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Thought they looked different. Mine (the one in my profile picture) has a Douglas engine and looks similar to the jap one.
Thanks for the info.

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ok thank u i will have simar with plough see u there cheers

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Thanks for that Will-haggle, I couldn’t find a picture with a belt on either.

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Yes, that certainly looks like it!

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I don’t know if the pictures are of the same trusty as I know my Grandad had at least two. What I do remember is that it was always a pain to get started!
At least one of them ended up in Africa.

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A couple of my Shay cultivators

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Been in touch with Meetens as Charlie suggested.
Apparently it is quite a problem on the JAP 600, so much so that they’ve run out of replacement valves!
Beginning to look like a custom valve might be the way forward.

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This may help but it looks as though there were two different sized belts depending on the series of Titan.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wie035wrdvg03k3/Merrytiller%20belts0001.pdf?dl=0

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Thanks for that hortiman, Just trying to work out if I can afford to pick one up on my trailer, will let you know the outcome. Regards Plonker

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Thanks for that information Charlie, it will be very helpful.

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Many Thanks for the information Peter, it’s much appreciated,

Thanks Ian & Anthony

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Hi chaps
Glad you have got to the bottom of the problem. If it runs ok possibly best not to fiddle with mag as from personal experience they can be difficult to adjust!
Yes, you are right about the pegs. The long one is the one that engages, the short one is a blank to stop soil getting in the hole. If the long one won’t easily engage when you want to swap them over, push it in as far as you can then lift machine up by handlebars while pushing on peg and it should go in.
There are two red sprung pawls on the outside rim of the inner part of the wheels which transfer the forward motion from the inner rim. I find these are best left engaged when working. Reverse motion is transferred by the hinged pawls. If you just engage one of these it will provide reverse to the selected wheel which assists turning round at the ends of the working rows.
Peter

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Many thanks to the people who have taken the time to comment.
We think we’ve found it’s running problem tonight, the needle that goes up and down when you use the throttle lever was loose as it has come out of its fixing clip. The needle has 3 grooves in it, I plumbed for the middle one, but it needs to be in the top one as it won’t go to tick over even with the tick over screw backed off & now the mixture screw works. So hopefully a bit more tinkering and she’ll run like a goodun.
The only thing now is can anybody tell us about the peg in the wheels ?

Many Thanks, Ian and Anthony.

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Have you another small Villiers “Junior” type carburettor to try on it ?.If not you could try the larger “Lightweight” carb from your Clifford rotavator and see if the problem persists.

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If the coil laminations are not slotted then there is no adjustment required.If they are slotted then it would be a case of using the “factory service tools” to set it up.

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