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Got on well again today, Tyres cleaned and refitted to the wheels, wheels refitted. I then stripped and primed the rotor drive case, gave it a couple of coats of colour and left to dry whilst cleaning nuts and bolts. Gave it a coat or 3 of clear. Refitted the handlebars and mounted the engine, once the drive case was dry I refitted that too. Wont be able to do much tomorrow........ Have both the kids for the day, joy!!!

found you a toolbox Andrew to match the dice had a bit of a hickup today i ruin"d the paintwork on the bonnet the lacquer hadnt dried properly so now ive got to take it back to bare metal and start again

Winning just... Ewan sent me a few more pics, I've added a mezzanine for further junk storage

Quite a bit of progress today, the gearbox is reassembled, brackets reattached awaiting its wheels! A few pictures of where I'm up to........

Whilst the track pads are cooking in the phosphoric acid I decided to tackle the damaged flywheel pulley which is made of cast iron. I thought about heating and welding with MIG but decided that with my luck it would be the flywheel that would crack and not the weld so I looked at the three big chunks missing where someone had tried to lever the clutch apart instead of simply using two long bolts to push it apart. The chips were rounded and I had just found some really big thick washers which were just right to fill in the missing bits. I ground out the chips to an exact fit on the washers which I held in place with a magnet flush with the outer face and then brazed them in, cut the surplus washer away with a cutting disc and then using a power file I rounded off to the o.d of the flywheel. A lathe would have been better but too big for mine. As the washers were about 6mm thick it matched in well with the vee belt groove in the flywheel, I shaped away the surplus washer with a sanding disc to match the sides of the vee. Quick smear of plastic metal to smooth them over and a coat of paint, 3 virtually invisible mends!

What do you mean JUNK, have you gone mad? There is no such thing. At least not that any of should admit too, If word gets around that some stuff may be junk, we could all be in deep trouble.

Picked this up the other day, cant find any info on the internet, anyone know anything about them, especially an age ?

as some of you might have seen we've got a new to us tractor. gone is our McCormick Deering 1020 and the new guy in the group is a McCormick Deering W4 and because you lot are pic hungry here's some of the old and the new

a grill then

Weight block

If you don't really want a Barbie, you could have a Ken.

A stove to keep you warm as you work on your build.

weight i guess or fuel tank

A treasure trove of old cars has been found in a Barn in Denmark and auction is upcoming in a few weeks

this one is the right way round sorry

finaly got round to getting the cutter out and waving the stick welder about so I thought id give you a little up date on this haven't received the rams yet so I haven't welded on the ram pin plates yet but they are cut ready but I just thought it would be better to wait just incase they not the size stated my next port of call will be to make the bucket im thinking that the loader arms are to long but ill see when I get the bucket made and on

I then stripped the engine back to a point where I could respray it to the correct colour. Before painting and to ensure a good adhesion I lightly 'scotch bright' the surface and then began the process again. Here's the engine now in the correct colour. Fuel tank was next.......I do like the finish with these ProXL products! Refitted the cowling once dry and the various bits removed for painting back on the Villiers.

Its a full time job having a place in the country, especially if you have animals, or land, but just building maintenance can take a lot of time, but its worth it in my opinion.

brief update, front all boarded and lights done. next stop doors...

Slow progress, distracted with the house and playing with the horses.

Got home last night and Ewan has cracked on with the building. Then we spent a few hours on the front