How about a fiberglass patch? You can buy kits at you auto supply
store quite inexpensively and it might be a lot easier than cutting
metal, drilling and riveting, etc. and it won't rust.
Des

"Al Kondo" wrote in message
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I have a 5 year old mower that I purchased from K Mart. It has a B
&
S engine that still runs great. The problem is that a part of the
deck has rusted through. It is about a 9" portion of the "well" of
the deck. I feel that it can easily function with a little support
and patching. Out of curiosity, I called the company and found out
that a replacement deck would cost $125. I believe I paid about
$200
for the mower.

As a handy guy, I would like some ideas on how to go about patching
the rusted portion of the deck. I would like to know what I should
use to patch it and where I can get it from I plan to use rivets
or screws to attach the metal patch.

Al Kondo