Show us your......lawnmower !

[sparkythecat]

My 1980's Atco 12/36 with custom manifold and BSA Bantam pipe




Moto-Lita steering wheel mod



And the best bit - the tired and wheezy old B&S motor replaced with this rascal

[Misaps]

Here's my 'mortgage inducing' pair of scissors absolutely brilliant British made machine. Have a few of the interchangeable cassettes, 12 blades - verticutter - brush - scarifier. Currently cutting down to 9mm but due to a lack of end of year renovations and a good winter for moss the lawn is not quite tiptop and is slowly recovering from having to scarify (hate doing it in the spring).

[maxest]

This is one of my fathers, for sale if anyones interested lol

[superlightr]

mower envy.......... haha

great thread btw.

[hornetrider]

sparkythecat said:

My 1980's Atco 12/36 with custom manifold and BSA Bantam pipe

Awesome.

Misaps said:

Awesome.

Mower envy.

[andoverben]

BishBosh said:

My superb little racer....bought this around 99 and still going strong.

That is Brilliant! where did you get that?

[prand]

eliot said:

Jonny_ said:

Plastic deck McCulloch job, Brigg'n'Strat engine, cost ninety quid from Argos about 7 years ago. Cheap, cheerful and thus far has required nothing more than a new pull cord last year and the blade sharpening on the bench grinder 3 or 4 times.

Might even go crazy and service the engine one day!

Looks like this except for general grubbiness:

I've got one of those too - had it for same amount if time. Its needed a carb diaphram kit (ran very rich and kept hunting) and the deck has been patched with ally due to hitting kids die cast toys that were left in the grass

I also have one of these, about the same age too!

It has been very reliable and surprisingly robust as it has had some rough treatment through the years. It suits my value drive approach to life perfectly!

I guess the lack of features and complexity means there is much less to go wrong. I bought it for the garden which admittedly isn't huge, but also to mow the paths and edges of our allotment we had at the time, so I was looking for a mower that was petrol driven and small and light enough to fit in the boot of our e46 convertible we also had then!

[igiveup]

I was gifted a Lawn Mower which had not been used for 2 years and left in a garden open to the elements.

Before


and After a clean



It's been working well for 2 years since i've had it. Parts are hard to come by though. Its an IBEA 420, engine wise its a B&S 5.0

[Timmy40]

I think the prize so far has to go to sparkythecat for heavily modding his ride on mower, love it.

[Cactussed]

maxest said:

This is one of my fathers, for sale if anyones interested lol

What's the width of the grooved rollers on the front, and how much / where do you get them?

[Pixel-Snapper]

Ow Gowd.... New best thread!

I now want a new mower though.

And one that looks like a Go-Cart...

[Jimmyarm]

Some awesome mowers being posted !

That custom atco sit on is amazing

Sorry I never updated the original post, I got sidetracked getting my dads birthday present ready.

Here she is in action !

http://youtu.be/VHIUs5cov-M

[AndrewO]

This is the old one, now retired to trailer duties.

[Condi]

igiveup said:

It's been working well for 2 years since i've had it. Parts are hard to come by though. Its an IBEA 420, engine wise its a B&S 5.0

We have something similar at work, with a Honda engine. Bloody thing will climb walls if you want it to. Amazing machine.

[Turbodiesel1976]

Trevor450 said:

Logic 150 flail for the paddocks. Annoyingly, I did the small paddock the other day and it conked out. The engine has today been removed and collected by the garage as the B&S V-twin has blown both head gaskets - the crankcase pressure then filled the carb with oil. It should be ready in a couple of weeks provided parts are not hard to get.

Nice quad! Can't go wrong with a Honda. I'm surprised the B&S engine shat itself - were you revving the bks out of it?

[Trevor450]

Turbodiesel1976 said:

Nice quad! Can't go wrong with a Honda. I'm surprised the B&S engine shat itself - were you revving the bks out of it?

The quad is a lot of fun!

The mower engine is governed so it can't over-rev. It's all fixed now in any case. The garage replaced both head gaskets and skimmed the heads which were warped. I bought it second hand and I suspect it had been overheated due to not cleaning the fins and they have been leaking slightly for a while. First hard use of the season made them blow fully. Apparently it is a common issue with some of the Vanguard V-twins due to composite gaskets - the newer ones use a steel gasket. The rest of the engine is very good though - the bores are spotless according to the garage.

[RedLeicester]

Briggs n' scrap 'em.

[CarbonV12V]

This like mine although I have added a few more carbon bits :-)

[NDA]

New mower arrived - a model up from this library shot, but looks the same.

[RichB]

CarbonV12V said:

This like mine although I have added a few more carbon bits :-)

Is that the Williams? Can't quite see on that pic.