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I was given a fingerbar mower with a Lombardini IM 250 on it. Something had broken in the gearbox, it would have required expensive machining to fix it, so I took off the parts I wanted and scrapped the rest. The engine ran beautifully, I still have it and at 6.5hp I may fit it to another machine one day. The only downside is the drive shaft is tapered, I cannot find a pulley with a taper bore. So am going to have to get something turned to fit on it to convert it to a parallel shaft. I have downloaded the engine manual, but it’s all in Italian. If there is something you need to know, you can get selected text translated online. If someone wants a copy of the manual, please message me.