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Initially , I couldn’t get a spark out of the Kohler K91 fitted to my Allen Scythe . ordered a new coil from China , couldn’t find one in UK . It turned up today and didn’t fit , the square hole through the middle is only 10 mm across flats and should be 12.5 . Being fairly annoyed , I had another go at getting a spark and after stoning the points and cleaning them again I noticed a weak spark when I spun the engine over fast with my rattle gun , put it all back together and it started, loads of blue smoke but pulled in the drive lever and it lurched off . i bought it ti cut the rushes that are invading our land because the strimmer was killing my back . Not so sure the Allan scythe won’t be worse , it’s a beast 👍 ,

It has been a while since we have have posted. We have started a new project which is to build a replica of the Bolens large frame snow/dirt blade, Bolens part number 18085. The simple rule is that it is not allowed to snow until we are finished This is a very rare attachment and realistically our only chance of owning one is to make a replica. Chris Stoneman recently purchased one of the few know to exisit in the UK and we picked it up for him which gave us the chance to take lots of measurements. Chris's blade did not come with the lift push rods and we need some help with those. In the manual, it says that the distance between the centre line of the holes in the clevis rodes is 26-1/2" which gives a bit of an insight into the lengths of the rods. We did some searching on the Internet and that highlighted that the push rods are 20" long for the early large frames and 22-1/2" long for the HT's. We will be fitting this to our HT20 which suggests we need to make 22-1/2" rods. If someone has this attachement I would be grateful if you can measure the length of the push rods and confirm if they are 22-1/2". Also it would be helpful to know the length of the threaded part of the rod. Thanks in advance. At the moment we get one tractor day a week so this project will take a while but it should be fun and I hope you follow along. I am making some notes of the work we are doing and making videos of the progress. In today's video I cover the preperation and cutting of the metal.

I might have a Villiers 25c currently on an Allen Scythe at the moment

Is there anyone in the UK who re magnetise flywheels ?

Speaking of Allen Scythes, a friend of mine has a none runner tucked away. Keeps saying he'll bring it over. I'll have to remind him.

hi folks just signed up after buying an Allen Scythe . Any information would be appreciated . It has a Kohler engine fitted which looks original ,maybe the engine wasn't painted gold originally but it is now . any ideas what model and year it's likely to be ? Is there a source of parts ? the tyres are perished , I thought of motorcycle trials front tyres , but maybe something more original is available . I bought it to cut rushes in a couple of fields so it's here to work but if I can tidy it up at the same time it's no bad thing .

There is a Kohler K91 fitted to my Allen scythe , I'm on with fitting new coil and condenser since it lost it's spark on Sunday . I'm told my Allen scythe should have a Villiers fitted . I'd be happy to swap for a Villiers .

Flywheel now off , any figures for resistance in coil ? just warmed the flywheel taper are and on the opposite side of the backplate to the points is a 1/2 inch hole that a wee punch can contact the flywheel , a few gentle taps and the flywheel came off 😃

I think yesterdays ride home in my trailer in the rain has upset the engine , no sark today . How do I get the flywheel off , no tapped holes , no nothing to get a grip of ?