OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Cylinder Supercut 20" - Villiers 4-Stroke

Just acquired a Supercut 20" will have to put in shed for now until ready to restore lol

That is a nice mower there Ken. Is that a Villiers mark 12-2 on it? I have that motor on a compressor that I made up. I look forward to seeing photos of it restored. Good luck with it.

Hi Ken & Hermosil,


Still quite a few of these later Model 17's out there sitting around not being used.
Yes that's a Villiers 412 RD fitted as it runs in reverse with the belts being on the outer and not the inner section of the shaft.


Honestly that one doesn't require restoration, just tidy it up and put it back to work. It's a Survivor !

Cheers,
BB.

I got the engine to run ok but the mower has a seized clutch.
I will look into that after I restore the 18" two stroke

Hi Ken,

Those clutches can be easily freed up. I have one that was so badly rusted and I still managed to get that to operate.

Cheers,
BB.

Hi BB,
Have put plenty of Penetrene on the shaft to soak
when maybe some heat

Hi Ken,


They respond well to a bit of a gentle tapping with a copper or brass soft blow hammer after they've been well soaked with Penetrene as you are currently using.

Cheers,
BB.

I find a product called INOX works very well on rusted up things. Just keep spraying it on a gently tapping and things slowly free up. I just freed up a wheel on a c1910 harvester that had been under the blue shed for many years (50+ at least), it took a while but freed up with no damage.

G'day Geoff,

My personal recommendations for aerosol 'penetrating lubricants' always have INOX and CRC 5-56 at the top of the list.

As a career industrial chemist [with a sidebar GradDip in Chemical Engineering] with some lubricant experience, these are solutions that work; sometimes with a bit of heat in addition - but it has to be applied at the right stage of the process.