Inherited a Yumbo Y-35, and want to restore it to working condition

AlanYumbo · Post #1 by **AlanYumbo** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:27 pm

I recently inherited a very old Yumbo Y-35 model with a house in France, it seems to be the french model of the classic Mitsubishi machine. As far as I can tell it hasn't been working in over 10 years, and has been abandoned in an overgrown field during that time. It's a fantastic looking machine and I think it's doable to restore it to working condition.

I have a small team of friends and family to help me get it working, including some mechanics and a naval engineer, so I'm hopeful that I can get it working. But I am having a lot of difficulty finding maintenance and user manuals for the machine. I was hoping that someone on this forum could point me in the right direction to find them? Or perhaps one of you have even restored one before?

Regards,
Alan

Post #2 by **Jeremy Rowland** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:43 pm

Hi Alan and welcome to the site :wave:

must say that I am not aware of any preserved Yumbo Y35 machines myself so you appear to have a rare beast there, please post some pictures of it if you have the time.
I am not aware of any manuals for these machines so unless somebody happens to have one knocking around you may struggle a bit.

Jeremy

essexpete · Post #3 by **essexpete** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:33 pm

Was there a tie up with Yambo and International Harvester?

Post #4 by **Jeremy Rowland** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 6:54 pm

essexpete wrote:Was there a tie up with Yambo and International Harvester?

Pete there is a vague recollection that you are correct about that :think:

Jeremy

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