I see the temptation to go elsewhere, but budget is **tight**. It really startled me, after 24 years of satisfaction with a Craftsman mower, to find the new ones with so many problems. I will see what this trusted repairman' says in the next couple of weeks. If he can get it running by merely replacing the missing bolts, I will probably nurse this model awhile and start a 'fund' for a different type.