Dead Jo Beau M300

[David Dobedoe]

The boys have killed my Jo Beau M300. The chassis is bent such that the Anvil is pulled out of shape. This means that it cant be adjusted to give a nice uniform gap between the anvil and the blade which in turn means it pulls through chips that are to big and the machine jams. New chassis is approx £1200 and that's before labour and the various parts that would probably be needed for rebuild.

 

So the question is what to do with it?

For me and my contacts a chassis repair is a non starter. Risky and expensive.

Would approx £2000 be good value for a rebuild?

I've been offered cash for the engine so selling the engine and scrapping the rest is an option.

 

Any other ideas?

 

David

 

 

 

[dumper]

Got to be eBay spares or repair £2000 seems a bit high probably worth more to break it

[TuscanPhil]

Can't help I'm afraid, but if you do end up scrapping the rest, I might be interested as I have a JB M300 that might need a few parts - the one I have is just for garden use (not commercial) and it will hopefully live long enough for me, but a 'donor' could prove useful - albeit I'm not that close, but not too far also.

[Puffingbilly413]

Ouch.  What did they do to bend the anvil?

 

I'd be with the other's views on spares or repairs I think.

[nepia]

Yes, what the heck did they do?  Must have been as big as dropping it off a truck or similar; I've dropped mine off ramps more than once with no ill effects.

Or they drove the truck over it...

[Dan Maynard]

I've just bought a muck truck, apparently there's a shortage of Honda engines so a good secondhand one ought to be worth strong money.

[doobin]

7 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

I've just bought a muck truck, apparently there's a shortage of Honda engines so a good secondhand one ought to be worth strong money.

Doubt it will make much difference. There seem to be plenty of Loncin Honda copies around- has one for a diaphragm pump the other day.