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Hate this bit, lots of priming, sanding, undercoating and painting, its like watching paint dry, oh wait it was !! This will give you the idea of why i call it "Kermit". And here it is all put back together. Since then it has received new wheels and cleated rear tyres. Future plans are for a new exhaust that exits at the rear axle and a three point hitch. Thanks for looking.

This one is a bit of a work in progress, so it may be sometime before it gets finished. So, started of with half a rolling chassis from a Yardman AN5175. After a couple of hours cleaning and stripping it looked like this. Removed rear section of chassis as it isnt required, found a 12hp engine to power it and a 42in deck. The white masking tape sections are where the out riggers will go to carry the wheels. The yellow handle is where the drawbar will go. One of the out riggers attached and a lift handle to adjust the deck height made. This is as far as i have got. The swan neck is fully adjustable to allow transporting behind the tractor or cutting to the side. Next step will be to find a garden leaf vacuum to help blow the grass up the delivery spout. Mount a battery,make a dash pannel, get a better fuel tank, and tidy it up a bit with a few body pannels. Well that it for now, might be a while before any more updates as im having problems finding a leaf vacuum at a decent price.

About four years ago my mate Gary and myself made this little tractor over the Christmas holidays. It was made from bits and peices we had lying around so realy didn't cost that much. We started with a Mountfield 8/30 similar to the one below, which i pulled out of a skip. You can guess what condition it was in when you see the gearbox. We salvaged the engine which was a Briggs and Stratton 8hp, the 3 speed transmission and the rear axle, everything else went back in the skip. A new chassis was made from 2x2 angle, a NOS bonnet sourced from a local dealer and an adjustable seat so my little daughter and myself can both ride it. Also fabed up a front axle and steering box (gearbox from an automatic door). Front grill and dash pannel was next. Now to close in the back, rear arches and side steps next. Thats most of the fab work done, a bit of paint next.

Hello all got a new toy yesterday here are some pics hope you like seems very original except the the engine

Hi All Here are one or two pics of the match that took place today 11-10-2015

And a little bit more done !

Earlier in the year, I acquired a sickle bar. Today I decided to see about fitting it. I only have the bar. No mule drives or any parts needed to mount it. I be doing some research in the very near future. It's rather heavy, so I decided to remove the mounting bracket for ease of handling. Popped it under the C-81 and mounted it at the rear. I now need to find out how it mounts at the front and if it is connected to the lift arm. Getting carried away, I stripped off the skid plate then the cutter itself. Removing an accumulation of very black, oily grass, of unknown vintage in the process. Finally being left with only the gearbox on the bench. This is where the fun started. The lift lever on the bar is mounted on a threaded stud screwed into the gearbox. This could be screwed in or out, which I found rather puzzling. Fiddling with it, as you do, I heard something drop inside the box. So off with the cover plate. Three screws loosened nice and easy. Two were tight and took a bit, read a lot, of persuasion. One snapped off. Cover off and I could see why the oily, black grass was oily and black. No oil in the box. No water or other detritus either. Looked in very good condition in fact. Found what had dropped was a locking nut off the aforementioned stud. This was replaced and tightened up. So oily grass under the box and no oil in the box was pointing to a leaking seal. OK I'll strip it out and get a new seal. Simple procedure. Remove a plug from the side opposite the cover plate. Circlip from the now visible pivot shaft and tap shaft out. The main shaft should now be able to be removed. Only it can't, as someone in their wisdom has welded the cutter bar actuating arm to the shaft. So shaft will have to come out, bringing seal and bearing with it. Only one small problem. There'll be a circlip holding the bearing in.

They belong to my mate Gary. He has a Husky 850, a QT16 and a HT20 (hope i got all that correct) also a little 3.5hp home built.

I don't no norm there are nearly a 50 odd double decker busses in there it's the old tinsley Tram sheds I rent apart if it !

Mark, your on. But it'll be next year. Had a good afternoon in the workshop today. First job to get the seal out of the gearbox. There's a blank plate in the box opposite end of the shaft. This was gently prised out. To reveal the shaft and ball bearing. A circlip on the shaft end was removed, then the shaft tapped out using a drift till free of the bearing. It was then pulled by hand as the bottom bearing is a plain bush. The seal was well worn and no surprise it was leaking. It's very thin and fragile and I didn't want to damage it by prising it out. I found a washer slightly less in od to the plain bush. Placing the washer inside the box on top of the bush and using a long drift through the box and onto the washer, I was able to gently tap the bush outwards until the seal dropped out. The bush was then tapped back into it's original position. That is as far as I can go with the gearbox, until I can get a new seal. I decided to start to strip the sickle bar blade next. The knife bar was pulled out and then the skid and cutter bar guides. These, along with the nuts and bolts are now in the E-tank. The knife bar and teeth got a good wire brushing, then sprayed with Pocket Rocket. (Similar to WD40) Then the bar guard got cleaned up and made ready for priming. The shoe assembly below has also been stripped and cleaned up.

Interesting link about scrap cars, i like to see the cars being driven in these old films.

Here's your 3rd vid Alain I have to say, the more I see of "D's" in action the more I want one..

A completely new slant on the phrase 'Did the earth move for you love?'......

Found info on this cutter bar and things not as bad as I thought. The arm should be welded and comes out complete with shaft. That's something of a relief.

Hi All update on Blair's garden Finished at last until next year when we start to lay it out to a plan Hope you like Glad we managed to finish it before the winter sets in.