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Hi Charlie

Interesting. Do you think there is any firm that would sell such a thing – or two. Or four;I noticed that for the long axle there were four collars listed in the parts list I mentioned.
It would probably be easier – and cheaper – to get them made up.
Many thanks for your help
Robin

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Hi I am new to this. I have also just bought a sheen sythe and was wondering if you could send me the manual as I can not get it runnig

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Ok Charlie, many thanks.

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I have removed the other wheel and both stub axles look exactly the same – 15 cm of axle both sides projecting from the casing.
I was just looking at the parts manual and I notice on plate 3 there is a part number and description for the long 3 foot axle (477) and collar (x4) (478) for the long 3 foot axle. But there is another thinner collar pictured (476) but there is no description for that number. Does a normal axle have collars? Is that what this is? Because if so, my axle doesn’t have none. Such spacers (or collars) would fix my problem. Any ideas anyone please?

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A couple more photographs of the axle, wheel off. The key came out relatively easy – just a 1/2 hour of levering and persuading. Is it as simple as the lugs on the tyre are too big on the inside and hit the handle? No, can’t be, clearance even without them is minimal. I could put a spacer in behind the wheel….

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Thank you both , once again, very instructive,Charlie mentions the plate that goes under the engine for the forward part of the hitch to attach to, I don’t know if that part is present on the one I have bought, If you get a chance to photograph the plate in question, that would be much appreciated. Regards Plonker

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Ok here are a couple of photos,- I might have got my lefts and rights mixed up….but the views from the handles, the rear, show the tyre on the wheel on the right hitting the handle, but not for the wheel on the left. And that wheel on the right – the ‘not OK’ one – is the one on the right in the photo ‘from above’ and you can see a lot of oil leaked out of the join between the wheel casing and the main casing when I laid the Allen Scythe on its side to put the left hand tyre on. That right hand wheel has a smallest bit of wobble, which I don’t know if it is significant. But it is definitely closer to the handles by about an inch. Handles are not bent…..!
If anyone can make suggestions I’d be grateful. But I suppose the bottom line is I need to get that wheel off.
Thanks

R

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Many thanks to Charlie and Rotavator, for that, Yes my plough is the same as the one shown( Except mine seems a lot rougher!) have not picked it up yet but it seems all complete, Managed to find a couple of rims for the pneumatics on that well known site a couple of months ago, so looking forward to getting it all together this summer. Regards Plonker

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Thats great Alan, top marks I’d say. That makes sense now as it is too small to be a four wheeled dumper so its history is a drawbar being welded on after the engine died and other brackets gas axed off too.
So the plan now is to marry it to an auto gardener that is beyond repair to original and conjour up a 4wd Doe style twin engined oddity,👍😀.
I will keep you posted once every other project gets done, oh and paying jobs, 🙄. Thanks loads for your time, Andy King near Kinross.

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It seems PR motors made a gearbox for dumpers in 1955 known as the cm, constant mesh. I will have a look inside this one as the older crash boxes are described as fabricated and cast steel. My one is a cast alloy, model not on the plate! It still seems to engage and drive with the diff working fine, a test would be under load. Next to find how it originally looked, the late 90 yr old owner who gave me it cannot remember, he towed it around behind a grey fergie! Cheers the noo.

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Ah ha, well thanking you kindly, my first lead,👍😄.

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Hello. The colour seems to be a green over red lead maybe, the old orange stuff. Hope this helps with the pics. Wondering if it was mass produced then what kind of engine and rear steering it may have had?

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Hello Alan. I will have a scrape tomo and get a pic of the gearbox. Thanks.

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Thank you very much Geoff and Charlie
Regards
Lee

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Double thumbs from me. Photo’s much clearer and envelope made from Tatties!! Will this offset the carbon footprint of using the Simar 56a on my garden a few weeks ago?

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