Last Chance Small Engine Repair

planned ob·so·les·cence
/ˌpland ˌäbsəˈlesəns/
a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of nondurable materials.

Electric Mowers are 70% more plastic than gas mowers.
They are made so that you should need to buy a new mower every 3-5 years.
After that, it goes to the curb, then shredded, then released into the ocean.
China is the biggest buyer of our scrap metal to use to build infrastructure, yet they make almost everything we buy out of plastic, then we pay them to tow it off to recycle, even after telling us 10 years ago, they no longer recycle ♻️.

Something you can do to improve the appearance of your mower? Check out the plastic restore on this TimeMaster https://youtu.be/bK4PdUu8WyQ

This is a great explanation and visual. It took me forever to understand what goes on inside a carb because you cant see anything, but her is a tool to help see the basic functioning of a carb with awesome Macro pics.

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New vs old and very used Toro recycler. The new one has a bent shaft. The old one has a great running engine but transmission issues. Sounds like a swap will finally get my first project mower I ever bought going.

Sometimes its just mangled Metal stopping progress

Just a few projects from the past/future

Finally got the replacement engine on this, and decided to spray paint the deck, wire brush the blades, sharpen the blades, and then put paint on the blades to protect from rust a bit. Went from a 24 hp to a 20 hp so I am hoping it's not too big of a drop.