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Thanks Charlie, good to know where it first went.
Man after my own heart Dave, but if I find I can keep straight might enter a competition for a laugh. Might pick up the prize for the worst attempt!

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This new SIMAR is an early one. Serial 560040 must make it 1948. Hopefully Charlie will be able to provide information from the records. Be interesting to know where she went when new.

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andy it looks like a made up depth gauge i think.

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Thanks Charlie I just ordered that book, do you know if those engines were a popular engine and do you know what other machinery they were used in.

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Thank you to Stuart and Andy for your advice above. I am about to start on my rennovation, just as soon as I complete the 723 projects in train!!!

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Atconut, did you receive any leads on your request for a manual? I have just acquired two atcoscythes, and hope to produce one good one. Mine have one rubber tyre, the fuel tank is at right angle to the muffler, the muffler being parallel to the direction of travel. I understand there were several models, how can I identify my model, please? I will be looking for a swath board, or a pattern.

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Hi Dave
As long as you promise not to laugh at my first attempts with a proper plough, and weather permitting, I’ll be at both.
Peter

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Hi,
That would be great.
It’s gareth@themanse.plus.com
Many thanks
Gareth

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Pics as promised andy

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Here is a couple of pictures of what I have, would be nice to find a donor engine don’t want to take to much apart right now till i know what i’m in for if you now what I mean, needs carb and piston and rings i would think.

Thanks Ken

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Not sure about the designation B14 applied to a Villiers engine. Would it be the engine fitted to an Excelsior B14 bike of around 1929?

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if it is a two stroke engine a trick I have done for tyre removal, turn machine on its side then use a suitable size piece of angle iron place on bead of tyre and hit it with hammer after first removing valve from tyre

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Chris,

Thank you very much, advice very much welcomed! I’ll have a go and see what I can do!

I did look at the tyres and was contemplating cutting them off as, you’re right, they are pretty tight all round.

Will keep me busy for a few hours!!

Best wishes,

Tony

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Just to add when refitting bolt’s or nut’s use a small amount of copper grease on the thread’s this will enable them to be undone at a future date as long as the nut or bolt is not required to be thread locked,i have used copper grease for many year’s on agricultural machine’s even if it’s not me that would dismantle it again….

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