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I had same problem years ago. There was a pressure relief valve in a special fitting which relieved the tank pressure from the cylinder. When I opened it up the little stopper was covered in gunk. Cleaned it up and gave the supporting spring a slight stretch and it ran fine again.

There’s also a little valve over the piston that moves up and down with air movement (usually made of thin stainless steel…it could be gunked up too.

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Hi Charlie the trouble is with my one it won’t restart once the tank loses pressure. When I get it sorted I will let you know what I did.
Best wishes William

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Hi Andrew yes definitely a spelling mistake how about 107 years old ,I will take a few pictures and let you see in a few days, hope the old hoe could be part of a vintage display in the future, hope also some one can shed some light on the seed planter and I will show pictures of that too, thanks for the reply ,Tim.

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I would love to see a picture of your find Model 17 Planet Junior, I know were made for several years but 1004 year old! Must be older than the reign of King Edward 111 surely a spelling mistake
regards
Andrew

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Thanks for that. Very much appreciated

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Hello Tommy I had one of those machines with a two stroke engine what engine does your machines have villiers mk12 perhaps I have brochures that might be helpfull for you if you want a copy let me know I also can remember about them so if you want to call me after 5pm I will leave my details in a private message

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A well deserved day out and presentation. I can remember when the introduction of the machine was covered in an article in either the Sunday Times or Telegraph. As well as the use of the Reliant engine I recollect that the article mentioned that purchasers could return them to the works for an annual overhaul.

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They’re for sale on ebay or you could overhaul if you have one available for the 56

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That’s right. It is the original Kohler carburettor, with a main jet adjustment going vertically down, an angled idle jet, and a horizontal screw for idle speed adjustment.

Currently the main jet is set 1 3/4 turns out, the idle jet 2 1/4 turns out, not that it’s particularly a fixed setting, even from new (although I don’t think I have ever adjusted these before).

After the 25-year or thereabouts gap in operation, there was some varnish in the carb, but I soaked it in acetone, and blew through the various holes and galleries with compressed air, so hopefully they are clean.

Is carburettor adjustment likely to be the culprit, rather than control cables, governer? I hope so!

[vhgmcbuddy]

Hunting at idle is usually caused by a weak mixture, either that there is sill some obstruction in the slow running system or just needing an adjustment of the slow running jet. From memory, assuming a Kohler engine, the main jet adjustment is the vertical slot head screw and the slow running one is at an angle. An image of the carb will confirm or otherwise.

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Ran the machine for about 1 1/2 hours today. The clutch survived the strain. Very rooty ground, old bramble “Turks heads”, long creeper roots, places I’d grubbed out smallish ash trees etc. It will need going over again a couple of times, but success so far.

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My copy arrived Saturday looks like turmoil with the ploughmen

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I’ve had a look at the Tecumseh workshop manual and although it’s got several illustrations for for what they refer to as small and medium frame engines ( less than 8hp) , nothing specifically for a V60 and only for Tillotson and Tecumseh carbs. Perhaps Dellorto carbs were a later fitment ? When you ordered the components from the US, what was your source of information for specifying them and are you able to post the illustrations that you used ? Also it would be helpful if you can post images of your carburettor and linkage set up.

Edit. Just read one of your original posts and see that you are at Dymchurch – I’m at Appledore, so a viewing could be a possibility !

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Be a little careful in your description of your engine as vertical and horizontal usually refers to the crank, not the cylinder and all the data pages in the Tecumseh manuals follow that convention. The Tecumseh on a Bug will probably be a vertical shaft, V60 or V70 etc. It’s a long time since I’ve seen a Tecumseh on a Bug and I don’t recollect seeing a Dellorto carb on one . Is it possible that your example is dismantled because someone was doing a carb swap? Alternatively I’m totally out of touch and talking nonsense . If you can confirm that it is a V60, I can possibly come up with the relevant pages from the workshop manual.

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Well, I will test this tomorrow, but thought I’d better add this before I forget.

Problem: rebuilt clutch would not disengage.

I had re-glued the clutch friction material exactly, I thought, where it came off (distortions in the material back this up, and that the ends of the friction material met as they originally did). The clutch material overhung the end (larger diameter) of the inner cone by 1mm to 2mm max.

The clutch would not engage, due to the friction material fouling the inside (back) of the cast iron pully.

Fix: I filed off the back of the inner cone’s attached friction material. Clutch operation OK.

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