Mickwhitt

Hi Iain,

I’m not sure of the exact age of mine, it has an aluminium cast cover for the fan housing so I think it’s quite old, certainly pre-1947 based on my version of the manual.

My cutter bar is dead flat, I’d have to look at some images to see what you mean about yours being curved.

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Wheels have gone to dealer to have new tubes and tyres fitted.

Looking for suitable transmission oil and I have stripped the cutter bar down to check the finger plates and blades.

Soon be time to rebuild and test.

Mick

No metal in the sump so hopefully not much wear.

The oil definitely has the smell and thickness of a gear oil, but the manual says use the same quality of oil as in the engine. It certainly says not to use thick oil.

It looks as though the gearbox will need splash lubrication so a thinner oil would be of benefit.

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The gear box internals look great, no rust or wear. Just new oil required after a clean out. There is an oil leak on the rocker shaft but looks like only a felt washer is used so that might be expected. Will investigate further.

Quite a struggle to get the wheels off this beast. Keys were rusted in so I had to make a puller tool to shift them.
But I’m in a position to have a look inside the gear casing. See if there are any surprises lurking there.
My local motorcycle dealer has tyres that will suit at 39 quid each fitted so I feel a purchase coming on.
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