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My mate gave me this Masport with a Tecumseh 50 4 stroke engine, as he is too busy with his motorbikes to fiddle with mowers in his spare time, even his wife has to mow the lawn..............

Drained the carby bowl, a little rust water.. then started it for 5 seconds, so took carby bowl off and blew petrol and compressed through the holes and main jet. Put a new gasket on the bowl and a throttle cable, sharpened the blades and mowed my lawn......a bit of Moreys oil stabilizer in the sump....
Plenty of power and no wobble in the wheels, only some rust under the paint, from the Bundy weather...... it a keeper for me.... now I have 4 mowers, chooses which one to mow the lawn with.....
cheers
Speedy
Bundy.

Nice score, and at the right price too. It starts, it runs, it cuts lawn.....what else could you want.

Bundy must be a great place to live, I'm getting sick of these cold Victorian winters

Yes it has the best climate in Australia, not too hot summer and mild winter ,but don't tell anyone...
speedy

Speedy with the forecasters predicting Melb to have 10 million people in the next few years, Bundy looks like a good place to head to

Yes my father in law just went back to Sydney after 10 yrs up north, hates the place now and can't wait to head north... to enjoy a quiet lifestyle in retirement..
speedy

speedy you found good mower
that engine is very good but must look after with clean oil as has preasure fed bearings and oil pump
cast iron bore motor last a long time
had many come through shop over time never had oil change service oil look like tar crank plain bearing stuffed
enine last for years don't let oil get dirty
nice find

Thanks for advice freebird.
I put a bit of Moreys oil stabiliser in....I think it helped.
I mowed a friends lawn today with it, then 80% though the job I noticed oil running down side of mower base, maybe from valve cover, but not that......
I told my friend stripes may appear on her lawn later in the week, but she didn't care.
Filled the oil and mowed my lawn, it didn't leak, but I didn't run it at full throttle like on my friends lawn .
Anyway it looks like it is OK.... for some more small jobs....
I'll upload a pic of the lawn.........
speedy

When I run it flatout for a while it starts leaking oil. I think it maybe the join in the engine. I have cleaned the bottom and wit tighten the bolts. And maybe put silicon over the join....
Got to make a fix....
It has 5 strong horses inside , but you can't sell a mower that leaks oil like this..
speedy

I'm afraid Silicone on the outside won't help, it will just wash off. I stopped a crankcase leak on an old Enfield 700 a few years ago by going around the join with a hacksaw blade and gouged a small track around it and then filled the track with JB Weld not sure if it is worth the effort on this mower

I might just keep it for big mongrel cheap mow jobs........
In summer in Bundy, there are heaps.
speedy

Problem solved....... I gave the mower to a mate.....
speedy

That's the best solution.
If it's blown the sump gasket, you'd have to strip it down, and cut the new gasket as well - just not worthwhile.

Oh speedy I had to laugh that is by far the better way to fix the problem.I must remember that myself.Oh wait....hang on.....bugger......I've found a floor in that plan for me anyway.......I need some mates first.