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Won some new old stock Lodge CN plugs on ebay this week, so just fitted one. Also fixed the leaky petrol tap. Nearly ready for the show season!

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Here’s a couple of pictures of my throttle linkage as promised.

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I doubt I’ll be collecting each one. There’s an awful lot of changes.
My father used to be a dealer in the early days for belle. He used to have a standing order for a Lorry load every few weeks. At one time he found it the most cost effective to hire new ones out for about 6 weeks, then sell them as almost new at cost price, whilst making his profit on the hire charges.
I believe this one dates from the end of the 1960’s with a slightly later engine fitted.

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Hi Charlie,
i’m collecting all Grunder machines of the produktion and concern onself with the history, as far as possible…

Compare the motor number your machine with mine!

The fist two numbers are probably the vintage (1918)? My Maschine was probably later modificated, therefore two numbers(?) …/…

Sincerely
David Muster

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It ran when I acquired it, however it was a pig to start. Since then I’ve had the injector rebuilt,so should now start well. As soon as the back end is on to balance out the machine(it’s very front end heavy and has a habit of tipping up) I will bleed the fuel system out and try again.

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On the subject of “Chondas” I have a Chinese Honda copy on my Wizard Rotovator. It’s been on about three years now and is fine. In fairness though, it only gets used now and again at low revs !
If I were using a machine day in day out I’d fit a genuine Honda—–

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Here’s a couple more photos that for some reason didn’t up load first time?

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Been meaning to update this project for a few weeks. The build up has slowly continued. After flattening back the bonnet I decided the only thing to do was to resprayed it again. New old stock badges have been fitted all round as well.
Originally I was going to fit a salvaged set of rotor covers off a Dowdeswell, however without going into boring rivet counting details, they aren’t quite right. So I have swapped some engine parts for a good second hand set of period correct ones. These will need a bit of straightening and I’ve already welded the rear trailing board back into place.

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Hello,
i’m from Switzerland and unfortunately I don’t speak english!

To the Pictures: this is a license of a Grunder Tiller (built by Grunder & Co Binningen / Basel, Switzerland from 1917 untill to 1925), and the Engine seems (license?) M&V: Müller & Vogel St. Aubin, Suisse.
I have two machines, not complete (see photos).

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Well, Thank you all for your suggestions, I will get to it this weekend and report back, The timing suggestion is a challenge, drove me mad trying to get it right when I restored it, got quiote confused about wether the timing should include the “Impulse Starter” spring or not! so that probably does need a look, and YES it does run HOT!, I will clean out the carb and have a look at that as well, the suggestion from stuart regarding the tines is a new one on me, Is it possible to fit them wrong?.. In the meantime… Back to the Merry Tiller!…

On a different subject.. Took my grandson Go Carting, Noticed that all the machines that rip round the track flat out all day have Honda GX engines, asked the chap if he had tried any of the “Chonda” Chinese copies, He laughed and said he had, and they had fallen to bits! had to replace with original Honda engines.. Tell us something I suppose. Night All.. Plonker

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Finished this machine off yesterday, handlebars were shotblasted and repainted, new r-clips fitted and even the original cable clips cleaned up nicely.

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I can take and post a pic of my throttle linkage over the weekend, but I’m not sure it’ll help you as mine has been altered at some time in its life. The air filter has been removed, and the filter bracket repositioned to one of the crank case bolts to hold the end of the throttle linkage by passing it through one of the filter mounting holes – something I need to sort out when I can find an air filter!

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Are the blades correctly fitted so that only one enters the ground at a time ???

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Could be timing slightly out? Have you set piston to 5/16ths before TDC, set magneto to just prior to trigger and that should be right……. Fuel should be set so engine idles nicely and revs right up smoothly, no stuttering……

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Hi Pete
I have pm’d you…….
Regards
Darren

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