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Possibly…

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The only letters/numbers visible are SD329.

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It is a 14 inch Ransomes light motor, there should be a round badge on the side prefixed with letters followed by numbers, send me what it says and i’ll date it for you.
The petrol tank between the handles would have had a Ransomes transfer on it.
Best
Hdtrust

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Will there be a toast and a minutes silence for the demise of Ardingly?

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Nice
We have to wait till January for our new shipment to arrive from afar, and it may well have to travel over water!

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Good idea to change oil.chinese still a bit basic and may have some rubbish still in there.would you use fully synthetic, I have on a new m/c,would be fine and easier starting and should run better.

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Thank you for that Jim, I will give the Mk1X machine a miss, not much good without a Rotorvator or a plough.

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Thanks for that! I’ll take another look tomorrow and let you know!

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Hi, had a better look at the 730E and your engine cover looks a bit different. You can probably see better having the engine their. So ?.

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Hi. Looks like a 730E lightweight. If you google Villiers 730E engine, to see these engines. I haven’t got a manual, but someone on here might have. It does look a bit tired, but apart from the starter looks complete.

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Very Interesting, never heard of the Wentworth, but the photos show a very different setup than the one advertised on the auction site, that one shows a front mounted unit driven from the same pulley as the scythe, no rotor guide , also the scythe looks different. have a look.

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Many thanks Chris will wait to hear from you
Regards
Andy

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Hi wandr
I dont have fule tank straps but I do have some thing that may be of intrest to you its a cutter bar for a bantam to make it like an old mowing machine, it worked on my dads bantam ok about 20 years ago it still turns freely and is at the give away price of nothing but you will have to collect from the Wrexham north wales area you can contact me at terry.poundt@homecall.co.uk this is the only one I have seen
Regards dnuop.

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Think I have solved it, from research on the net it would appear that this number sequence was produced in 1946.

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