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At last I have finally got to see the No.s on the I.D plate.
They are LAV 35. 3272368 Does this mean its a 1968 engine.?
Think I’ll get it going if I can before I start stripping down the engine as it has a decompressor and was fitted as new like andyfrost says above.
I can’t see Aspere listed on the allotment org site.

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Thanks hillsider, very useful downloads from allotment org.
I am wondering now why I have an Aspera and not Briggs.
Was it made like that by Mountfield or has it had an engine change at some time. ?

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Yes you were right Alan just found the plate on the engine and I can see it says Aspera. Can’t read the rest but I’ll have a good look when its cleaned.
Bit worried now may need to strip the engine as I can turn it over bye hand with the spark plug in.
Is this normal do you think ?

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Thanks Alan.
I think its the Estate but just got engine off and it looks like it may be American.
The quest goes on.
John.

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Thank you Charlie.
I think I’ll make sure it’s ok mechanical and it works before I give it a paint job.
Hoping someone will know date and also the Mod.No. so I can see if there is a manual for it.
I did email Mountfield but had no reply.
Cheers
John.

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Thanks gents both. I should have had my idle moment sooner! Still you never know, one day. It’s only a daft reason but the Hirth was the first machine I used as a kid. Never an easy starter, especially after I tipped it over and it ran flat out on the oil! After that I was the only one who could start it so if I was going to school I had to start it before I went and father left it running all day!
Daft reason, but then why do any of us do what we do with the old stuff?

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Thanks Chris. Well worth waiting for! They really look the part on the field, can’t wait to have a bash!
Don’t think I could bear to part with one, even if I had two, Andy!

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Help! Someone’s stolen the photo.

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Paper work arrived today. Good job I booked an hotel instead of camping. No tents. That should have been on the entry forms.

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yes the flywheel has to come off to get to points but if you have a spark i would not bother.it looks like you need a puller to extract the flywheel.

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Thank you, Charlie. I will follow up those leads.

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Thanks 4×4, looks as though the cowling cannot be removed until the whole front end (pulleys) is also removed; is that correct?
The outer double pulley comes off easily but we cannot budge the electromagnetic hub at all.
There is a spark so I’m tempted to ignore it for now, let me know if you have any advice.
Kind regards,
J

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Most likely busy with Malvern. He’ll probably wait and see how entries go then he can allot space.

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Can anyone suggest where I can obtain parts for my Atcoscythe, please? Currently I’m looking for the two clutch cables. My model has a single wheel, and bothe ground drive and the scyth blade are chain driven. I suspect it is a later model? Any advice will be greatly appreciated, especially a copy of the Instruction/Parts Manual.

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This may help you understand how it is constructed

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