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Got the tyres and tubes fitted today. Chunky!

This is my latest muse...... It arrived just before I came to a halt with the Farmer's Boy tractor....... It was given to me by a work colleague for free! He had been using until about 6 months ago when it just stopped and refused to restart. Initial inspection suggested a dirty carb and fuel tank, however once cleaned and refueled it still wouldn't go! So I dug a little deeper, after removing the air shroud and flywheel I noticed there was NO points or condensor. There was what turned out to be a Meco electronic ignition fitted, but this was dead, absolutely no spark whatsoever. I guess the coil could be at fault, not got around to testing that yet.

Tested the coil today and it's good, therefore it has to be the Meco unit. I'm going to put it back to points and condenser and have ordered the new bits from Meteens. There were a few other issues with this one, someone had attempted to remove the flywheel with a hammer and chisel, bending the light alloy shield around the flywheel and causing it to rub against the flywheel. The recoil and housing was missing too, but Mr Mackellow has sent me a replacement for that.

A couple of quick photos Norm, 35kg's, to fit, they only need a couple of mm shaving off the diameter, the bolt holes fall just about in the middle of the outer section.

I've been looking for traces of blue paint today, I have never seen one of these in 'Green' before, most are either the metallic blue or the same Blue as my Saturn mowers. I don't seem to be able to find any previous colour, I've checked under nuts and bolts, behind the makers plate, beneath the handlebar rubbers, everywhere! This is also painted straight onto the bare metal, no primer, leading me to think could this be the original colour? Any help with this would be very much appreciated! I have a can of this green already mixed ready for painting. Also have had some of the JAP engine Blue mixed and ready. Looking for Landmaster Blue...........

Hi Welcome from all in Scotland

Some of the guys here have been talking about jigsaw puzzles they and or there wives have been putting together so I though I would show you guys some pictures of my wife's currant project.

Welcome! Have fun...

Sweet tractor!

Two coats of primer and one of grey top coat applied today. If I've time in the morning, I'll take the tyre and tubes to be fitted. Then they'll be masked up and give a couple of top coats of silver.

Mine were cut on a lathe.