I purchased two items from sears in kingston ny three years ago. the very first month the motor died and was replaced by sears later the gasket was leaking. after that I had a another problem but since i did not have an extended warranty sears would not take care of the matter. could not use my lawn mower all last summer. found at that time that the transmission was broke so i finally got some money up to replace the transmission by a person who specializes in this. when the lawn mower was returned, it was smoking and yes the motor is broke... read full review »