Help needed, Mountfield M1

[vhgmcbuddy]

Thanks for the attachment Charlie is the LAV 30 35 40 the same as mine a LAV 32 72 368 ?
My next step was to remove the flywheel but its very hard to get off and I don’t want to break it any tips / I did think heat but not sure.
Clive did your uncles blow up or something ? I do have a Briggs spare but would like to try and keep it original.

[dorigny]

He had heavy clay soil and was using it in his market gardening so it would have been worked hard.
If i recall Aspera flywheels have 3 holes that can be tapped out to mount a plate and bolt type puller so that the pull is close to the centre boss of the flywheel. Never use a leg type puller as the flywheel is very thin alloy away from the central boss and will crack. There was also a knock off device that screwed on in lieu of the nut but careful too the threaded portion is easily bent/broken.

C.

[charlie]

John, I don’t know if 35 and 32 are the same that is all the literature I have on Aspera. In an earlier post you say yours is a LAV 35.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Thanks Charlie, I think I’ve overloaded my brain with this.
Going to have a break from the engine and paint the chassis instead not much head work in that.
Next big job for me is to get the flywheel off. I am looking for a puller or a knocker as I have read this is the way to go.
Cheers
John.
P.S It is the LAV 35.

[wristpin]

My Uncle had an M1 identical to this one. His was fitted with Aspera at new, which was an early casualty, he then replaced it with a Briggs 3.5Hp.

A word of warning. The correct spec Briggs for such an application has a “heavy flywheel” . If a rotary mower spec engine is used it will have a light flywheel and in the absence of the flywheel effect of a blade will tend to “snarch your wrist off” when starting !

[vhgmcbuddy]

Thanks for the warning .

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