Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

Well, this thing is royally pee-ing me right off now. It was running and even dug a little hole.Then stopped. I have tried everything apart from actually finding the original spring links for the flyball / centrifugal governor. (they don’t seem to exist anymore)
Now the thing just will not start at all, it has a good spark, the plug gets wet so…[Read more]

The choke is closing yes, I do think that the issue is the slip ring and spring. The big spring pushes the slip ring away from the flywheel. I suppose this is then multiplied by centrifugal force when the pull cord is pulled.
But without the link springs to keep the slip ring in the hollow notches then the slip ring will be fully out all the…[Read more]

Perfect thank you! Figure 5.3 shows my first issue perfectly. It would seem that I am missing “B” and “D” the links and springs that keep the slide ring “C” in place inside the flywheel.
The million dollar question is are these still available and if so, from where?
It would explain the difficult starting etc as without the links and and springs…[Read more]

Well, I put it back together and it runs. Difficult to start but I think that’s something to do with the linkage issues, but could also be something to do with that big spring and nylon bush not being in the correct place? I have the bush against the vane arm in the last pic with the spring around the spigot inside the magneto. It ran for about 5…[Read more]

Hi wristpin, thanks for replying. Took it apart again this morning to take some pics as requested. I think it is an aspera engine. It’s the spring etc that goes on the magneto that is confusing me the most. The spring is on the last photos. In my head it seems to make sense for it to be located in the underside of the magneto with the white n…[Read more]