Posted by Aled Owen on August 17, 2010, 1:18 pm
I have a lawn which is simply too big for an electric mower to cope
with, also
I hate having to mess around with the cable all the time.
Rather than buying a
new mower I've looked at Briggs and Stratton
engines as well as Honda engines
and it seems it would be cheaper to buy
an engine and adapt it to fit the mower.
Has anybody done this before, is it actually possible? It's got a steel
chassis
not some cheap plastic rubbish (ironic considering it was pretty
cheap mower).
The only problem I can see so far is having to replace the sproket (and
perhaps
blade) because the Honda engines seem to have a bigger output
shaft diameter
than on the current electric engine (I've not measured it
yet I can't find my
depth gauge D:, all in good time though)
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Aled
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Aled Owen
Posted by willshak on August 17, 2010, 7:30 pm
Aled Owen wrote the following:
> I have a lawn which is simply too big for an electric mower to cope
> with, also I hate having to mess around with the cable all the time.
> Rather than buying a new mower I've looked at Briggs and Stratton
> engines as well as Honda engines and it seems it would be cheaper to buy
> an engine and adapt it to fit the mower.
> Has anybody done this before, is it actually possible? It's got a steel
> chassis not some cheap plastic rubbish (ironic considering it was pretty
> cheap mower).
> The only problem I can see so far is having to replace the sproket (and
> perhaps blade) because the Honda engines seem to have a bigger output
> shaft diameter than on the current electric engine (I've not measured it
> yet I can't find my depth gauge D:, all in good time though)
> Any help would be appreciated
> Thanks
> Aled
>
You might find that it is cheaper to buy a gas mower than to convert
what you have to gas.
Posted by The Henchman on August 17, 2010, 9:28 pm
>>
> You might find that it is cheaper to buy a gas mower than to convert what
> you have to gas.
The best value is to buy a gas mower in October or November when they are
half priced cleared to sell. Big box stores in February and March make
deals to sell manufacturers' previous year models, generally for half price.
Rental stores will sell mowers at end of season too.
Craigslist, Kijiji, Freecycle?
Posted by Aled Owen on August 18, 2010, 5:45 am
>
> You might find that it is cheaper to buy a gas mower than to convert
> what you have to gas.
At the moment it isn't statistically, I can get a rubbish plastic thing
for less
than £100 from B&Q but it's almost guarenteed to break.
Considering I'm not
going to start the project until Winter I'll have a
look at mower prices around
the end of the season. I had my eye on a
Honda or a VIKING mower but I thought
if I converted my Mountfield to
Petrol I could get a few good years out of it
still.
--
Aled Owen
Posted by trader4 on August 19, 2010, 11:03 am
On Aug 18, 5:45 am, Aled Owen <aled29 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> > You might find that it is cheaper to buy a gas mower than to convert
> > what you have to gas.
> At the moment it isn't statistically, I can get a rubbish plastic thing
> for less than £100 from B&Q but it's almost guarenteed to break.
> Considering I'm not going to start the project until Winter I'll have a
> look at mower prices around the end of the season. I had my eye on a
> Honda or a VIKING mower but I thought if I converted my Mountfield to
> Petrol I could get a few good years out of it still.
> --
> Aled Owen
Sell the electric one you have and buy a petrol one, either new or
used. If you buy it used, it will kind of like swapping, with no
fuss, no muss. There are so many obvious practical problems, that
it surely isn't worth the time and money to try to convert one.
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> with, also I hate having to mess around with the cable all the time.
> Rather than buying a new mower I've looked at Briggs and Stratton
> engines as well as Honda engines and it seems it would be cheaper to buy
> an engine and adapt it to fit the mower.
> Has anybody done this before, is it actually possible? It's got a steel
> chassis not some cheap plastic rubbish (ironic considering it was pretty
> cheap mower).
> The only problem I can see so far is having to replace the sproket (and
> perhaps blade) because the Honda engines seem to have a bigger output
> shaft diameter than on the current electric engine (I've not measured it
> yet I can't find my depth gauge D:, all in good time though)
> Any help would be appreciated
> Thanks
> Aled
>