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Butterfly’s are all snug no excess ware. i will double check the jets are firmly seated tomorrow it’s getting late to start up with no exhaust. I’m starting to think it’s too much fuel as when i rev the engine it takes a minute or 2 to slow down again pointing to over fueling?

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Hi joegrgraham, The place where i got the new clutch shoes gave me a pair of new springs which i have fitted. The only thought i had was are the petrol and deisel engine springs different i.e. does the clutch bit at different rpm? Only a thought.

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Hi Stuart it’s a MAG 2055 SLRX 2 cylinder petrol if that helps. I’ve had the carb apart 3 times now removed all the parts and left it sitting in carb cleaner for a while blow an airline through the various jets and holes and used a tiny piece of wire to clean any pin holes out. I’ve never gone down the ultrasonic cleaning route before i’ve never needed to as the above normally does the trick.

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Here’s a short vid of the engine adjusted as slow at it will go and slower and it just stall, could it be a fault in the carb over fueling the engine even if the throttle is fully closed?

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Hello Charlie. It is definitely a Geest produced by Geest Industries of Spalding. Powered by a Villiers Mark 25 Engine with Albion Gearbox. The photo of the partially restored truck is of my Geest truck before I sold it on.

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Hi Charlie,

I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to explain, so have found another photo from the article and indicated what I believe is the fuel entry point. There is no sign of this on your photo number P1040986 in your first post, so it is probably bunged up with crud.

Sean

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Looking at the article you have provided a link to in post #1, in the 14th photo of the sequence it appears to show a small hole in one of the ribs on either side of the centre casting that the main jet is screwed into. My guess is that this hole is drilled into the rib, parallel with the main jet. There is then a cross drilled hole which runs through the rib and into the jet chamber. This cross drilled hole will have a plug in it. As you have the plug removed, see if you can insert a piece of wire and feel for the hole which should join into the cross drilled one behind the plug. I hope this makes sense Charlie. It’s very difficult to explain without being able to point!!

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Hi Charlie tried with and without thermostat and new thermostat,previous owner used it as it is with no problems he Also converted it to the mini engine and used it with his job,how can I get info on working machine it is working OK between overheating but not sure what the levers on the left side do

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yes thanks steve, great day, and good to catch up

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Took the engine off, freed up the shoes and the clutch pins. It runs beautifully. I’ve also mastered driving it which was a challenge. I had no idea. That you are supposed to release the clutch then increase the throttle, that was a revelation.

My lawn looks fabulous now! Thank you so much for all your help. Now I have to decide how far I go with repainting the machine. At the moment I think I will do the petrol tank, the grass box and the side panel. Part of me wants to keep as much as original as possible.

Jon

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hi to you all, a big thank you to all that have entered so far. we are currently up to 50 exhibits, 14 british anzani’s to support the theme and a great selection of other machines including wheelhorse, holder, shay, martin markham, hayter, colwood, trustys,jalo, wrigley and autoculto and more. there is still plenty of room for more if anyone else would like to enter just let me know and i will get forms sorted. again many thanks

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The drum is stuck solid to the shaft, moving the engine may be the easier option. Sounds like I was working along the right lines (I’d already identified the circling and grub screw) so, maybe a couple of gallons of WD40 might help.

Thanks, I’ll persevere.
Jon

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Thank you all for your answers,I’ve got it idling well now, it starts like a dream and I’m learning to control it on the throttle (I think a new cable may be in order.) I do think that the clutch isn’t as free as it should be, so any advice on how to free up the clutch drum so I can free up the shoes which I don’t think are moving freely.

Thanks all for your help.
Jon

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I do somewhere have a manual for both the engine and machine, but at the moment I have put them somewhere safe and cant locate them just at the moment.
Most howards start at serial number 101, however this doesn’t seem to tie in with the bulldogs that ive seen.
The bulldog was introduced in 1954, and the name changed to bullfinch at some point in 1955.
your bullfinches wheel does look a little too close on one side. Spare gearboxes do turn up from time to time on ebay etc, as do the little jap 2A’s, it will just be a case of being paitent for them to show up, recently I just obtained a particular gearbox that ive been searching for nearly 8 years for, but as you machine is fairly common hopefully it wont take anywhere near as long.

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Geoff,

When I stripped my Norton down, I noticed a small hole in the top face of the crankcase which lined up with another hole in the cylinder barrel (see photo’s below). I’m not sure of it’s purpose, maybe lubrication or a breather. Looking at your photo’s suggests that either your engine hasn’t got these holes or you may have accidentally covered them over with the new gasket.

Sean

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