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Quick google search found this 🙂

hi can any one help me find info out on this rotovator as never seen one before

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I thought it looked older than an m1 it doesn’t look like it has any covers missing

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Looks like a Mounfield M1 with the covers missing to me, I have been wrong before though haha.

Liam

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Having sorted out the issue with the 5/16″ helicoils, I started to rebuild the gearbox. All was going well until I decided to try and press the bearings on with the bearing housing into the gearbox. As you can imagine I got the bearings halfway on but the stress was to much for the aluminium gearbox and three cracks appeared.

Off to the welders again who did an excellent job repairing the casing. All the holes were filled which gave an excellent opportunity to drill and re-tap with the correct size threads. That was this weekends task.

All I need to do now is to carefully rebuild the gearbox. One issue I have is when I took the gearbox apart, there was a thrust bearing. But there was nothing stopping the thrust bearing moving along the shaft. I just need a spacer. However, one side of the thrust bearing must of course be running at the same speed as the shaft and the other must be running at a different speed (stationary) for the ball bearings within the bearing race to be effective. I’ve come up with an idea for a suitable washer / housing to sort this out, but wondered how other machines are set up with regards thrust bearings.

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Well that’s been quite a quick rebuild for me, normally they lay in pieces for months on end, this one’s only taken 3 1/2 months haha.

https://www.rustyrelicsonline.co.uk/allen–simmonds-auto-culto-model-gx

Just the implements to clean up now which shouldn’t take long and then she’ll be ready for her first outing.

cheers,
Liam

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The first Hayterette appeared in 1957 and had height adjustment that needed a spanner to move the wheels in slots cast into the deck. They could well have had Clinton engines as they were used by several OEMs such as Merrytiller and even Ransomes on the 16” Mercury . Clinton’s were imported and distributed by Trojan of Purley Way, Croydon who also supplied them to the early UK Karting scene.
As far as paint goes, it is possible that they were unpainted or perhaps just lost their paint early in life due to the then problems of getting the paint of the day to stick to aluminium. Something that, on a lesser scale, even now affects Hayter Harriers!

PS. Hayter finally stopped production of the Hayterette last year.

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Thanks for your reply Charlie. I haven’t contacted Hayter so will send them an email in the week. Unfortunately I don’t have the mower any more so am going from memory. Whilst I am 100% certain about the engine, and the fact the deck wasn’t painted, I cannot be sure the mower was a Hayterette. If it wasn’t then it must have been an equivalent rough cut model with four wheels and high inertia disc cutter from another manufacturer. I can clearly remember it taking a few seconds to speed up to full throttle, and slow down again, just like a Hayterette. I have never seen another rotary mower with a Clinton engine in this country which is why I would love to solve the mystery of what this mower was, and maybe find one if another one exists.

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I found information on B&S 5Hp Coils,
Depending which coil is fitted that it might indicate a wire for a kill switch?
dont know if this matches your situation or not.

Mike.

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Hi Charlie, It is a bush mounting plate – there are 2 that bolt onto each end of the under seat land roller and holds the land roller spindle in place. One of mine is broken beyond repair.

Thanks for replying

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Hello,

Could you please email any manuals for F100, F90, F190 to sultannidal@gmail.com

Appreciate if you could advise where i can get Contact breakers for the F190, or what alternative can be used if the breaker is damaged.

Regards,

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Hi Stuart just tried Cox and Turner engineering and they can’t help.Thanks any way.
Bob

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Hi Jonathan no luck with F W Thornton – “The Automotive Parts Specialists” thanks any way.
Bob

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Have you tried Cox and Turner engineering ?.

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Hi Jonathan thanks for the name of that company. I will get in touch with them to see if they can help.
Bob

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Neil I should have said the piston is damaged and cant be used.
Bob

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