https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/thelasershark/activity/ Activity feed for Mike Sharkey. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:06:43 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 67f07527180b016a836c96d75d76186f https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-gardenmaster-65/#post-39922 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:23:05 +0100 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]

]]> 96ee884f3c604e4a9a8881ea402674b9 https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-gardenmaster-65/#post-39857 Sat, 27 Aug 2022 09:15:50 +0100 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]

]]> 6ec5306478bdab3726623e9c3bd3ba56 https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-gardenmaster-65/#post-39844 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:19:51 +0100 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]

]]> 0519b9d4dab1e1852cbb1cad4dcf5d83 https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-gardenmaster-65/#post-39838 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:10:16 +0100 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]

]]> be6e895fd88c2dd0493ce04e2878e2b9 https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-gardenmaster-65/#post-39825 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 11:39:48 +0100 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]

]]> 9bb114b527f222eb0f03137df8c9f7ac https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-gardenmaster-65/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:01:40 +0100 Hi, I won this old machine on ebay for a tenner. The plan is to clean it up and use it as I am sorting the garden. Once I have finished with it in the garden I plan on stripping it all back and painting etc.
In my rush today to get it running, I took the pull cord and housing off, removed the flywheel etc. cleaned and reset the points as there…[Read more]

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