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Happy Birthday Neil. Hope you have a good one and that lovely wife of yours has some nice treats for you.

I often say, Alain, I'm glad I'm the age I am.

So that's how it works. Thanks Jonathan. I'll bear in mind you have one.

It would be interesting to see that in use.

All the Best, George. Enjoy the day.

I like the sandwich. Not sure about the filling.

Merry Christmas to All.

Got the arms finished and fitted this afternoon. Wheels are back on and raising the front by 1" now gives a plough depth of 6" or 7-1/4". Depends on the position of the tool bar in the slot hitch below. Bar fully in and using the second hole gives the 6". Using the first hole, the one at the end, gives the 7-1/4". Next job is to fit a depth wheel to the plough.

Afraid so Alan. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone.

That's an idea I'll go along with. Will they class a forum type group? ie. My Old Machine as a club

As Chris pointed out, I made a bit of an error with the arms. Today I set too to correct it. But how to drill holes in the other ends accurately? I don't possess vee blocks. Can't do them in the lathe. So I had to think of some other way. I finally did them as below in the photo. Wasn't exactly easy keeping things square, but taking my time things came out OK. I used one of the extension sleeves as a guide for a drill to spot the centre. Then I drilled the spindle using three different sized drills, finishing with the tapping size. Next the holes were threaded 10mm and the stub axle on the arms cut off to 3/4" long. See photo below. The next job was to shorten the trailer stub axles to 1/2" long. Cut them down to 5/8", then into the lathe to be faced down, drilled and bored out 3/4" I.D. x 1" deep. Below all ready to weld up.

All the Best James. Hope you have a good day and your Good Lady has lots of treats for you.

OOPS! Senior moment.

You know something, Chris, your right.

A bit more in the Black Horse saga. As previously stated, after fitting the narrow wheels and tyres, the rear end was sitting higher, resulting in a reduction of plough depth. So to level things up I'm doing a little modification to the front end. My idea is to extend the vertical stem of the steering arms that fit into the front axle. I have a pair of arms off the Raider 10 now a parts donor. So the first job was to re-thread them 10mm. Reason for that is that I've only 10mm bolts long enough. I then turned up some sleeves the same diameter as the steering arms. These I made longer than I may need to allow for final hight adjustment. I also turned up a couple of spacers for under the axle to raise the front. The next job is modifying the trailer stub axles I've got, the same as I did when fitting the scooter wheels earlier in my C-120 thread. Photo is of parts so far minus bottom spacers.

I don't think Wendy would like to be referred to as weird.

Exhaust gas flow is just as important as porting a head.

I like it. Hope it's found a good home.

Nice and dry. Been stored in a barn. And cheap.

What happened there? Hit a patch of ice that hadn't been gritted? I'd complain to the highways department.

This lot should keep us going for a while.

Dipstick!

Whimp! Starts to get warm in March.

I'm interested. I've nothing on then. I'll be up to see you soon.