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Hi Andrew just returned from holidays and tried the mower.
Your recommendation did the trick. Engine now tuned and runs smoothly with no trace of oil where it shouldn’t be, Thanks for your help.

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Hi chris,
I have now made the four Adj screws, but would be very interested in the new cutter bars! do they have all the blades attached ?..

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Removing some of the crud, the Amal is now in bits, if some one wants to know what is inside here are some shots of the “Starter Valve” with the top cap and spring removed, you can see the three jets, one leads down to the main jet chamber, and the larger hole leads straight into the throttle chamber as do the other two jets, as can be seen, the air mixture screw has been broken off in the body of the carb. so that will have to be drilled out and a new one made, also of note, you can see from the photo the small hole next to the throttle rod, this is a small drilling leading to the main jet chamber, it was totally blocked with zinc oxide and had to be drilled clear, apart from having to make a new lid for the float chamber, and a cork “gland” for the needle to stop it leaking, it should be plain sailing!

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hi all, just to let you know that the organizers are just waiting on the supplier of the wristbands/passes and as soon as i get them they will be posted to all entrants. i am hoping this will be very soon, many thanks

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I have got some new old stock knife bars in the workshop me thinks

Also some of those screws for the pads??? Have to find them!!

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A bit more done this evening, now to order a new cutting bar..

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hi
be careful of that sealant you put inside the tank i used some of that on one of my bikes which had a rusty tank and it blocked the fuel line also it didn’t work that well either i had more luck with petro patch which is applied on the outside and like it’s name implies it is like a puncture repair
pete

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hi kev
i can confirm i will be there but i have not yet had my exibitor forms back yet so i dont know whereabouts you have put me can you give me a bell? 07856540424 oh and dont forget i will be in the camper
pete

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i am all for information sections, ploughing yes of coarse but we also need information sections on other things like mower, rotavator and sprayers etc. i think most members will agree that our club and its members have a huge collection of knowledge and i think we owe it to our interest/hobby and even passion of all things horticultural to share with others and help introduce new members to our club. i beleive this is a good club and good forum and i like being part of it but if we can widen the areas within all aspects of horticulture this could and i think would be a great forum and great club

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hi all after a site meeting today i can confirm that we will all be in our own little horti-village for camping/ displaying and working with the arena entrance just a pop pop bang away

here is a link to the show site……..

https://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.118011&lon=0.617938&z=17&m=b&search=biddenden%20tractorfest%20and%20country%20fair%20site

the field on the right is the car park. the entrance is on the right edge. horticultural working are is top left of same field

the field lower left field is an arena and trades/ crafts fair etc

upper left field is another arena , tractors, cars, archery, stationary engines . we will be in this field to the upper right corner and spreading both ways from the corner about 15-20m depth behind us.
also behind us is the entrance to our working area

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Had an early start today and made the first Adj screw..

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Yes Charlie, Mine is exactly the same as the one Busman shows, it is also illustrated in the download of the BSA catalogue that Kilmar kindly supplied, as a Land rover man, you will be interested to see from both photos the “Ball” for the socket that works the throttle lever rod, that also connects to the governer, all original, never seen that set up on a rotorvator before.

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I was trying to remove the adj screws in the blade pads with some heat but they would not have it! so I had to drill them out and re tap them. Now to make some new screws..

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A bit more done, just two more coats of the red and this part is ready.

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Yes the photos from busman confirm it, here are some photos I took today after taking it off the machine, there is no sign of the Amal name, as I think that is on the top of the missing float chamber lid, but you can see on the ring it is marked 124/131, SO! the mystery of the “Rubber BUng” is solved, when I removed the hose clip the top consists of a piece of rubber hose with a metal insert and the rubber plug is drilled underneath to take the float needle, the only difference to a proper top is that there is no “Tickler” to flood the carb, I reckon that this set must have worked ok, but I might try to make a proper top with a needle seat if I cant find one on that well known auction site.

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