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Had some time today to have a proper look at the crankshaft. Cut a flat surface where the thread had snapped and very carefully drilled into the crankshaft gradually increasing insize. Threaded the hole and inserted an m10 nut covered in thread lock. Cut the head of the bolt and put everything back together just to make sure I had cut the nut to the correct size. having come this far, gave it a little pull and to my surprise I had a spark. Put some fuel in and and found a small leak from the tap on the bottom of the tank, put an o ring in the tap and sorted the leak. Tried to start but it was not having it, a quick adjustment to the carb settings one more pull and it started and ran brilliantly. I just need to spend a bit more time now cleaning it up and working out what springs and little bits i might be missing from the governor setup and I will have it at the allotment next week chewing through anything that gets in the way. Wristpin thank you so much for all your help with trying to the find why I had no spark. If your ever York way for what ever reason give me a shout ill buy you a few beers I have cut the thread down some more since taking this picture.

Well new to me. I received a Canadian made 1975 Homelite XL-123 a few weeks ago, run great and yesterday I received a 1972 Homelite XL-103, both are 57cc auto oilers weighing right at 11 lbs. Really stoked to get these great looking hard to find saws.

price seems fair https://www.purplewave.com/auction/171129/item/DS9289

That's a cool looking beast.

Thanks Nigel I know the posts were deleted but my laptop crashed this morning so was not sure how !! All sorted now anyway so no harm done

Nice car I have a 48 Ford Flathead Pilot that looks very similar but not quite as big.

Hi all Had my new plough in the ground today for the first not very bonny but a start has been made Need to make mouldboard tilt and check for plough for running parallel with the tractor but in principal it is OK both things can be sorted seems easy to pull the ground was not the best it was barley straw that had been cultivated but I have made a start, and happy it can be altered to work well