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In the UK I use Smith and Allan for oil - delivered at a reasonable price (no connection just a happy customer). I use any super universal tractor oil - e.g. Shell harvella

Have you had a look here: http://en.yenibiz.com they are pretty expensive but are not too far from you if you are in France. If you happen to have any manuals for B1600 I would be interested to see them as I have a ZB1600 but no paperwork with it.

Well I have a (Z)B1600 and it's not the same as this one, so Vic might be getting some free coffee :)

Ebay (US) item 380336648959 international shipping available if needed. No idea about the seller just remembered seeing them on ebay and did a quick search for you. Still quite a bit of money though.

Thanks for all the advice, I tried heating with a torch but it didn't seem to help. Probably should have been a 15 minute job with the correct drift. Not quite sure how but it turned out to be about 2 hours using a variety of improvised tools such as cut down hex keys, bits of socket...

Thanks for the link but they don't list manuals for B1600, it seems to be one of the more obscure or short lived models. I'm pretty sure this is the seized bit although the bush above through the instrument panel is also pretty rusty (this point does have nylon bush/washer thing): The pins...

Thanks for the quick response. I don't intend banging that part any more now I know it is movable - luckily it's pretty solidly made though. I haven't tried heat yet, did think about it but not knowing the construction I wasn't sure if there were plastic or rubber parts inside that might...

I recently bought my first tractor a (Z)B1600 with a couple of problems. The hand throttle lever is siezed solid (foot throttle works fine). The tractor didn't come with any manuals and so far I haven't been able to find any online for dload or purchase (I'm in the UK). This shows the problem...