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Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: new_2_veg on August 31, 2007, 15:23

i have a old atco mower, it runs ok and is well worth time being spent on it

i wondered if anyone knew of somewhere i can get gaskets and other bits from?

i have a second mower and was planning on striping and re-building the engine as it has a slight leak. would be good to paint it up

thanks

nathan

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: shaun on August 31, 2007, 20:06

you can buy sheets of gasket paper and cut your own out nathan,much cheaper :wink: .have a look on e-bay for em

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: new_2_veg on August 31, 2007, 20:25

thanks shaun hadnt thought about that

nathan

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: Gwiz on September 01, 2007, 06:45

a lot of the engine parts are still avaliable for the old atco's. dose it have a grey cast iron engine? if so, i don't think you will have any trouble getting parts for it.
if it's a very, very old atco, it may well have a villiers two stroke engine on it.
meeten and ward in epsom is where i get most of my parts. ( now known as just meetens, i think ) :D

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: new_2_veg on September 01, 2007, 19:44

do you know any contact details for them?

just gone a google and found nothing on them

not sure what the engine looks like to be honnist, its a 4 stroke that i do know, i also have a 14" delux that i would like to sort just for the sake of sorting it realy

thanks

nathan

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: Gwiz on September 02, 2007, 06:23

ah, i'm not sure that they would know what a computer is, let alone the interweb.
try the phone, or carrier pidgeon 01372745274.
they will only be able to help if it is a villiers or bsa engine. i bet it's the old cast iron atco/ suffolk punch/ colt engine, in which case it should be easy to get parts. can you do a photo? so i can be sure. :D

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: new_2_veg on September 08, 2007, 10:14

(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e122/yoyo-dubs/oioi015-2.jpg)

here is one of the said mowers

nathan

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: Gwiz on September 08, 2007, 17:06

it's got the smell of villiers or j.a.p about it.

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: new_2_veg on September 08, 2007, 18:18

ok thanks

i will look into it a bit more, you wouldnt beleave how good it is, i have a new mower that i have only used onese as against this its rubbish!

Title: atco lawnmowers, where can i get bits from ?
Post by: muntjac on September 08, 2007, 23:16

its a viliers  :wink: