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Andy,not sure like yourself but there would not be anything other than the basic colours in those days. no doubt you have looked in the places which are not visible to sunlight

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Thanks Ray, I have a spare 42″ deck rear discharge with good holders that I could fit right on the Wheel Horse. But seeing I don’t pick the grass up the 42″ side discharge blows it about better, so I had a look at it today and could swap the complete units over. I will see how the season goes.

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Darren. re cutting cyclinders,on my 14 inch 59/60 the cyclinder is a lot heavier and better made than the 14 inch 64 with sif engine. the later gives me the impression cost cuts where made when the Suffolk engine came into service with atco. so my deduction is the lighter one which you have could be a replacement from a Suffolk due to damage pre you owning it.

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Darren I would also be interested to see which box fits one of these mowers as my recently acquired ATCO 14″ is minus its box, they do pop up on you know where but I would like to get the right one somewhen…

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Same here Alan, I have got a belt driven Barford Atom as well as a Merry Tiller, and as you say, they work well with driving the scythe with one belt, just wondered why Mayfield thought it needed two!

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That’s OK Ray, I can see your concerns. The photos are of the same holder, so it’s got a bad side and a good side. I thought it would hold but I’m not so sure now, the bearings are good with no play and it won’t be subject to any rough work. I will keep it checked.

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Hi Darren, send me an email on Sunday to remind me and ill dig out my box.

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Thanks for the advice Geoff.

From what you have said, my timing is obviously way out. The points currently start opening at TDC, so if am understanding what it says in my Wico Series A manual, the impulse coupling will then retard the spark by whatever the lag angle is set at, so this will mean that the impulse spark is some degree after TDC, which would explain the complete lack of thump, thump, thump noises coiming from the exhaust!!!
My next question is, how do you advance the timing on a Wico Series A? The manual I have tells you how to adjust the lag angle, but when it comes to timing the advance spark it states “The magneto is coupled to the engine when the points are just opening” The problem is, the sprocket on the mag can only be fitted in one specific location, i.e. you can’t loosen the sprocket and rotate it a bit on the magneto shaft. Also, the sprocket on the engine is keyed to the inlet valve gear cam, so this can’t be adjusted. I have tried removing the magneto drive chain and then rotated the magneto by one tooth of the sprocket and then refitted the chain, but this results in the timing being way too early.

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Ive cleaned the spindle holders, a Mate let me have some Pro rust to try , it got the loose bits of. When cleaning I noticed the worst damage was the sides subject to the full force of the grass being thrown at them, the other sides being sheltered not to bad. See photos 1 and 2, with this in mind it would have been an idea to turn them around a few years back. Coated 2 and 3 holders with etch primmer and will over paint with hammerite. No 1 will get a smearing of grease, end of this season I will see whats going on under their. I recon this being a side discharge No 1 holder wouldn’t get the blast but 2 and 3 on the one side would get the waxoyl I used blasted off with grass.

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one way is to clean totally and apply araldite rapid to mating surfaces. but there will be other ways . Lovely piece of working transport. there is a following on the forum,so you wont be alone.

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steve,what a find. cannot help with id but when I was at school I remember we had at least four pitch markers always behind the score box.not sure if you are a working clothes type or not ,but I think it will come up as new if you get stuck in.

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Well as Newark is my favourite Show I am looking forward to it.

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All of the above I guess. I need to buy a cable and lever. I reckon the cable is c5′ long but beyond that I can’t find anything in the plans.
I’m not sure if it’s relevant but here’s a photo of the motor.
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hi Angus. this is the one discovered under a pile of coal in a cellar,amazing how its survived.

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what is the best way to re=attach the friction segments to the plates on the Albion clutch

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