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A very pleasant Autumn so far where I am. Not long before the leaves drop from my Acer Palmatum Bloodgood. Usually the last deciduous to lose it's leaves around here and the first to bud in spring. Even beats the Oak for leaf endurance. Greeted with this array of colour outside the kitchen window. This view is from an upper bedroom window -

There is nothing in consideration of that engine's condition that is not repairable, or affect the engine in use when repaired. It can be fully rebuilt to a good running condition. What will affect that reconditioning is how much you consider is worth spending, how comfortable you feel about doing most of the (dis/assembly) work and if you have the time, tools and facilities. It's not uncommon for rods to fail, difficult to point to the cause(s), other than fatigue, poor maintenance or assembly. That is a 'lucky' failure. I've seen holes punched through the crank case just above the starter high mount position, another with a large chunk of lower cylinder broken off (still running). From the pics, I can't see any condition of the Crank that will not be remedied by inspection, measurement and a possible regrind to 0.010" under, with an appropriate replacement Con Rod. Acceptable 'wear limit' (Kohler's) on the Crank journal is 0.0005" (five ten thousandths of an inch, or half-a-thou ). Which gives you an idea of the fine tolerances required for a long life engine. Whatever you do, don't scrap it, someone will want to fix it up.

crank in with new main bearings . Pistons and rods in all new bearings . flywheel fitted. I will hang it back on the engine now as it is still lift able at this stage

Gotta speculate to accumulate.

My C-125 have done stirling work since I got it about 7 years ago. Mowing the green and verges where I live and towing trailer loads of wood. The only things I have done to it, is to replace the head gasket a couple of years back, a stack exhaust and recently AG rear tyres. It does use some oil though. Having to top it up after a couple of hours running. This how she looked when purchased. There is a rear discharge deck that I had to rebuild in the first year of ownership. You can see it to the right of the workshop doors. For some time I've been saying I'll give it a good going over. Having acquired some engine parts of Richard (Anglo Traction), I thought I'd better make a start ready for next season. It won't be a show room job, so don't expect one. Bit pointless when it's a worker, but an engine rebuild and a tidy up. Plus anything else I find needs doing.. So today the strip down began. Bonnet/hood removed. Wiring to the engine disconnected along with cables and seat plus fender.

After tea I opted to drop the rad on and give it another run . With a few more revs and heat in the engine she ran up clean and smooth. I will see what its like cold in the morning and refit the front axle.

Shes a runner !!!!!! Number one is smokey .I think possible injector problem. I will swop over cylinders and see if smoke moves.

Bit late for sand blasting now I’ve painted it.

Thanks armed with a video or 2 I feel comfortable taking it apart as it needs a proper going over and all the swarf removing. I was worried about the crank as they are hard to come by ECT but if repairable great. I thought I would need to sell it as parts to recoup the tractors purchase price but as the deck alone has almost covered that! I will be putting this engine aside, restore the c141 as a c141 (fitted with a 16hp) then restore the 14hp at a later date and keep it with the tractor. Too few about to get shut for a few quid it seems. Thanks for the clarity I just didn't want to be sat on scrap If it's beyond economical repair and only good as parts.

Fine example of a 'Proper Job'

As some of you know I bought a couple of Toro GWT's earlier in the year, one complete that I sold on and one brand new that I'm keeping. On a previous visit to my friends place and having a rummage in the yard I found the other one and it seemed silly not to have it as a spares tractor. Its been stored since the late 70s and in a sorry state but it's all there and was well worth the money.

Rods like pistons are sold in off sizes, over sized for pistons and undersized for rods. That way if you have to remove material off the crank you can still purchase a rod for it.

Newark Tractor & Heritage Show 10 & 11 November very good turnout of exhibits

Awesome find! Yes they are rare in the UK and I can't believe this was in a scrap yard! good save. The tractor looks fairly complete which is good, much better than my RJ58 was when i got it. A good site for wheel horses and possible help with spares is wheelhorseforum.com With regards to a serial number, they were printed on a foil sticker on the top of the chassis rail, just behind the inside of the bonnet. At least thats where they are on an RJ, they were quite often lost unfortunately. Good luck!

Or take it down to the beach and see how far the sand, or the pebbles go.

Block is back with new liners . Apparently it took all a 10 ton press could do with a hot block and frozen liners. once in then machined to correct size for standard rings. Quick coat of fresh paint and now start to replace all bearings.

Well, he has. He has sold some stuff to make more room for more stuff. Makes sense to me.

"I need more room", he says. "I'll have to sell some stuff", he says.