On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 00:56:35 +0100, "Anthony" wrote:

Have a look on the Mackissic website to see if they have parts diagrams to
help identify your machine.

Thanks for the link

From the home page go to "consumer"
on the resulting "CONSUMER LINE-UP " page go to
"Leaf Shredder and Chipper"
click on LSC506IC

Externally mine is that shape but painted red, it has a 5hp B&S
engine, not 6.5 as shown.

Back up to "CONSUMER LINE-UP " page and then click on
"MIGHTY MAC PARTS BREAK DOWN "and download the pdf.

most parts look similar to my machine except for
9a "Shredder Plate Weldment", mine is quite different
and
11 "Shredder Rack Teeth" is absent in my machine.

Not shown in that pdf are 3 sets of 3 flails/hammers nor the 3 pivot
assemblies.

22 "Bar Screen" is similar to that on my machine and it is through the
three slots in that screen that the outer portions of each flail pass.

[In fact on the demo machine a bearing on the mainshaft developed some
'play' and the flails did no longer pass through the slots and the
whole enterpise came to a screeching halt ! ]

I presume that the 3 blades are now part of 9a on the side not shown ?
I presume that "weldment" means a welded/fabricated plate whereas,
from memory, mine is a "3D" casting,
I say 3D to imply considerable thickness in the axial direction with
all its webs and supports for the flail pivots.

So, to cut a long story short, it seems that they have changed the
design of the main functional item