Picked up one of these mowers lying in the street recently with the thought of Freecycling it if it worked ....connected it up and all I got was a whine from the motor so suspected the drive belt had gone so did some Googling and found how to get at it ....what a palaver ...removed the blade and disc/spacers and then 4 hidden screws but have stalled at three washer /rivet type fastenings which are holding down the part that covers the belt pulleys ...Google says to drill them out but my drills are ,making hard work of it .....what a stupid arrangement just to replace a belt ..even the manual doesn't say how a user should change the belt so I guess they don't want you to do it .
Two questions ... Can anyone recomend a make of drill bits for drilling out metal and Does anyone have one of these mowers and have you done this belt change and if so how ..