Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Chris Munnery | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/scudv6/activity/ Activity feed for Chris Munnery. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:04:48 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 91ddd0819b2fec470387259328f24386 Chris Munnery replied to the topic Gem 810 carb help in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gem-810-carb-help/#post-42485 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:01:34 +0100 Right story so far….

Did a compression test and had no compression on 1 cylinder. I have had the head off and reground all valves in as 1 was looking like it wasn’t seating properly. I now have compression on both cylinders. I haven’t tried to run it yet as all the exhaust/inlet gaskets have fell to bits and was letting exhast and inlet mix.…[Read more]

]]> 1399252e9bd5df04de1ed5948373c032 Chris Munnery replied to the topic Gem 810 carb help in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gem-810-carb-help/#post-42480 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:35:44 +0100 I take it this is the part number I am looking for? Is this the same carb that normally on the 810cc?

]]> a4d5d16e1cae8a9a955eca01d7940629 Chris Munnery replied to the topic Gem 810 carb help in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gem-810-carb-help/#post-42479 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:25:05 +0100 It’s a bit of a head scratcher this end too mate. It got put into dry storage a year ago. We collected it a few weeks back and obviously any fuel etc had gone stale. we cleaned the carb out and flushed the tank and it ran fine. We returned a couple of days later to run it up and then take to the allotment and it was running but the hunting almost…[Read more]

]]> 02c823a851b921e61d12e233a836dda7 Chris Munnery replied to the topic Gem 810 carb help in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gem-810-carb-help/#post-42470 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 18:50:00 +0100 I have emailed that company, thanks.

I am going to do a compression test as it is spitting back through the air filter a bit which would say to me either a bent inlet valve or one that is not seating properly. My uncle used to work on garden machinary so is quite sorted when it comes to older engines. He suggested the replacing the carb jets etc…[Read more]

]]> 86eded1b1046066d046e6711f5a3151d Chris Munnery replied to the topic Gem 810 carb help in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gem-810-carb-help/#post-42468 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:58:37 +0100 I Haven’t no. It was running fine when it was put in dry storage so didn’t think I would need parts etc. Are these machines really that hard to get parts for? What if I need a set of valves for example, head gasket etc?

]]> 29346f691f70beea958277bc92309e0a Chris Munnery started the topic Gem 810 carb help in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gem-810-carb-help/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:00:25 +0100 Hi all. Newbie hoping to pick brains. I have a Howard Gem with the 810cc 360 engine. It has what I believe to be an Amal 348/10 carburetor. Problem is I seem to have the only one ever made. I have finished the internet looking for eithwr a replacement or a rebuild kit but cannot find any reference to this particular carb. My uncle has had a tinker…[Read more]

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