Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

Thank you Alan. That is really helpful. The cam must be above, not below, the aperture and I now understand the fitting instruction. My new plastic pump has a bent steel U channel type arm and I thought that what I could see through the hole was the blade below the big end cap which would fit into the U of the arm. Your wear witness mark has…[Read more]

Thanks Alan. That is very helpful. I cannot see the cam through the small aperture that the pump fits into. I assume that it is out of sight below the aperture. If so I don’t understand the fitting instruction to ensure the pump lever is positioned above the camshaft. The new pump I have would not allow the lever to drop down that far out of…[Read more]

Thanks Charlie. I already have the manuals but sadly the info on the fuel pump is limited and no good diagrams that I can find.
Thanks also David. I am with you on this issue. The old girl should outlive me if it is properly maintained. I still have my first car on the road which I bought in 1964 and that is now 94 years old. My last two modern…[Read more]

Thanks urbanalfa. I know the new pump works out of the engine which is how I identified that it was plumbed in the wrong way round but I am not sure if the blade on the underside of the big end cap is reaching the drive arm and unless I take the engine out and take the sump off I can’t see. That is why I hope someone who knows the engine might be…[Read more]