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I find it absolutely incredible how a light hearted and seemingly unimportant post has created such an interesting conversation. I just found a random piece of information and a flurry of associated posts ensued, all of which are interesting in their own right.

I guess this is the point of VHGMC and the forum with so many people with different…[Read more]

Spelling was never my strong point and I did wonder whether the spelling of the trademark Rotavator or Rotovator and I can’t find a definitive answer on the internet.

From the Collins English Dictionary I found both spellings and defined as a noun. Collins also makes reference to it being a trademark, but it’s less clear which spelling this is,…[Read more]

Spelling was never my strong point and I did wonder whether the spelling of the trademark Rotavator or Rotovator and I can’t find a definitive answer on the internet.

From the Collins English Dictionary I found both spellings and defined as a noun. Collins also makes reference to it being a trademark, but it’s less clear which spelling this is,…[Read more]

I’ve got mine as well with only my address sheet, a really good read and some great articles.

Thanks for that Andy.

I’m not sure about George at Villiersparts. He seems more than a bit abrupt. It’s not the first time I’ve had dealings with him and if he was a little more friendly I would be happy to deal with him. The last order was not right but managed to make the best of a bad job and sort out the issue I had.

Pity really, I love to…[Read more]

This is probably a long shot but it looks as if I am missing the fan for my Villiers 25A engine. I wondered whether there is anyone out there who has spares.
I attach a picture of the OEM manual showing what I am missing. I suspect there are going to be many more bits missing so a source of spares, or even a spare engine wouldn’t go a miss.
Any…[Read more]

This is of interest to me as well. Andy, how do you know all this stuff?

Another bit of advice I would give is coat every thread with some copper grease. This will make taking the thing apart much easier if you need to and believe me you will need to if this is your first attempt. You do need to be mindful that you will be able to exert much more force on the bolt or studs when compared to tightening a dry thread and…[Read more]

Charlie, this is nothing compared to the last Coleby gearbox, but the big end bearing is rollers I believe but thankfully it does all move freely so I intend to clean up, apply copious amounts of engine oil and then reassemble The bits I have done have cleaned up surprisingly well.

The big issue is I don’t want to spend huge amounts of cash on…[Read more]

I sneaked out to the garage and started to bash away at the drive shaft. The crank case in now apart which is great news. I thought I would share the state of the crank case before I started to split it.
I’m going to try an replace the bearings in the crankcase, but am a little reluctant to attempt changing the big end bearings. I think I’ll…[Read more]

I sneaked out to the garage and started to bash away at the drive shaft. The crank case in now apart which is great news. I thought I would share the state of the crank case before I started to split it.
I’m going to try an replace the bearings in the crankcase, but am a little reluctant to attempt changing the big end bearings. I think I’ll…[Read more]

I sneaked out to the garage and started to bash away at the drive shaft. The crank case in now apart which is great news. I thought I would share the state of the crank case before I started to split it.
I’m going to try an replace the bearings in the crankcase, but am a little reluctant to attempt changing the big end bearings. I think I’ll…[Read more]

If you get stuck, I can probably make you one from the drawing. I need to have a look to see what taps I’ve got and will need to sort out a couple of drills, but that’s no big deal.
Let me know if you want one made but remember it will need to take a back seat for a few weeks while I try and sort out my Villiers engine.

I’m not sure you can…[Read more]

Thank you very much to both of you.

Sean, I have the spares and user manual and that has helped hugely. I also scanned it and then coverted it to pdf so I can print it out on a bigger sheet of paper and actually read it. (My eyesight isn’t what it was).

Andy, a very practical summary which makes perfect sense. I was less than keen to bash it…[Read more]

Restoration is relatively new to me as well. You will see the results of my Coleby restoration below.
There a a couple of bits of advice I can give. Take plenty of photos is one of the most important things you can do before, during and after disassembly. I’ll be doing quite a bit of that tonight on my new project. The other thing is, when you…[Read more]

Is this your first attempt at restoration or are you an old hand at restoring old equipment?

Thanks Charlie. Just need to start my next project. Fingers crossed it will work out OK.

Thanks Andy, that is most useful information.

Having thought about why this shroud is on there if we take the view Coleby wouldn’t have put one on there if it wasn’t needed, I would hazard a guess that when you are ploughing or in a wet field, one can assume that the wheels will churn up a huge amount of mud and this will probably get onto the…[Read more]