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Wow this engine is surely becoming the biggest mystery on this new forum. thanks for imput gareth and nice to here from you.

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Hi John the engine is a villiers mk7 or mk7/1, the only difference is the carb and exhaust is on the other side, can’t remember which at the moment sory, ill have to dig my books out when I get chance.

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here they are

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COULD IT BE A 730 E model ? I wonder. sorry for misguidance on carb its an s10 well informed andy . this model was popular on mowers at some point.

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hiya john the-showman kindly sent me his website address which has his email address on so i have emailed him asking the question.

tom

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Tom we have a member called Titch ,he did my set . PM him on old forum as I am not sure if hes on this one yet

[vhgmcbuddy]

fantastic thank you

[vhgmcbuddy]

Titch is your man for decals. machinerydecals.co.uk

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well done Angus what a relief and thanks. Just the nigglie bit on the engine model to get to grips with now,hopefully ray can close the book on it and the restoration can begin some time later.

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Andy body recommend were to get a full set of decal for it, there used to be a guy on ebay who had full sets but cant seem to find him anymore,

many thanks
tom

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bolted a few more parts on it today, looking more like a tractor now.
will post some photos later

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Hi yeah im going to keep it on old tyres untill its all up and running then get some new ones.
well update:
Wheels are all blasted and primed ready
Blasted both foot plates tonight and primed
So i am slowly getting through all the pieces although plenty to be on with yet.

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I have a champion winch think they are now called Warrior, it looks identical to the one you linked to. Mine is a 4400lb model. Had it for 5 years now and I make it work close to its limit and it has been fine.

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hi angus .have taken another look after you pointed out a few queries. the carb is a B 10. the red thing on the intake side of carb is something an owner has added to stop cuttings from blocking up the intake. I did find a brass coloured tag on the rhside plate which has this no on it 1459/60 . hopefully the mystery of the engine type and the date of manufracture may be closer. hope that all this makes everything more understandable.

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