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Brilliant Steve thank you.

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Try photos using shrinkpic.

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Thanks Steve I will try that. I have a Whitlock Ransomes loader ( WR8) but have never seen the version you mention.

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Spent an hour trying to upload photos but unable to shrink them to suit site limits.
I will ask Rhys to load some he has.

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Looks good for 90+ years

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They have run out of mowers to feature on the front cover as you seem to have them all in your cave!!

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I had the felt washers made by Ram Gasket Solutions of Redruth, Cornwall (see https://www.ramgaskets.com/washers/felt/). They were the only company I could find who were prepared to custom make a small quantity.
They were quite expensive, costing £72.48 for 10. I still have a few left, so if you are interested in purchasing some, send me a private message. Alternatively, if you want to try and get some made yourself, the dimensions of the washers I had made were 133mm outside diameter, 112mm inside diameter and a thickness of 12mm.

Hope this helps,

Sean

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Ok great thanks for that.
So what oil is 140 SAE?

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Thanks for the input 🙂

The carb has been thoroughly cleaned now, as has the inside of the fuel pump.

The spark plug and ht lead have been replaced.

The ignition timing is spot on to the instructions in the manual, so it should start next time.

What modern equivalent oils can i use for the engine, transmission and the air filter?

Thanks.

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Getting to grips with this aquisition now but need some green paint. Any idea about the spec/colour and a supplier?

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I wish I had known about the circular plate before I spent a day cutting out and rebuilding the wheel, O well you live and learn. Although I might make a couple of plates for some rubber tyre wheels for transporting purposes. I have a question for Busman, could you please let me know who you had make your felt washers for your trusty? thanks Brian.

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On my Trusty there is a round piece of plate sandwiched between the inside of the wheel and reduction gear housing into which the felt washer locates. The plate has been pressed to form a small lip all the way around the circumference. The inside diameter of this lip is the same outside diameter of the felt washer. Not sure if this plate was fitted to all Trusty’s as there is no mention of it on my spare parts list. Unfortunately, of all the parts that I photographed when rebuilding mine, I don’t have one showing this round plate.
Anyway, you are making very good progress. I still haven’t completely finished mine after more than 2 years!!

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Thanks for the parts manual, this will be really useful.
Looks as though there should be an instruction manual out there somewhere its shown as part no. EB0351A so at least I’ve got a clue to start searching.
Thanks for all your help,
Cheers

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Yes, two vee belts!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/55nx02tjfjonbbe/Webb%20AB1253%2C1255%2C1363%2C1473%2C14750001.pdf?dl=0

Good luck with your search for handle grips, they used to snap like the proverbial carrots! When those machines were current we used to buy each of the grip sections five at a time!

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Hi Wristpin,
Thanks for the info, sounds like the same machine but it has two Vee belts the second drives an intermediate pulley which then drives the ribbed roller belt and yes you are correct the handles are a weak point, one of these broken on my machine so will need to locate another.
Any docs you can supply will be appreciated,
Thanks for your help, Keith

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