Spent the day cleaning parts for the Atco, most time was spent rubbing down the rear roller, it sure was rusty.
Am quite pleased with the condition of the drive chain parts, sprockets chains etc, the cutting cylinder, bottom blade, grass deflector plate and a number of other parts are now in the molasses bath will probably take a couple of days as the rust on the blades was quite heavy.
The cylinder was in the molasses for two days and has come out pretty much as it was from the foundry, I have not decided as yet whether to paint or just clear coat it, on my rotaries I have just clear coated the cutter disc (only to stop rust forming again), I do not put blades on these mowers as I do not want to have to spend time cleaning them up again, will be the same with the cylinder mowers, they will not be used.
A question I have is are the corks available for the clutch plate or do we make our own?
