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...They try to fly! This is what is left of my van after they landed on my roof/windscreen as I was driving home a couple of nights ago. I walked away with just a bit of whiplash. Its quite scary seeing the underneath of a car heading very fast towards your windscreen.

Hi, my fault for misreading, I was looking at the last couple of pages in the manual. I think it shows what I want thankyou, i'll blow it up properly on the PC when I get home as my iPad has its limitations. Once again,thank you.

Thanks for the link unfortunately the pictures have come out to grainy for me to see what I'm missing.

Hi thanks for your reply, what I'm actually looking for is an image of the plate that sits in the air cleaner housing and show the knobs etc as my workshop manual doesn't and every image I've found so far on the net doesn't show this area as the ones on mine are missing.

Hi can anyone help me please, I'm looking for an image or parts list showing the throttle and choke lever/knob on a kohler Magnum 12/14/16. Many thanks if you can assist.

Thank you Darren and Norman, however I would of felt happier if they had judged mine and Darrens display as a whole rather than separate, like the judges originally said to me that they were doing. I don't feel that there was any difference between mine and Darrens Gem.

Heres a few shots from Tractor World Newbury. A little low on exhibits but its only the first year. The weather today was great for October, but yesterday was a bit rainy on and off. Overall a very enjoyable show. Darmic1 should receive a special thankyou as he over half filled the section with different exhibits, and Paul Mackellow also took a good selection of O&R machines. I would also like to thank Titch for the decals he supplied that finished my machine off.

Has now been loaded for tractor world and will be dropped off later today. If you see me come and say hello.

Wow! I wish I had the time and mind set to put that much work into my engines. I'm just about to start rebuilding a kohler magnum and hope to get it half as good as your k series.

Thank you Richard. Yes I've had running but it still needs a little bit of running in as every bearing is new im pleased to say all the gear select properly with now funny noises which is a relief after having had every piece out of the box and no workshop manual to aid assembly and the design of the missing items.

Thanks for the compliments, it's been a lot of work ( and expense) but at least it's another one saved.

Here's a shot will get some better ones once the final detailing is done.

This gem is now all but finished, if anyone is interested it will be at tractor world in a couple of weeks time.

Hi, I'll play with figures and get back to you.youre not that far from me.

I'd be interested so long as it's for a horizontal crank, what sort of price do you have in mind?

Hi I'm looking for a gearbox off a wheel horse or any other rideon with a horizontal crank.has anyone got a spare please? can pay cash and arrange collection anywhere in the uk.

Also does anyone know how I can desiphre the serial number to get a date as the engine one has been painted over.

Just purchased one of these locally to me. It looks a bit rough but runs sweet. Does anyone have a copy of the manual particularly the workshop manual or something covering wiring diagrams and the transaxle please? Does the axle need oil or is it sealed for life? Many thanks if you can help.

A bit like Hoover for vacuum cleaners and Wacker for plate compactors.

Arthur Clifford Howard started in Australia, ( I do have the dates somewhere) then in the 1930,s moved to the uk and set up Rotary Hoes Ltd with a Captian Griffiths. The Australian company kept going I believe as a separate concern. In the 1960,s Howard bought out the manufacturer of Clifford and for a short time the company was called Howard-Clifford. Then the name reverted back to Howard Rotavators. In 1985 the company went into receivership. The most famous rotavator the gem stayed in production by Dowdeswell as the 650 until 1997.

Heres a few shots of the handles reunited with the gearbox. Also after all the effort I put into saving the original engine with G206 Ive decided to do the same with this Gem. The engine earlier on in the project only contained a few parts of the original but ive now sorted out my bits and bar the cylinder again I hope to save most of it. The one shot shows 3 out the 4 units that I had just put into my industrial parts washer. Bet there cant be many in Britain with so many in it at once. The fuel tank has been cut open to allow me to do a proper job on repairing it. As only 1944 and earlier Gems used this type of tank I just hope I can do a nice job of welding it back up. For safety I made sure that I burnt the tank out then steamed it before putting a grinder near it. The final shot shows what must be contamination in the original casting. They may of been quality at a later date but as mentioned before during the war materials were in such short supply that a lot of castings would of rivalled todays cheap Chinese imports in terms of sub standard finish.

Heres the photos, not totally happy with the finish on the tool box so this will be redone.

There is and one effing big one as well now.

Thought I'd try burning it out, however that just made it worse so its time for drastic measures!

There's an old version of one of those trailers in our yard, problem is it's so heavy that you are restricted these days what you can actually put on it and still stay legal. Very handy for loading though.