Please sir, I am begging you to remove the blade and file it sharp 🙏

Well isnt that something.

Damn, good job. I was struggling with an old Briggs and Stratton and haven't had time to get it working yet. It's probably from the late 80s early 90s. (Snapper brand, nothing fancy, no self drive or what not, wasn't out yet I don't think). I pulled the carb out and tried cleaning it with gas/starter fluid, replaced the spark plug. Got it to start up and start running but I assume it was running off starter fluid from the carb. It cut itself off after about 15 seconds (which was longer than I expected for just running off the carburetor ether. The springs are probably all stretched out. Need to try to get new ones in spring and actually put some time into it. It's hard to convince myself to put the time/money into it when it's that age

"They dont make em like they used to" ... because they make them disposable now. Consume. Obey.

That's awesome. I don't miss having a lawn at all, but I can kind of see the appeal in having something like that to take care of and all that comes with it, and that's awesome that you're getting mroe life out of the thrifted mower that won't die!

I find fixing my lawn mower to be an incredible dopimum hit.

I bought a water tank trailer for cheap off Facebook market place to water our fruit trees before we could set up something permanent. It came with a 80's or 90's vintage Mitsubishi petrol water pump. The seller had stopped using it and replaced it with an electric pump and told me it didn't work any more. I replaced the rusted out petrol tank, cleaned the carb and lubricated the governor and it started right up. Very satisfying

i love reading stuff like this, repairing things is always so satisfying, if a little frustrating at times.