Hello, I have copied this info' from a May 1972 C12 handbook...not sure if it will match your engine type.??. I've not had so much experience with Villiers engines... A large proportion of Villiers do not have a locating key to align the flywheel...do note the brief mention of how to align the flywh...

This one deserves a few captions..???!!


"...Apply a few drops of smoke oil down the chimney"

Hello Tel, Peter, I could perhaps talk all day about machines of many sorts..including trains, planes and the odd boat too.??....'cept the Boss might not be too amused.??!!..he was paying me today to sweep leaves...and cart them to the leaf composting heap using an excellent little machine; www.muck...

That was far easier...pinched from the letters page.!!

I summise it was ref' this winged hoe...




Naughtily.? scanned from the magazine.

Hello Peter, I wonder if anything from the Sneeboer or Bulldog ranges would suit your quest..?? m m Both sites show an ordinary push hoe (Bulldog Paxton hoe?)...whilst I appreciate they don't fully resemble the drawing in the magazine..I wonder if they could be the basis of a replacement once given ...

Hello, Mandy, Chris, John, Fen, I think the picture posting facility could well be very useful given that it refers to a specific question that can only be best dealt with by the addition of a photo of said problem or whatever....but, as suggested, it would be best not to turn into a picture with ev...

Hello Mandy, Photos can be added to a posting....but only by virtue of a link to a photo hosting site. I use www.photobucket.com but I'm sure there are loads of others. With photo bucket do be very careful in the sign up not to get caught for lots of casino advertising or similar..!! If you click on...

Clive.

Hello Phil, The cartoons are scanned straight from an Atco mower handbook of the late 1960s. Whoever produced these booklets, that accompanied a new mower, certainly had a sense of humour... They were in a section of the booklet that spelt out handy hints about using a motor mower and another sectio...

Hello Nog, I think this site has not got such a good find rate with the search engines at present...which means I think it may not currently be found by those out a hunting for info.??.. ...You have to know it is here to find it and post on it..??? For some reason the old site had a brilliant search...

Hello Belinda, I tried to add an avatar just out of curiosity following my efforts in posting the photo of Charlie and the Rhubarb Factory. I have used similar forums to this re other hobbies. One being the Flypast Magazine forum on which folk have all sorts of all singing all dancing avatars and se...

Machinery...

....Love it.??

Or,...Hate it..??????!!!



All the best,
Clive.

Hello Paul, Oops..!! I see no photo.. From the photo bucket site I copied and pasted the img title that they give to each uploaded photo into the message window on this forum...rather than clicking the [img]button and typing in a link...no idea if I am doing it right though..although my photos appea...