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Hopefully it will only be burning rubber you can smell A little bit more progress has been made... Brake pedal moved inwards a bit and what will be the throttle in place.. Sometimes the best solution is the simplest one.. As you know I am using two bike master cylinders for WN's brakes, one front brakes, one rear, but I also need a way to set the balance on them, or more braking at the back than the front as it's otherwise known.. I did look at brake bias valves but other than Chinese cheap rubbish they were all rather expensive! I could of built a linkage using cams to apply different pressure to each master cylinder until a thought hit me.. As you will of seen by the photo in my last post I had been thinking of having the MC's next to each other... But what would happen if one was above the other? Taaa Daa The higher you go up the lever the more it goes forward, so the top MC (rear brakes) gets more pressure and sooner than the bottom (front brakes) MC All I need to do is weld the MC frame to the chassis, change the lever bit for something a bit stronger and connect it via a rod to the brake pedal.. A little fine tuning will be needed I expect, but I'm rather hopeful this system will work

Small update and brief in content. Finally got some time on the machines and started making parts for the Pull Start. The original layout shown here in the Parts Manual, along with the Modified and welded up parts. All beyond saving/using- Not possible to reproduce parts to original spec exactly, as the Flywheel retaining Nut has been extended, which I find convenient, so I've made parts to accommodate that and so will be a one piece item when ready to fit (there is another Hexagonal bore behind the Rope-Pull Plate centre boss shown on the right in the pic) - Hoping for an opportunity to do more on this project soon.

I've drawn up a set of Bolens decals for Andrew (triumph66) from photos and a few measurements he's given me. Would appreciate it if anyone can give me some measurements for the hood decals and if anyone has a clear pic of the high/low decal. thanks

Hi Ryan, Welcome to MOM. I can't help you with a cutting deck but there are plenty of great Bolens guys here

Hi Ryan, Any pics?? Best start a fresh topic on your tractor

Does anyone have a cutting deck ive just bought my first g14 also looking for front loader and other attachments please help want to see this baby wirking sgain manythanks ryan

17,4 Just a few updates,got the compacts frame dismantled ready for the chap to strip the paint. I also did some work on its engine,- a decoke and valve regrind, I fitted the original chrome cover to a later exhaust off a GX 160 (black cover), painted up the air shroud and recoil, sorted out a good condition badge, and oil alert switch. Also fitted a brand new old stock fuel tank and a new air filter assembly.

Love the black and silver. Can't think why though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-32427078

You can dig them out without stripping. When re inserting just make sure they don't get knocked in too far!

Been doing a bit more to this project today. The frame is starting to take shape, just got to build the contour of the tube up to the right size. Ive also refitted the cooling fan, the oil filter- which again is obsolete but luckily the one fitted just needed a good clean out, the oil cooler was bolted back in, and I also found a good jcb oil filler cap. I thought id also include a photo of the welder ive been using, sledge hammer to a walnut springs to mind.

I can almost smell the burning rubber and fear excitement....

Evening chaps, yesterday I got WN's clutch pedal sorted... Up.. Down.... Now you may of noticed when the pedal is in the down position the pull on the cable isn't ideal, but this was soon sorted when I found a matching pair of pedals in a box under the bench! Of course I had to use a matching pair of pedals, so the newly found clutch pedal had a little trim, and extra hole drilled for the cable to attach to, and fitted. The clutch has a nice feel to it. a bit of travel and not too sharp.. I need to fit a stopper to stop the pedal from falling back which is why it's held up with a spanner As for the brake pedal, here it is almost in place. I need to trim about 3/4 inch off the inside to get it a little closer to the engine to make enough space for the throttle pedal. Sorry about the finger in the photo but here you can (just) see the matching pair of bike master cylinders. They came from 1000cc bikes (no idea which bikes, it was a long time ago) and should be more than up to the job. As you will of guessed one is for the front brakes and one for the rear.. The front's being bike calipers will be easy to plumb in... As for the rears, I have worked out a way of linking car and bike brake lines together that does not involve jubilee clips , but more on that when I get there. Yesterday Nigel was looking for something to do, so I gave him one of the rocker covers to strip of paint and give a very quick polish.. Very good it looks too Unable to stop himself at this point one of the exhausts was pulled off to have the ally clamp polished and a coat of high temperature paint.. Which lead to the question of what colour the engine should be painted.. Not having any gloss black between us part of the engine was quickly masked up and hit with more of the high temp paint.. Now it has dried to a matt finish it doesn't look that good, but while it was wet it looked great. So the engine will be going gloss black with a few select ally parts polished up Right side... Left side

The size of the silencers on the Bolens gets me. It's bigger than the engine.