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Rain has stopped play for a few weeks and we've been distracted... Anyhow, the roof is now 80% insulated, the electrics are done and Internet and cameras are in

Nope Part of the problem as we found yesterday was the new float was too tall, which meant when the float went up it bottomed out on the carb body before shutting off the fuel! Once the old float and jet went back in the flooding stopped. One thing that was really bugging me was why the spark was so weak at the plug until the ignition was turned off when it produced a nice fat bright spark just the once! This got me thinking, so I did a little research.. And found an external condenser on a car engine is wired onto the positive side of the coil, where as small engines say a Kohler or a Mag the condenser is wired onto the negitive side of the coil... No prizes for guess which way we had it wired Soooo... armed with a condenser wired in the right way, and also the base jet settings for the Bing carb the engine was soon brought to life Of course all this happened before Nigel had turned up, so I carefully timed it that just as Nigel was pulling in I was driving Horse Gut out the workshop!! The look on Nigels face was priceless.. At first he thought I was driving the Cammo 8 without a bonnet, until he noticed I was driving past the Cammo 8 which did still have it's bonnet on! Picture a look of confused/think your seeing things/disbelief all rolled into one which after a minute gave way to a big grin You have indeed

Here's my late 1950's wacker plate.

Finaly got round to spraying the top frame in chrome effect paint.

no koen, i will let ian update, but i have got a smile on my face now

what'd you do? tap the bowl with a screwdriver?

no it didnt sort it out, carb still flooded just as bad, went away last night threatning to put a match to it anyway went back in this morning And i will let ian finnish this story

As I'm sure some of you know one of my larger collections is of Tarpen equipment Tarpen made all sorts of electric and shaft drive machinery and this is one that was on my want list It's a Tarpen Swifsure 110 volt circular saw, it looks a bit of a beast !! The cable on it was knackered so that will be replaced in due course

Hi Rolloman, The authority on Allen of Oxford is Karl Buckingham, he has a website, here's a link..... http://johnallenofoxford.webs.com/apps/photos/ He has about 120 of them!

Just need to roof over between the bays, double doors each end and the job's a good 'un.

When I turn my lap top over I can see you have done a fine job

Hi all This is my challenge for the winter if and when the rain allows.I have made a start to the mill lade at Stravithie mill My merry tiller is at its best when it has something to do hope you like Kara tells me she is not too big for her tartan bed it is her bed that is too small what do you think

Hi all The so called bath tub is a broadcast seeder from the late 1800 early 1900 it straps around your waist,you sow with one hand and hold onto the peg with the other then swap hands at the end of the field I have also a Scottish seeder that you use both hands to sow with more pics later