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Many thanks,
I will look into that and also I had planned to try again at the weekend with shorter grass.
It was a bit long!

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From the look of your images The problem could be that you are trying to cut off too much at a time. I think that you should see an improvement if you get the grass down to the stage where you are only cutting off half inch at a time. Also I think that you will find that the deflector or throw plate behind the cutting cylinder has slots where it’s secured to the engine platform. Try moving it so that where the part is in line with the cylinder centre shaft the gap is reduced.

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now have some pictures i know the reverse belt is not right as this will drive fowrward.

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Thanks charlie.

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will take some pictures tomorrow is it would be a nightmare to describe.

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Thanks Charlie. Found a spring that works as had bought a clutch lever spring 512 which I got to fit ok. Clutch engages fine and stays engaged, which it didnt without the spring. It still appears to need reverse pull on handles to disengage. Does this mean it is out of adjustment?
Also, does slip clutch wear over time and is there any adjustment on that?
Thanks again.

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Quite a lot of Italian motor cycles used Scintilla magnetos so there’s an outside chance that there may be some compatibility.

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Can you be a bit more specific as to what machine you have. I have several Flymo/Norlett manuals but don’t know where to start looking. As ever, a couple of decent images many be useful.

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At various times when changes of UK support was in process we had difficulty with spares, i

My memory is of continuous problems with spares – including when the French factory shut down for a very extended summer break !

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Now looking for Howard Clifford trailer. Any condition.😳

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The only thing I find on the magneto is a kind of motionless button, screwed on another screw. There is a spring between both, but I don’t understand its role since nothing moves…

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As far as I know , Dori machines were made in France, the German connection is just the JLO engine. We sold Dori machines, mainly cultivators, in the 90s. Our suppliers were Tylers of Blackboys (E. Sussex) who subsequently disposed of their garden machinery business to Godfreys of Sevenoaks (Kent). I sold my business and retired in 2012 and the last BAGMA Garden Machinery Price Guide that I have (May 2012) does not list Dori so it would appear that they had withdrawn from the UK market by then – or even ceased to exist.
None of the above is much help for your immediate problem but it might be just worth contacting Godfreys parts department, even if it is just to find out that obtaining what you need is a lost cause.

Godfreys Sevenoaks Limited. Address : Otford Road, Sevenoaks, Kent – TN14 5EG. Tel : 01732741177 ..

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thank you. But would someone tell me how to stop the engine? Up to now I close the fuel tap and wait for the carb to be empty, but there must be a more convenient way, am I wrong?

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Brilliant, thanks to both of you. I’ll give Meetens a shot first and see what happens.

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If Meetens can’t help, I believe that Cox and Turner can make them.

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