[charlie]

Not used Villiers Service so cannot comment, but I have used Villiers Parts and had good service.

[charlie]

Another possibility is a very well modified machine using the engine and bonnet from a production machine with the rest home made.

[charlie]

An ideal oil would be Castrol Classic XL or Morris Lubricants Golden Film SAE30 classic oil.

[charlie]

All paid up members can of course download the latest copy from The Cultivator pages of the website.

[charlie]

Of course neither the Yanmar or Mitsi and their ploughs are eligible for the vintage class but interesting to see.

[charlie]

A good question and having a quick look at the series 1 gearbox casing I cannot see an obvious route. The instruction book indicates that oil will overflow from worm gear casing to main gearbox. To be safe I fill the main gearbox via the dipstick hole, a slow process, then fill worm gear via the filler. Later series 2 machines and all series 3 machines had a simple pump to pump oil upto the worm gears from the main box, each had its own dipstick.

[charlie]

The Howard Gem is worth saving, in working order they are a very capable machine.

[charlie]

There is always a good display of horticultural machines at this show, see June 2011 issue of The Cultivator for a report on that years show, so your comment that they are not interested is not true.

[charlie]

Very interesting, almost certainly from somewhere in Europe the bonnet lines look familiar but I can’t think what.

[charlie]

A good find. I agree with you a good clean and rub down with an oily rag.

[charlie]

Has the Earthquake had an engine swop, I see the gear lever is also further back than on my machine. Always good to see machines still working as they were intended. I still use my Earthquake.

[charlie]

Yes keep turning after it goes tight, it designed to pull the flywheel off the taper which is why it will go tight. When putting the flywheel back make sure crank and flywheel surfaces of taper are clean and free of oil, for final tightening use an old spaaner and give it a good wack with a hammer. If it is not tight enough it will slip and throw the timing out.

[charlie]

Martin there is always the possibility that your entry form did not arrive, things do go astray in the post. Did you try and find out if it had been received?

[charlie]

Nigel, depends if there are any spares. The reminder that is sent to all members that have not renewed in February does warn that they may not get a magazine. We only print enough for th enumber of members on the list plus a few for new members.

[charlie]

I assume the engine is all that is left of the cement mixer, otherwise you could have shown that. Engine does sound good.

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