[SEL] Ransomes MG2 Help needed please.

[brent]

Jerry cool i also do up old mowers just recently picked up a nice ransome
mower with a crank start with a villier style moter one suggestion is to use
electrolysis on the rusted parts as long as there is no alloy it will help
to separate the parts i have done this with with extremely fragile parts on
an old sewing machine made 1895 with excellent results all working again at
least you can then salvage whats left or dissassemble to use as templates on
replacement parts this has worked on other seriously seized metal parts that
i ouldnt have dissassembled otherwise and the beauty is it is very quick and
vertually harmless compared to other options washing soda or lye both work
well  brent nz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Evans" <jerrye at databak.co.za>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:19 AM
Subject: [SEL] Ransomes MG2 Help needed please.


> Hi All,
>          Does anyone have a manual for a Ransomes MG2 Motor Garden
> Cultivator. (Please don't refer me to my own download page <grin> the
> manual there is for the MG5)
>
>          This is the small tracked garden tractor made by Ransomes from
> around 1936. It was powered by a Sturmey Archer 6H.P. air cooled engine.
In
> 1938 they changed the engine to an improved Sturmey Archer engine (most
> noticeable difference was the Wipac Impulse magneto). It is this model I'm
> looking for a manual or help for.
>
>          My mate, Justin (no internet) has been given one that is pretty
> rusted and has not run for 30+ years! He is busy stripping it but needs
> help on the centrifugal clutch between the engine and gearbox. This is so
> badly corroded that he would like to find a drawing or photo of the
> internals before he tries to get it apart - just so that he can see what
it
> looks like before using force :-).
>
>          The tractor is a really nice example of these and the MG2 is
> fairly uncommon. The serial number of his is MG 404 which is a pretty
> early  model considering that the eventual production of these was about
> 30,000 machines. This was probably made just before the 2nd World War and
> was probably one of a batch shipped out here - I do not think that any
> would have been shipped here again until after the war.
>
>          Justin gives me a lot of help with all my restorations so I'd be
> very happy if I could find this information for him. Thanks in advance
Guys.
>
>          If anyone here belongs to any of the tractor lists or forums (I
> don't) would you mind copying this over to them.
>
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
> www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm
>
>
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