Yep, they were.  Allen used to import a lot of garden machinery and rebrand it.  Still see the odd Allen Strimmer in for service. 

Quote from: MillRat on November 14, 2024, 07:44:08 PMI went and checked. Im all set. Bell rung and everything.

Thank you Jeff. 

Joseph, what a great channel you have there.  I'm already subscribed as you know, but to anyone else reading this please check out Joseph's channel, and subscribe like and share., he's put a lot of work in to it. 

Hi Joseph, glad to see you made it over here. Welcome to TGMF.

Roper, now that's a blast from the past.  Was It Allen Roper? I grew up on a small holding and sure the guy next door had a Roper tractor with various attachments, though I think a lot of them were home made.

We had a old TE20 Petrol Paraffin Ferguson and a Ford Dexta in the early days.

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Hi Andy, and welcome to TGMF.

Did you mean Westwood or is it actually a Westfield?

I'll go take a look at you other post. 

Ok, here's a parts breakdown, https://www.shop.flymo.co.uk/garden/xlt-250-lite-9527154-69/catalogue.pl?path=158701&model_ref=548485&illustration_ref=1092520

If you look on page 6 it shows part 23 as a "Coupling-Drive", this would also double up as the nut for securing the flywheel to the crankshaft. 

So it's basically doing as it should. Hope this helps.

I don't see many of those Flymo machines nowadays, but I'm almost certain they are direct drive which means there's no clutch. I will see if I can find a parts list and take look to confirm.

Hi Eric, and welcome to TGMF.

I'll jump over to your post and see if I can answer your question,

 

Ahh yes the little cable guide might well help if it's broken or missing, cable might be getting hooked up on the handle tube when folding. 

Regarding obtaining a cable through the correct methods, there is occasionally a slip up even with an authorised dealer. It always pays to check the new cables against the old ones before fitting.   

Hi.  I agree the cable setup isn't good on these machines.

Does it have the correct cable fitted, as it shouldn't pull on the cable when folding the handles. There's so many different cables for these machines, some only about an inch or two different in length it's easy to get the wrong one. The dealer must look up the cable using all the numbers on the serial sticker to make sure.

I've never had to do this, but if it is the right one and the correct length etc you could try fitting some sort of cable clamp just to the cable under the hole in the deck to stop it pulling on it.

Hi, and welcome to TGMF.

Thinking your best bet would be to find a good second hand one if someone is breaking a machine for parts, that said it might be just as bad as your one.  Can yours not be welded or repaired?

I have no idea if a deck from another model or brand will fit to be honest.

Thanks.  You'll always be taking a gamble when the machine doesn't run, obviously you can't properly check the transmission or cutter clutch to see if they're working.  Assuming they are good it should be well worth the money.

On the other hand, if gearbox is suspect same with cutter clutch then you'll be throwing loads of money at it. And there's the fact that the engine doesn't run, hopefully just a fuel issue, but if it's a coil or something more major the same applies.

Makes me wonder why it's so cheap and why the seller doesn't get it repaired and either keep it or sell it for more.

Is it a four wheeled one? Or does it have a rear roller?

Like any Honda, it depends if the transmission gearbox is ok as they can be really expensive to repair or replace.

Quote from: Changy on October 23, 2024, 09:24:19 AMThe Hyundai mowers use a strange set of gaskets and spacers on their carburettor. I found that it is easy to reassemble them incorrectly which results in air leaks. It's worth checking if your Hyundai is hunting or surging.

Absolutely, think I mentioned the gaskets in my second post above.  To be honest I don't know why they make them so complicated on these Chinese Honda lookalikes, but then Honda are also guilty of this. I seen so many GCV's with the gaskets the wrong way around where customers have had the carb off.