The historical detail is provided to paint as accurate a picture as possible but I must stress I have drawn a line under it and am working from the present state, as multiple mechanics and repair shops have so far failed to satisfactorily remedy what we see as the main problem ('it fails to start') for any significant duration of time, and because we cannot recall all of the particulars which we have been told at various points with respect to specific components. With that in mind please exercise patience as required, and clarity in responses, wherever possible. I am inexperienced and generally piecing things together as I go, from vaguely similar online discussion threads and from this manual: It's my dad's mower but I'm now hoping to take this on as a project. We recall that he had mentioned the flywheel needed attention but we cannot recall exactly what was wrong. It did a few cuts and then failed to start later in the season. Last year, it was taken to a local mechanic, who again did a service on it and got it running acceptably.

Over the past few years, the Empress has been seen by several local repair shops with varying results each time it has come back improved, done a few mows and then proven impossible to start next season. Solid machine which ran flawlessly until a few years ago when it got progressively more tricky to start and ended up being retired due to inheritance of another machine.Д¬ut a long story short, I want the Mountfield back as it's built to last and becoming a classic, and does a much finer job overall than the newer machine (a B&S Sovereign with a fiddly height adjustment system, a safety pull bar and no roller). We've got a mid-80s Mountfield Empress 16 with a Tecumseh BVS 143 engine.

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