salem
Central Valley, Ca
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Not sure if this is the right section to post this. I noticed yesterday the housing on my Honda lawn mower has a 3" crack in the side. The mower is only about three years old and runs great. Can this be patched with anything? I'm assuming it's hard plastic of some sort.
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lovetogocamping
Colleyville, TX
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Lawn mower on an RV forum?
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Chief45
Porterville, Calif.
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Call a local independant lawn mower repair shop.
I had one (pot metal) that could not be repaired.
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Fisherman
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Even Pot metal can be repaired, any good welding shop that carries the aluminum welding rods can do it, can be done with a good propane torch with MAAP gas.
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C5man
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I went RVing to get away from lawn mowers and those other dastardly implements of suburban bliss. Give it to the Goodwill, and good riddance.
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dclark1946
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Some of the Hondas have a synthetic plastic type housing while others are metal. I would think if a plastic type you could repair the crack with epoxy. If metal then welding or JB weld might work.
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Beach-Rat
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Worse case.. pick up a junker mower from the trash and swap your Honda engine onto it..
I've done the opposite.. Snapper is on forth engine..
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amxpress
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I agree with dclark1946.
Use JB Weld epoxy on the crack. Before applying it, drill a small hole at each end of the crack, to relive some of the stress. Make sure the surface is CLEAN, then mix up a batch and apply per the directions on the tubes.
Next, hire a kid to mow your lawn while your off in your RV.
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salem
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Thank you fine gentleman for reading my question and replying with a serious answer. I'll check with the hardware store and see what they offer.
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