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No problem John. From the type of sump the engine is what I’d call the earlier type villiers so you will probably find a little circle on the flywheel cup with a date. Also near the spark plug hole on the air shroud and some where on the fuel tank you will find an oval stamped A.J.H and a year, these will be very faint and you may have to bare metal carefully to find the presence. All Villiers, J.A.P, and b.s.a have this oval stamped on them, I presuming that a common supplier made up the tin work for them and this was their stamp unless anyone knows differently. Villiers with he later type sump also had the date stamped on the outside edge of the flywheel. When the factory still existed I had a few engines dated fom the records(sadly destroyed circa 2000) that confirmed these methods.

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I found this on the net it was referring to dating a MK 1O.
If its one of the older engines you will need to remove the cowl, on the outer edge of the f,wheel there is a string of numbers the last 2 denote the year IE 62=1962 etc.
villiersparts.

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and I have noticed that the petrol tank in the atco ad is a more modern shape to the older bomb shape which we have mounted on the resto model. could this help in dating it.??

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looking at the yak you can see many other machines all rolled into one. mainly early dumpers from building sites in days past. got a close up of the footwell and wondered how many people with baggy trousers got there trouser leg caught up in the engine pulley nearest them ?

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While cleaning up the flywheel i came across a few numbers would these be a clue to the age of the engine ?

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All the very best Gareth…

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Handles painted, now to fit them..

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C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

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hi gareth they are good pickups getting harder to find now i had the use out ov 3 brats they could go anywere mine did in the early 90s they were hard worked commom fault was drive shaft also hungry on petrol still got bullbars an canopys someware locked away happy days i drove these yokes were landrover didnt dare go or i was just mad the steering was great with 30 plus bales ov hay on and a sheepdog on the top use to get some funny looks brings back memorys i can still smell the spilled milk in bottles at lambing time the heaters were second to none

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Been a bit to busy busy for the last couple of weeks to work on this project, hopefully the next couple of photos should explain why. Me and Keri finally tied the knot on Friday.
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Spoke to Mark Woodward today, he informs me that the layout will be changed for Tractor World 2014 with the horticultural machines siutuated in the top hall, so it will be in a larger area and it might be a bit warmer next year !!

Mark asked that this could be publicised so I agreed to put a post on here.

My entries have been sent off…

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Be interested to see your Multigardner pics if you can save them John (thumbs up)

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Gareh have just found the maual which you sent me when i did the mk 20 and did not realise it also covered the mk 25 as well. Many thanks very belated

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