Clive

Thank you for your suggestions. I'll follow-up both.

Steve

I have an old JAP engined Shay Rotogardener 80 which has been dry-stored for the past 40 years or so. I'd like to get this machine running again. I believe the machine to be complete apart from a broken recoil starter which I need to find a replacement for (any suggestions of where I might try to fi...

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