My new toy

Hi all.

Just wanna show off my new toy. A friend gave it to me. He never used it so thought I'd get more use out of it. As far as I know it's a Worsley major merry tiller? Dies anyone know different?

yup looks like an imitation honda engine to me ! Identical Barbi too

Quote from: sparkyrog on February 03, 2013, 19:33

yup looks like an imitation honda engine to me ! Identical Barbi too

More than likely its a Briggs and stratton, Ive not seen a honda  look like that.

smud6ie

Yep its a Briggs all right, (Briggs & Scapum we used to call them  ) Looks like it needs some TLC best to give it an oil & petrol change first... does the engine turn over? Does it have compression? STD Multigrade oil & unleaded ptrl. Check the air filter too... The clutch.. be careful these things have loads of power you have to hold'em back when they go... One good thing, the tines look in good condition.

The I/C on the engine stands for Industrial/Comercial. It's a heavier duty engine to the normal ones.
smud6ie is correct, the exhaust usually has a deflector plate fitted to it and you would be well advised to get one. It will cost you pence and save your eyes/lungs.
I have heard them called "Build an scrap-'em" before, which seems a shame as they really are very good little engines if treated with a little respect.
Yours, in common with others of this series engine, has a a device fitted to it so that the engine won't start if it's low on oil (that's what the red light is at the front in picture 2) it can play up if it has old oil in it or if it's been sat around doing nothing for a long while.
As Gazzgrow said, it would be a good idea to change the oil. SAE3o would be best if you can get some locally.

The tines on the left in picture one,  somehow look wrong
maybe you have 3 left and 1 right

or i may need glasses  lol

No you don't need glasses,its a left hand tine on the outer right .
Smud6ie

I would say that a good proportion of these machines have a great deal of slop in the tines,I have one in the workshop at the moment that has more than 2 " of play and works fine.
With regard to using it with a backward  facing rotor, that way the outer tip hits the soil first instead of last so on compacted soil will make the machine  buck,if the soil is soft you may get away with it. If you do find it bucking then you could remove the  outer set and use with just the inner two although they can be more unstable so harder to control like that.
smud6ie