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Hi Dave,
Are you able to give any more details of the weekend such as the timings of things for those who haven’t attended before? I am looking at attending (as I need all the help and pointers I can get on actually starting and running my machine and on the fine art of ploughing) and am wondering how early I need to get up on the Saturday morning.

As my MG6 has been sitting in the corner the garage as a non runner for some years, I foolishly have also bought an Iron Horse (which does run) but I have not yet had the courage or the space to see what it can do ploughing wise.
Thanks,
Simon

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Just a small test:

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it would help if you posted a picture

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This guy has written an article about fault finding on a dynamo: https://www.anglo-agriparts.com/fault-finding-dynamo it might be useful

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Thank you!

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As a non running cultivator – not a lot but as the missing link in a collection , a bit more. Not very helpful but it all boils down to what someone is prepared to pay on the day. To be correct it is a Kirby Lauson, not Lausen. They were an Australian built version of a Lauson / Tecumseh engine and Mountfield fitted them to cultivators and rotary mowers in the 1950s. I don’t know for sure but I suspect that coming from a Commonwealth country they attracted less import duty than the USA made products.
It shouldn’t be too much of an issue to get it running as it shares ignition components with more common Tecumseh and Aspera engines.

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<Thanks very much Wristpin, this is a real help. I will be in touch with the spares people. Best wishes, Chris

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This may be useful
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jcfefidm75gl4kq/HOWARD%20300%203500001.pdf?dl=0
Item 15 / 68908, Clutch cone inner and lining

If you have a very early 300 I have a vague recollection that they had a “fibre” thrust pad to disengage the clutch rather than a ball race as in the illustration. I believe that there is a firm that supplies some older Howard clutch parts – hopefully someone else has a better memory!**

Fairly certain that the original engine would have been a Kohler.

** edit – these people!
https://howard-rotavator-spares.com/products/index.php?cat=1

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This is the id plate !

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thank you alan
i have a genuine “power road” flyer from 1967 for the F90 ,F25 and the G25 water pump
this is all the info i have
as you have probably noticed ive tried sharing some pictures without success ,not much good on computers 🙁

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Thanks charlie, spot on. Got to pm Jim and he’s a mine of info and a top bloke.
Can’t wait to get going on it.

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Thanks Charlie, I did get it running, sort of. Very back firing, at least can’t be miles out. How on earth do you tell where points open? Can’t really see in there. At least I’ve got a good healthy spark with new bits from George.

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Thankyou i wasnt aware

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If your machine has a Briggs and Stratton engine it’s as well to be aware that the blade carrier discs came with two sizes of boss, one for the crank on the 3.5 hp domestic machines and a larger one for the crank on the 5hp Professional.

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When replacing the flywheel on a Villiers MK 25C should the flywheel arrow and notch in crankshaft be pointing at the arrow on the magneto backplate or should crank be at TDC with flywheel and casing arrow aligned?

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