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Dear OLC, thanks for letting me join as i felt i owed your site & forums at least some fees for the information available on here! I purchased an Atco Commodore B14 for £20 on eBay with no idea on where to start. After trawling through your forum threads & pages it informed me not to strip everything down as i was assured it had ran before. The spark plug cap was missing so i was kindly offered one by a friend. Before that arrived i removed the flywheel & cleaned the points, then fitted the cap, hey presto we had a spark! After several attempts at starting with no luck i cleaned the carb in situ by removing screws & the air box. It still would not start. When i checked more closely i saw the fuel was not flowing, so after a bit more cleaning & inspection, i was about to remove the carb to give it a proper strip down. As a last attempt i put my hand over the air intake whilst turning the engine over, finally it fired up & ran. So thanks again for all your info. I've just got to work out how to stop it cutting out off of choke & do some adjustments to the blade & running gear, but all the clutch drive & blades work fine & so far have managed to cut the grass twice. Next i have lined up my dads suffolk punch & i am thinking wether to buy a Ransomes Typhoon I've spotted
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Correct! My terminology shows
Correct! My terminology shows my inexperience! The Atco is the later model with belt drive & two chains, & my dads has the coil pole type as well.
Welcome to the forum. Not
Welcome to the forum. Not sure about cleaning the points, it's my belief that engine was only ever made with electronic ignition - no contact breaker points. Perhaps you gave the coil pole pieces a polish? Your Dad's Suffolk may well have points though - depends on age. If the flywheel has either a metal or plastic "window" it will have points. If not, it's probably a later one with electronic ignition.