Hi Mowerfreak,

Thanks for the help mate I was just lucky I found that picture of one with everything installed.

You know you keep mentioning that dumpster behind the mower shop, and now I sometimes have a look at the back of the mower shop here as they also have sort of a laneway and a dumpster behind the shop! LOL! But I think it may have alot of traffic and pedestrians going past there that nothing would probably stay there long if they dumped it..lol One day I might just crack the lid open on the dumpster and have a peek inside, you never know what might be in there...lol

On the mower that I found as you can see in the photo the fuel tap is broken off and the end of the tap is still in the tank. There was no fuel line at all when I got this mower. I am slowly getting the parts to get it working again.

I haven't been on the hunt for catchers for many years now, but recently I have found a couple that both have broken missing front sections on the lip. That last one I found I was shocked as it looks like it never got used at all. Probably because I have always found buggered catchers around here.

I am still not sure what to do with the older red powertorque mower, it's got a really rough rusty looking deck and it really needs a tear down and a rebuild. I am thinking of giving the deck, rear flap and handles a new coat of paint. It looks that bad.

Any tips on what's a good paint for the deck? I think I will just use some gloss black pressure pack for the rear flap and handles.
I need to get a nice red for the deck and I will probably just use some pressure pack red as it's easy. Do you know of any good ready to use spray cans in red for a mower deck? I could just use those cheap spray cans from Super Cheap Auto or something. But I am thinking how good is that paint when it comes into contact with any fuel spills? lol

Cheers!

Last edited by Converse; 18/03/19 03:33 PM.
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