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Started throwing paint at it today. First coat of red oxide primer. And these are the weights I'll be using. Re-cycled cast steel storage heater thingies. 1-5/8" x 10" x 18".

As I was painting the land roller, I decided to earn some brownie points and do a Round Tuit job. SWMBO is quite chuffed.

Sneaked a few bits out of the van during the day. found a new starter, fuel pump, carb rebuild kit, brake band and other goodies

Not much done lately due to having lots of school work to do, here is a little update. The wheels are all finished now. You can just about see in this photo that a previous owner wanted to put a larger sized battery on the dash tower and so they had taken a hammer to one of the sides to break the spot weld so we set to work on replacing this piece. This was the first piece to get replaced, the holes are where it was spot welded before. Here is the replacement piece This is the replacement side piece that we made. The screws that held the tail light on had no head left so I drilled them out. Luckily it came off and the original bulb still worked. Lots of new stainless steel bolts and washers have been bought ready for the reassembly

I am keeping my eye on that one as I am local!

I got a new engine and going to order a new crank....this will not beat me! jonnym

Here's wishing you a happy birthday Karl, thanks for all your hard working keeping MOM running smoothly

Tomorrow is my last day of sixth form, I have to go into school for exam revision and exams but officially I have left and then I start university in late September. Plenty of time to be projecting

You are on a roll Norm! looking good.

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You'd get some logs on that, Chris.

Looks superb Ewan. What this about a 19 weeks holiday?

No, the chap met me at a show, he's in Guildford, not far from johns

That reminds me, found this double sided enamel sign yesterday in my travels

have a good one boss

Ditto with the above Karl, have a good day mate

Yes, it wasn't a pleasant job! Possibly, might have a look at that. Cheers, Chris I'm pleased with them. All being well, I finish for a 19 week holiday tomorrow

BTW Ewan. Can you get lock nuts on the grub screws holding the front axle pin? Just an idea.

Happy birthday Karl, ave a good one

Nice work Ewan, the wheels look great and the yellow is very bright I bet you were holding your breathe while drilling out the lens screws!

Good progress Ewan, the wheels look nice

All the Best, Karl. And I'm in full agreement with Ian. Thank you very much.

Doing well, Ewan. Hopefully we'll see it at Newby.

Thanks.. Will be good to get them working under steam again. I'm sure you'll do all the safety checks first with old engines. Often the rubber seals like on the Sight Glass are perished and suspect the Seals/Glands on the Piston, Valve and Regulator Rods may need checking. They were likely packed with Graphited Yarn. Not sure how/if Norm's Dad's Engine had the Steam Oil administered for the Piston and Valve?, as I can't see a lubrication system in the pics. Hope the book helps. Some engines like to have a mix of Coal and Charcoal, or just the latter to produce good heat. Also the Grate gaps size can be the cause, or so I have read!. Done a little more on mine. Made up all the Pipe work and fittings for the Water Pump-

Got the weight frame done today. It would be better with the bottom being a full size 1/4 plate to sit the weights on. But I haven't got any. One day. That piece of alli chequer plate, fastened down, will suffice till then.

A little bit more done over the weekend, I have now fastened on the brake, clutch and linkages onto the tractor so that I can finish painting it together. A new front axle pin was made and we used stainless steel grub screws instead of a roll pin which was used before. Heres a photo once it had all had some more paint.

I was looking at the drawbar today and thought it looked a bit kac and bent so made a new one.