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My rear discharge mowing deck is getting rather worse for wear. I've already replaced the top, but now the tin worm is getting the better of the sides. So today I went to see another I knew of. It was a bit grimy and the paint underneath was flaking due to being in a shed with an earthen floor. Shell is good and solid and everything turns freely. Looks like it has seen very little use as the blades are still sharp and keen. A good clean and some paint and it should be in service by the end of the month. After loading it into the Disco, the seller mentioned a plough at the back of the shed. He thought it was a Brinly and it proved to be so. In good condition and the share coated with a good layer of grease. Again looked little used. Needless to say, that ended up keeping the deck company on the journey to their new home. I declined the offer of the C-125 in need of some TLC, the deck came off. Discretion being the better part of valour. I've promised to put that in the for sale section.

We are currently waiting for the delivery of some parts for our G10 project so we decided to get another tractor out of storage. I think we picked the wrong one as it took us two days of moving around to get to it. This G14 was last used in 2009 when it was our main grass cutting tractor. The transmission locked up and it was put in storage for a little while, which turned out to be 10 years.

That deck is in great condition, the plough is a good find!

I'll will put my entries in, but not sure If I'll make it down this year. Having a bit of bother with the leg I hurt and driving long distance could be a pain. Literally!

Hopefully we will manage to get some our tractors down to RPT this year and it will be fantastic to catch up with everyone.

Just seen on Facebook that RPT is going ahead at the same site in Sedlescombe this year. Anyone on here going?

Behind schedule with the Plummer Block (pillow) bearings, lots of cleaning out. Meanwhile, I looked at the frame items etc that were borderline scrap or broken. Well , when you're presented with these examples, you wonder how you're going to replace them?, then try and repair- The Eye Bolts look handmade or Smithy'd and what I would call Agricultural engineering, as opposed to Precision engineering. The bolts were saved with careful work loosening off and straightening, plus, I was able to cut off the overlong rotted sections. The channel formed washers on the small eye bolts were virtually rotted away, so I had to think about making replacements. The problem with broken brass Butterfly wingnuts was solved by finding a stronger 1/4" whitworth steel one . Making the special washers mentioned were shaped more or less using an old toolmaker's clamp and shown with a partially formed washer bottom right- A bit of normalising heat and manipulating them to shape produced these washers that should pass as identical to original when fitted/painted- Another job of saving scrap was the Clutch Lever. I'll post an image of what it was like later when the identity of the machine is revealed. New pivot pin and cable pinch screw had to be made. The two clamp screws were rotten, and so I replaced them with nickel plated ones of the same age that came from the drive unit of an old wind up gramophone. Presumed the lever was nickel plated originally, but just coated with Caliper Paint now- Should make better progress now and media blasting parts now available. Should be done with one of the shafts and bearings over the weekend......tbc