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Thats interesting, thanks!

Yes I do have some extra bracket wings to turn it into a set of 5. I have the remains of the other 2 units in a box by the looks of it!

Had a play with them tonight. They do cut. Not the best I have seen, but do block up every so often. The 2 fronts do seem to choke the rear so you may have answered my question. Once I had been over an aera several times it seemed to be better. Had them on full height & had plenty of cut grass flying out!

Think I will have to strip & sharpen then & sort the wonky wheels when & get the other mower sorted.

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Me and Rolo with the blown Monro.

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Just an update to this project.
I installed a new coil (they took ages to arrive into the country hence the delay) and the machine now starts and runs really well.
I took the advice and changed the main bearings. TO be honest, they probably didn’t need doing, but once it was all apart it seemed silly not to.

So apart from a coat of paint (unlikely) and a small oil leak from the rear gearbox, all systems go.

Thanks for all the advice and for the great resource.

Cheers,
Jim

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If I remember correctly, its the rare version which could swing both ways.
All the brackets etc for the handles were missing & the swivel parts which connect it to the scythe.
A guy who I knew who had it in is collection. It came from cheffins donkeys years ago!
Sadly my mate died in an accident. The collection was sold & I brought all of the allen scythe section which included this sweeper & the other items Ade was selling. I had to buy the whole lot to get what I wanted.

PM me your email & I will see what info I have on the sweeper

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Sorted! When I reconnected the throttle lever I failed to turn the governor shaft to the right before tightening the nut. It’s running very nicely now.

All I need to do now is sort the leaky carb and find out why it stalls in high gear.

Time spent fiddling is time well spent!

C

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Would you have brought that from evil bay??

If yes then I sold it to the guy who you got it from!

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Thanks for the info Angus. There is some play on some of the wheels.

I do have some spare parts. If not I can get local machine shop to make me some new shafts up for the wheels to turn on

I have seen a set in the past with sprockets on the cylinders

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Hi all, every couple of months i get to spend a bit of time looking at forums.
i also would appreciate some more pics of working setups of linkages, especially if known to be original.
i am into Howards myself, but couldnt resist a Barford Atom 15 when i saw it at a local auction about 18 months ago, i think it was the neat decals got me…
my cable has same shiny silver spring loaded inner cable returner / tensioner, as on Charlies 15, and also the Mechanical Gardener on another forum. it fell apart when trying to free it up, about 20 or 25 mm of the spring has rusted of and is still inside the tube. at first i thought your springs might be too big, but when i looked at mine again to get you some pictures, it is the same.
most notable is that i have a small flat linkage in the U shackle part of shiny end. this linkage still has traces of red paint on both sides, so i like to believe it is original.
motor also has a long fine threaded adjustable bolt with a small hole, presumably for a spring, in the centre mounting spigot. i expect there ought to be 2 tension springs connecting to the governor arm somehow. i think the Shez’ picture image17 must come close.
some pics of my 15 and the shiny returner with linkage. the Barford has many more items in need of TLC…
bye rmtalbany

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In Trouble again.
Took Monro to Kellsall weekend , soon as we hit the dirt engine stopped suddenly and then refused to start , after lots of pulls on rope I noticed the odd time it would kick back so I thought with the sudden shock could the timming have slipped .

After stripping off the covers and cylinder head sure enough the timing was well out ,after resetting and rebuild the engine started first pull but know my clutch refused to operate and upon removing the cover I found the drive plate had all broken up so that was me out of the game although my mate Geraint let me plough wit his BMB Cult Mate.

The photos show the busted clutch and also the cowl where there never seems to have been an ID plate , does this make it an early machine.

Charlie could you fix us up with MT70 drive plate and MT 23 Ferodo disc to get us back on the road ?

Best Regards Swampy

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Good job hes not wearing a kilt Dave!

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Managed to remove the jets using a radiator key. Just in case anyone needs to know in the future, the pilot jet is size 40 and the main jet size 70.

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Evil!!

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could anyone tell me how to check the engine oil in a mg5 crawler sturmley archer dry sump engine
thanks from Dicky

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I just looked at the picture – it’s nothing to do with the air filter is it? Should it be shut to slow the engine speed?

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I’m still struggling with this blessed throttle. As you can see in my photo I have a spring Attached now. The problem is that the engine is just over reving – if I slacken the cable or tension the spring it still over runs. If I pull the brass lever down the engine speed drops. This suggests that there should be tension pulling the lever away and the spring and cable is keeping the engine speed up.

I’m sure that it is something simple that I just don’t get but all suggestions are welcomed.

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