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Peter , have faith , it won’t rain tomorrow. Commers pull and ride better fully loaded……..fill it right up.

Andy.

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Weather is looking nice and kind , looking forward to this one.

Andy.

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Another trip down here to get yourself another cylinder and piston. I did strip the engine down that we had on the bench , the piston had VERY minor scoring , but would easily clean up , I haven’t measured the ring gap , but will do when I get a few minutes to spare.

Andy.

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Barry , to be quite honest , judging from those pics , it’s hardly worth measuring , it looks to be in a rather sorry state.

Andy.

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Barry my first port of call would be Meetens (01722 691604) , ask for Paul Childs , there is no man on this planet better to speak to regarding Villiers..

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That looks like an electronic module , ….throw it away. If John has overhauled your ignition , you should be away in no time , I take it that he has fitted new coil and condenser.

Andy.

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Just let me know when , I ‘m here most weekends.

Andy.

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The original type of pipe does appear at auto jumbles from time to time , and probably still available , but I don’t know where from.
Basically any silicon type pipe will do the job.
I did say that parts are not that plentiful , it’s just a matter of keep looking and asking.
My spares , many new, have been built up over a long period.

Andy.

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I seem to recall seeing one of those very recently , looks a nice machine Charlie , will it grace Weeley this year ??

Andy.

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All being well I’ll be there , be nice to see some of our hobbys more unusual machines.

Andy.

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I have great memories of my Fathers Marshall driving his Rackbench , and another lovely sounding engine was the Petter atomic he had on a conventional sawbench.

Andy.

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The Sachs diesel was by some distance the best engine ever fitted to the Gem , to replace one with one of those Kohler petrol efforts should be a criminal offence.

Andy.

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The wheels should be as you say “hard rubber with tread on them” , as for manuals , there’s usually some on the well known auction site.
Some engine spares are still available from Meetens , I recently got a set of new rings and big end shells when I did the engine on my Demon.

Andy.

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Chris , very sorry to read , here’s wishing a speedy recovery.

Andy.

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Peter , in the great tradition it’s a Villiers.

Andy.

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