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The shop I ran from 2009 to 2014 was Briggs, Echo, Tanaka, and many others. I knew it was a lost cause when the Sthil rep gave the local dealership to the hardware store just after I built a new 2400 sq ft shop so I could make the entire back of my other 2400 sq ft building into showroom space for you know who.
I digress, saw many a mower come through my doors and often found myself telling the prospective customer "that's your project". I was more than willing to offer advice or even special order parts, but there's a point where fixing costs more than replacement and I didn't want folks in our small town saying I ripped them off on a repair regardless if it was the actual cost of doing it.
Don's diss pop-rivets though, I still have a small stash of Monel rivets left over from when my dad built his airplane. If you can't get behind something to buck a regular rivet there's few better alternatives.
John
I digress, saw many a mower come through my doors and often found myself telling the prospective customer "that's your project". I was more than willing to offer advice or even special order parts, but there's a point where fixing costs more than replacement and I didn't want folks in our small town saying I ripped them off on a repair regardless if it was the actual cost of doing it.
Don's diss pop-rivets though, I still have a small stash of Monel rivets left over from when my dad built his airplane. If you can't get behind something to buck a regular rivet there's few better alternatives.
John