[charlie]

Geoff you have come to the right place as the VHGMC hold the factory records and I am custodian of them.
933318 was despatched on 21-8-59, dealer was Weeks, and machine was delivered on 11-9-59 to D W Crampton, Cavershaw House, London Road, Ditton, Kent.
If you need any help with the machine please let me know your e mail address via personal message on this website. I have owners manuals which include parts lists.
The original engineering drawings are held at Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) in Reading.

[charlie]

It sounds as if you have done just about everything you need to obtain a registration. It can be a bit hit and miss with DVLA, read the FBHVC newsletters and you will see some of the problems people have had with vintage cars. Hopefully if you are happy to have a Q plate all should be good.
Note, you cannot drive a motor vehicle on a footpath, bridleway of restricted byway. You can only drive on roads, Unclassified County Road (UCR) and Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT). I am not sure what category motorised street sweepers fall into to allow them to be driven/used on pavements (footpaths).

[charlie]

My eldest boy has been following Bad Obsession Motorsport and their Project Binkey on You Tube, actually a good series which I would recommend. They are avid users of the step drill in their many fabrications.

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The only markings on the roller bearing that needed replacing were MRC 204S. After measuring the bearing and a search on the internet I found this was a metric sized bearing 6204. Measuring the balls from the freewheel showed them to be 3mm. Replacement bearings were ordered from Simply Bearings and arrived within a few days,very good service.
The new roller bearing was pressed onto the freewheel mechanism using a press. The old bearing had been removed using a split bearing removal tool, as it abuts the case of the freewheel.
Re-assembly of the freewheel was fun, a small amount of grease was used to hold the balls and spacers in place and a bit of wire was bent to shape and used to hold the pawls in place while the freewheel was assembled.
With the bearings replaced it was time to reassemble everything. One point to watch is the oil feed hole on the rear roller axle which must align with the hole in the frame where the filler tube screws in, see photo. The cotter bolts must be put in their respective holes before side frame can be fitted.
I found the easiest way to get the chain back on was to feed a length of thin wire in from the cutting cylinder sprocket to the rear roller then attach the chain to the wire and pull it into place. Then remove the wire and feed it in from the rear roller towards cutting cylinder and pull the chain through and join it up.
With everything bolted up one job to remember to do is fill the rear roller centre section with oil and you are ready to go.
I hope anyone needing to take a JP mower apart finds this article useful.

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Whilst I had the rear roller out I decided to strip the centre section which contains gears to increase speed of the cutting cylinder. Removing the four machine screws that hold the two halves together showed the benefit of leaving penetrating fluid to soak in. With the tried and tested combination of heat, hammer and penetrating fluid I managed to get three of the four screws out. The fourth however was not having any of it, even using the SDS drill on hammer action would not persuade it to move. So I left it soak with penetrating fluid overnight, I use Plus Gas. Next day and the screw came undone without too much effort, the benefit of the overnight soak.
The photo shows the gears inside the centre section of the rear roller. I think it shows the high level of engineering used on these mowers.

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The freewheel mechanism did not feel too smooth either so that was taken apart and revealed very badly pitted and worn balls.

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Now I could remove the rear roller, which revealed the first problem, one of the bearings had collapsed. The photo shows the state of the bearing and balls.

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Detail of cotter in position.

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I would say, from description Anzani Lawnrider see gallery photo

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Making good progress. Would a step drill be up to the job of taking out the centre hole?
Reading about the tactic of changing engine plate so customers went to Tractors (London) for spare parts was it the same for oil, If I remember they plate said use Trusty oil, Vigzol.

[charlie]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Similar items do appear on e bay etc.
Paid up VHGMC members can place wanted adverts in the club magazine, this is one of the benefits of membership and is not available to non members.

[charlie]

If you have a question about using the forum then please use the Help and Information section.
All questions relating to machinery should be posted in the relevant section eg Pedestrian Machines etc.

[charlie]

Guy, welcome to the forum. You say you have joined the VHGMC, do you mean you have joined the club or just the website/forum. I ask as I am membership secretary and have not seen an application from you and just want to check it has not got lost in the system.
Regarding your enquiry, it might be better to copy it to a new topic so it will be easier to find in the future. I have information for the JAP 80 engine which I can e mail to you if you send me a personal message with your e mail address. (to send a pm click on my user id then on send private message).

[charlie]

If the seals are standard oil seals they should be obtainable from any good bearing and seal supplier. If you cannot see a reference number on the seal you will need to measure it.

[charlie]

Another item in the garden range from Dinky was a wheel barrow shown below along with advert for other garden related items. Again the images have been taken from the internet.

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