Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Kevm | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/kevm/activity/ Activity feed for Kevm. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:47:16 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a666e1784f16c48a02378dc15c9a7db6 Kevm replied to the topic Oxford Allen Scythe Villiers Mk25c in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/oxford-allen-scythe-villiers-mk25c/page/2/#post-43468 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:18:08 +0000 If the remains of the flywheel wont come off with a puller you will have to carefully cut it off and split it with a grinding disc.
IF the crank isn’t ruined then there is no reason why you shouldn’t just fit a new coil, condenser and points and away you go.
Way cheaper, and less bother than messing with coils and batteries.

]]> 787bc129e9f78aa32077ff7ca3d64346 Kevm started the topic Magneto overhaul in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/magneto-overhaul/ Fri, 31 May 2024 20:12:05 +0100 Where can I get a Wico type A overhauled, it’s on my Howard gem.
Used to be a few small one man bands doing magnetos but they all seem to have got old and retired.

]]> bdf0c5a6d7314225cf11aa1fec9720f4 Kevm replied to the topic Howard Gem Series V in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-gem-series-v/#post-42288 Tue, 21 May 2024 17:57:15 +0100 Tyres should be pointing forward same as a tractor, if you hit a big stone the rotor will jump up but it won’t push the machine forward – it’s too heavy.
Even if it does that is far better than breaking something and why are you rotavating big stones.
Get an ultrasonic cleaner, you can get cheap ones on ebay for £30 or £80 – 120 for a good q…[Read more]

]]> afdd37cabd7b6e3304c856e5c461a815 Kevm replied to the topic Holes in petrol tank in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/holes-in-petrol-tank/#post-42090 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:07:55 +0100 Soldering is best but you have to get it really clean first then once the holes are covered/filled coat the inside with POR15 I have used it many times on all sorts of fuel tanks and it is brilliant stuff.
You could clean it up, fill the holes with filler of your choice then POR15 inside.

]]> c58eb8d41a414339b2f91d781448aaa0 Kevm replied to the topic Allen Scythe access to clutch in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allen-scythe-access-to-clutch/#post-38299 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:05:13 +0000 You don’t need to remove the wheel and getting the gib key out could be a whole lot of unnecessary hassle.
Just remove the guard and clean up the clutch mechanism there is not a lot that can go wrong with the actual dog clutch inside the gearbox.

]]> 9a345a644d6d44d813a40bb396e3e52d Kevm replied to the topic Allen scythe access to magneto in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allen-scythe-access-to-magneto/#post-38298 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:00:21 +0000 To get the flywheel off you just undo the centre bolt and keep undoing it – pop.
Don’t break the flywheel fins.

]]> 958cbd32f639b6e49e5943337cb0dc96 Kevm replied to the topic Howard super gem in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-super-gem/#post-38297 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 08:52:13 +0000 I am near Inverurie, got a Gem with a JAP engine and a 350 with a Kohler, both good machines.

]]> 9fd16fac788ab4c44f4d9be894ffad81 Kevm started the topic Handlebar grips in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/handlebar-grips/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:43:46 +0100 I have some cheap chinese rubber grips on the handlebars of my GEM but they are starting to degrade and every time I use it I get horrible black sticky on my hands.
Handlebars are about 28mm dia. and finding it difficult to get decent plastic grips, I would prefer plastic as less chance they will degrade in a few years.
Any one know where I can…[Read more]

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