C-101plowerpower

should work, basicaly a variomatic pulley

so are you going to tell me what that pink thing flying past your window was?

i think you missed one ian

i think you missed one ian

i think you missed one ian

Update on it, I have nearby completed the restoration just need the seat, I am pleased with how it turned out!
Here are a few photos

i think you missed one ian

i think you missed one ian

i don't think thats what they meant when they said use protection

i think you missed one ian

i've heard Norm is an expert when it comes to driving skimmers

must be a bad dream 

As the title says i HAVE to repair this thing for my boss. I've tried to Tell him it isnt worth The time and money. But je keeps telling me this is(was) a really good mower and it even has a new blade. Well here are some pics, you be the judge, would you repair it or throw it out?
Said "New blade"

 
Yes, real quality right there, almost cut myself on that 

 
Doesnt at all look homemade

 
I can imagine there's going to be some foul language getting this thing apart

 

 
Getting the bolt through the hole in the blade was like throwing a sausage through a garage door, no wonder it vibrated like hell

 
Results of said vibrations

 

 
And the State of the deck 

 
I forsee a lot of cussing and yelling, maybe even flying tools
 
 

they are the same as normall cc or farmall cub weights only difference is that they've put them on the inside of the rim. they are not specially made to be put on the inside of the rim

those aren't rare, ive got them in the wheel horse, they're just normall farmall cub front wheel weights

As the title says i HAVE to repair this thing for my boss. I've tried to Tell him it isnt worth The time and money. But je keeps telling me this is(was) a really good mower and it even has a new blade. Well here are some pics, you be the judge, would you repair it or throw it out?
Said "New blade"

 
Yes, real quality right there, almost cut myself on that 

 
Doesnt at all look homemade

 
I can imagine there's going to be some foul language getting this thing apart

 

 
Getting the bolt through the hole in the blade was like throwing a sausage through a garage door, no wonder it vibrated like hell

 
Results of said vibrations

 

 
And the State of the deck 

 
I forsee a lot of cussing and yelling, maybe even flying tools
 
 

As the title says i HAVE to repair this thing for my boss. I've tried to Tell him it isnt worth The time and money. But je keeps telling me this is(was) a really good mower and it even has a new blade. Well here are some pics, you be the judge, would you repair it or throw it out?
Said "New blade"

 
Yes, real quality right there, almost cut myself on that 

 
Doesnt at all look homemade

 
I can imagine there's going to be some foul language getting this thing apart

 

 
Getting the bolt through the hole in the blade was like throwing a sausage through a garage door, no wonder it vibrated like hell

 
Results of said vibrations

 

 
And the State of the deck 

 
I forsee a lot of cussing and yelling, maybe even flying tools
 
 

are you seeing a different photo then us?

As this project is nearing completion Ive decided its finally time to share it. This is one of the reasons why work on G621 has been very slow.
Back in April I spotted this early Howard Gem on ebay, the photos below was all I had to go on. There was no serial number visable, but I
was hopping I was right in thinking it was one of the short gearbox models (the first 400 made had a shorter gearbox and frame due to the
clutch thrust bearing being on the outside rather than submerged in oil.) I made an offer as I felt the buy it now price was to high, and about
15 minutes later my bid was accepted.
 When it arrived back I found the serial number hidden under the rust and was pleasantly suprised to find it was G206, which makes it the
106th Gem ever produced (production started at G101). Ive been researching Gems for many years and prior to this the lowest number I
had seen was G357, so at the present this is the earliest known Gem to exist. Realising how important this example is in the history of
Gem's I decided to press on with the restoration. I will upload the photos as and when I have time over the next few days.

An initial assessment revealed that the machine was missing its magneto, silencer, chain cover, it also had the wrong wheels fitted.
Luckily I also own the remains to G367,(pictured Below), another very early Gem but sadly this on is far to gone to ever restore, but ive been able to
use it for some of the missing parts.
After checking the factory records it was revealed that this example was built on 10/12/1941 and dispatched as part of a pair along
with G207 to Trewartha Gregory & Dolge Ltd in Cornwall (they are still trading today) via LMS goods rail on the 15/12/1941.

Photos of the strip down.

After stripping the box totally, every bearing was found to be shot. What then followed was a couple of weeks work of work as some
of bearings were impossible to obtain. Bar one they were all imperial, but the odd one had an imperial centre and width, yet a metric
outer?!? The only solution was to make a collar to go over the outside of an imperial one to turn it to metric. The main shaft was
badly worn, caused mainly by a home made codged up thrust bearing that somebody had fitted at some point in its life. This is
where G 367 proved invaluable as I was able to use the shat out of its gearbox. The bill for the bearings exceeded £300 on their
own, if it had been metric it would of been so much cheaper. New seals were also fitted throughout, I had to adapt the housing
where the clutch one went as there was nothing commercially available. Once reassembled I initially was panicking as the box was
very tight and sounded like a bag a gravel had been thrown in it, this fortunately was rectified by fitting a shim under the main shaft
bearing to position the crown wheel in the right place. I had never done a gear box properly before, I just hope it works ok once I
fire the old girl up for the first time, otherwise it could be an expensive bang...

With the gearbox rebuilt, it was time to turn my attention to the thrust bearing etc. When new the instruction book said that the engine had to be split from the machine, clutch removed 
and the bearing greased every hundred hours or so. As you can imagine this didn't happen very often, infact Howard must of had so many complaints about this because after number
G501 onwards they went to the trouble of redoing all the castings and moving it inside the box.
The operating bars as can be seen were badly worn, again G367 donated better condition parts.
As already mentioned somebody had cobbled together a thrust bearing and housing etc that had worn away part of the gearbox shaft. The drawing in the manual didn't show what the
housing should look like or even what size the bearing should be so a new assembly was machined from scratch. This was fitted along with a brand new clutch plate as the old one
was looking very second hand. The bearing was also packed with "Pecker Grease" to hopefully last a little longer between services.
Next stage was to file down some over size key steel to take up a little bit of damage on the clutch locating keyways.