andyfrost

It’s certainly a MK20 or 25 , it should be stamped on the cowling ID plate.

Andy

A picture paints a thousand words.

Andy.

Mine arrived OK today , very interesting reading , a HUGE well done to all involved.

Andy.

Yes , it’s worth a call , EG COLES in Dorset used to do some Kubota spares ,so maybe they’re worth a call also , as well as Small Plant and Garden Spares.

Andy

Have you tried L$S Engineers.

Andy

I think you’ll find the HS40 engine is an Aspera.

Andy.

I’m not 100% certain , but I think they may be available from their website.

Andy.

Try Briggsbits , they will need to know the model and sortcode , it’s stamped in the cowling.

Andy.

If yours has just failed through duff electrical components , they’re very easy do do yourself , I’m now in the process of doing one myself , new coil/condenser and points , and it will see my lifetime and the next persons out.

Andy.

Geoff , thanks for your reply , would be great if one ever turns up.

Andy.

David , all my life I’ve had a love affair with twostrokes , and still to this day love getting my Howard 700s out , if nothing more than to hear that lovely sound , I also have a Holder E6 with a Sachs 201 twostroke.beutiful machine.
On the subject of Wartburgs , in my youth we used one for night time Rabbit shooting , sounded lovely and would go…[Read more]

Indeed there were David , I had thought of that , but figured the revs difference between those and the Blackburne fourstroke would have required different gearing.

Andy.

Geoff , out of sheer curiosity you say that early Trustys had a Villiers engine fitted , may I ask which model that was. The reason I ask is I’ve never seen Viiliers industrial fourstrokes that were made in the mid to late 1930s.The Mk40 that would have had enough power was a post war engine , I’m baffled what engine it could have been.

Andy.

Roger at WMT is a first rate man to deal with if yours is imperial then the ones he sells as imperial are the ones you need , but once again you need to check your housing.

Andy.

A couple of days in the workshop on the Emery , valves re-faced and re-seated , bore honed and cleaned , it now turns over quite nicely. Magneto sorted , nice blue spark , just waiting delivery on one or two very minor parts , and I see no reason why the engine shouldn’t be up and running quite soon
As for the worn rotor shaft issue , Emery’s…[Read more]

The only machine that springs to my mind that had an optional “proper” difflock was the Howard 700 , as Charlie says all manner of manufacturers offered the ratchet style.

Andy.

Morning Charlie , no mine is different to yours , it has what I think is a JAP 350 sidevalve engine , it’s definately JAP , crankcase is stamped , and JAP embossed in the cast alloy cowling. It looks exactly the same engine as one fitted to one of the early Atco mowers , which had Atco-JAP embossed in the cowling.
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Thanks Robert , I have seen and looked into those , same model as I picked up today.

Andy.

Both should improve running.

Andy.