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The Bolens now has a new hood 600 decal ( thanks Titch ) a new starter solenoid and a ignition switch and battery leads.

Gareth, S1G kindly donated a carb to this project after I had turned my garage upside down trying to find the spare I know I have somewhere??? After dismantling and cleaning in my newly purchased Ultrasonic Tank, I reassembled it, bolted it to the manifold, added fuel and crossed my fingers! https://youtu.be/Okqj5qyXMfg

Thanks Norm, it got even better Ta-Daaaa A close up of the tool rack/shelf thingy. Swarf and cooling oil can only be a sign of one thing.. Yep, I've been having a play Due to the tray being a bit bowed in the middle cooling fluid tend too pool both ends.. A steel plate put each end to raise the "floor" level will sort that, the interesting part will be stopping the cooling fluid from leaking through the bolt holes! A bit off added signage... The 80 sign was the lathe splashback for many years and the long-sh vehicle sign used to live on the back of my Saxon trailer and went on many a Wheel Horse adventure Things left to do... Stop the tray from leaking.. Fit a one way valve in the coolant pipe so the fluid doesn't drain back to the bottle every time the pump is turned off. Fit a "damper" to stop the pulley on top of the WH chassis from bouncing around so much.. But over all I'm very happy with how the lathe bench has turned out

Had a happy family having a cooling swim this evening. The Mallard family. Dad, Mum and 11 little Mallards.

Ive started to turn my attention to the backend. As you may of seen originally I was going to use a set off a Dowdeswell. However without going into boring rivet counting details, these arent quite correct for a machine of this age. The other day I managed to do a swap for some engine parts for these covers which are period correct. Overall they are in very good condition, however Ive already welded the trailing back into place and a bit of straightening is also needed. Digging through my store Ive also turned up an original spec serial number plate.

Done as much as I can without the belt, i left the length of the plate and pulley until i get it all fitted then i can cut it down to size.

Get the gun out and I'll get the plucking machine going, Pam can make some orange sauce.

All the Best to you both, Nylon and Hillsider.

Give my mate a bit of a hand today to start a new trailer project, well, he done the work and i stood and took photo's. They say that its the thought that counts, so i was thinking about all the work i was watching him do, does that count ? Anyway, this trailer will be roughly a scaled down version of this, Started of with some 3x1 1/2 channel to build the frame. Lower bracket for ram. We are very serious about health and safety, that why we will only ever chance one eye ! Gary got some wheels and hubs from an old golf cart, so axle making is next. Axle all put together. And welded in place.

Doing a bit of tiding up in the workshop today, I came across a couple of reversing lights I bought at a Land Rover show years ago. This gave me an idea for one of them. The result is in the photo's below. Should help when ploughing at night.

I'll have a look to see if I have a spare one

Looking good mate

The same question has just been asked elsewhere and having failed to find a decent digram in any BS book a friend has marked up an image.

If it's one aeroplane, the pilot's either had too many Desperados, or his tomtom's playing up

Pleased to see the carb was OK as it had hung round the workshop for years so had no idea how good it was

Happy birthday both

Happy boirthday Gents, wishing you both a good day

Looks like they were about to play a giant game of airborn noughts and crosses

Many happy returns of the day and best wishes to you both. Hope you both have a good day.

Try Eriks in Bradford. They sell pulleys.

Check the date, you might be in a time warp, they look like Messerschmitts and Heinkels to me! p.s. Watch out for shrapnel p.p.s. Hope your feeling better now

OK Paul.

A little bit more progress, 50 x 50 box welded into the corners for the removeable sides. A few extra bars in the bed to support the floor. Everything was then fully welded up. We came across a bit of a problem, when you put 100kg at the very front of the trailer the ram is struggling to get it lifted. Once its up 100mm its fine but just getting it moving is the problem. At the moment the cylinder is only 50mm so a new 75mm ram is needed. Dont think the HT20 has the oil capacity for anything bigger.

I had to leave for a little while and missed getting a few pictures of the build but this is what he had done when i returned. And at half travel. Then full height. It goes up to about 58° which should be more than steep enough. A short video of it in operation. https://youtu.be/3HaLMsurmGA

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there

Turned out well.