OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions On Ride On Mowers Questions on Rover Ride On Mower Old Colt Major - Bolt Sizes

Frank as your friend knows only too well repairing rideons is a thankless task. Every one you get has been left out in the weather so everything is rusted,they have been flogged into the ground and to do a reasonable job on repairing them I can spend up to a month. Not a brilliant financial business plan but it keeps me in the shed and that keeps swmbo happy

The other thing that's very common on older Australian-made/assembled machines is the use of Whitworth [and less commonly BSF] fasteners on the chassis. These were the commonest local standards in the pre-metric days, not so much US AF-hex UNC/UNF/SAE. So you really need a few BSW/BSF spanners and sockets to work on them. Or 'universal' tools like the 'Metrinch' range.


It always seems to be just one small task that doesn't go well, and holds up the entire job!

I suspected that from the outset Gadge. I'll look around and see what's available

I can see that now. I think the biggest mistake I made was to do it bit by bit leaving the mower basically fully assembled. I think it would have been wiser to pull off the cutting deck first (is still attached) and then remove say the engine and gearbox, seat and then say the wheels. I'll pull off the deck now and proceed from there.
I'll know better next time, if there is a next time...

Just a quick update. I have mostly stripped down the spare red mower I bought and noticing that its body and parts generally are in better shape will have decided to rebuild that one instead of the green one. The work I did on the green one was basically just respraying and that needed to be done anyway if it is to go into storage. I will pinch the motor and cutting disc off it and then pop it on a shelf. Will post again when I've repainted old red and have it mostly re-assembled.

A Question about the Spindal.

Are these servicable? Should I disassemble it and oil or grease it?

Frank if you are talking about the deck spindle, if you are going to use the machine to gut grass just replace the bearings with sealed ones

Thanks Norm, will do.