[charlie]

I am pretty sure they should be flat with no curve.

[charlie]

Do you know engine model or could you post a photo of engine to help identify which it is.

[charlie]

Do you have a photograph you could post on here?

[charlie]

Have you tried using a trolley jack or bottle jack, these would be my first choice.

[charlie]

Lack of activity is I think largely due to more people using other sites and social media such as facebook unfortunately this is happening to other forums as well.

[charlie]

Not aware of any problems. There is no record of any topic started by you recently as far as I can see.

[charlie]

Monotrac and Duotrac are on page 61 of ’70 Years of Garden Machinery’ by Brian Bell.
The interest in SIMAR was accidental. I was offered a machine make unknown but thought to be orange in colour, probably a Howard. When I went to collect it I found it was green and a SIMAR 35. With the Geo Monro connection it went downhill from there!

[charlie]

With my Geo Monro interests my dream machines would have to be a Monotrac and a Doutrac. The interest in Geo Monro goes back to growing up with my father using a Monrotiller series 2, which I never used until I had an allotment and was the first machine in my collection.

[charlie]

What engine is fitted?

[charlie]

You may find the HT lead screws into the cap, a screw thread protrudes and screws into the wire core of lead.

[charlie]

I remember seeing a similar one at Honiton Hill Rally some years ago, possibly the same one? It may have been made by another company that preceded the Easi Mow design.

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[charlie]

Below are extracts from manuals for the JAP600cc engine and model 6 giving details of timing.

Attachments:

1. JAP-600cc-Rotary-Hoe-engine.pdf
2. JAP-model-6.pdf

[charlie]

John, I don’t know if 35 and 32 are the same that is all the literature I have on Aspera. In an earlier post you say yours is a LAV 35.

[charlie]

Hot of the scanner, copy of user instructions.

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1. Aspera-LAV-30-35-40-IA-V50-60-70-instruction-book.pdf

[charlie]

Is there any evidence around frame of machine where engine mounts to suggest it had something different previously? Aspera may have been a later option. Yes it should be possible to turn engine by hand with plug in, you should feel it become harder at some point as piston comes up on compression stroke. If engine has been stood for a long period one of the valves could be stuck open which would cause loss of compression.

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