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Made it home last night just before we got a good fall of snow here in the dales. As usual me and the kids were up and out first thing

Been a bit slow, busy at work and not very motivated. Bit the bullet today Ewan did a quick video, thanks again to Doug (Ranger) for his assistance. I got there in the end!

I have a few, lol, but many are on the back and front of tractors

Picked up an old antique spike harrow, a Brinly 3 point spring tooth cultivator, and a CASE/Ingersoll front dozer blade yesterday. The spike harrow and dozer blade are on auction right now, I'm keeping the Brinly 3 point spring tooth as they are very hard to find.

Hi all had a quick play tonight with the Turf track with the new front mounted snow plow built by Dibna! Here's a quick video

Australian iPhone is it Gareth

Jammy Gits! On Dartmoor today we were expecting sleet and snow sometime today but instead it was sunny and warm! However, snow is now expected tonight. My eldest son is camping out on Dartmoor tonight as part of his training for Ten Tors.

Another stunning find Alain and your eclectic collection of GTs and attachments are something that we Brits can only drool over.

That JAP engine is so similar to the Sturmey Archer derived TB Ransomes engine that it would not surprise me if the barrels and head were interchangeable.

All the gaskets have been made (except the head gasket as it's good enough to reuse) and I've started building the engine back up. It was quite tricky to slide the cylinder down with the exhaust still attached but there's no way that it's going to separate from the cylinder without shearing off the outlet. I had to remove the piston from the Conrod, fit it to the bore then try to line everything up and refit the gudgeon pin and Circlip with the whole assembly trying to crush my hand. Whilst at tractorworld I met up with Chris Austell again from www.vintagebrassplates I've had some of his products in the past, and whereas they are not cheap they really do finish off a restoration so I've commissioned a couple of the badly damaged plates for this project. They should be ready in a couple of weeks. Photos will have to wait until after the weekend as I've forgotten my camera.

where do you always find these great implements? you must have a shed just full of them!

Alfresco brekkie cant beat it..Save me some.

As tractor world is nearly apon us, I thought I'd post up a picture of my last gem that I rebuilt,at the show in 2011. Hopefully this new one should finish up about the same once completed.

Been cleaning up the engine today. The ali was very tarnished in places so after scotch clothing it, I etch primed it then sprayed it with aluminium refinishing paint. The barrel and head were also etch primed and then sprayed gloss black.