Re: Help needed with a knocking lawnmower...
Years ago, my father-in-law was about to throw out a fairly new Snapper mower. He only had it a few yrs. since it was new, upon closer examination it had almost no compression, it was worn out!? I found out the reason was, he had Zoysia grass in his whole back yard, and in case anyone don't know, that stuff grows like wildfire once it takes root, and it almost is like trying to cut steel wool, no wonder it was worn out!,,,lol. I told him I'd rebuild the motor for him, but he wanted a new self propelled rear bag 2cycle Lawnboy, and gave me the mower. The Snapper was a side discharge to rear bagger push mower, but it had an aluminum deck, and motor, figuring it was in decent shape, & not a cheap mower, I rebuilt the old 3.5hp Briggs & Stratton motor, and got a few more years out of it on my old non Zoysia lawn, until I upgraded myself to a new better lawn mower.
