Hi
Ricardo123, and a warm welcome to the forum.
It's always nice to welcome another tradie to the site, as we all like to learn new things and tinker here.
Thankyou for your very kind words, and that you find the site of interest.
We are a friendly bunch of moderators and members who enjoy helping our members with their particular problems and learning new things along the way ourselves.
My hope is that you will engage in the site, as a professional yourself, your wide experience and knowledge will be very welcome here.
We are also very interested in the history of lawn mowers and are always looking for answers to the many and varied questions that our History Forum provides.
Re: Your question
It seems that since Rover has ceased production of the cylinder mowers in Australia parts are becoming increasingly difficult to buy eg aliminium cylinder bearing holders.
Are you aware of a source of supply that is perhaps manufacturing after market SB 45 components?.I believe that Rover may be sourcing a manufacturer in China to continue the supply of what has become an Aussie icon.
I have literally heard, just an hour ago, from Bruce, (Site owner and Administrator) that MTD (Rover) have announced that they will
not be re-manufacturing the Rover 45, as the start up costs would be cost prohibitive due to the jigs and dies being scrapped some years ago.
As a consequence, spare parts for Scott Bonnar Model 45 and the Rover 45 will dry up and probably quite quickly...as people scramble to get spares to keep our precious machines alive.
What a shame....I hope someone in China is listening, and that your belief is spot on re parts.
Once again Ricardo123,
to OutdoorKing.
