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With the mk 15 changing to the mk15/2 which included the design of sump and crankcase change I believe took place in 1963 so this is prob before that date.

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guess you could call in at charlies for tea and biscuits then do an interview for cultivator.

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just come in from the shed and had a good light rub on the fan housing. can not see anything at the moment but these numbers are on flywheel. 30794 3075 10 6 next question is when where the old mk 25 s in production ? just looked in Graces Guide and the MK 25 was launched in 1941. ATCO started production with this engine in 1960………so I am getting there. this info came from The Old Lawnmower Club. So I deduce that this mower is aged between 1960 and 1975. Someone correct me if I am wrong………please |

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thanks owen and gareth for your help will go and look. and while I am here congrats gareth and keri on your recent celebrations

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No problem John. From the type of sump the engine is what I’d call the earlier type villiers so you will probably find a little circle on the flywheel cup with a date. Also near the spark plug hole on the air shroud and some where on the fuel tank you will find an oval stamped A.J.H and a year, these will be very faint and you may have to bare metal carefully to find the presence. All Villiers, J.A.P, and b.s.a have this oval stamped on them, I presuming that a common supplier made up the tin work for them and this was their stamp unless anyone knows differently. Villiers with he later type sump also had the date stamped on the outside edge of the flywheel. When the factory still existed I had a few engines dated fom the records(sadly destroyed circa 2000) that confirmed these methods.

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I found this on the net it was referring to dating a MK 1O.
If its one of the older engines you will need to remove the cowl, on the outer edge of the f,wheel there is a string of numbers the last 2 denote the year IE 62=1962 etc.
villiersparts.

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over 60 K301’s in stock, varying from rebuilt to as is.Easily exported to India and the pacific rim, they love them as long as they are converted to electronic ignition.

Regards Mike

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and I have noticed that the petrol tank in the atco ad is a more modern shape to the older bomb shape which we have mounted on the resto model. could this help in dating it.??

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looking at the yak you can see many other machines all rolled into one. mainly early dumpers from building sites in days past. got a close up of the footwell and wondered how many people with baggy trousers got there trouser leg caught up in the engine pulley nearest them ?

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While cleaning up the flywheel i came across a few numbers would these be a clue to the age of the engine ?

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All the very best Gareth…

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Handles painted, now to fit them..

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C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

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I need all of them or the old silencer to work from, you cannot take a guess at the measurements.

To put this into context. I have wasted hundreds of hours buying in and modifying exhaust silencers. I have now sourced all the mild steel parts which are laser cut to put them together myself in 4″, 5″ and 6″ dia round silencer box. I then bend, cut and put whatever size and length inlet and outlet pipes you need in and TIG weld the whole thing together. I actually had a company that had a go at doing it for us but they could not cope with all the variations and apart from that the welding was crap.

Regards Mike

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hi gareth they are good pickups getting harder to find now i had the use out ov 3 brats they could go anywere mine did in the early 90s they were hard worked commom fault was drive shaft also hungry on petrol still got bullbars an canopys someware locked away happy days i drove these yokes were landrover didnt dare go or i was just mad the steering was great with 30 plus bales ov hay on and a sheepdog on the top use to get some funny looks brings back memorys i can still smell the spilled milk in bottles at lambing time the heaters were second to none

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