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Hi wandr
Can you email me or send me your email address please re the cutter bar
dnuop

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Hi Chris
Thanks for feed back been using it in very light soil But I did do was get hold of Meetens Villiers-And they suggested that the timing could of slipped and sent the correct setting and point gap.So will get that checked out.

paul

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Hi
From the casting number it is a Ransomes 14 inch lightweight Mk6 yours is an early one dating to February 1951.
Hope this helps
P.S Will try sticking to sprayers!
Kind regards
HDTrust

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Many thanks for the upgrade Charlie
Regards
Andy

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Hi Charlie, no haven’t checked with them yet just gained the info from other people’s posts
Andy

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Thanks Charlie
will look into that I hope the French know what a de-coke is 🙂

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Hi Chris
Many thanks for your reply re straps, yes I would like them but I can’t yet send you a pm as my new membership is still in progress. I upgraded late last week so should be able to get in touch mid of this week ref getting them from you
Many thanks
Andy

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A good day was had yesterday at Isfield station, many thanks to those who attended, report and photos will be sent to Alan for The Cultivator.

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Possibly…

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The only letters/numbers visible are SD329.

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It is a 14 inch Ransomes light motor, there should be a round badge on the side prefixed with letters followed by numbers, send me what it says and i’ll date it for you.
The petrol tank between the handles would have had a Ransomes transfer on it.
Best
Hdtrust

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Will there be a toast and a minutes silence for the demise of Ardingly?

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Nice
We have to wait till January for our new shipment to arrive from afar, and it may well have to travel over water!

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Thanks for the comments chaps !

Mine cost £117.00 delivered ! The sump is empty so, it is up to me to re-fill it. The handbook recommends 10W30. I may fill with a basic SAE30 for the first few hours use and then re-fill with a better quality 10/30. I’ll see what my local mower shop sells.

By the way, the handbook is written in Chinglish so, I have downloaded a copy of the Honda one for better detail.

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I see where you are coming from re flushing out out the crap but I think that even Chinese copy engines are built to far higher standards than say original Villiers were. I have it on good authority that Loncin who produce quality Honda copies have, and may still do, build engines for Honda and also build engines for a certain German motorcycle manufacturer with a three letter name!
Also, something to bear in mind, is that the manufacturer’s initial oil fill may be a “running in oil” and if this is removed too soon and replaced with a top spec oil the bore may glaze and the rings may never bed in properly. The same goes for continuous light loading on a new engine.
As far as the oil spec goes, the manufacturer will have researched the requirement for an air cooled engine and made a recommendation based on their findings so stick to this recommendation both in viscosity and specification eg Sae 30, SF/SG.
Using fully synthetic in a horticultural engine may make you feel better but is reality is a total waste of money!

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