My Villiers MK 15 Orange Project

This Villiers MK 15 came from a Bantom rotavator, I found at the bottom of my late father’s garden.  I believe it had been out there for years.
It only took 5 years, though two of them were lost due to a lack of interest having made a couple of schoolboy errors.  Anyway due to the help I received from UK Stationary Engine Forum I got back into it and completed it earlier this summer.

While I decide what to attach the MK 15 to, I intend to have a go at what I believe to be a MK 25.

Waduyafink?



Big shout-out to the UK Stationary Engine Forum, and the UK suppliers of such golden nuggets.

Thanks.
James.

Nice work James. Better late than never.
I have a number of unfinished projects languishing in my shed.
No ID plate on the next project? Have various Villiers manuals if you need one.

Lovely job!

Just wondering how it's mounted to the wood, has the sump got studs on the bottom?

Thanks Paul,

I will be seeking a manual for the MK 25. It is, clearly very different from the MK 15.

Hi 'Mattblack. (is that right ?)

Yes ! Because it comes from a rotovator the sump has 'bolt sockets' from underneath the sump, if that the right description.

Thanks all

Reach wrote:Thanks Paul,

I will be seeking a manual for the MK 25.  It is, clearly very different from the MK 15.

Hi 'Mattblack.  (is that right ?)

Yes ! Because it comes from a rotovator the sump has 'bolt sockets' from underneath the sump, if that the right description.

Thanks all

It's interesting (to me anyway, but I'm a bit of a saddo) to see the variations of Villiers engine ancillaries for different applications. My MK 12 came off a 'Monrotiller' and has no mountings on the sump, the engine being bolted to the gearbox on the drive side.

I did a MK20 a few years ago (same as the MK25 apart from smaller bore)

Resto thread: https://ukengineforum.forumotion.com/t10187-villiers-mk20