Hey there Paulwash....
Looking at your mowers.
I see nothing thats collectible.
BUT I see some stuff thats note worthy.
All of the self propelled units are using General Transmission drives ( made in France would you believe, or at least some ).
This is a one piece unit tyranny and front drive unit that fits all MTD frames of this new style.
When this came out I turned my nose up at it because I didn't think it would last as long as the bronze gear aluminum housing units that it replaced.
To my surprise these are are going the distance and its easier to work on, or rather just swap the whole front assembly out.
For now the steel rusts out before the plastic drives fail and whole thing is a very easy to fix and find at the curb side...
I see ONE engine of of note worthy comment and again this might surprise.
One Yellow probably a KubCaddet has a Chinese clone of the GX line.
Not quite a Honda but very easy and cheap to fix and repair parts are very common and depending on the version you can swap in Honda or Chinese clone parts to rebuild.
Yes I said rebuild!
Even if the parts are not listed as available from MTD or whom ever its worth taking apart to see if a 68 or 70m piston and or ring set from an other GX or clone will fit same goes for rods a Harbour Freight predator or Greyhound rod can be cut down with a hack say mod to fit...
Very cheap engine with ball bearings and cast iron bore that can go the distance.
I also see some Briggs and stratton, a Honda GCV maybe a techumseh....
Not worth fixing those, you can give them to the recyler and search for Chinese replacement engines at tool stores or curbsides.
Just stay away from anything thats not a real GX clone ( not the GC series ).
Chinese got wise to the cheaper way to make an engine from Honda and I don't think they will last ( and because its not a GX clone engine parts are not more than replacement value )
I used to be a tried and true lawnboy C and D series user.
I was never going to change and didn't until the parts dried up and the curbside specials vanished.
But the Chinese did the world a great service when they cloned the Honda GX line.
Even if they are not quite a Commercial quality engine the Chinese units are so cheap and so universal with interchangeable parts I think we can keep those units running until the gasoline runs out.
Its hard to change but the gx/clones are probably the best mower engines ever made for reliability and economy too.
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I'm slowly migrating to the Chinese engines with the 70mm bore ( 173cc NOT to be confused with the Chinese 174, thats a new casting that looks like its inspired by the GC series Honda. Stay away from that its headless piece of crap just like the Honda ).
This covers all my stuff with a standard ring set.
its not a perfect solution but so far most everything is working out.
There are still some older 68 mm bore Honda or clone in my fleet but they will probable age out some time in the next 10-20 years without problem and parts are easy to buy aftermarket for them.
I can sit on enough 10 dollar spares to keep both running together in parallel for the next 20 years
I'd like to slowly workup to everything in my mowers pumps generators and Utility engines using these small block clones.
And I'm going to upgrade.
Perfect circle ring sets, Honda rods, Champion cast rockers and standard cranks,
out with the plastic cams and in with the cast iron ones.
Then I never have to worry about parts again ever.
As I age out of service my stuff can age out too and be cannibalized to keep the last of them running until its my progeny's problems lol...
kenmore dryer with lighted control ? I am a true direct drive 1990’s kenmore and whirlpool fan. I want them to go to GOOD HOMES. I feel like if I call the Salvation Army, they will just be taken to a scrap yard Most of them work perfectly.
