Hi eveyrone,

Just another quick update on my gearbox, I fitted the 4 1/2mm ball bearings on the end of the gear selector springs and it now works like a nearly new gearbox.

Thankyou eveyrone for you interest and help

Just another quick update, I couldn't get those bearings from my local mower shop, buy I did manage to order some 5mm and 4 1/2mm ball bearings for my Foote gearbox.

Hi everyone, Just to let you all know I have now found out what has caused the gear selection problem on my Foote gearbox (they are now owned by Dana). It was the ball bearings for the gear selector forks (they were missing or disintegrated !). I hope to get some new 3/16" or 4mm to 5mm ball be...

Hi everyone, I have an Atco 8/32E with a Foote 2010-43 gearbox with a gear selection problem and it also leaks (what appears to be very light oil) from it's input shaft. I cannot currenly select 1st or 2nd gears at all. 3rd and reverse gears are very hard to select, but they will eventually go into ...

Hi everyone,

I have an Atco 8/32 E and have a quick question. Does anyone know the correct size of the mower deck belt?

I have tried to search everywhere on the internet (eg. Noma, Murray, Atco etc) to no avail.

Many Thanks,

phade

Hi eveyrone, Just a quick update on the parts availability for the Atco 8/32E rear axle. I have now managed to get the spherical bushes and plates for my garden tractor. The part numbers are as follows:- Spherical Bush (Oregon Tractors 45-096) Spherical Bush Plate - single (Oregon Tractors 45-187) I...

Hi everyone, Just a quick update on my tractor. I got it back together yesterday (new differential, but old bushes at the moment) and it drives ok. I'm just waiting on a couple of spherical bushes (that my dad ordered for me from a lawnmower repair center in Hailsham, East Sussex). I will let you al...

Hi eveyrone, Just to let everyone know that parts for the Atco 8/32E are now practically impossible. I have just rung up Gateshead Mowers who seem to be the sole owner/distributor of obsolete Atco tractor parts. On the plus side I have also found out that those tractors also appeared undo Alko here ...

Hiya Clive,

I have just another question for you, do you know the part number for the plates that go over the spherical bushes on the rear axle.

Many Thanks,

phade

Hiya Clive, I rang up Tecumseh today and they said that I would have to order an axle from a dealer. However, I had also got an email from the operations director of Tecumseh UK and he said that all I have to do is to send the cheque to him. The differential unit is cheap too, it's only £55.41 (excl...

Hiya Clive, I had a look at the differential unit on my tractor this morning and it does have an identification plate on it. It is as follows :- MOD171B PEERLESS 0100-4887 I guess from the above that it is indeed a Peerless Model 171B differential unit with a sprocket and band brake. I'll be emailin...

Hi everyone, Does anyone know where I can either get a replacement axle or get my current rear axle fixed on my 1981 Atco 8/32E? It is broken (possibly due to corrosion) just by the spherical bush on one of the axle mounting plates its self. I have tried to weld my axle back together without success...