angellonewolf
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bigegg
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View attachment 244852 View attachment 244853 tester £3 mower free could possibly need a small patch welded
Isn't that where the side mount grassbox goes?
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I’ve got an older Mountfield than that, the deck on mine is cast aluminium, the engine is a Tecumsah. We bought it second hand 25 years ago, still going strong, one new blade & a new plug, that’s all. (New plug wasn’t needed, just gave it a treat) I looked at changing it a while back, guy in garden centre said “you won’t get one as good as that unless you spend a lot of money” That one obviously hasn’t been looked after, might be worth looking around for a scrap deck.
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View attachment 244852 View attachment 244853 tester £3 the adaptors that come with the sealy one i got fit it holing its a better quality make as its older unit mower free could possibly need a small patch welded
Could of borrowed mine.
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I've got the 3500 - picked it up as a non runner a few years ago from an undertaker who used it as emergency backup.
A little tickle here and there and it fired right up. Blooming noisy though!
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Or make one in aluminium sheeting pop riveting it together if you don' t mig or tig alu, or mild steel plate or better still ,,,,,the bees knees in workshop processes & materials as well as an engineering exercise cast one in 1/4 in aluminium
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24 hours and I got stuff.
Nice shinny stuff, but more fun in rusty stuff.
Shinny No.1
2 X Brass pipe fittings.
The shop, local to me was kind enough to let me have a "second" fitting, in steel. As my threads were not as good as they needed to be.
In Place, yes Mr Ex owner, still waiting very hard to find parts.
But looking good in green.
SHINNNNNNNY. Imperial fixings, all 1/2 Whit. Heavy duty washers and some 1/4 by 2" split pins.
Ordered Monday, was told be with me Wednesday.
Happy me.
Now, not shinny.
A push along lawn mower. 90% complete.
But the handle has long gone past it's best.
Here we can see the makers details.
Nice shinny stuff, but more fun in rusty stuff.
Shinny No.1
2 X Brass pipe fittings.
The shop, local to me was kind enough to let me have a "second" fitting, in steel. As my threads were not as good as they needed to be.
In Place, yes Mr Ex owner, still waiting very hard to find parts.
But looking good in green.
SHINNNNNNNY. Imperial fixings, all 1/2 Whit. Heavy duty washers and some 1/4 by 2" split pins.
Ordered Monday, was told be with me Wednesday.
Happy me.
Now, not shinny.
A push along lawn mower. 90% complete.
But the handle has long gone past it's best.
Here we can see the makers details.
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I have a mint mountfield mower minus a good engine 
angellonewolf
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i wish it was free and very local and i had no projects at the time so seen it asked and got offered the pic they posted did not show how bad it was (dont think this was intentional just they was a quick pic was taken) i was only going for it as a mate has a mower with the same engine and thought
i did think if was 2 patches both sides id have a go but there is only 14 inches that is still attached
for some reason i did not try to start the mower the cast ali is what you want ive got 2 of them just dont bump any thing with them as the ali gets old it snaps quite easy
Could of borrowed mine.
id like to just for the sake for meeting another member but for £3 it now means ive got 3 at least id go for adverage on the test result
angellonewolf
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I have a mint mountfield mower minus a good engine
welcome to my world ive still not got a good engine for my sabo ive bought 1 and got one for free and both dont seam right
id let you have this one but the petrol cost would mean you could buy a new china one delivered for the same cost
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Today I acquired a replacement for this (this is a photo of the old one):
and, much to my astonishment, managed to fit it to my mobile phone (a three year old OnePlus 5) and not break the phone in the process. I can now charge my battery again!
It's been getting harder and harder to get the USB-C cable to engage with the socket (which I guess isn't that surprising given it's been plugged in and unplugged at least daily for over three years). I don't need to charge it that often: the battery lasts about 3 days; it's just a habit I'm in of plugging it in when I go to bed.
Anyway, I ordered a replacement board yesterday, along with a couple of oddly named plastic tools ("spudgers"). I followed an ifixit guide, got the phone apart and back together and it works! Just need to fit a new screen protector now (I must be on about my tenth of those, but that's because I keep dropping my phone!)
Hopefully that should keep the phone going for a few more years yet. I really can't see the point of getting a new one every couple of years.
and, much to my astonishment, managed to fit it to my mobile phone (a three year old OnePlus 5) and not break the phone in the process. I can now charge my battery again!
It's been getting harder and harder to get the USB-C cable to engage with the socket (which I guess isn't that surprising given it's been plugged in and unplugged at least daily for over three years). I don't need to charge it that often: the battery lasts about 3 days; it's just a habit I'm in of plugging it in when I go to bed.
Anyway, I ordered a replacement board yesterday, along with a couple of oddly named plastic tools ("spudgers"). I followed an ifixit guide, got the phone apart and back together and it works! Just need to fit a new screen protector now (I must be on about my tenth of those, but that's because I keep dropping my phone!)
Hopefully that should keep the phone going for a few more years yet. I really can't see the point of getting a new one every couple of years.
bigegg
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At first glance I thought: "that's a coincidence, I just ordered a new macheté"
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I also phoned up Parweld, just to check if these were genuine or fakes. Genuine. She offered to put another pair in the post. They arrived today and no holes, and better fit than the other two. So now I have 3 pairs. The hole'y pair I will use for grinding.
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Consider turning the defective ones inside out and hand stitching a repair. I've done that before with gloves, only took a few minutes and was worth the effort.
bigegg
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Gardening season.
Arc Tourist
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Acquired this small flypress back in May and finally got around to refurbishing it. Was gummed up but operates smoothly now. Still need to machine several adapters, to replace the hand tools for the small punch, rivet, and eyelet tools I have.
