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[vhgmcbuddy]

Hi, I’ve recently acquired a Mk15 Villiers engine as part of a Howard Bantam Rotavator.
What modern day engine oil should I use please.
Keith

[vhgmcbuddy]

maybe the memory is playing tricks, I have just been thru most of my brochures,
and could only find a Gem / Bantam brochure from 1951,
with dealer stamp in top right, Holttum 408 Cherryhinton Road.

Thanks for the background on Mr Holttum, very interesting.
cheers Rod.

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[vhgmcbuddy]

Hi. I’ve spent 4 months restoring a Howard Bantam rotovator with a villiers mk 15 engine.
Where is the best place/platform to sell this?
I just have to fit the rear rotor cover and pepperpot exhaust and it’s all shiny and working ..

Cheers

bobdaz

[vhgmcbuddy]

Have a fuel leak from the carb on my Howard Bantam. Nearly at the end of the restoration and put fuel in to test Mk15 engine to discover fuel leaking from small hole below tickler button!
Any ideas please. Pic taken from forum and credit to the guy who has done a great restoration.

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[vhgmcbuddy]

I’m nearly at the end of a Bantam restoration and put fuel in for the first time but fuel is leaking out of a small hole below the tickler button?…any ideas please..Pic was taken from the forum and credit goes to the fantastic restoration this guy has done and was inspired to have a go myself.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Howard 350 certainly had a trailer made by James and Stone who were boat builders in Kent so may be the Bantam used the same trailer . Strange coupling though it fits onto the plough hitch,and utilises a hitch block so the trailer can pivot and has a swan neck to come over the rotors . This in effect tilts the machine forward so the rotots clear the ground . Rather in the same manner as if you were walking the machine to a site

I have been after one for years They are about and yes they were marketed as a howard accessory certainly for the 300/350 range

[andyfrost]

Another result then , Bantams are great little machines IMO , I have two , and they get used very regularly.

Andy.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Hi Andy, did what you suggested and it is obvious I have a howard bantam. Many thanks to you and Charlie for your help. Best regards, James

[charlie]

From photo gallery pages of this website, Howard Bantam with drive shaft along side clearly visible and a Bullfinch which has centre drive to rotors, couldn’t find photo of 220.

[andyfrost]

The rotors on a 220 are centre driven , and side driven on the Bantam , both share almost identical handle bar systems.

Andy.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Please can someone tell me how I can tell if I have a howard bantam a 220. The model I have has handles that can be offset, so I believe it must be one or the other. It has been retrofitted with a Briggs and Stratton 3HP model 80202. Would also appreciate any info on where I can buy a new or refurbished carburetor for this engine.

[vhgmcbuddy]

I came across a Howard price list I have earlier, and listed as an approved attachment for the Bantam is a trailer built by James and Stone

[charlie]

The instruction and parts book I have for Bantam attachments does not show a trailer. It may have been a non Howard item ?

[vhgmcbuddy]

I’m sure somewhere I’ve seen a Howard leaflet showing a trailer for a Bantam. The rotor unit removed and a tow hitch fitted, which then had the trailer attached. Does anyone have any photos of this or am I imagining it!!

Thanks

[andyfrost]

From the pics , that looks like an AC120 engine from a Howard Bantam , which would explain the starter pulley issue.
I very much doubt the wheel weights would fit inside your 350 wheels.

Andy.