Hi
I posted first on an old thread but have realised that this may be long dead. There is not much out there on the net re Atco mowers ....so I am hoping there are a still a few experts and enthusiasts around who may be able to help
I have just acquired an Atco 12 36. I wont say I am restoring it, as 'reviving it' would be more accurate. The engine now runs again (starts better without water in the tank & with a clean new spark plug), the cutter blades are now sharp and the deck and everything else has been wire brushed, ku- rusted and painted with hammerite. On the downside, there is no electric start and no reverse for some reason (- braking also achieved by switching off the engine!)
The next step is to do as OLDYELLOW (some time back) and acquire a powered grass collector and then disturb the spiders nesting in the back of the tractor to add a new pulley belt and find out how to drive the collector.
I don't have a manual so can anyone out there help with answers to:
- What makes those pulleys at the back turn? (yes I know its a pulley belt..! - there is no belt on mine and there must also presumably be a lever to actuate the drive?)
- How do you attach the Atco grass collector (when you find one...)
By the way ...is the engine supposed to surge in the way mine does, like a pulse every second? - (single cylinder effect presumably?)
If anyone can provide a pdf of a manual that would obviously be much appreciated. Thanks in anticipation to fellow fans of the little green machine.