Speedy I got to confess that may have worked but the guy looked 40. I did feel empathy but would have felt worse later if I let him have them.
Tyles, well done on DIYing the "Undai". No doubt saved you hundreds for a worthwhile vehicle and saved it from becoming a basket case from neglect. Cars cost cash when you pay professionals so any work getting under the car is money in the bank.
Ryan's are very basic to tear down and reassemble but the Mitsubishi TU -26 feels like a Mercedes compared to those crude things. It seems the older they are the better. The green Ryobis from the late 80s were better than the more modern looking grey ones in the 90s.
There was a Victa catalogue shown here from 1982 with a red Ryan powered trimmer and it said "coming soon", suggesting it was the first to enter our market and was probably then a new engine.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!