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Evening chaps, a bit of a progress report.. The bit of time I had yesterday was spent trying to work out how to make the trim/strengthening strips.. Despite numerous attempts I couldn't get them right.. Eventually I realized that the insides of the hood do not go straight down (or up if the hoods the right way up), but curve, which makes them impossible for me to make out of one bit of steel which I had been hoping to!! Not sure what to do about that.. Maybe make an inner and out part, clamp them to the hood and weld them together... Any thoughts on this guys? This is all that remained of the hood mounting bracket! After a quick blast in the cabinet. Best break out some more steel, a little bit thicker this time.. The new MIG welder did well on this thicker stuff, I'm still struggling a bit with the thinner stuff though.. It will come in time The refurbed mounting bracket.. The outer edges need to be shaped to match the curves of the hood.. Can you spot something strange going on with the hood shape??? I don't know why I haven't spotted this before.. The left side is slightly taller then the right!! Not by much but it's there all the same! After a lot of looking, hammering, looking again, hammering some more, yet more looking, and more hammering I think I have it sorted now... What do you think Guy's, have I got it right now or do I need to hammer some more? Out of interest I thought I'd run a wire cup brush on a grinder to see how the surface rust came up.. I quite like it... If it were mine I'd be tempted to leave it as is and wipe some oil over it once in a while

Not to check the timing or r.p.m. then?

Hehe, you've inspired me yo try start my engine without bolting it down! I thought it would have dance all over.... Great vid

Here is a link to the video of the mower running....... http://youtu.be/Fk2kmgTbUeo

Im sure that wont take much to get running nicely, good vid Ian , So let me be the one to ask the question , what is it with the clock ?

Good video Ian