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Now how do I remove this wrist pin. I dont want to do harm finding out. Picture attached

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Thanks for the books Charlie.

I attach pictures of the piston and cylinder which finally came apart just now. The cylinder looks OK but I won’t know for certain till later. The piston has a little damage. Rings were broken. And a break between the rings as well.

Anyway what do ye think…..is it repairable?

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Thanks Charlie. I could use a copy of the parts book please. Might not have to take the crank apart…..hopefully…..Will try get the piston out the bottom today. A lot of this is learning for me.
Thanks again.

John

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It’s a split pin for sure. Looks like there’s a flange on the bottom of the cylinder but I wouldn’t be sure. It stops the piston coming out the bottom. The pin doesn’t come out the cylinder either.

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I have a couple of questions for ye….
1. I attach a picture and am wondering what the split pin is for?

2. How to remove the Big End bearing. Picture attached as well.

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@Charlie … many thanks for the pointer to your magazine editor. I found out yesterday that we need to sell quickly as we need space for a new tractor gang-mower that is due to arrive in the next couple of weeks. I see from the “about” section on this site that your magazine is bi-monthly and sent by post, so unfortunately won’t be suitable for us to advertise in.
Many thanks for everyone’s help.

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Try a known good condenser.

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As a short update … as we only occassionaly used the RFS roller last season due to the arrival of a larger sit on job, the club has decided that we need to the space in our storage barn for a soon to arrive tractor gang-mower, so we will be selling the RFS.

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Thats not really an option. I am not on good terms with a few of the people in that club. I currently have a court case against one of the guys as he owes me a lot of money for something.

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Andy

I knew that before I started. I might refill those holes and see can I balance it some way.
I doubt it would have come off any other way. The starting ring was beginning to break apart when I tried that.

John

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Any decent machine shop should be able to bore it but finding an oversize piston and rings may be a different matter. Villiers Parts or L and C Engineering may be able to help. Villiers Services, although motor cycle orientated, may be worth a try.

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Got the flywheel off after a lot of drilling and grinding and heating. It shot off like a rocket when I hit it with a hammer. Flew about 2 feet. Luckily I wasn’t standing in front of it.

John

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I have not been able to find much about the Howard Dragon. From what I can tell, Dragons (not sure if they ever had a number?) don’t seem to come up for sale very often and I wonder about spare parts for them compared to something like the 350? Not sure if there are any replacement engine options for them either? I need something that I can maintain into the future.

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as far as I know there is no scythe attachment for the Howard 350 but there is a rotary rough cutter of witch I have two the other alternative is a Howard Dragon with a scythe also rotary cutter as well as a plough

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After a lot of research I have decided to go with a Merry Tiller Titan. The parts are easily available and even the engines can be swapped out easily for newer engines. I know it’s a small machine and its probably not ideal, but at the moment I use a manual scythe. It takes me forever to do even 1 acre. So I feel any powered machine will be a huge step forward. I can also use it for rotavating a 1/2 acre vegetable plot. For my budget, I think this is the best option.

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