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Hi all Here are a few photos of my Cletrac HG31. I bought this crawler sometime around 1998 as best as I can remember. It is the narrowest version of the HG that was made and was intended for vineyard use, my HG came from a vineyard somewhere in France. It has a 4 cylinder Hercules petrol engine, starting is via the handle only as it has no electrics. I wasted most of the night looking for these photos on various computer backups only to realise they were from my pre digital days

Been busy today cleaning up the chassis and painting, here's some pictures. I'm pleased with the result after a coat of etch primer, it feels like I'm getting somewhere now To help fill the rust pits I'm brushing on red oxide primer. My new toy arrived last week so hopefully it should speed up the restoration and hopefully I will be able to achieve a good clean surface so I can use etch primer.

Hi all progress has slowed slightly but still making it today has been a good day to start with o now have my lathe up and running , but back to the tractor I have now moved the exhaust to go up right which now looks better and is inline with the alternator so looks moor in keeping only problem now is the alternator has packed up so a new one is required .

I'm the same Andrew, i keep telling Pam it's a wood store to boost my brownie points but i get the feeling I'm going to have to give her a refund when she sees it full of Wheehorse stuff

Isn't that so surreal. I parked my Citroen in Liverpool last night in a Premier Inn carpark to see John Bishop's Live Show and when I wole up I find one of my wheels was feckin' nicked. That look suspiciously like mine......

Brill job Ewan, looking good mate, well done

Where he left it. Rig up some kind of dust extraction system, Ewan. NOT your mother's vacuum cleaner. One 'eck of a good job on the chassis BTW.

Thanks, I'm liking it, I'm putting everything in an E-tank first to clean the paint off, just so it blasts quicker but it is doing a good job, it's a good size so I will be able to fit my bonnet and wheels in there Hopefully it will look like it has just come out of the factory

Brilliant work Ewan how you finding the blast cabinet?

If he's not at home Norm, he'll be at John's.

Looking forward to seeing this at Newby Hall

Top job Ewan

One dodgy meeting the motorway services with a scouser And voila, new wheel and tyre

yeah that's next job Chris cheers buddy

Sorry James I need it for a transplant into a mates John Deere Sending you a PM Well I would if it let me!!

'S' ........Couldn't resist it!. Seriously though. I seem to find that people/sellers don't use the 'S' when they're flogging Aftermarket parts. However Kohler for example use/d the same part number suffix system of using '-S' , and earlier with prefix of 'A- and X-' . This 'S' Suffix letter was dropped on many later revisions retaining the same number or an updated one. Usually just entering the numbers in a 'Search' will show results with the suffix as well.

I think Chris has first shout on it James but will let you know if he has changed his mind.

Ye Gods! The 5" ally one may do. I'll let you know. I wouldn't be surprised if there's one amongst that lot that I could modify for the other. I need to pop down.

Here's the manual, not the right engine info but Anglo Traction will hopefully point you to an online download Private Message me with a name & address and I will put a copy in the post for you, scanner u/s on my printer so I will do you a paper copy

Just keep the door padlocked then mate !!

See if any of these will help Norm

Here we go - I even found some kind of plate with numbers on it!

That's what I use.

Good job Andrew and you get paid for doing yours

I rather like this beast, so thought I'd post it up for you all to grin at

Looking good. I made and replaced a customer's shed door myself yesterday. The shed was an old air raid shelter from WWII. Actually quite pleased with how it all went together.

There you go Mr Showman, an engine for the Lawn Ranger !!

Thought you might have it Paul, good to know it's gone to a good home

Certainly most Asperas of a certain age will repay a proper valve job - refaced valves and skimmed seats, BUT be careful to have the cam correctly positioned when checking / setting the valve clearances . The piston needs to be a quarter of an inch down the bore on the power stroke. Get it wrong and gap the valve when it is still on the decompressor and it will BITE!!

bit more done today bit of bling

The exhaust's a bit low.

Evening all another quick update , I've finally got the steering to as near as perfect as I can get it and u can steer it with one finger I haven got as much lock as the original tractor but not far off , I may still be able to obtain this with a few adjustments , I had a little drive on the tractor today in the work shop and every thing worked great so now I'm back to the fabrication part, because I'm thinking of putting a winch on the tractor I'm gonna put two 6volt batteries on wired in series to get my 12 volts I'm doing this for several reasons these batteries are very heavy so will act as good ballast , plenty of power and I have access to plenty of these batteries they have come out of a standby battery backup system they was 50 or so wired together to get mains voltage ,any way with me using two of these , I've made a battery Tray to mount them in under the seat ! Here's what I've done today

A little progress with the painting today. First top coat applied. Was going to paint it MF red, but as I'd a full tin of IH red, that's what's going on. One of the small idler pulleys got a really good coat of paint. Can you tell which one? Slipped out of my fingers and dropped in the full can of paint. The other side of the cutter bar is yet to do. Maybe tomorrow, unless I'm herding cattle. Below is part of the mounting frame that Jonathan kindly cleaned up for me.