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Hi everyone, wow what a great response thanks for your comments and advice I will try and fill you in on progress, the pictures I have sent are last months and every thing you see is stripped down and about ready (cleaned and painted) to be put back together. I have a company laser cutting new side plates and I have repaired the one wheel that was rusted away, there’s also a company in Eltham that has new self aligning double ball bearings for the gearbox shaft sitting on their shelves, if you want I can give you their address.
The carb is an the original up draught Jap (not zenith) I have it but the square banjo, bolt, and float are missing and also the magneto is just about had it. The engine itself is in good condition no play at all from the piston or big end, and I can remember my Father having trouble with the carb more than any thing else . Both of the ends of the handle bars were rotted away but I have rebuilt them and managed to save the twist throttle.
I will keep you posted on progress, and thanks very much for your offers of help, rusty

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How would I go about testing the cool.

Does this chap in Idaho ship to the uk?

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No you dont smack it Phil!

They need to be pulled out. They can be & are a pain if stuck.

If you do get them out, use plenty of copper grease when you put them back. You only tap them in 5-10mm then do up the grub screw. Job done

Good luck!

Chris

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As the gearbox side panels are just flat plate, I think your best bet would be to get new ones made using the originals as templates. Any small fabrication/engineering workshop should be able to knock up some new ones for you without too much of a problem. You could even buy some sheet steel and have a crack at making them yourself. Same goes for the wheel centres, as these are also flat plate.
As Charlie says, the Zenith 24T2 carb should be fairly easy to get hold of at auto jumbles, tractor shows or online auction sites. You can even buy new ones, if you are prepared to shell out a daft sum of money!!

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My Florist Friend 2

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Very interesting. Wonderful restoration. The spray head on the one I have is incomplete and I am interested in knowing what it might have looked like. I think the one you have may be earlier than my one though as the design of the head seems to have changed, although the principle remains the same.

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There’s a chap in Idaho who deals in obsolete B&S parts. His name is Jim Freshman. email:- jim@aircooledengpts.com

I bought a new coil from him that B&S no longer make.

Might be worth a try.

Robert

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Thanks for that! One last thing……I’m 99.9% sure the engine is a villiers, I’m just not sure on what model. Are you able to help with this as well HDtrust?

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I know of Howard ploughs but they don’t look big enough for competition ploughing. Anyone can help me with Howard ploughs?

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Gave it its first work-out this morning. Rotovated the last bit of Plot B on our allotment and gave the whole of Plot B a going over again. As you can see from the photos the conditions were less than ideal but, the extra power meant it ploughed its way through without even noticing it and all at a very moderate throttle opening.

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hi all. I will be going,and will arrive on fri evening and hope to stop the length of the show all being well.A good time to catch up with members and ketchup some growler.

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Well done, good tidy gob there looks great. I fitted a Honda GX160 5.5 in place of a 5 HP Briggs on my Merry Tiller Major, been well pleased with it over the last two seasons. Nothing wrong with the Briggs when it was running OK but it had become difficult to start and lacked power. I’ve since found out the valves were leaking, especially the exhaust. Reground valves, no wear on the bore so I left things as they were. Now picked up a M T with no engine after looking for some time. So be able to fit the briggs to see how it goes.
I’m sure you’ll be pleased with your Wizard when you try it out.

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Well done it looks the part that will be fine.

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We will be there on Sunday, visiting only this year, hope to see some of you there !!

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Thank you all, thats half a ton then, that should be ok. although I will need a winch to drag them on board! Now I am over 30 years of age, I dont seem able to throw heavy weights around anymore! Ah Well.

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