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Not sure about two speed pulley. Standard P.T.O end one. Hopefully my attempts for a weld repair will be okay. Have not found a uk supplier of pulleys yet.

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Your lawn roller has very ornate castings and is probably late 19th or early 20th century. There are quite a few collectors of lawn rollers and also they display well with lawnmowers of similar age. The only problem is the weight!
Are you sure there is no name on the castings or the handle or perhaps evidence of a missing label.

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Good evening.
Small update on my little project. I finally managed to prepare all the tin wear and paint it over last weekend (temperatures >15 deg.C). I replaced a few more gaskets (oil plug, fuel tap etc.), checked any for any leak and finally got it to run for 5 minutes. It runs well. Still need to finalise and install the pulley and the 2 supports on the shroud.
I’d like to use this engine to power a gen set: any recommendation for a gen set that would fit and where I could find a good second hand?
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Thanks for the reply, Just weighed the aerator and its 30 pounds ish. I did try it out a couple of days ago in the back garden but it was pretty useless as the lawn is very soft after all the rain and the steel tines just sunk into the ground, it was like trying to pull a stubborn donkey hehe. At a guess l think it might date from around the 40’s, not sure whether it’s worth anything or will l dump it…..Rick.

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Very interesting piece of garden equipment, but it must be very heavy to do its work? And it would be compacted ground that you would most need to us it on. I’d be interested to know what kind of weight it is, and if you’ve used it, how well it works?

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No marks at all.

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Hope these are ok…Rick.

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Ok Charlie will have a go.

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Thanks for clarifying about the plough Andyfrost.

That’s a very nice photo Autophil, where and when was it taken? I see all the autocultos have the torpedo type tank so presumably date to around the 1940’s and the ‘ X’ series.
My machine had been stuck in the back of the shed for some time waiting until I could get implements to go with it, so now I hope to get on with getting it going.

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why would a concrete mixer need a two speed pulley ? every one I have used is single for drum rotation speed unless the engine has been replaced from something else

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Thank you !

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Fitted to cement mixer. 3 hp engine 1982 built date. Engine is black painted. Have someone Who has offered to weld it so fingers crossed.

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Is it on a green one by any chance?

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After some searching the bore on my engine is alloy not steel. Therefore honing not recommended. Standard rings to fit then

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There is what is probably a model L advertised in this month’s Cultivator magazine in the New Forest. Shame it is lockdown and a long way or I would have had it.
I am interested in Andy’s comments about the plough as I have just obtained a plough for my model EX but without the bits to connect it up to the machine so any ideas on hitching it up with a suitable adjuster mechanism would be welcome. Has anyone tried incorporating a screw adjuster to the older Auto Cultos.

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