A little insight, I really kind of don't really care much about lawn and garden maintenance. I've had the same mower for 30 years,
I think I've changed the oil once.
Maybe.
I sharpen the blade with an angle grinder every couple of summers, after it's eaten enough rocks that even I notice the cut is pretty shabby...
So two weeks ago, the briggs and stratton decides that it's time to retire and the blade flange and the crankshaft part ways. No one was hurt, the damage was internal.
I'm left with a lawn half-mown and a trip to the home center and a hole in my wallet in my immediate future.
That very afternoon, my neighbor, out of the blue, comes over just to say hi, see how I'm doing. I tell him the story of my mower and he tells me he decided to go electric this year and do I want his old mower? I figure, why not take a look - how bad can it be?
It turns out it's pretty nice! I had to replace the carb with an Amazon special, less than 20 bucks, and a new starter cord, about 15 bucks, and now I'm set to go! I transferred the Jason Giombi bobblehead from my old mower for continuity and replaced the blade stop device with a kill switch.
This one even has a drink holder! FTW!
Thanks, Neighbor!
