On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:39:04 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Nthkentman
wrote:

"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
o.uk...

We've had a pocket handkerchief for the last mumble years, but this
one's a little larger - about 50x25 metres.

I'm not really into stripes. Suggestions for a mower please?

A reputable manufactured rotary petrol.
Keep it sharp and the blades balanced properly Your choice if you need
mulching of cut sward, or not into a bag or vac attachment

Yes, and I was doing OK with a Hayter R53A, now 4 years old. But
yesterday it decided it was boy-racer time. Started it up and it sat
there revving itself up and down, like some teenage **** at traffic
lights. It eventually settled down a bit, but gee, what is it with
these things? And, en plus, it was serviced not long ago.

Suggest spraying all the cables and springs and things with WD40 - I had
this and it was just the automatic governor being a bit sticky.

A blast of WD40 over the area of the engine where all the controls are
managed to cure this.

Cheers

Dave R