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The rear diff unit had been badly welded up so after cutting off the bolts and weld etc the damage was ground out and filled, along with most the threads being helicoiled.

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One place of rot in the rear rotor covers.

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Is this the worse chain case ever? Originally the 800 had a plain example fitted so this one must of been retrofitted at some point.

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The engine side is on hold until I can turn up a good bottom end, hopefully one is comming my way in the new year.

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The most major component to sort out is the engine. After a lot of consideration I have decided to rebuild this machine as a Kohler example so the hunt for a doner was on. Once very plentiful now it appears that they are very hard to come by. At a local plant sale i purchased a Complete gem, however on dismantling the engine it was found to be shot!

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That’s great chris, thanks very much!! will have to get the model No off my other one for you to date! I think its a bit older..

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All gears have been checked and fourtunatley work well, so the gearbox assembly was taken to bare metal this morning and several coats of high build primmer applied.

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The insides of the rims were very rusty so these were cleaned up and primed before new vedestrain tyres and tubes were fitted.

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As i had a spare set of tyres in my store i started by warming up them up and then removing the very perished rubber.

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Nice photos Alan, randomised or not.

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Hi martin. Yes its all there. 145960 bingo

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Hello. It sounds like a 30s Deluxe. I tried to put a link on but didn’t work.

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What the showman describe would be the correct type tag for a Brigg made before the war. Possibly its off some military item. All my Briggs from the 30’s and 40’s used a brass tag held on by a rivet top and bottom. Its usually found on the front face of the blower housing. These tags either say the engine size ie A B Z K ZZ or have some number on them that was used by the original maker. The other number is usually the serial number of that engine. Without a picture it could be narrowed down by its head, which in the older models had enclosed cooling fins, and the later ones open cooling fins.

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thanks guys for your responce.
next time iam up the shed i’ll take some photos of it.
it has a small brass plate riveted and i’am sure it only had the 2 numbers ,but will have another look, thanks again

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