Project Mable

[chris-red]

This is Binge's fault.

I've always wanted to PIMP a mower, my electric one broke the other day and I noticed this pop up on eBay nearby and grabbed it, £20. Is a Suffolk Punch 35S (for sport ) my missus christened her Mable the mower.

The couple there looked to be clearing out a parents house. After getting the mower I asked to dive in their skip and came out with ramps and a trolley I could have had more but there is only so much you can get in a Fiesta.

Everything seems to be there and it is in reasonable nick just neglected.

The tank looked clean so I chucked some fuel and and tried to start it. The fuel just pissed out the carb so I guess the float is stuck. I'll have a look over the weekend.

Plan is to get it running and then in the winter give it a snazzy paint job and racing stripes.


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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[pepperami]

Oh yer baby, oh yer , Google back-lapping of the cutting reel.
After all, you want a quality cut when it's working.
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[ride_to_die]

Nice find. Bit of Hammerite on them ramps and you're good to go.
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[paddlesat16]

just tap the carb with a screwdriver handle, a nice rap should unstick the float.
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[mudcow007]

I spent last summer trying to get my Suffolk "Super" Punch back to life
got it goign but carb gremlins drove me mad.

Would race regardless of what i tried.

Has yours got a Zenith carb?

[chris-red]

[mudcow007]

Nice, that US cleaner looks cool - its on my list of things i need....

the problem with mine is the linkage that connects to the Govna' vane thing.

I have replaced it but its still not right - racing then hunting

Im thinking of replacing the carb &/ or innards an go from there.

it its from the sixties

[chris-red]

I haven't had much time to tinker with it. But I managed to get her running! It's a little rough and I need to fettle but she purs (sort of)

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New air filter and some freshly cut gaskets =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q-5GIA0p58
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[mudcow007]

Sweet!

Whats the next plan, cassette sharpening?

I stripped my carb down last night, an have left it soaking in kerosene.

I think one of the passages is blocked, will try an have another go tonight

[chris-red]

First I'm going to tweak it and get it running properly, then sort the controls out. At a minimum they need to be stripped and oiled, but I might replace them totally. I'm also going to look at the governor thing. There is a bloke nearby me that fixes them. I stopped in and had a chat with him he said it would sharpen it for £30.

I also need to replace the exhaust as it has been beaten up and is leaking. The bloke said he likely has a spare floating about that he would sell.

Binge used a pit bike carb on his, that seemed to run well.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[mudcow007]

I fitted a "cigar" exhaust from a briggs & stratton mower, a few plumbing fitting an it was good to go.

It quietened everything down a treat

£30 is a decent price for the cassette, remember you need the bottom blade doing aswell

[chris-red]