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Iseki never had a presence in the country but relied on importers to sell their wares over here; the current importer of Iseki is Ransomes Jacobsen in Ipswich. They confine themselves to the tractor range and diesel ride-on lawnmowers to sell alongside their own professional grasscare machinery and if you were to ask them about rotavators I pretty sure they wouldn’t have any knowledge whatsoever (sorry).

I wouldn’t be too hasty in writing off Ransomes as a source of info about Iseki cultivators as that is where my photocopy parts lists came from 3-5 years ago but it could well depend upon to whom you get to speak to.
Can confirm that Lely did handle some Iseki stuff – we bought brush cutter from them – but can’t confirm whether or not they handled the cultivators.

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thanks stuart it seems every one is saying red. so red it is,and thanks for sales brochure it will be good to get it printed off. have just remembered stuart do you know what the writing says near the swivel point on handle bars mine has worn away so badly I cannot read what it says. this will be needed for new decals. thanks again.

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The fuel tank should be red John.Also if you do a Google image search of Iseki KS280 all the images show a red fuel tank.Heres a sales brochure i found.

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Stuart.yes its the same one.ot even has same carb and air filter
I know i keep goi.g on about the colours but thetank has been sprayed white which is same colour as engie now if it wasred it would still be
have rubbed tank down to metal and no red present. Thanks angus and stuart

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The engine is a Kawasaki KT290.If so its the same engine in my Iseki AC-2 rotavator / tiller.The engine model number should be stamped on the crankcases.The KT290 engine has a capacity of 60cc.Heres a few pics of my engine in my Iseki AC-2 rotavator.Does it look the same as yours ???

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We took in a similar machine some years ago and it certainly was a quality bit of kit. Unfortunately this particular one had a problem in that we couldn’t stop the carb flooding. Simple enough – fit a new needle and seat. However a lot of chasing around via Ransomes and Iseki in France failed to produce the required items and it got put to one side and eventually jobbed out.
As far as the Kawasaki connection goes, no one suggested or mentioned this during our searches. I still have a photo copy parts parts list for the carb and there is nothing on this to suggest a Kawasaki connection, but ……….!

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Philip what about sending a pm to jim beacon at the auto culto register ?

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That’s a nice looking job . Well done .

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Thanks Wristpin,

You could be right. I would still be interested to know what the correct spark plug should be though, just to confirm we got the right one, if anyone knows.

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andy you may be correct. its just I heard it from someone that it was a rebadged Kawasaki engine. as you have had one of these in the past was the petrol tank white ? I know the newer ones are red. its just so I get the combination right for showing. thanks john

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Hello Andy,
Thank you, I have been and got ,a gallon of Morris ground force, sae 30 oil.

So going on my Villiers book it says half a pint of oil to a gallon of fuel.or four measure’s with the cap.??

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have we on here anyone who could have worked on these say 35 years ago. it has a Kawasaki engine 3 hp two stroke.

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Yes, I admit I forgot once and tripped it off, but it was in the daylight, and after a lifetime of shooting it was of no concern to me, but, you have to think of the thing going off in the middle of the night with a bang from a 12 bore that will wake the village! these thieves have to operate in silence, they are not going to hang around if they trip one of these off!

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Thank you Charlie, so I just use my high grade sthil Oil, but to the ratio for the engine, ie 300 ml to 5 litres off petrol.

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frank that’s good. I remember when you fist declared a restoration and I watched it . marvellous now are you going to use it around your premises ?

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