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Today I decided to remove blower housing body and engine from the chassis. Body and engine taken of with to much of a problem though rather fiddly. Pleased to say the all the nuts came undone easily. Next split engine from blower housing. Again all nuts and bolts undid freely. This was when I realised that the blower fan wouldn't come out of the housing while attached to the engine. Again luck smiled down and the bolt securing fan to engine came loose with no trouble. To get fan off the shaft was another thing. Had to tip the assembly nearly on it's side. Just enough to get a puller on the fan and not to much that engine oil leaked out. Holding the puller onto the head of a long bolt that fitted down the bolt hole in the shaft, steadying the whole assembly and using a ratchet and socket, was a bit of a juggling job. Thankfully the fan came away trouble free. Below is how things look now. The reason I've taken everything apart, is my idea of turning the housing round on the chassis and engine round on the blower housing., as mentioned earlier. Two snags now reared their heads. First a rubber vibration absorbing gasket is fitted 'tween engine and housing. This was perished and came away in bits. Secondly the engine mounting holes are not drilled equally on the p.c.d. To be continued.........

I recent visited the ALDI supermarket to buy some bits. I noticed that they were selling aerosols 400 ml in various colours at about £2.50 each. I bought a couple and left them in the garage for a rainy day. This week I used it for a project, it is extremely similar to dark green Hayter and much cheaper. Called Deco Style Metal Spray Paint made in Germany ( High Gloss ), made for ALDI. As the Forum is so quiet I thought I would share this.

hi all , just a reminder that 2017 biddenden Tractorfest is the 19/20th august, with a southeast wheel horse roundup ( around 20 so far) and a ransomes theme, and other manufacturers, so far around 70 entries with plenty of room for more so if you have not yet entered and would like to then please pm me, many thanks