Leaderboard

It lives.... I thought the carb was a goner as it had so much black tar inside that I couldn’t get out. Fortunately brother has an ultrasonic cleaning tank. Sorted IMG_9179.MOV

As the sun was shining today I thought I’d paint the wheels and seats. First job was to make a jig to hold the wheels as it’s difficult to hold them up with hooks while painting, I’m really pleased with them and will leave for a few days to harden before fitting the tyres.

another new to me a Lloyds 1937 offset grass cutter

Ha- I didn’t even look at closely at the photo to see what was on the decal, silly me.... I like the TED 232 drill so knee jerked at what this might be. Pay no attention to the guy in the desert

Looks a bit better after a quick degrease...

Nice find Paul. For some reason that spark-plug cap reminds me of those used on old CRT TV's for the high voltage connection. @CNew needs to do some more homework , the letters forming part of the model number on these TAS/Tanaka engines gives the tool they were used on, e.g; *BC= brush cutter *CS= chain saw *ED= engine drill *EG= electric generator *HT= hedge trimmer *OB= outboard The history page at "Hitachi/Metabo" indicates the T-23 engine was produced from 1975. They are also still incorrectly claiming to have introduced the world smallest industrial two-stroke engine (P7) in 1962, how wrong they are. https://www.metabo-hpt.com/us/main-navigation/tanaka-history And they still can't spell Villiers. David

A later version (TBC-23R) arrived today...

I will ck again but it was an eBay deal you never know I just thought it was cool the gas tank is awesome.just thought it would be great on the shelf. Where’s the pics of the little scooter. I just thought you put the plug wire on the glow plug and let,er rip

Yeah, Got'er done. This project gave a reminder of why I don't like to paint. The prep work is tedious and and messy plus after it's done it needs to be handled with care like a new born baby. And the patience needed to wait for it to cure is a problem since I want to always put it back together too quick. The end result is nice to have though. The first color it was painted was too far off, this color is just a tad lighter than the original paint but a pretty close match. The handle/gearbox cover piece was left original because the decal is complete and in very nice condition. It may get masked off and sprayed but then it'll need bar decals and a nicer bar. I'll find some nicer oil and gas caps for it too.