[charlie]

I agree, the social history element of articles etc in Allens Activities is a real window on how things were. To think the directors were serving beer to the workforce whereas now drinking on the premises would almost certainly be a sacking offence. I also like the account of how timber was brought in from around the estate and stacked in the yard to provide fuel for the workers.

[charlie]

I suspect your only chance of finding a spare is from a scarp machine.

[charlie]

pm sent.

[charlie]

That is rather appropriate as they were designed for the African market.

[charlie]

I need to pull my 50 out of the shed for a better look, but I can confirm it is a Lucas and is bolted down through the base. Looking around the internet it looks like an MA1 possibly.

Attachments:

1. 
2. 

[charlie]

I have just bought a few more copies of Allen’s Activities, my collection now runs 1-30, 33/34, 37-44. (31/32, 35/36 missing ). Due to problems they had getting issues out on time some are combined eg; 25/26; 33/34; 37/38; 39/40; 41/42; so I am not sure if the ones I don’t have are single or double issues. I also have a few duplicates.
They contain some good articles about Allen products and give a good insight to the company activities.

[charlie]

I can get his number for you.

[charlie]

My biggest regret was an Emery I saw on e bay, foolishly I did not go for the buy it now option and missed out in the bidding. I remember it was said to have a Villiers V engine, this was a wartime version. I just hope that the machine was not bought by an engine collector solely for the engine.

[charlie]

The post says file exceeds allowable size and there are no images other than the two in your first post?!

[charlie]

A wise move, no point in spending a lot of time and money on gearbox only to find engine is no good. I always open the drain tap on bottom of crank case to drain any excess fuel/oil mix before starting.

[charlie]

Matt, you need to reduce your photo file size to 5072Kb or less.

[charlie]

The gear change is operated by a lever on the right hand handlebar, it is like the clutch lever on the left. A cable should be attached to the operating arm on the rear of the gearbox. If you do not have an owners manual, which includes a parts list, let me know your e mail address via personal message and I can send a copy.
I will have a look through the records and see if I can find anything.

[charlie]

I spotted that when I looked. Note part numbers with a suffix of D or G indicates Right (droite) and Left (gauche).

[charlie]

A quick look at parts books and numbers are different for 50 and 56, also checked list of drawings and could not see that part number.
The machines are metric, nuts bolts etc.

[charlie]

Your best option is probably to buy another engine or Howard Gem for parts. The Gem would not have had a dynamo fitted.

[Author]

Posts