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Quick thought !! is the carb a two bolt flange type? as my one does not bolt it just slides on and has a jubilee type clamp to hold it on with.
Dave

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Made up a new copper fuel pipe and also the oil pipes for the magneto chain case drain and crankcase breather.
Decided to have a crack at Silver soldering nipples onto the pipe ends, rather than using a swaging tool. Turned out to be much easier than I thought. Apply a generous amount of flux to the pipe end, pop on the nipple and then heat it up with a hand held gas torch. Don’t hold the torch too close to the brass nipple or it will melt (guess how I found this out!!!). Once the flux turns clear, feed in the Silver solder and it is drawn by capillary action into the gap between the nipple and pipe. The solder used was 55% Silver, along with Easy Flo flux powder.

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Hi Chris,
that sounds brilliant, let me know how much i owe you and i will pay you on paypal or send a cheque, whatever you prefer,
best regards
Dave

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cheers chaps the old girl came back to life ! 🙂 and promptley ratteled off a few bits so a bit more work to do lol

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Thanks gents, some good starting info for me– thanks for your replies.

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Hi there
seems like we may have similar machines as currently mine is fitted with a Honda engine but fortunately the chap i bought it off kept the Briggs engine tucked away under the bench as it had a broken exhaust valve luckily i managed to locate one from our neighbours in the USA and am now awaiting said item to arrive so then i shall be able to refit the beast with her original heart

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Any luck Chris ?

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That sounds great Chris,
just gave it a primer paint coat to hold the rust off a bit and itching to start the old beast up !!!
regards
Dave

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Thanks.

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If it’s any help the part number was L08043. Latterly F016L08043

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Damn, I scrapped one of those a few years back !

Thanks for that, I will certainly bear it mind. Of course, the one thing I haven’t done yet is go to my local mower shop; they’ve probably got dozens of them on the shelf (not)!

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This one ends tomorrow and I know who is bidding on it !!

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Will the nut from an old cast iron block Suffolk fit ? They were were basically a Briggs made under licence. No shortage of them!

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Couple more pictures, nearly there….

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A couple of photos showing the crank end and the Left handed thread.

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