Andrew
Thanks for that, and you now say engine was probably made by Ransomes can see now looking at parts not quite finished as the old three speed jobs, I thought would have been like barrel sort of overhangs crankcase in parts, carb looks the part and very well machined but design is a bit more than just lacking especially they got things right over a century earlier with design especially where single cylinders are concerned taking large gasps of air so not a constant air flow. People took a pride in things, I have a 25hp Chinese 4 wheel drive mini tractor that was scrapped and left outside for years with failing parts after only 4 years with little use, design is really good but how its made and put together is atrocious, ideal for what I needed as it was heavy for its size and could pull my twice the sized IH 40hp 2 wheel drive backwards like a toy. I feel it takes no longer to make a good thing than a bad, after lots of work modifying its now worked for over 2,000 hrs and parts that I altered and made are still as new but you can’t correct all issues so a bit trying odd times.
