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Thanks Charlie, my email is laurie.m@wms-uk.com. Thanks for your help.

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Also, would anyone have a pdf copy of the exploded engine diagram and parts list they could send me? Thank you.

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Thank you for the comments, she is now a runner! It was the timing that was off. Extremely satisfying! Allbeit a bit rough, I need to adjust the points gap and tweak the carb. Does anyone know where I can buy odds and ends like exhaust gasket and nuts to hold the exhaust and cowling on, and fuel tap on the tank? Thanks again.

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Hi Jonathan. Thanks for your further thoughts. Unfortunately the wheels have gone in a number of places – including around the lip so they are also unable to hold new tyres. I’m therefore exploring all options. With the tank even semi filled there is some weight for the wheels to support. If I could find some kind of period replacements (even if they aren’t exactly the same / not the 3 stud pattern) it may be simpler to alter the hubs.

Were you able to find the manual for the pump?
Simon

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Certainly the Mk25 was the original engine on the 34. If you remove the starter pulley etc you will get down to the main flywheel nut which will be very tight and have a self extracting action . It will loosen off and then go tight again . Further undoing will pull the flywheel off it’s taper. I say “ will” but it can be a struggle.
Back in the day Villiers supplied a special box spanner with strong tommy bar designed to be hot with a heavy hammer.

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Hi Simon
Glad to see you are getting torn in to the sprayer, the wheels are very rare and so are the tyres, my plan if the wheels wer too far gone was to find some wheels with wrong centres of a size that tyres are easy to buy and then cut out the centres of the old wheels and weld them into the new rims. Not a practice I would recommend for a road vehicle but perfectly safe for this application.
Good luck looking forward to the rainbows!

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Yeah I leave my land over winter some soils are easy to rotavate but I’ve recently took on another plot which has made my plot over 200ft long the new land hasn’t been touched in years so ideally that needs plowing to give it a fresh start. I was gonna view the barford as it’s only about 30 mile from me but didn’t get around to it. He said his dad was using it on allotment last year.

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Hey Charlie I’ve got a rotavator I’ve got a apache rtt3 does well on the ground. I just didn’t know if I need a plough to start the ground to a blank canvas as such

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Never wanting to leave questions hanging
I found:

Drive Shafts

I’ll update this when I get an approx quote.

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I’ve just going through the job of cleaning up a Yeoman, they seem to be prone to people filling the fuel system with water and ending up with heavy corrosion in the carb and tank. After a bit of hard work it all cleaned up and then after a few non printable words and a bit of huffing and puffing it started and ran. Best of luck with the rebuild, I might ask you for a favor of a few measurements as I see you have the reverse interlock on your machine, I’m thinking of making up the linkage to finish of my rebuild.

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Hi Alan
Thanks for that, so itlooks, like the name Inproved Excelsior was used on many different models. The model I have is small and defiantly a push mower and not a tow behind. The name Inproveed refers to to the cutting real being changed from 3 to 4 blades, this was to improve the cut on the softer UK lawn grasses.

Cheers

Ian

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Hi all, I am very happy: I could find three segments, a spark plug and some material to weld an exhaust pipe. I will run in the valves next weekend, and look for the belt of the ventilator. My brother, whose venerable BSA motorbike sometimes needs to be repaired, told me I might find a tickler on Faked.com; let’s wait and see… The mower is nearly operational, after having slept half a century in an old orangery…
See you

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Such a shame as I used to live next door
to a retired engineer with basically a machine
shop in his garage. He could have and gladly
would have done made another drive shaft !
Sadly he has gone to the machine shop in the skies.
My go to expert is a loss.

Have you no one in the club who is similar.
If not one should be lured into the club by any means
necessary ……

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Hi all

Please find attached photos of my Coldwell.

Cheers

Ian

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