[charlie]

With the gearbox in neutral you should be able to push the machine. The clutch can stick, mine does OK to engage gear but drags so continues to drive, as soon as rotavator is put into gear and working the problem goes away due to greater load on clutch. The Albion gearbox clutch has a number of corks in the friction plate.

[charlie]

With the gearbox in neutral you should be able to push the machine. The clutch can stick, mine does OK to engage gear but drags so continues to drive, as soon as rotavator is put into gear and working the problem goes away due to greater load on clutch. The Albion gearbox clutch has a number of corks in th efriction plate.

[charlie]

5900 May 1929- 6397 Oct 1930 498 machines, if information I am looking at is correct.

[charlie]

I see your machine has the clutch on the right and a stop button fitted.

[charlie]

Air leak on air filter side of throttle butterfly should not affect starting it is leaks from butterfly to engine that will be a problem, eg weaken the fuel / air mixture.

[charlie]

The two handles at base of handle bars are for swinging handle bars to left or right, just slacken them off, turn handle bars to desired position and tighten. Make sure they are tight.

[charlie]

The Trusty Earthquake is fairly simple to operate. Standing at the rear facing forward lever on left hand handle bar is the clutch, not clear from the photo but it looks as if your machine has a throttle control on the right hand side. The original engine was governor controlled, no throttle lever. On the right hand side of gearbox is the gear lever, all the way forward should be reverse, then as you come back neutral, first, neutral, second and if a three speed gearbox, neutral, third. Lever on back of gearbox is to engage drive to rotavator tines. Depth control is the spring loaded bolt/pin at very back which is used to adjust depth skid. Depending on ground conditions do not try to go full depth on first pass, go in stages. If trying too much in one go machine will tend to jump or even stall depending on ground. Hope this helps.

[charlie]

I dread to think what those springs for the tines cost! A recent booklet I bought from Donald Jones in the USA via that online auction site shows a shock absorber for the other type of tines, see photo.

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[charlie]

serial number doe snot seem to fit in range on the information I have. A5 are 4 digit serial numbers, 623? would be correct circa 1029-30.

[charlie]

Great news.

[charlie]

Something different.

[charlie]

A friend of my son has one, thanks for the offer.

[charlie]

Is there an air leaf where carb bolts on, you say you took it off. My old Trusty had the same carb and to start it I had to hold my hand over the air inlet, with air filter disconnected, this made sure it pulled plenty of fuel through.

[charlie]

Kev, photo files need resizing, too large.

[charlie]

Joe, pm sent regarding manual. Neil Jarrett is the man for parts if you need any.

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