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OK now i understand your problem.Do you know if the silencer was a Roper made part or an engine part ??.Either way i guess your best bet would be that popular auction site.Try the USA one allthough shipping will be expensive !!.

[stuart]

Looks like the engine may be a Kohler ?.Possibly a K321 if its a 14hp engine ?.I would simply bronze weld / braze the silencer back onto the exhaust pipe if it was mine.

[stuart]

Chris….if your Villiers engine has a “headless” cylinder (cylinder and cylinder head cast in one piece) and has sloping cooling fins then i have a complete engine available.It was running perfectly when i removed it from the mower a few years ago.

[stuart]

I believe the 61 at the end of the serial number is the year of manufacture so it would be a 1961 model.
The 17 at the beginning of the serial number may mean its the 17″ model but im sure someone else on here may be able to verify the above.

[stuart]

Strip and clean the fuel system thoroughly and im sure all will be ok.If not then you may have a compression related problem.

[stuart]

The manual on that link is probably better quality than i could do for you.

[stuart]

My manual will just be a black and white (as is the original of course) photocopy on my printing machine.I dont know what the manual quality is like on that garden site as i dont visit it.PM me if still interested.

[stuart]

Yes if you have no luck with those links i will do you a photocopy of the standard Titan owners manual which includes the spare parts list.It does not however include the Briggs engine parts as this would be in a seperate manual.

[stuart]

A 5hp Wolseley Merry Tiller from 1975 will either be the standard Titan model or the Titan GT (Gear Transmission) model.Both models have a double V-pulley on the engine and on the transmission / chain case.This gives 2 forward speeds (High and Low ratio) on the standard Titan model and 4 speeds plus a reverse on the GT model as this one also has 2 speeds in the transmission.
I have a folder full of MT owners manuals and parts lists but many genuine parts are NLA / Obsolete.
The Titan GT was also available with a 7hp Briggs and Stratton engine.

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I have a parts list for a 1974 “A.800 RANGER” model and it has a vertical crank 8hp Lauson engine fitted.The carburettor will have an adjustable needle valve (main jet) and an adjustable idle mixture screw which would need setting up.I would suggest one and a half turns each as a starting point.Due to the age of the engine,general wear and tear and how well its been serviced etc will have a huge effect on its running and reliability !!.
If the engine dies when the throttle is opened this would suggest a lean mixture.
Also make certain the contact breakers and condensor are in good condition and correctly set.

[stuart]

If the carb does not flood then i can see no reason to fit a new fuel inlet needle.I dont remember reading or seeing any reference to the float height.

[stuart]

Remove the crankcase drain screw at the bottom of one of the alloy crankcase halves.This will drain any fuel residue laying at the bottom of the crankcase which will (or should !!) make starting better.When doing this do NOT pull the engine over with the starting rope in an attempt to speed the draining process as it may start and run out of control (due to over lean mixture / air entering engine where it should not).
The Villiers “Lightweight” carburettor has a small brass screw in the center of the throttle slide.Screwing it in weakens the mixture as it lowers the tapered needle and visa versa.Adjust this brass screw so that the tapered needle measures 2 and 3 eighths of an inch from the bottom of the slide.Just one more thing……make sure the engines main bearings (MS8 type) are in excellent order because if they are worn the flywheel WILL come loose and ignition timing will go out due to excess vibration.I have worked on many of these engines and you soon get to know when you are working on a good one !!!.Hope this helps.

[stuart]

Try MEETONS for JAP engine parts.I have recently brought some gaskets from them for a JAP 5 engine fitted on an Anzani Iron Horse.

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Angus…..the company i mentioned in a previous post was Standen Engineering of Ely,Cambridgeshire.

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To set the ignition timing Jim first set the points gap to 012″-015″.Then set the piston at TDC.With the flywheel “loose” on the crankshaft turn it until the timing mark on the face of the brass flywheel is in line with the timing mark on the alluminium stator plate.Then carefuuly tighten the flywheel nut up but WITHOUT it turning the crankshaft.The points will then open at the correct advance.

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