OK mate. was just an idea which came from my original training in Agricultural Eng. A favourite comment from the "old" guys was always "What would you do if your life depended on it?"
Tony.
'Engineering' fix required for broken casting
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Tony.
Chill out with a beer...."What would you do if your life depended on it?"
Excellent! So as the old joke goes you are an extractor fan!OK mate. was just an idea which came from my original training in Agricultural Eng. A favourite comment from the "old" guys was always "What would you do if your life depended on it?"
Tony.
And that's when I'd have got a size 10 steel toecap boot up my arse mate. Kids these days got it easy 
Tony.
Tony.
And Combined harvester, tater harvester, beet harvester (self propelled or towed), ploughs (inc. reversible), mower (towed or semi-mounted - @hard top behave), seed drill, baler, lawn mower, chainsaw, U/J's on PTO shafts and got knows what else that I've forgotten mate.
Tony.
Another easy fix is to use a Dremel and dress the broken area to enable it to squarely house a nut. Then just fit a short bolt through the hole and tighten as normal.
You could also tack weld the nut in position
You could also tack weld the nut in position
The very thing! Known as an L-shape bolt, anchor bolt or foundation bolt. Used in property foundations!
I like an old mower meself. My Mum and Dad have a large garden I look after and I bought an old 1960s Marquis with a BSA sloper engine a few years back. That engine is superb the way it ticks over so slow and smooth. It's a 20" big b*gger and is a riot to control. And the stripes (furls?) it does are fantastic.
Definitely on my list to have a go at a restoration one day.
That was going to be my approach. But I was concerned about removing too much metal and weakening things.
@t-tony 's idea is great as the bend plays to the shape of the damage and hooks itself on.
When I had my garage back in the 90's a mate next door used to service and repair any and all types of mowers too, including ones from the local social clubs cricket and Tennis club maintainance people. Some lovely old gear, Villiers engines and Atco, etc. all the old stuff.
Tony.
ps. Ever tried using an Allen Scythe?
Tony.
ps. Ever tried using an Allen Scythe?
No but having just looked at a photo they look wonderfully dangerous. So it's gone on my list of toys to try one day. I could have used one of them when I originally cut down the overgrown jungle in the garden and turfed it.
I think the 60s Villiers and BSA engine were the same thing rebranded.
You won't really weaken it because when the nut and bolt are in you will be compressing the metal around the fracture and cast steel has very high resistance to compression, (that's why they make hydraulic jack bodies from cast metals) as long as the pressure is applied squarely and that there aren't any internal cracks.
Genius. In fact I could use the twist tie from my other half's giant baps.Tie-wrap?
Stop sniggering at the back. I mean this kind of giant baps.
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Boom tish, indeed.
So that's what that sound is called!