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Thankyou to everyone for your kind comments, and to catfish I’ve sent you a pm regarding subaru s.

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Found the date its 1949 not a wd2 its a wd8 think its olive green

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I’ve been having a play with the Gutbrod again today.
I’ve put a new charging light on it which now works. (It comes on with the ignition and goes out when running, but i only have battery voltage at the battery terminals when the engine is running)
I removed the D wire from the dynamo and earthed the DF terminal and i’m getting around 18 volts out of the dynamo, which is all good.
I then found a fuseable link in the regulator had blown which I’ve now rectified. but still no change in voltage when running (only around 11.5 volts)
Is there anything i can do with the voltage regulator to bring it back to life?
I’m pretty confident that its the regulator that’s at fault, or is it time to source a replacement?
cheers
Gary

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Thanks gareth the knowledge on here is boundless.many thanks

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With the mk 15 changing to the mk15/2 which included the design of sump and crankcase change I believe took place in 1963 so this is prob before that date.

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guess you could call in at charlies for tea and biscuits then do an interview for cultivator.

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just come in from the shed and had a good light rub on the fan housing. can not see anything at the moment but these numbers are on flywheel. 30794 3075 10 6 next question is when where the old mk 25 s in production ? just looked in Graces Guide and the MK 25 was launched in 1941. ATCO started production with this engine in 1960………so I am getting there. this info came from The Old Lawnmower Club. So I deduce that this mower is aged between 1960 and 1975. Someone correct me if I am wrong………please |

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thanks owen and gareth for your help will go and look. and while I am here congrats gareth and keri on your recent celebrations

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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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