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To be continued. Stay tuned.

Had a good day, the van unloaded, logs all split and under cover in the store and all the 4x2 sawn up and stacked ready to go in the wood burner

Just an update on the Roundup, we have 12 Wheelhorse's coming plus 3 very special ones that have not yet been seen before on the English rally field. Dont forget all makes of Horticultural machinery are welcome at the show with the addition of the Roundup that will have their own exhibiting area. If you hav'nt got an entry form yet just message me or vegikev and we can email you one

If only I wasn't so far away. Can you bring some up to Newby, Chris?

Don't just take a chainsaw, take a mini digger as well. Chris was busy today earning extra brownie points. Anything to keep Pam off his back. Plus, the more wood taken home, the less chance of Pam seeing the red bits hiding behind in the wood store. Apart from the sawn up tree, ( still another chunk to be recovered ), a large quantity of other wood also found it's way into the Sprinter.

A great first Sussex Meet and Greet at the new venue of the South Downs Heritage Centre at Hassocks in West Sussex. As well as our machines a local Stationary Engine club had a bring and buy sale. Here's some photos...

Chop the foot rest rods off, followed by the front of the chassis... Chop the axle pivot mounts off and weld them to a big bit of box. And with one of the sliced off foot rests through the hole it becomes a big arse hinge Checking where to drill hole holes in the trans mount of the top pulleys. Interesting to see the chassis rails did not come level from the factory.. But all the bolt holes did Checking for belt clearance as the motor fill fit behind the chassis belt tensioner thingy.. And that's as far as the new lathe bench has got.. Tune back for more heavy metal work when it happen

Hi Neil, sorry to of broke the news to you while you were still on holiday.. Had I of known I'd of waited a few days.. I think the best way forward is for you to send us all the engines you have and we will work out the best one to put in the RJ.. A bit of mix and matching may or may not be needed... Don't worry about the different exhaust fitments, that can be sorted easy enough

Makes it easier to move with the digger., didn't take that long to cut up and thanks for your help Alan.

Actually, the diaphragm is bad. The fuel is coming out the vent hole on the dry side of the diaphragm. I've got parts coming from webhead. Yahoo! I'll miss the excitement of running a spark prone engine with raw fuel everywhere. Really keeps the senses up. LOL

Thanks for organising such a brilliant day at the centre, very enjoyable with lots to see and talk about and not forgetting the big fried breakfast. heres my photo to add to the above

Thanx for that information John, I have had a look in the Wheel horse dungeon n I have three other potential donors , one. Of which I bought off of Joe Papke from Michigan USA , it was bought as a spair for my RJ 58 but it could be used and does have the threaded exhaust section but it will need to be painted . So I think we may be able to solve the problem ,as for the old engineers concerned,we could use the shnake pull on new engine & I could do with a new paper weight anyway.

Wow, this is upsetting news, Ian, I have sent you a PM about another engine that I have that may solve the problem, I am currently in Snowdonia at the moment , will get back to you tomorrow , Saturday!