kept it under 60 on the way home
normally put some weight in the back when I'm towing but wasn't sure what else I needed to pick up this time so left van empty
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kept it under 60 on the way home
normally put some weight in the back when I'm towing but wasn't sure what else I needed to pick up this time so left van empty
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Well picked her up and gave her a quick clean, made some improvement
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Plug out and WD-40, then light oil dribbled into cylinder. I also brought home this which the Seller had lying in his shed - for the princely sum of £10. New, unused and in a tatty box
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According to eBay search, they fetch anything from £30/£40 [ongoing auctions for used] to £99 for new Buy-It-Now.
Don't suppose anyone has an Owner's Manual for one lying about? Or know which oil I should use when I change it. I have fully synthetic aplenty.
Rather like Welderpaul I had one of those a few years back, also an eBay special, and I found that it chewed through the 'sacrificial' cog in the gearbox at an alarming rate. I had a couple of tree roots in the garden and if I ventured too close the blade would jam and the teeth would be stripped off the cog rather quickly. Replacements were readily available (and were Bosch ones if I remember rightly) so it wasn't a big deal. With a sharpened blade the cut was pretty good. Have fun!
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just collected this for the sum of £40 just done its first job too couldnt resist putting it together for a test run
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Was told by the last owner:
" It is rubbish, doesn't work, just take it away"
New fuse in the plug, I now have a nice power supply for my copper plating tank.
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result they don't make em like than no more
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Got some more interesting parts as well today.
Mrs Vark claims they are more rubbish.
Oh well.
The road beacons I will de rust and place some lights inside. One did come with the paraffin wick burner to boot as well.
The next I have no idear what it is, but I liked it.
No information is yet forth coming from the web.
So any information would be gratefully received.
Mrs Vark claims they are more rubbish.
Oh well.
The road beacons I will de rust and place some lights inside. One did come with the paraffin wick burner to boot as well.
The next I have no idear what it is, but I liked it.
No information is yet forth coming from the web.
So any information would be gratefully received.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Wright & Butler, 390, New John St. W. Birmingham, oil lamps with the American-style circular 'The Union Burner'. By 1913 they had been taken over by Falk Veritas of London but use of the Trade name continued.
Manufacturing stoves, lamps and all sorts of other stuff
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/evanion/Results.aspx?SearchType=Heading&ID=1117
problem getting catalogues to open.
Not a lot of Info about.
Stan
Manufacturing stoves, lamps and all sorts of other stuff
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/evanion/Results.aspx?SearchType=Heading&ID=1117
problem getting catalogues to open.
Not a lot of Info about.
Stan
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Could it be for heating an old-fashioned flat iron? [assuming the top portion open up too.....
]Like this:
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Looks like a paraffin heater. The window is made of mica and goes like that when its old and tired. It should be clear. You can buy it, there's a company in the Isle of Wight that sells it, if you google Isle of Wight and mica you'll find it. You don't need an exact size as you can cut it with a pair of scissors very easily.
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I'd just wax them and keep the patina - look a bit less clinical that way.
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Been looking for one for ages! Only ones I find are miles away
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i have been looking for ages too i just so happened to look on gumtree for some rreason and there this one was 10 miles away done deal
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They are indeed, I've seen a pair just like them on a yacht. You normally use them with the points crossed over. Squeeze the top and they widen.
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....Hopefully, I want to do it justice after getting it for the price. Mind you, I'm putting some new bits on her so it all adds up.....
Another update, probably the last in this thread, you might be pleased to hear.
She lives!!! After replacing the 'consumables' and cleaning the carb over many days to get rid of the emulsion left by the stale petrol left in the machine, she fired up on the second pull of the starter rope!
Proves that at least I didn't buy a pup on spec.......
With the stickers kindly provided by @dazza she now looks like a decent lawnmower
Now I've just got to finish the backlapping of the cylinder/bottom blade interface and we're good to go.
Let there be grass........
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Oooooh, is that calvados, or the even more lethal gnoll. I have no idea how you spell it, but it was pronounced nyoll. I remember the farmer across the road from us made it. I was told at the time that calvados was made by distilling apple juice, whereas nyoll was made by making cider then distilling it. Either way, it was lethal!
