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We used to look after a couple in the 80s and they were old and horrible even then, but, in fairness most of the issues were with the cutter units and the drives to them . https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jppf2t1mhdxk33/Horwool0001.pdf?dl=0

Thanks for the offer, I may well take you up on it if I cant find a suitable one to purchase. Meanwhile, more progress this afternoon.

Memory was a bit adrift the screw is in the cup not the cone . Part R73 on the attached parts illustration. https://www.dropbox.com/s/eaawvwohiw2yscx/Atco%20Groundsman%20Clutch0002.pdf?dl=0

From memory there is a small screw that is removed to add a couple of drops of oil to aid the cone in sliding on the shaft and that it was over enthusiastic oiling that led to the excess being thrown around inside the cup but the actual friction faces should be left dry.

I wouldn't worry about it but you but if it bugs you, knock off one opposite. Lots of bunce flywheels about , we used to store a few from wrecked engines and then usually ended up weighing them in!

Metal to metal. We used to see the odd one that had been over lubricated and the cast cone and cup had absorbed some excess oil which then leached out when the clutch warmed up resulting in repeated bouts of slippage. Various cures were tried including dunking in petrol and cooking with a blow torch (not simultaneously!) , some more successful than others.

The new tyres arrived from the Pram Museum in Holland this morning and having been warmed up on top of the Aga were fitted with a bit of a struggle as they are a really good tight fit and no levers used so as not to scratch the newly powder coated wheels. The chassis has been blasted and powder coated so reassembly can begin as soon as the bench is clear. Still on the look out for a miniature tractor seat in either metal or plastic but it looks as though I will have to make a wood former and build one up from fibre glass matt with some wire mesh reinforcement - all alternative suggestions welcome.

So is it the act of swapping plugs that is creating / solving an issue? Dodgy plug cap or HT lead connection - either end?!

Should my e-tank be generating this evil scum or is it a sign that a change of electrolyte is overdue? Still seems to be removing / blackening the rust.

Ref your "smoked a bit". Chap that I learnt from as a teenager always reckoned to leave whatever carbon etc there was on the valve stems "to seal a bit in worn guides". Never subscribed to that theory myself as having access to a valve refacer I always give the valves and seats a light skim to cut down on lapping time. Also, not the first time I've heard of a Kohler loosing its spark due to the points shorting out on their cover!

The largest fleet of beach launched fishing boats in the UK, I believe. The tractors allow them to push the boats down into the sea as well as to recover them.

Between Newenden and Northiam almost opposite the Kent and East Sussex Railway's Northiam Station. Fascinating collection of Pedal Cars and toys etc and did a good bacon sarny! Great shame http://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/local/toy-museum-announces-it-is-shutting-down-1-6599534

Not strictly Horticultural or Garden but am looking for information about the manufacturer etc of this push / pull child's rider which was new to me in 1947. Its done the rounds of other children and grandchildren etc and is now back with me for refurbishment! The maker's name stamped in the back is BHC Boltoy but I can't find any reference to them on the internet and unfortunately the possible local source, the Pedal Car Museum, just across the boarder in East Sussex, has closed.

Is there a clue in "the four wires" ?. By any chance is it two switches in one, one breaks when the other makes? There was one like that on the blade engagement lever of the Lawnflite 600 series of the mid to late eighties. 725-0803

Can you post an image of the switch, someone might recognise it as a cheaper proprietary item used by another OEM . Some years ago I had a case where a VW switch was £120 and the same Bosch switch from a Ford dealer was £38.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-03-22/james-may-lands-new-bbc-show-where-hell-put-objects-back-together-again

I've got a similar cabinet and have added an additional internal strip light and dust extraction connected to a Henry vacuum cleaner. Wondered why it was fogging up the other day and found that a bit of bubble wrap had got sucked onto the back vent! The draw back with these table mounted ones seems to be that the blasting medium does not flow back to the suction pipe and I have to keep tipping the cabinet to get it where its needed. Perhaps a central position for the pick up is what's needed ?

Great looking working machine - fit for purpose.

Can you water ballast the rear wheels? Sorry, missed the earlier suggestion re water.

In the absence of a Dremel, a length of wooden dowl or steel rod with a slot in the end. Thread a bit of the appropriate grit emery cloth through the slot and run at moderate speed in the drill.

Snappede this chap in my sister-in-law's garden a couple of years ago. Believe it to be the caterpillar of an elephant hawk moth.

Have a look at Ford Carnival Red - may be!!

Tetts were a firm of agricultural engineers in Faversham - disappeared in the 80s. May be "Supplied by Tetts" or did they re-badge the machine as Four Seasons. Either way a pretty lethal looking bit of kit. One was up for offer on that auction site a month or so back.

May be a set of pick tines would help?!

Gumtree, local collective auction, even Cambridge machinery sale Another option is to buy one of the machinery mags with free adverts in the back eg Tractor and Machinery . When it sells it will be interesting to know what it makes.