I was at the Bristol club rally on Sunday & there was this little two stroke Villiers engine for sale for not a lot. It is approximately the same size as the JAP Model 0, perhaps a tad larger. It is poised on a rather nice oval footed cast aluminium stand and several small parts are decoratively chromed. I'd say it was an ex display engine and I can trace no exact likeness. The flywheel magneto is smaller than the huge brass flywheel generators, but it still has the neat little points box inside. If asked to guess, I'd suggest that it might be late 1950's or 60's.
No spark, but some HT coming up the lead. Cleaning the points & widening the gap made it fire and in this condition I spent a quiet Monday afternoon pulling at a bit of twine to try and make it go.
The plug is an 18mm Champion & looks bran new. The float was stuck but freed off without trouble. The plug was getting wet & now had a decent purple spark at the end of the lead but it still would only fire once & no more. Just as the Archers finished, I stopped cleaning the plug, fitted another one (a mica insulated rather rusty unrestored plug out of my spares box) and it ran beautifully straight away, continuing to do so until the carb ran out of petrol.
Once again I resolve to follow my own advice to change the plug if it doesn't go!
The model plate is missing from the fan cover, it is "engine green" - photos later- but any ideas what model it might be?
Regards,
Kim Siddorn