A little gift arrived from Chris this morning! A big thankyou from me! I'll pop into town and get the numbers etched on tomorrow and collect some more rivets that size.......
Having a sort out, these are 'free' to anyone who needs them! Berkshire area.....?
1. I have most of an Atco 14" light cylinder mower...... Missing the engine and a couple of small bits. Good tank, chain cover and reasonable grassbox. Good for restoration or a source of spares. Already dismantled!
2. Farmers Boy 'Minor' gearbox, rotorvator drive and chain cover. Also have some drive sprockets.
3. A 'kick start' mech from a Mk12 Villiers, very little wear, might be of use to someone......
Message me if your interested and collection can be arranged!
Did a little more to this engine yesterday..... New coil fitted, engine timed, blanked off 'kick start' bolt holes, cleaned and painted exhaust, fitted air shroud, tank brackets and tank....... Just needs the HT lead and the carb that I can't find!!!
What to do with a 'free' weekend, a pile of Villiers MK12 bits and a can of paint?
Having restored several machines using Villiers engines over the last couple of years I have managed to collect 3 almost complete donor engines..... So as I was at loose end this weekend I set about sorting them out with a view to making one good engine out of all the bits! It's suprising what you can do in just a day, engines stripped, parts cleaned, degreased, old paint removed, de-rusted, etch primed, painted, gaskets made, parts reassembled...... I have a carb and exhaust, the only parts I haven't got is a working coil, 3 dud ones, tank brackets and an exhaust gasket! The coil is probably the most expensive part to buy for one of these engines, might have to wait a few weeks!
I'm probably going to make a stationary engine out of this one, mount it on a trolley and have it powering some sort of lighting.........
Also reassembled the big ploughing wheels....... These are flipping heavy cast lumps! The cleats are bolted on in a different pattern on each wheel. The wheel which runs on the unploughed ground has alternating cleats, in, out, in, out etc. The other wheel which runs the bottom of the furrow has the cleats all pointing on the same side, to prevent the edge of the furrow being torn up. Managed to refit the ratchets and chain drive sprockets too......
Finally got the last of the bits back from the shot blasters, It's taken a while, but he was soon forgiven when I had to climb over several landrover chassis to get to my bits!! !
Anyways...... More metal means more painting! The big 20" ploughing wheels and the smaller 8" wheels have had 2 coats of the brush on and been left to dry.......
Put the decals from Titch on the fuel tank today, then ran the engine for the 1st time properly. Had it running for about 1/2 hour, will need a tune up once refitted to the gearbox and the throttle cable is refitted, but it runs well!
Yet more painting! Seems like a never ending task, with all the attachments etc........ At least there's only the gearbox left to do once I get it back from having new bronze bushes fitted!
Back on this project again now...... Jim has the gearbox and new bushes, so hopefully wont be too long before I can start putting the actual tractor back together........ In the meantime I've had to repaint the fuel tank!!! I had brush painted it about 6 to 8 weeks ago, once dry I put it indoors to cure and harden thoroughly in the airing cupboard. My paint supplier sells a 1K clear lacquer which is fuel resistant and I planned to lightly dust the clear over the brushed fuel tank to prevent fuel spill damage...... However when I applied the 1st light coat everything was fine, I left it 15-20 minutes and started to put a 2nd light coat and there was a bit of a reaction! The green blistered and peeled like latex, leaving the etch primer undamaged and exposed!!! So...... I had to start again, rather than risk problems again, I bought a can of 2K BS282 Forest Green. At least this is fuel resistant as it is! And there was enough in 1 can to paint several coats on 2 fuel tanks (1 spare) the air shroud inside and out, the tank brackets, the engine brackets, back plate and chain cover both sides and the handlebar swivel mount!
Here's some pictures of the Villiers MK12 engine with air shroud and fuel tank all refitted.......
Another update on this one....... I needed to refit the clamp to secure the rotor cover to the drive tube, make a support bracket from the fuel tank down to the air cleaner and then make a new throttle cable. I also ordered some 4mm rubber sheet to make the soil/stone deflector......
Also wanted to say it runs too!!! Not exactly sure what I did, but I just went through everything again from the seals, to the timing, to the carb...... All seemed fine though, so when I added fuel again, and pulled the starter I wondered if it would ever start......? But it did on the 3rd pull..... Here's a little video of it running
And here's a photo of the almost finished machine..... I say almost, It's decided to leak a small amount of oil from the seal around the shaft with the blades on, new ones will be collected tomorrow!
Villiers B10 carb
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Hi all!
Would anyone happen to have a Villiers B10 carb going spare? I'm after one for the Mk12 I'm currently doing???