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Hi, Whereabouts did it leak from?
The axles don’t actually have seals…. They have bronze bushes, which will allow a small amount of oil past. however if there is severe wear on both the shaft and bushes then lots will leak out!
My series 2 Farmers Boy required both a new shaft turning and new bushes fitting to make it almost oil tight. Have a look at my restoration story of the Farmers Boy Light Tractor in the Projects section…..

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Dennis did come from Guildford and they did make a set of mini gangs that were known as Guildford gangs – as in Premier and Paragon cylinder mowers etc. That said, if it is from a gang I would expect it to have a rubber tyre. I think that you could well be correct in thinking that it is the remains of a small side-wheel push mower that was made for a specific retailer – as was the practice of the day.

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Hi Carl. Good to see her in action. I’ve no knowledge of them, but I did seals on one of my SIMARS a few years ago and it was a bu###r of a job! I have found though that formerly leaky seals do improve and leak a lot less the more use the machine gets. And it’s a good excuse to get them out as often as possible! Peter

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Hi Charlie,
That would be great 🙂
guy@lindenleisure.com

Cheers
Guy

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I hope to come down an deafen you all one of the two days but through bad planning we’ve got quite a bit on round then. Fingers crossed!

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Yes Charlie. Partial blockage in fuel pipe and dirty carb. Now running better than ever. I’m sure the new spark plug courtesy of your good self is also making much stronger firing. You can feel the blast from the exhaust several yards in front of the machine now. It surprised a few passers by yesterday but unfortunately none of them were wearing silly hats it could blow off. Now that I’m retired little jobs like this will hopefully take a lot less than a year to get round to!

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That is strange how come the MG2 was built at Orwell works before they moved to the Nacton site or have I got that the wrong way round too?

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Hi Peter
Your MG2 will run without problem on unleaded fuel.
The colour would be Orwell blue lighter than Nacton Blue named after the factory sites and rivers in Ipswich. Nacton Blue was used on later MG5 6 and 40 tractors.
The weight of an MG2 was listed as 8 1/2 cwt (950lbs)
Hope that is helpful.

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I will. But despite the fact that a majority of my ancestors were French, I know nothing of the language. But I’ll give it a try. Thanks Charlie

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Thanks Charlie. Don’t think this is a Geo Monro, it’s a Swiss Simar 35C, see photo. I’m wondering if there are still parts suppliers for these models.

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I have just purchased this Westwood W11 Gazelle from a man who restored it.
I have no history to it’s age and would be interested if anyone could give me any information please.
It will be used for cutting the lawn at a Church my wife and I attend to.
I am very interested in all Garden Machinery since my father purchased a new 8hp Wheel Horse in the 1980’s.

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Thank you Charlie. It’s a Simar 35C, serial 5713, imported to the US by Earl Pence in San Leandro, California. Main thing I’m looking for is the dual intake/exhaust manifold, which is broken on mine. The Simar 35C parts book I found shows this as part 911005. Any help will be appreciated.

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Thanks – what time does it all kick off on the Saturday morning?

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