/19 03:12 PM.
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