Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Mark Rand | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/futtock/activity/ Activity feed for Mark Rand. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:17:46 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 138b76d97be5797d2dcbc29fd0eafe43 Mark Rand replied to the topic Geest truck Albion gearbox adjustment in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/geest-truck-albion-gearbox-adjustment/#post-39369 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:37:34 +0100 Photo attached. Hope this helps.

]]> b9946ad41adc08e41ce7b35b1b95847b Mark Rand started the topic Geest truck Albion gearbox adjustment in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/geest-truck-albion-gearbox-adjustment/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 11:33:04 +0100 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]

]]> a5e77c6dfeda4cc098aaca017bc8c6c0 Mark Rand started the topic When did Geests, Wrigleys & Bonsers begin? in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/when-did-geests-wrigleys-bonsers-begin/ Sun, 22 May 2022 15:59:06 +0100 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]

]]> 9845a6d27a20ccb53b71c5064c478d91 futtock posted an update: @urbanalfa Most humble apologies for not replying months ago. […] https://vhgmc.co.uk/activity/p/18545/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 12:10:24 +0000 @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.

]]> 0 434d3a9bf7b3d04bdf6e4923274d67a2 Mark Rand started the topic Villiers engine running rich in the forum Help and information http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/villiers-engine-running-rich/ Wed, 22 May 2019 07:54:15 +0100 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]

]]> 00e5bc2857bc8c09ee1f5905c0b27358 futtock changed their profile picture https://vhgmc.co.uk/activity/p/17444/ Sun, 12 May 2019 07:51:31 +0100 0 01419894f97a19f069cf4a75c715643c Mark Rand replied to the topic Yanmar YM14 manuals in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/yanmar-ym14-manuals/#post-31189 Sun, 12 May 2019 07:18:44 +0100 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.

]]> e968f3c19c9a71bf0c99adc2266982fd Mark Rand replied to the topic Anybody got a Geest badge? in the forum Help and information http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/anybody-got-a-geest-badge/#post-31151 Thu, 09 May 2019 16:42:04 +0100 Done!

]]> 0cf65ea908e2ed2d7f631eab6ec71d3d Mark Rand replied to the topic Anybody got a Geest badge? in the forum Help and information http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/anybody-got-a-geest-badge/#post-31149 Thu, 09 May 2019 07:38:42 +0100 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.

]]> 4ad221154bb8f4743989d19f267fd021 Mark Rand started the topic Anybody got a Geest badge? in the forum Help and information http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/anybody-got-a-geest-badge/ Wed, 08 May 2019 17:30:02 +0100 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?

]]> 1e4c45275e8ac2f13895da6bfc13697e Mark Rand started the topic Geest truck runs in the forum Projects http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/geest-truck-runs/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:38:23 +0100 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]

]]> 13890da674053507e25d80b1b1de6aeb Mark Rand started the topic Geest truck runs in the forum Projects http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/geest-truck-runs/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:38:23 +0100 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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