You forgot that it sounded great too, like a proper old truck diesel engine. Good info there though, thanks!

@@jacksgarageworkshop The golden rule with the ph1 and ph2 is always check the oil before starting them as when the injectors go they leak diesel straight into the sump .This then destroys the engine as its not being lubricated properly.Other than that they run forever on very little fuel.

@@jacksgarageworkshop I like the sound as they come off idle then get caught by the tickover setting as it catches up

Thanks for watching! Some basic work made this run SO much better I was pretty surprised

I should try that, thought the superglue would be too brittle?

I have to say I was surprised how much new oil did for it, as the old oil didn’t seem too bad. And the valve adjustment was simply night and day better! Get yourself an old Lister or similar, cheap as chips for a single cylinder especially if you don’t choose a rare model.

@@jacksgarageworkshop If only I could find a single cylinder one cheap enough. I am not made of money for ones that get listed where I live and wanting way over hte value of them. I had a Suffolk Punch petrol engine off a lawnmower from the 50's once and sold it to someone in Scotland. I posted it with Hermes. Only cost around £7 to post. The fella was very chuffed with it as it was the higher cc one than he had on his mower. But for me, it wasnt as strong as a Lister. Easy to work on and repair though. The cost here in hte East Midlands are higher than London prices for a lot of stuff. If I had transport, I could travel 20 miles from here and get stuff less than half the price. lol

Hi! Yes strange people ignore maintenance and then have downtime on a machine because of it or just make their lives harder.

Nice to hear from someone else who had one! This one did some good work for us. Does your cover pivot if you loosen the rear bolts and remove the front ones and the rear bolts become a pivot perhaps? The improvement after valve adjustment on this was amazing, worth the effort. Also easy start is cheap enough….don’t hurt your shoulders for the sake of it.

Nope, can't pivot it, need to lift the whole seat and engine cover straight up to remove it. Think I'll add the hinge setup at some point, looks simple... :o)@@jacksgarageworkshop

Harry are a good brand, keep hold of those! This thing was all imperial sizes and I have a huge number of imperial spanners but not any full sets I don’t think, I mostly work on metric stuff anyway, it’s a real ‘rummage in the imperial drawer’ though when I need one. Thanks for watching!

That’s a nice idea, just wrapped around the bolt shaft to take out the play?

Nice tip, I’d worry about it being brittle when compressed?

@@jacksgarageworkshop that is what they use in o-ring splicing kits.

Hi Alan, saw your other comment too - used one 45 years ago! Wow. I got this cheap, with transport cost maybe £650, sold for a shade over £1000 I think. So a little profit for my time and also got the use of it while I owned it.

Clumsy is the word, but it was fine for a home project, and to be fair this was something like 45 years old.