Mark Rand
@futtock Active 10 months, 1 week ago-
futtock replied to the topic Geest truck Albion gearbox adjustment in the forum Help and information 2 years, 10 months ago
Photo attached. Hope this helps.
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futtock started the topic Geest truck Albion gearbox adjustment in the forum Help and information 2 years, 10 months ago
Reassembing my ?1953 Geest Villiers engined autotruck. It has an Albion gearbox with three forward speeds and reverse. There is an adjuster by the clutch actuating lever whose function is obvious. There another in/out adjuster into the main body of the gearbox which was just finger tight and needs setting properly. What does that adjuster do…[Read more]
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futtock started the topic When did Geests, Wrigleys & Bonsers begin? in the forum Help and information 2 years, 11 months ago
Just getting my 1 1/4HP Geest out of post-covid hibernation and have at last unearthed (or unpainted) the Villiers engine number which is R56A749/53. Reading up about Villiers engines it seems that the last two numbers, after the / show the year – in this case 1953. Geests in the UK only got into bananas in a big way in that very year, 1953 but…[Read more]
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futtock posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
@urbanalfa Most humble apologies for not replying months ago. Only just come across your posting. Have taken the photographs and can e-mail them if still of use to you. E-mail me follyatsettle@gmail.com (not sure how to add photos to posts here.
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futtock started the topic Villiers engine running rich in the forum Help and information 5 years, 11 months ago
The newly overhauled Villiers engine of my Geest autotruck runs very well indeed until the spark plug soots up heavily, very soon after starting – presumably because it is running too rich. I have removed the air intake choke in case that is the cause. Forgive my ignorance but can somebody advise on carburettor mixture adjustment – see picture.…[Read more]
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futtock replied to the topic Yanmar YM14 manuals in the forum Ride-on machines 6 years ago
Have you looked under the raised bonnet? On mine there is a stick-on vinyl with service information. Easily missed as you have to stick your head inside and look up.
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futtock replied to the topic Anybody got a Geest badge? in the forum Help and information 6 years ago
Done!
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futtock replied to the topic Anybody got a Geest badge? in the forum Help and information 6 years ago
Thank you soooo much for that image. We have a print shop in Settle that will be able I am sure to take that image and produce sticker-on vinyls or transfers. If so they can be available for other badge-less Geest trucks.
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futtock started the topic Anybody got a Geest badge? in the forum Help and information 6 years ago
I have a Geest three wheeler truck, Villiers engined. Sadly its Geest engine cover badge is missing. As a temporary measure I have equipped it with a Ferrari badge via EBay but I do not think anybody is kidded. Does anybody have a proper Geest badge?
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futtock started the topic Geest truck runs in the forum Projects 7 years, 7 months ago
After many months of on-and-off restoration my Geest truck goes, stops, steers and does everything it should. All I am short of is a Geest badge for the front. Does anybody have one?
As an interim measure I have used a Ferrari badge – which causes a few laughs, as does the 4×4 badge. At least Ferrari is near to Geest alphabetically.
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futtock started the topic Geest truck runs in the forum Projects 7 years, 7 months ago
After many months of on-and-off restoration my Geest truck goes, stops, steers and does everything it should. All I am short of is a Geest badge for the front. Does anybody have one?
As an interim measure I have used a Ferrari badge – which causes a few laughs, as does the 4×4 badge. At least Ferrari is near to Geest alphabetically.
Biggest…[Read more] -
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