TALES FROM RUPPERT’S GARAGE
MTD RIDE-ON MOWER
MILEAGE SEVERAL HOURS
I’ve fitted my third battery of 2021, this time in my lawnmower. It’s an MTM cheapie I picked up a few years back to replace a proper 1970s Westwood that finally expired after 25 years of bodging. It’s colour-coded by accident to match my Land Rover’s Limestone livery. The Thor engine is Chinese and just as rough as a Briggs & Stratton one, but it has been okay. However, it has had fuelling issues. I cleaned out the inline filter, which was a sealed unit thing. The local tractor-fixer got me a new filter and battery, and it has since been back to normal, cutting grass. Ideally, you will never hear about it again. Unless it plays up…