I managed to get two out of the three running and lack of spare parts halted progress on the third. My progress is not significant compared to what some of you guys manage to do, however it was great to get into the workshop and also spend some time with Joseph. I was surprised how engaged he was and I think he enjoyed it, I certainly did. We had a few disasters but nothing serious and no permanent damage.
The outtakes:
"Be careful you don't loose any sockets from my snap-on 1/4 drive set" - whoops, the box has upturned into the sump oil pale
"Can I use the hacksaw?" "No problem, this is how you use it and here is some scrap" - "Ah, well done for sawing through that bracket I spent an hour making, now we can make a better one"
"Be careful using an 18" breaker bar on that small engine bolt" - "No problem, now let me show you how to remove a broken bolt"
"How are you getting on with that chisel?" - "Ah, that's not a chisel it's a snap-on screw driver"
The best one:
"Yes that is how you wind the rope around the pull start but please don't pull it ATM as I am holding the HT lead" - "Yes son, I think that was a naughty word and a strange workshop dance but well done, that was a good strong pull on that rope"
SWMBO read my mind one evening and came out with this little gem:
"When you retire you needn't think that you are going to spend the days working on tractors and the evenings drinking beer, like the last week"
Many thanks to Chris and Andrew for the support and encouragement. They were both getting regular updates and I also posted updates on the forum. I am not sure if anyone was really interested in my forum updates or if it was too boring and slow. It's not a problem if no one is interested but it would be could to know as it would save me the trouble of doing it.
I hope everyone else also had some quality workshop time over the break.
Iain