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Joined: Sep 2016
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Just acquired a Supercut 20" will have to put in shed for now until ready to restore lol ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2017/03/full-10568-33286-img_1217.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2017/03/full-10568-33287-img_1214.jpg)
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Joined: Nov 2016
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That is a nice mower there Ken. Is that a Villiers mark 12-2 on it? I have that motor on a compressor that I made up. I look forward to seeing photos of it restored. Good luck with it.
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Joined: Aug 2011
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Hi Ken & Hermosil,
Still quite a few of these later Model 17's out there sitting around not being used.
Yes that's a Villiers 412 RD fitted as it runs in reverse with the belts being on the outer and not the inner section of the shaft.
Honestly that one doesn't require restoration, just tidy it up and put it back to work. It's a Survivor !
Cheers,
BB.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
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Joined: Sep 2016
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I got the engine to run ok but the mower has a seized clutch.
I will look into that after I restore the 18" two stroke
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Joined: Aug 2011
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Hi Ken,
Those clutches can be easily freed up. I have one that was so badly rusted and I still managed to get that to operate.
Cheers,
BB.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
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Joined: Sep 2016
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Hi BB,
Have put plenty of Penetrene on the shaft to soak
when maybe some heat
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Joined: Aug 2011
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Hi Ken,
They respond well to a bit of a gentle tapping with a copper or brass soft blow hammer after they've been well soaked with Penetrene as you are currently using.
Cheers,
BB.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
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Joined: Jan 2013
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I find a product called INOX works very well on rusted up things. Just keep spraying it on a gently tapping and things slowly free up. I just freed up a wheel on a c1910 harvester that had been under the blue shed for many years (50+ at least), it took a while but freed up with no damage.
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Joined: Jan 2012
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I find a product called INOX works very well on rusted up things. Just keep spraying it on a gently tapping and things slowly free up. I just freed up a wheel on a c1910 harvester that had been under the blue shed for many years (50+ at least), it took a while but freed up with no damage. G'day Geoff, My personal recommendations for aerosol 'penetrating lubricants' always have INOX and CRC 5-56 at the top of the list. As a career industrial chemist [with a sidebar GradDip in Chemical Engineering] with some lubricant experience, these are solutions that work; sometimes with a bit of heat in addition - but it has to be applied at the right stage of the process.
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