[charlie]

I have asked around and he is still alive and well and still trading.

[charlie]

Not one I recognise. Will need some time spent looking through literature if anyone has any. Old adverts are often very useful.

[charlie]

Mike, I do not have the drawings you talk of, they are at MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) in Reading. I do have a list of what drawings are there as I have been helping catalogue them. They are from Geo Monro and cover model 35, 56 and Monrotiller mostly with a few other odd ones. A lot of the drawing numbers are the part number which helps find the right drawing. Let me know if there are any specific ones you want to know if they hold.

[charlie]

There are a good few about amongst our members that collect seed drills and push hoes etc.

[charlie]

It does look to be Landmaster Gardenmaster based. Not sure how comfortable it will be to use with handles attached where they are, Landmaster handles were attached further back in line with axle.
See https://vhgmc.co.uk/photo-galleries/landmaster/gardenmaster-imglandm050/

[charlie]

One other tip, make sure clutch is disengaged before starting the engine.

[charlie]

The little brass plate with 16126 stamped on it is the engine number. The 10007 cast into engine top cover is the part number. The machine serial number on my model 50 is on a plate on the left hand (carb side) engine side cover.

[charlie]

Your Monrotiller is a series 2 machine. It has two forward gears and no reverse. It is a pity the serial number has been lost as I could give exact date from factory records held by the VHGMC and which I am custodian of. Did your family but it new? If so it may be possible to find it in the records as most buyers name and address are listed.
I will see what |I have in my second hand spares, no promises. The good news is that the original engineering drawings are held at Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) at Reading. I have been helping catalogue them.

[charlie]

If the HT lead pick up is in good condition it should be easy enough to but a length of HT cable to make a replacement.
Starting straps can be made, I don’t know of a supplier. I have used 1 inch wide webbing as used on Land Rover tilts. Leather could also be used.
I will e mail documents to you.

[charlie]

Have you tried contacting the Bristol 10 register?

[charlie]

Good to know the paint is a good colour match. When I repainted my SIMAR 35 (a longtime ago now), it was brush painted, many coats with lots of rubbing down and a finish with T cut and it was an almost perfect flat finish.

[charlie]

Welcome back. You have come to the right place, SIMAR and Geo Monro are my speciality.
Your machine is a model 50 and would have been made in Switzerland, only the 35 and 56 were British built. The 50 is almost the same as a 56, the major difference is the 56 has an additional segment in the gearbox between engine and main gearbox, which houses the reverse gear. The clutches are dog clutches so have little to go wrong with them. The drive pins are different lengths, depending on which wheel the longer one is in determines which gear is selected, high or low, so I am guessing it is the longer pin that is stuck.
If you require operators manual or parts manual let me know your e mail address via a personal message.
I see the miller cover looks as if it has been repaired or fabricated at some time.

[charlie]

Adam, we need to see the photo, which is missing.

[charlie]

I am guessing the claimed pedigree of the Trusty Steed is why the ridiculous price tag. Looking at the sellers other items I wondered how they come to have several ex Kew Transport Museum items? Googling Kew Transport Museum shows the seller was the director of Kew Transport Museum, so it would appear he is selling the museum collection, the YouTube video may give reason why.. see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oog1i6_7YhY

[charlie]

It has probably dissolved due to inter metal corrosion between the aluminium and steel. Something Land Rover owners are well aware of, made worse by the addition of a an electrolyte such as salt water.

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