[Dale Wiley]

BJR:

Sorry to hear of all your trouble with that machine mate....if the dealer and all those others made the comments they have, I think you have a case with the manufactuer before suing them.

I was with a Toro distributor for 9 years as a field rep and service person. If a machine failed that bad, and all that was said and done or not done, the dealer had better come correct on it otherwise, the people would just start climbing the corporate ladder and rasing hell until someone did them right, stood all the repairs, or in some cases took the machine back and refunded some money on the deal.

There are BIG differences in machines made for different countries... machines that go to the EU, all have different requirements. I am not familar with Australia, but it's probably NOT the same machine being sold in the US or the EU.

Becoming a major pain in the ass to a dealer and / or manufactuer can go a long ways to solving your problem.