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A Landmaster L140 should have a 4hp Briggs engine.Yours has been refitted with a smaller 3hp Briggs engine and the shaft you are referring too is for a reverse drive.It is the end of the camshaft and would normally have a small pulley on it.

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Hi Charlie,

Yes, I managed to get that yesterday, on re-reading it I see that the drive belt part No is A2765, so hopefully I’ll be able to get one sorted. Thanks for your help 🙂

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50/60? Oh if only I had a shed like that!

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Thank you so much fort your advice, I really appreciate it! Have made a start today and will keep you posted on progress!

On a separate note – a rather bizzar question but when working these machines, what tools or favourite spanners did you keep in a tool box for running repairs?

Thanks a million! Nick

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I’m greener than a SIMAR! Still, at least I was able to show the video to my better half and inform her how lucky she is to have me with my smaller collection!

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Thanks Charlie I appreciate your response. I’ve replaced all the cabling with new cabling where possible. I’ve ran a strimmer and other items off the same circuit and have no problems. Borrowed a lawnmower from the mother in law and no issues. The basic design looks simple enough. a Microswitch to start/stop, this runs to a capacitor in the motor and finally into the motor via Carbon brushes (I think that’s the route) so I can bypass the Micro, leaving the rest. I suppose the windings in the motor could have deteriorated with age. I would have just like to have isolated the problem. I can replace any of these items if they are still available, however it may be more cost effective to replace the machine. I understand this however I was just trying to see if I could breathe more live into the auld yin. PS No I’m not sure where I’d find a circuit diagram…I have cleaned where I can access, even separated the motor and don’t see anything obvious.. thanks again any further help from anyone appreciated…

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Charlie, my thinking as well. It was bought here in the US as a new machine, so perhaps that is the case.
Anyone know where to look for the SN of the tiller chassis? It seems, by the description of the different phases, that it is a later series V model, and should have the Howard twin or Kohler 301 engine.

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as far as I know the engines fitted to Howard Gems were BJ (BRITISH JUNIOR), HOWARD TWIN CYLINDER(810 cc), JAP, KOHLER, SACH DIESEL there may be others but I have never heard of a WISCONSIN being fitted, I may be wrong if it is an original engine you must have a very rare machine.

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Thanks, it has a jap engine so does this mean it’s an early one?

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Hello, very nicely done, I have a farmers boy I was left when my dad passed away and have no information about it, how can I find out when it was built thanks Kevin

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So…. Ive removed the side cover, and what did I find? Four balls missing out of the bearing at the starter crank end of the jacksahft. And some deep impressions in the bull gear idler gear. Ouch! These are some tough gears. Next step will be to remove the axle shaft assembly and see what’s behind it, lying on the bottom of the case.
Anyone know where best to go for gaskets and parts as needed?

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Thanks. I’ll try to take a phot of where the wire comes out of the engine and see if I can find a serial number on the engine itself.

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You’re welcome Dan.
Always good to find manuals on the net for free!
Peter

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Wow, thanks loads, Peter! Just getting started and only done some preliminary research for help books. This is great.

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Charlie I owe you an apology. Finally got a few minutes to look closer at “the Machine”. What look like splines or keyways are merely rather evenly spaced flashing flaws from the casting process, Im guessing. Sorry about the confusion, but I am new to this type of old design and structure.
thanks again for your interest.
Dan

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