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These engine were as a general rule awfull, very occasionally you’d get a good one but not often. To set up the majority of carbs, carefully wind the jet onto its seat then out one and a half turns. Start it up and make minor tweaks until it runs smoothly through the range. My 220 by the way is not reliable to start, runs fine once going but can be impossible at times to fire up.

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your right there the spade is classed as a swe r word here. but its nice to see one at work. would it pull a trailer plough,and if so how many furrows ? just off topic here when you uploaded the photos what setting size do you use as my photos come out very small.

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Thanks Charlie that seems to have worked.

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Have wet sanded the grass box this morning and got a couple of coats of colour on…… Pleased, would be an understatement

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Thought I might as well get this clutch operating lever mounted as I am having to get parts down from my paint line to put up further components as the resto progresses. Looking at the end of the clutch coupling has reminded me that the original rubber sleeves which take up the initial torque of the engine at take off, have worn to such a degree that prompt attention is required. Will need three short lengths of say heater hose cut to 1 inch lengths to get things back to how it was back in the late 1950’s.

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I had a Murray 30″ longer ago that looked a bit like that, Think that was 10hp.

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looks the same as an old red mtd i had once

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I believe that their tractor shaped one was built by MTD so it’s possible that this one was also sourced from the same manufacturer. Presume that there is no serial number anywhere.

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Thanks Charlie. Gives me a bit more confidence in it, I now I’ve used it on worn threads with good results.

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Had a better look at the Honda F400 the other day, found a lose flywheel. It has damaged the key way particularly the flywheel see photo, the crank key was not so bad, I lap the fly wheel to the tapper with fine grinding paste. I got a new key and it fitted it in the crank OK. Placed a small amount of J-B Weld in the wide part of the flywheel key way, fitted it on and tightened it to the correct torque. Yesterday after leaving it for a few days I gave it a try, started fine ran it for 10 minutes checked drive and gears all working fine. Stopped it and flywheel was still tight but time will tell. I would be a lot happier with a replacement flywheel so in the mean time I will be looking out for one. The rotors fit the F28 tiller so I’ve started work on the G28 engine I bought the frame and the engine separate, the frame is in good order. The engine runs OK but the exhaust needs sorting, at present its piece of copper pipe with one side of the flange welded to the stud. I’ve had a F28 before that’s the one in on my avatar. Short video of F400 running with strobe light connected, no exhaust so bit noisy. Honda used 22mm drive shaft for the F28 & the F400, Does anyone know of any other models that used that 22mm drive size. https://youtu.be/04Hl8kdsFZM

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Here’s a couple of pictures once the primer had hardened, rubbed down and had 2nd coat applied. I will wet sand it with some 800grit wet and dry before top coat is applied.

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You don’t realise how big an area these grass boxes actually are? After applying filler in 3 stages, 1st application filled the dents, 2nd application replaced the curve and the 3rd application repaired the raised detail and any minor imperfections. Its not as good as new, but I’m reasonably happy with it. Here it is waiting for the 3rd application to harden and then with a wet coat of etch primer.

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Made a start on the grass box today. It looked reasonably straight, however, running a hand over the surface proved otherwise. So to start with I removed as much paint as possible, then using hammer and dolly set about removing the largest of the dents. Unfortunately I don’t have a shrinking hammer or dolly so had to leave the minor dents as was, these will be smoothed with filler.

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Talking of somewhere hot…….. The postman delivered these today, ordered on the unmentionable auction site, all the way from Australia!

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Talking to Steve D during the week we are thinking of doing a lawncare theme at Isfield similar to the setup at Rotherfield last October, the new additions (ATCO and Suffolk Galaxy) will get their debut airings as will a revised Landmaster setup…

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