Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

That’s a good idea , and you’re spot on about differing types of alloy used to make carbs.

Andy.

Despite what you have read on the internet , my early experiences taught me the hard way that acid “CAN” damage very fine threads ,and I managed to ruin a carb , and it wasn’t because of a too rich mixture of acid. I took experienced advice from a good friend and went over to drain cleaner , and have had no problems since.

Andy.

If it’s a carb I’m relatively familiar with , and I know there are no hidden/unknown rubber seals etc., I use a little drain cleaner in the ultrasonic , in your case it would definately work fine , as in a 24T2 there are no hidden “dangers”. A 15min cycle in mine with a little drain cleaner will rid the white corrosion deposits , make sure to drop…[Read more]

George Shead at Villiersparts.

Andy.

I use liquid grease(00grease) quite a bit , but it is vitally important to ensure that you have no brass or bronze components in your gearbox if you have you will need the suitable straight grade SAE.

Andy.

Charlie Moore is the man for all things Monrotiller , I’m sure when he gets back from Weeley , he will have the answer for you.

Andy.

24t2s with fixed jets are ok provided there is very little to no wear in the butterfly shaft , and your engine bore/valve set up is also ok , this is especially so for any application that requires smooth tickover and smooth pickup of revs.
I would always go down the route of changing fixed to adjustable , it eliminates all the USUAL problems with…[Read more]

“What surprised me about that engine was the amount of wear on the rings, bushes and big end rollers. Yet the cylinder bore was OK!”

You have to take into account , that extremely few of the machines that come into our hands are all original , many will have had odd bits and pieces fitted to them to keep them running back in their working…[Read more]

I did think it should have been V111C , as they were the model used by Allen and Simmonds. Should you ever need one I have a new piston (cast iron) for one of those , along with a used , but good cylinder barrel.
I would go along with your views and measurements , but as you say , we’re not dealing with formula one engines.
Many years ago I fully…[Read more]

A couple of things , which model Autoculto do you have that has an V11C engine.
You don’t mention valve guides , often a cause of bad running and burning oil.

Andy.

Measure the size of the two pulleys along with centre to centre of shafts , give these measurements to any reputable belt supplier and they should help you out.

Andy.

Yes 400 , not the original engine though.

Andy

You obviousy have little to no experience of Millar systems , even when new they produce very weak spark , along with certain types of Villiers. Have you noticed that the newly made coils sold by George or Villiers Services produce a far better spark than the originals , nothing to due with weak magnets or whatever.
And my friend who owns the…[Read more]

Well , I started working on horticultural stuff in the early 1970s , and continued all my life although latterly as a hobbie , and have amassed quite a collection over the years , all of which start , run and perform as they should , and I lay alot of that down to have fully working magnetos , many in the collection have been fully rebuilt , I’m…[Read more]

“Lastly on the thorny and unfortunately contentious matter of multimeters. I would readily agree that specialist magneto repairers have an extensive range of dedicated test equipment that is vastly superior to a multimeter.”

On that I would agree , common sense should tell that IF they could get away with using MMs , why would they purchase…[Read more]

It is truly amazing what some folk will believe what they read on the internet , sorry but I’ll stick to my experince gained from the university of life.

Andy.

You’ve obviously made your own mind up over this matter , aided perhaps by some very dodgy internet info , there are EXTREMELY FEW proper magneto engineers about , but many hundreds of amateurs , many of whom put their extremely limited knowledge on Youtube etc.
I have a drawer full of duff coils(why I keep them I’ve no idea) many of these are…[Read more]

I noticed the change also , have to say I much preferred how it used to be.

Andy.

I guess we’d better agree to disagree.

Andy.