mattblack

Thanks for that, I was beginning to think no one else could see my thread but me... I suppose the wire retainer being earlier would tie in with the 1958 build date? I have heard Meetens are very good for Villiers parts, but I can't see anywhere on their website to order online, do you have to ring/email them? I picked up another little project today, will start another thread about it shortly.

Engine has obviously had some attention in the past, bore still looks good with no wear ridge. Someone cared enough to do this brazed repair to the pulley, maybe to to get a bit more life out of it when it was a working engine? ...on the other hand, whoever made the new seals for the fuel cap and air filter only had cork effect vinyl floor covering to hand, and their teeth for tools. Valves look OK. Is this the date code? (IE March 1958)

I picked this engine up on ebay back in the summer as a winter project. After cleaning and setting the points and changing the HT lead and plug I got a good spark (much to my surprise, was sure the coil would be dead) so I have started stripping it for restoration. As you can see one thing I need is the air filter oil bath, however all the pictures I've found of other engines show it held on by 2 metal strips, rather than the wire retainer mine has. Does anyone know if they are interchangeable? I will take some pictures of where I am at now and post them up.

Not something Iv'e seen before, do you think it was factory made or cobbled up from an old flail mower or something? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Villiers-Engine/183454599930?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D260cdf45fae44ec9a8e091796f3c4d7a%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D223210594909%26itm%3D183454599930&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A5db29b30-e141-11e8-a4c1-74dbd180106f|parentrq%3Ae5c475511660aa119c386bebffff5a1e|iid%3A1

On the plus side, you won't make it any worse...

I love the token fan 'guard'!

Does that decal say 'British Seagull'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Seagull