Re: (ET) Spring mower deck stuff....

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 2 May 2026 at 18:59, Chris Zach via Elec-trak wrote:

> Meantime I should get some brushes and a spare motor bottom. I took the 
> one from my last spare mower motor; running out of stuff here to be 
> honest; does anyone have one around

That's the trouble with these half-century old machines, isn't it?  Fewer 
and 
fewer parts donors all the time.  I hate to think how many stored for 
decades 
in barns and garages have ended up in scrapyards when their owners went 
into 
care homes or passed on.

About a year ago a friend of mine showed up at my door with some kind of 
electronic gadget for his pool.  It wasn't working - the gadget, I mean.  
It 
kept blowing fuses. It was an easy diagnosis - a shorted power 
transformer. 

I scoured Ebay and the surplus sites for something that would work, but he 
found a shop in Poland that made custom transformers.  I think he paid 
something like 30 or 35 euros for it, plus postage and packing of course.  
A 
couple of weeks later he was back in the swim.

I'd almost wager that somwhere in Eastern Europe or China there has to be 
a 
similar shop that builds motors to spec.  Order a couple dozen, or a 
couple 
hundred, and you'll be set for life.  You might even make a few bucks 
selling 
spares to other ETers.

David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey

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