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bill-c replied to the topic Howard Bantam in the forum Pedestrian operated machines 2 years, 11 months ago
I’ve got a Yeoman and it’s hard to find the build dates for Howards. The only thing I know about the Bantam is they were first built late 40’s/early 50’s and finished production in 1961. The later models had the Villers mk15 engine so your’s should be late 50’s early 60’s. If you need any parts oils etc the green spark plug co is a good place to look.
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bill-c replied to the topic Merry Christmas to All in the forum Help and information 3 years ago
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone.
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bill-c replied to the topic Question about a Howard Bantam in the forum Pedestrian operated machines 3 years, 6 months ago
I did the same with a Howard Yeoman, the build quality was so good I overhauled the whole thing. I’ve also got a Bantam Scythe which I’m overhauling at the moment to adapt to fit the Yeoman. It’s one of those jobs that fiddle with from time to time do among all the other jobs.
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bill-c replied to the topic Question about a Howard Bantam in the forum Pedestrian operated machines 3 years, 6 months ago
Never worked on one or seen inside of the gearbox but I did find this down load but can’t see any seals on the axle bush
https://www.allotment-garden.org/rotavator-manuals/Howard-Bantam-Instructions-Parts-1950.pdf -
bill-c replied to the topic Villiers Mk25 – What Carb? in the forum Pedestrian operated machines 4 years, 7 months ago
I know it might sound strange but have you changed the plug. Not had much to do with Villiers but I do know Hondas are prone to cutting out when hot if the plug is old.
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bill-c replied to the topic Hello from a new member in the forum Projects 4 years, 7 months ago
Thank you Andy and Charlie for the information on the ID plates, George at Villiers does have ID plates but I’ve decided that a new one would look wrong on the machine and after a couple hours work I’m happy with the results so I’ll be refitting the originals now. Thanks for the comments Danny it does look better than when I got it home, lots…[Read more]
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bill-c started the topic Hello from a new member in the forum Projects 4 years, 7 months ago
Hello everyone, new to the forum but not to gardening, as a school kid had to help my father in a large garden it was ploughed by a tractor, rotavated by me and I used a then new Howard 350 (shows my age), fond memories even though hard work, no wonder I ache some mornings even now. Many years later needed a rotavator so bided on a few 350’s, a…[Read more]
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bill-c replied to the topic Howard Yoeman/Villiers Mark 40 in the forum Projects 4 years, 7 months ago
I’ve just going through the job of cleaning up a Yeoman, they seem to be prone to people filling the fuel system with water and ending up with heavy corrosion in the carb and tank. After a bit of hard work it all cleaned up and then after a few non printable words and a bit of huffing and puffing it started and ran. Best of luck with the rebuild,…[Read more]
