[charlie]

Machine s/n 350510 was despatched on 30-6-53 and delivered on 9-9-53 to Thornhill Nursery, Hinderwell, Yorkshire.

[charlie]

I use NGK A6 or Champion D16 or similar spark plugs. I have owners manual and parts list available as pdf files. I am also custodian of the factory records and can date machine from serial number 35????. Parts are not available although it may be possible to find some secondhand parts from machines broken for parts. Bearings and seals maybe obtainable from good suppliers. Do you need any specific parts?
Some of the original engineering drawings are held in the archives at Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) Reading. I have been helping catalogue them, until Covid19 put a stop to visiting the museum.

[charlie]

Is it a 14mm or 18mm plug?

[charlie]

Correction to my earlier comment regarding post. I found out today that only mail to Republic of Ireland is been sent at present, all other destinations are blocked due to Covid.

[charlie]

Also a couple of Planet Jnr seeders and the box they are delivered in.

[charlie]

Brexit and Covid should not impact on small parcels such as a head gasket which will probably go in the post. A good source of Villiers spares is Meetens.

[charlie]

I suspect the Fenland Ladies may be self isolating.

[charlie]

Very good.

[charlie]

I can appreciate how long the transfers must be taking from the small amount of photo editing I have done eg removing barrier ropes from photos of machines at shows to make a clearer picture for inclusion in The Cultivator.
I am intrigued as to what the chain drive on that Trusty in the photo is for.

[charlie]

I can appreciate how long the transfers must be taking from the small amount of photo editing I have done eg removing barrier ropes from photos of machines at shows to make a clearer picture for inclusion in The Cultivator.
I am intrigued as to what the chain drive on that Trusty in the photo is for.

[charlie]

The December issue of The Cultivator will be posted out by the printers today.
Please note, membership renewal form will be on the reverse of address sheet, if you have membership to end of 2021 you will not have a renewal form.

[charlie]

Brilliant, start em young.

[charlie]

I have had a look through all the Wipac information I have and cannot see a rotor arm like that anywhere. I did find a service bulletin showing a new type gear housing, see attached. All the multi-cylinder magnetos appear to have a conventional looking rotor arm.
Looking at the photos and thinking about how it works, if I understand the operation correctly. The external contact on the rotor needs to be in contact with one of the plug lead contacts on the distributor housing at the point where it will fire ie when points start to open. It should be possible to set magneto at a point where points start to open; then without moving magneto rotor shaft,attach distributor gear housing and set rotor arm to one of the plug lead terminals.
It may turnout that the witness mark lines up with the metal strip on rotor arm at this point.

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[charlie]

so I ordered
3/8″-18 NPTF (National Pipe Taper Fuel) thread which is standard for these valves.
I assume the 18 means mm.

The 18 refers to pitch of thread, 18 threads per inch (tpi). There are so many different threads it would fill a book.

[charlie]

Neil, I have found someone that has the Bristol 10 register, they may be able to help, see https://www.silverfoxtractorspares.com/ekmps/shops/jws8408/contact-us-2-w.asp
Club member Stuart Johnson is another possible contact.

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