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  • #7623
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Picked this up at the weekend it runs but not the right belt for the cutting disc. There are no makers id plates on it? except for a raised letter S on the cutting head.. has anyone got any ideas….?

    #7625
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Its a Loyd Motor Sickle

    #7626
    charlie
    Keymaster

    From the days before health & safety!!! I seem to remember there was some debate a while ago on the forum about a mechanism for disengaging drive to the blade. If I remember rightly later models did have something.

    #7627
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Thank you paul, Now for some research..

    #7628
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Hello Charlie, this does have a clutch there is a lever to slide the engine back to tighten the belt, but the belt on it is to small but an easy fix..

    #7630
    trusty-mad
    Participant

    was this produced by lloyds of letchester?

    #7640
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Looks like this could be a, Four seasons scrubcutter made by the standard insulator company ltd, but cant seem to find much out on the net, but will keep trying.

    #7641
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Here is a picture of the raised S on the cutter head.

    #7644
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Just found this…

    #7646
    hortiman
    Participant

    It is definitely a Four Seasons scrubcutter made by the Standard Insulator co of Camberley.
    The early ones had no jockey pulley clutch to disengage the drive to the cutter, this made starting the machine a bit of a nightmare! difficult to hold the blade off the ground while pulling the starting rope. The later ones did have a clutch which made things safer.
    I think they did feature on the old website. I will look to see if I have a leaflet as I did restore mine last Year. probably worth looking in one of the Brian Bell books.

    Chris

    #7651
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    This mower remember one I saw in 1989 in Iguazu falls (Argentina) mowin the grass of the hotel! Always I ignored the mark

    #7652
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    That’s great news chris many thanks, I take it that’s why it has that raised S on the large pulley. Have you any pictures of yours ?

    #7673
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    I had a bit of a tinker with the machine today and found this moulded into the handle bar grips !!

    #7675
    vhgmcbuddy
    Member

    Oops, sorry, wrong again…

    #7676
    charlie
    Keymaster

    Great to have the original hand grips.

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