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Hi it’s Will I think it depends on what you are trying to achieve. I have used them where the blades are an inch wide from wear along the bottom edge and they have worked fine although I think if you are in hard ground you are likely to have them snap off. I would look to see they are still overlapping otherwise they will leave undug strips. The inside facing blades that are close to the drive housing need to be intact otherwise again it will miss the middle strip. I worked on a couple of ex council machines that had cement all round the rotors apparently they used to chuck cement dust onto sharp sand when paving large areas and use the rotavator to in situ mix the sand and cement.
Best wishes William

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Hi trusty it’s Wiĺl I’m in Colchester Essex. Thanks for the offer of help I can usually work things out but it’s great to have someone who has a lot more knowledge of these machine’s. I worked for about 6 years as a mech technician at an agricultural college . How do you have such a wealth of knowledge of these machine’s if you don’t mind me asking. Sorry if im writing this off topic for the forum.
Best wishes William

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Hi no need to apologise although the pie and chips with gravy has just made my cheese on toast look a bit dreary. That’s a huge help I have found a sprocket but it only had a part number so couldn’t tell if it was the correct one. The tensioner has had a lump cut out of it to get past the radiused bolt I assume the last person that had a go at it couldn’t move the seized bolt. That got the heat treatment yesterday so is now free again. As luck would have it there is a new slipper in the tool box. I will have a look at the alignment of that top sprocket. £6 quid that’s a bargain might nip to Matlock myself.
I would just like to say a big thanks to you and everyone who has taken time to help and advise me with this machine.
Best wishes William

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Ok thanks for that sounds quite likely.
Best wishes William

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I’ve no specific MT info or experience but quite often in that sort of application the manufacturers will issue recommended counterbalance force for floating or skidding units – bathroom scales job to set them up. Wait for the man who knows !

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How did you get on with sorting your Garner?

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I’m looking to rebuild a Garner with a friend, we are hoping to road register it. Does anyone know if the Garner Register is still running or anyone else that would be able to help with the required DVLA forms.

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Yes, compression release. On some engines it’s achieved by the profile of the cam while on others there’s a centrifugally operated pin to release compression for starting but is disabled as the rpm picks up.

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Hi it’s Will just a quick update on the elusive springs after some poking with a screwdriver I have found the springs they were seized into the tubes unfortunately they are so badly corroded they have lost all their spring one has broken off in the tube so they will need replacing. I have found someone who has some replacements so will order them and in the meantime try to remove the remains of the old springs.
Thanks for help
Best wishes William

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While we are on the subject of gaskets, it’s as well to consider that as well as their sealing function they may perform a “spacing function”, as in setting the amount of pre-load on a bearing or shaft. Substituting “stuff from a tube” for a crankcase or gearbox cover, may result in the loss of required end float and a tight engine or gearbox.
Then there is their use to insulate, such as to reduce heat transfer. For example ,anyone who worked on Aspera vertical shaft engines in the 50s/60s will remember those thick gaskets between the cylinder block and the long right angle inlet manifold – the one that worked loose and attributed to difficult starting!

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Thanks for the reply
Yes I will have a look when I get a chance
Sorry for the very late reply

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Several years ago I bought an assorted pack of A4 sheets of gasket material ranging from cork, through various thicknesses of different materials – Klinger Statite, Interface, Tesnit, Flexoid & Klingersil etc. Great to have to hand when the need arises – usually at a weekend when the shops are shut, not that there any places left around here that sell engineering supplies etc.
If needs must, don’t forget the breakfast cereal box, won’t do a head gasket but is a get out of trouble for less critical applications !!

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