A quick update on the ride-on mower; collected it from the repair man in Calne but, before attempting to start it at his place, I added a litre or two of oil. She started first time, much to the dismay of the repair man, who could have done exactly the same and charged me a hundred quid or so.
Got it on the trailer, brought it home along the M4, decanted it, added half a can of Wynne's oil treatment and she's running sweet as a nut. No difficulty starting it whatsoever and the compression is perfect.
However - there's always a however with this machine - within 10 minutes of taking a few passes across the lawn, a pulley stanchion came apart, so some welding for, ehich was accomplished yesterday.
There is, however, yet another downside to the story. The mower nearly fell through the bottom of the trailer. The base is made of OSB and over the winter it had become rather waterlogged, rendering it as strong as thick cardboard. I'm going to either have to re-bottom it in marine ply, or buy some aluminium plating.
The back car park is starting to look a bit full, what with brother-outlaw's old Porsche, the caravan No.2 Son uses when he comes to stay from Uni, the motorhome and the trailer, not to mention the Topper sailboat (not in the photo).
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