Reiver

Hello all 
Some of you will  remember my Huttenwerk Tractor which i had on here,  well I have been busy overhauling the Tracks starting with the track plates then new rubbers and bolts , And today the track cover plates were fitted 50 off factory made from 1.6 mm mild steel  then drilled and painted  Matt black .
and to finish 200 coach bolts washers and m8 nuts all to be tightened up.  Then over to the wash and clean corner this now runs so well now i can hardly believe it hope you like i think it great 

a few pics of my latest find a JLO Motor Cultivator fitted with a JLO 100 engine any information would be appreciated  last picture compares size with my Howard Hako fitted with JLO 75cc engine

Leave it as it is ,it's only original once

Hi all on Saturday my old Kinkade Tractor model L came out of Hibernation for the shows in 2019,  Now has the tool frame fitted an some tools,  a clean of the points and some new fuel was all that was needed to return it to running order hope you like it .   

Looks like head gasket has been leaking, I have found in the past that some kohler  heads seem prone to warping. A quick check of  head for warp is to place  a straight edge across head face  and look for light under straight edge. more accurate way is to try and slide a feeler gauge between bottom of straight edge and head face.check diagonally.

The Border Reiver is now Completed with new decals from Machinery Decals ( Titch ) 
Restorations Final Touch



The story of the Border Reiver as now come to close

We had a bit of snow today, gave me an excuse to get the Mayfield out and stretch its legs

We had a bit of snow today, gave me an excuse to get the Mayfield out and stretch its legs

We had a bit of snow today, gave me an excuse to get the Mayfield out and stretch its legs

We had a bit of snow today, gave me an excuse to get the Mayfield out and stretch its legs

We had a bit of snow today, gave me an excuse to get the Mayfield out and stretch its legs

What to do with a 'free' weekend, a pile of Villiers MK12 bits and a can of paint? 
Having restored several machines using Villiers engines over the last couple of years I have managed to collect 3 almost complete donor engines..... So as I was at loose end this weekend I set about sorting them out with a view to making one good engine out of all the bits! It's suprising what you can do in just a day, engines stripped, parts cleaned, degreased, old paint removed, de-rusted, etch primed, painted, gaskets made, parts reassembled...... I have a carb and exhaust, the only parts I haven't got is a working coil, 3 dud ones, tank brackets and an exhaust gasket! The coil is probably the most expensive part to buy for one of these engines, might have to wait a few weeks!
I'm probably going to make a stationary engine out of this one, mount it on a trolley and have it powering some sort of lighting.........

This is an ED300 charging set, I believe it was built by BSA under licence from Johnson.The previous owner told me that it was from WW2, and had been on a fire launch which was on Belfast Lough. When I got it,there was no compression and no spark.I took the head off to find a stuck exhaust valve, corroded valve seats, and a stuck top compression ring.These are now freed off and valve seats recut and valves ground in. Now have some compression .The points required cleaning and a replacement ht lead restored a  healthy blue spark . I am now working my through the dynamo end, it starts off a battery and gives some output.If anybody knows where I can get a choke assy for this engine.Please let me know

This is an ED300 charging set, I believe it was built by BSA under licence from Johnson.The previous owner told me that it was from WW2, and had been on a fire launch which was on Belfast Lough. When I got it,there was no compression and no spark.I took the head off to find a stuck exhaust valve, corroded valve seats, and a stuck top compression ring.These are now freed off and valve seats recut and valves ground in. Now have some compression .The points required cleaning and a replacement ht lead restored a  healthy blue spark . I am now working my through the dynamo end, it starts off a battery and gives some output.If anybody knows where I can get a choke assy for this engine.Please let me know

This is an ED300 charging set, I believe it was built by BSA under licence from Johnson.The previous owner told me that it was from WW2, and had been on a fire launch which was on Belfast Lough. When I got it,there was no compression and no spark.I took the head off to find a stuck exhaust valve, corroded valve seats, and a stuck top compression ring.These are now freed off and valve seats recut and valves ground in. Now have some compression .The points required cleaning and a replacement ht lead restored a  healthy blue spark . I am now working my through the dynamo end, it starts off a battery and gives some output.If anybody knows where I can get a choke assy for this engine.Please let me know

This is an ED300 charging set, I believe it was built by BSA under licence from Johnson.The previous owner told me that it was from WW2, and had been on a fire launch which was on Belfast Lough. When I got it,there was no compression and no spark.I took the head off to find a stuck exhaust valve, corroded valve seats, and a stuck top compression ring.These are now freed off and valve seats recut and valves ground in. Now have some compression .The points required cleaning and a replacement ht lead restored a  healthy blue spark . I am now working my through the dynamo end, it starts off a battery and gives some output.If anybody knows where I can get a choke assy for this engine.Please let me know

This is an ED300 charging set, I believe it was built by BSA under licence from Johnson.The previous owner told me that it was from WW2, and had been on a fire launch which was on Belfast Lough. When I got it,there was no compression and no spark.I took the head off to find a stuck exhaust valve, corroded valve seats, and a stuck top compression ring.These are now freed off and valve seats recut and valves ground in. Now have some compression .The points required cleaning and a replacement ht lead restored a  healthy blue spark . I am now working my through the dynamo end, it starts off a battery and gives some output.If anybody knows where I can get a choke assy for this engine.Please let me know

Hello 
If the first number is correct it confirms that the engine is 6 hp , horizontal shaft,with flojet carburettor, and  pneumatic (air vane)governor. There should be another 8 digit number the first two digits of this number is the year.You should be able to find a parts list for your engine on the briggs website using the 142301 number

First picture of me and my brothers 15 hp Fairbanks Z running an IH hay press at the county fair this year, it also has the factory water pump and Fairbanks Mag. Second pic is of the 15 and also my 6hp IH model M

I'm new here and these are my 2 engines.  Cool forum, I found it through Redsquare.

Hi everyone a couple of new pieces one Lister push hoe and unknown seed drill old Auto Culto L, £10 Allen Scythe( runner), grey Fergie ( owned since 1960 ) anyone give me maker of seed drill

Hi  rolloman
 Go and get the big iron beast out this summer

Good evening all  here is my old friend Auld Bob who has been retired for many years after I  stopped ploughing with it .He  has been sitting at the back of the shed until today when he came out to say please start ploughing with me again Please Please how can i refuse hope like I have now owned this tractor longer than it last owner who knows 2017 might be the year to start ploughing with Auld Bob again thanks       

I have used Peter slater,fuel injection engineer in the past. he has a website.Probably not the cheapest but does the job