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You may be right but ” starter shaft ” does not look like it has a dog drive , 137 had a similar flywheel/clutch as mine had been broken and I repaired it with heavy washers brazed in, T has a fan drive belt as well as the starter chain drive. Hope he can show more pictures of more bits and a serial number.

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The engine decompressor mechanism is the main clue and exposed valve gear. I can see that there are some early forged drive wheels amongst the pile. Hope you find the serial number so we can date it.

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This looks as if it could be a T series Sturmey Archer engine which would have been fitted with a Lucas manual advance/retard magneto however these were troublesome, very expensive to repair and dangerous if not used correctly. For safety and successful running I would fit the later MG2 magneto which has a centrifugal adv/retard and impulse starting aid. Neil Jarrett is the man to source a magneto. I used to own until recently number 137 which was number 36 off the production line from February 1936, do you know the serial number of this machine? If not on the model plate it may be on the front left leg of the engine mount frame or the underside of the gearbox cover.
These engines are very rare as most were replaced with the later TB engine after a number of accidents.

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Part of a jack that goes under cart axles ?

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Try removing the fuel injector and reconnect it outside the engine,crank the engine with various throttle settings and watch the mist see what happens when you shut the throttle down, sounds as if the governor fuel rack link may be set wrongly. Good luck.

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Sounds to me as if the valve in the fuel pump is stuck it should stop pumping when resistance from needle valve shuts off.

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Hi Martin
If the magneto clicks when all is tightened up are you turning the crank over with the starting handle or by pushing on the fywheel. If so when you rotate the sprocket on the magneto with the lower sprocket loose try rotating the mag sprocket in the opposite direction to that which you have been. The impulse dog will only engage if the mag is rotated in one direction if it clicks with the chain and sprockets tight then the only reason for it not clicking with the chain free is if it is rotated the wrong way.

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Hi Martin, you have the correct magneto, to set the timing loosen the lower of the two timing chain sprockets ( the smallest one ) set the crank to exactly top dead center. With the timing chain lower sprocket slack, rotate the larger sprocket on the magneto until you hear it click, reverse rotate the mag sprocket about 60 degrees and nip up the lower sprocket clamping bolt. Make a mark on the flywheel and the crankcase at top dead centre. Turn the crank over until you hear the magneto click and observe the position of your two timing marks, if they match job done, if not note how much they are apart either advanced or retarded and then slacken lower sprocket clam and loosen sprocket on the taper move the magneto sprocket in whichever direction needed to close the gap on your marker points, clamp up the sprocket and repeat turnover repeat until the click and your two TDC timing marks are all lined up. This will create spark ignition for starting at top dead centre. Make sure that the magneto internals move freely so that when the engine starts it can advance to 20 degrees and return to Zero when the engine stops.. Have Fun!

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I have a black and Decker two speed drill that my brother gave us as a wedding present 49 years ago, I also have an older single speed that was my father’s complete with drill stand and various attachments. Both are in perfect working order despite having oversize chucks fitted and having been used with large diameter masonry drills.I have an ancient soldering iron too but it is so big it blows the trips in my workshop!!

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Thanks Charlie that worked.

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Thank you for your kind words, the displays were good fun my friend Anthony Brennan played a major part in the set up for Malvern as did many other contributors and most of all the people who travelled from far and wide with MG machines. Healthwise I am told I should make a full recovery but having so many tractors and parts would have been a major issue to anyone but me having to clear them and it was frustrating to see them all just sitting there when as we see daily there are dozens of young enthusiasts desperate to get hold of crawlers I have really enjoyed meeting up with many of them and supplying parts to bring more machines back to life.
With regard to the WR4 and WR8 machines, Ransomes developed both machines and produced them for market for some time but then for some reason they passed production and marketing over to Whitlock, Whitlock were the taken over and production was stopped. The Morish skimmers produced today were I think directly derived from the Ransomes machines presumably because Ransomes failed to take development further. When you look at the MG crawlers which were developed to make the dumpers ,loaders and skimmers in the early 1960’s, how sad that it took many years before other companies build similar machines which went on to supply the world, Bobcat skidsteers, Kubota Karrier dumpers being prime examples. It seems that so many British companies produced superb machines but then failed to develop them and capitalise on their potential, was it poor financing lack of market initiative or what ? In the 1980’s I bought one of the first Bobcat Skidsteer loaders in UK fitted with tracks to work on the peat at Kirkbride.

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Very good thank you.

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The machine with the steering wheel is the final version sold I believe into Dockland.

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Ian I think someone has modified your linkage to fit on the wider MG2.

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Amazing that an MG5 arrived in Chile and still exists, I hope you will let us know if you ever find out how it got there. For spare parts Neil Jarrett in Glamorgan Wales is the main dealer in parts for UK and is well used to exporting parts all over the world, contact him at njarrett@btinternet.com.

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