Hi John,

I'm going to be very "Diplomatic" here and say if it doesn't drive take the engine off and send the rest back to where it came from. Sadly these are worth absolutely nothing except the value in the engine itself.

These won an Australian Design award but with that plastic drive gear which fails without fail they simply become a push mower and that's hard work.

There is a guy that's been replicating the gear with a 3D Printer but how that'll hold up is anybodies guess. There were some years ago a batch of steel gears made up but no more followed. They sold for around $150 each back in the mid 1990's.

A catcher can be found locally here for $20 but it's been available for a long time now which pretty much shows how popular these mowers are.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wes...r-diplomat-reel-mower-catcher/1183915537


Cheers,
BB.

I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.