I need to change the oil on a mounfield HP470 but dont know how to go about it? How do I drain the oil? Any help would be gratefully received.
thanks

S Urquhart, May 2007

The drain plug is on the bottom of the rotor casing. tilt the mower to one side, ensuring the air filter is on the topside(this is important or you will contaminate the filter). Scrape away the old grass debris around the rotor shaft. you will see a drain plug. Its a Briggs and Stratton engine so they vary but a 1/2 inch socket drive will usually undo them. (anti-clockwise) \bout the size of a 5p piece.

Mo, August 2007

Undo the oil filler cap, tip the mower to the right and empty the oil out the filler hole into a bowl. Thats what it says to do in my instruction manual. Not very scientific but thats what they say.

Andy S, May 2007