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Stuart , I’m certain it’s not distorted , besides which the fuel level would not be that high anyway, plus it’s leaking from round the bottom.
It’s on a Coleby Cultivator.

Andy.

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Stuart , it’s coming from around the carb itself , not from the choke.Mine does not have the “tap” in the manifold , I’ve adjusted the main jet in to no avail , and the gasket is A1.
Iam truly baffled over this one.

Sten , the valves have been refaced and seats re-cut.

Thanks again chaps.

Andy.

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Back in the day when I dabbled with a few stationary engines , I usually tried to apply as much heat (carefully) as I dare , then knock the flywheel “on a bit further” and use a quality key drift to then remove the key.
Not much use if the flywheel has been incorrectly fitted , in that it has been driven fully on , and the key then fitted , it’s then as you say………drilling etc etc.

Andy.

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Many thanks for the replies , it appears I should have called Paul at Meetens in the first instance , being a tight wad, Zenith direct are around half the price.

Andy.

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Stuart , I believe Alan Rogers(Will Haggle) can date your engine.
One question , where did you find the most reliable source of parts for your carb. I need a needle&seat assembly for a 24T2 ,so far I’ve spoken to Zenith themselves , and the knowledge of their own products is appalling to say the least.

Andy.

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John , from memory I’m certain it was red.

Andy.

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John , I actually owned one of these , they are (or at least in the day)a very high quality machine.
I always thought that the engine was Isekis own manufacture.

Andy.

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Stew , yes , if you’ve got the measuring tube fitted to the cap on your tank , it’s four of those measures to a gallon.

Andy.

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Stew , under no circumstances use any modern oil such as Stihl , for your mixture. Any grade of STRAIGHT 30 grade oil should be used , my choice for all my vintage twostroke machines is Morris.
On a 25C , the crankcase sealing will not work well on modern oils , your machine will run on them , but it will run far better on a straight 30 mixture.

Andy.

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Stew , on a Howard it will be a 25C.

Andy.

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Got mine today also , one word SUPERB , a good allround mix.

Many thanks Andy.

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All the very best Charlie.

Andy.

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Many thanks for that , their ploughs are miles ahead of anything we had on our period machines.

Andy.

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Absolutely , I managed to shear off a couple of bolts on a machine today……..miniscule in the grand scheme of things , our thoughts should be for those really suffering.

Andy.

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Thanks Gents, I’ve got a bit of work to do on it , but should have it up and running in time. Unusually for me it’s the first and only fourstroke machine in my collection.

Andy.

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