Mountfield M4.
Hi everyone got a old M4 has a Tecumseh Aspera motor on the deck.
It has a recoil to the side of recoil cover , but a ratchet start on the top.
Is this correct. Looks like what used to put on Viktors .
Regards
Pete.
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Will get some pics . Very
Will get some pics . Very strange that it would have both on the mower.
The colour suggests that the
The colour suggests that the wind up starter was the afterthought and the side mounted one the original. Perhaps a previous owner had difficulty with the upward pull required for the side mount, not the easiest of actions.
I have never seen this engine
I have never seen this engine on an M4 mower.It looks a lot like the engine we had on a two stroke flymo in the 70s.This just had the side pulley to start and went like the clappers.P S dose the wheel drive work ?
Yes what i thought . Thanks
Yes what i thought . Thanks for the come back.
The M4 Power Drive with an
The M4 Power Drive with an Aspera 4-stroke did exist!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yuijtj1jayl9160/Mountfield%20M4%20power%20dri…
Quite a few early Mountfields were powered by Kirby Lauson engines which were Tecumsehs made under license in Australia and the colour of that wind-up starter suggests that it may have originated on a Kirby engine.
Not got it going yet it is in
Not got it going yet it is in good condition solid alloy deck . Will take the cover off to clean the points.
See if i can get sparks .
Think it was built in 1969 .
Think it was built in 1969 . According to the tag.
Blimey - looks like the old
Blimey - looks like the old dog I cut my lawn with is now historic!
Adrian
Blimey - looks like the old
Blimey - looks like the old dog I cut my lawn with is now historic!
Adrian
Very unlikely that it would
Very unlikely that it would have had both from new. My first guess is that it originally had the wind up coffee grinder starter on top and that the owner got fed up with it not starting and grafted on the side mounted starter and toothed flywheel. BUT there again it is unlikely that the cylinder block would have had the bosses to mount the side starter, so did it start with a side mounted unit and then someone added the top mounted one, but why?
When the wind up starters were fitted to an engine in good condition they were more or less ok but once the engine was worn, or out of adjustment , more often or not they didn’t have enough force to fire it up. Interestingly Briggs and Stratton had a go with a wind up starter about ten years ago which was equally unsuccessful .
A few detailed images of your engine may reveal more.