the age of the post means nothing. you guys are brainwashed into buying new stuff at the big box store, made in China, and it's junk. if a bar of gold was tarnished with some dirt on it, no doubt you'd throw that away too... wake up out of the coma you're in
I don't know how long you have been reading this board but most members here will always advocate fixing up old iron as opposed to buying new when possible. Some machines are just too far gone to warrant spending a lot of money to repair especially when parts for a particular machine are hard to get.
My personal machine is a fully restored 1983 26" large frame cub cadet that i purchased with a blown 8hp Tec engine but the rest of the machine was in great shape. It now has a modern 11hp OHV engine on it and I couldn't be happier with the performance, ease of starting and reliability.
No one here is Brainwashed. I suggest you read more of the post on this board before passing judgement on the members!
