AVB I was talking to a mate of mine a few days ago and he was telling me he was a bit annoyed that his son kept coming over and borrowing his Honda mower and I know he is pretty particular with his Honda. His son had bought one of the cheapie mowers and it only worked for a short time . I was standing there looking at an old Victa from the sixties and I said to him that this thing would most likely run with a bit of work and was a far superior mower that any of the new cheapies would ever be but as it didn't have a catcher I didn't bother with them. The other thing it didn't look nice and pretty, but mechanically it would outlast 10 cheapies. Some people are waking up to the fact that the new stuff is just throw away and then they come looking for the older better quality stuff but they don't want to pay much for it. I would hate to be in your position trying to earn a dollar out of this repair business, just way to hard but I hope it works out for you, it is a tough gig.