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A couple of more suitable? engines for sale Saturday at Cheffins auction, Ian, a Rolls Royce Merlin and Griffon in running order, complete on demonstration trailers, ready to display, just sit a 'willing assistant' Nigel? in the chair behind the prop, full revs, release the brakes and accelerate as if from a steam catapult. Also a full size mk9 Spitfire replica for sale, if that takes your fancy.

The usual nocturnal creatures around our way have sticky fingers and drive Ford Transits!

'Giant Silkworm' or 'Luna Moth'

Nothing wrong with working out of a shed at home, it keeps the cost down. I'm sure many potentially good ideas have gone under because of the costs involved in renting premises etc, before the product is fully developed, saleable and bringing in an income, unless you have unlimited funds at your disposal. Good luck with your venture, and as Nigel said, "it sells itself"

Ask Mark to make a headlight decal with two eyes you can cut out, then fit super bright 'RED' led's instead of white bulbs !

It's like those chess games you could get where you played against the machine, you keep trying to plough a straighter furrow than your tractor and tomtom. Gives you a target to beat, especially if your'e playing alone. 🤓

Designing the system, Tapping into 'Sky' and getting away with it for free.

No need for sighting poles or a steady hand, Electronics engineer + Tractor + Plough = Satellite Steering

A bit more info, the reason I copied all volumes, dimensions etc, is, the original carb is a non adjustable main jet Walbro, then I bought a Kohler adjustable carb from the States and rebuilt that,but never got around to fitting it,

I made this one a few years ago for my 312-8, I took apart the original, not difficult, it was rusted out, I copied the internal volume, pipe sizes, number of holes in the internal pipes (baffles) The only difference was, I fitted a 'stack' outlet, it is sooooo quiet. Stainless from the internet was used, I made 'hammerforms' to shape the ends and centre baffle, all 'tig' welded, and then I cut the outlet for the stack the wrong shape and made the mistake of filling the gaps with weld instead of fitting a 'patch' / 'doubler'. I can't remember what it cost, but the materials were not that expensive. .

"Lack of air won't be a problem after tomorrow?" could we be seeing an oxygen bottle installed? I think you should add a couple of pulse jets

Toenail clippers for those of us with beer bellies or bad backs ?

looks great Ian Do you think you are getting enough oxygen in the mix? Have You tried a spark plug at the end of the tailpipe on the out side, a little way back so air could be mixed in before the spark, I suppose it's possible you could be trying to ignite fuel and carbon monoxide. You could always add nitrous oxide in the mix to increase the oxygen . With your skills I'm sure you could fabricate some sort of combustion chamber to fit around the end of the pipe to create a venturi effect using the exhaust gasses to pull clean air and fuel in from around the outside of the pipe with the plug firing it at the end. Maybe just a length of larger pipe around the end of the exhaust would do with the outer pipe sticking out further than the inner to get the 'draw' (similar to the old 'airline' powered vacuum cleaners) and the fuel injected between the two, Just a thought,

Very nice if I remember correctly, to make things more interesting, the throttle is closed by turning the twist grip, rather than opening it

AWESOME Mark !!!! If you use a chainsaw chain to transmit the drive to the front axle, you can cut the vegetation down as you drive around. A great excuse to get out and play, "Sorry Dear, but I really must go out and trim those weeds". "It may take me some time".

Do you have room to fit a cv/uj joint on the intermediate shaft and anchor it to the rear transmission so the sprockets can stay in line as articulation takes place? Or use a worn chain which will accept an amount of twist Or fit an idler sprocket on the outside run of the chain where it meets and leaves each drive sprocket,4 in total, this may reduce the risk of the chain running off.

Many happy returns, have a good one. 😃

Sorry Chris, the ones I have are the spikes with the thread at one end and a point the other, all different sizes the ones your after sometimes come up at the auction, I'll have a look next Monday. If you need any of the spiky ones, let me know.

I bought 5 boxes of rigid tine harrow spikes, Chris, if that is what you are after, let me know what size you want,, and how many, if I've got what you need You're more than welcome to some, all 5 boxes cost me £1.00p

Ditto from sunny ?.Cambridgeshire

Would you buy a NEW tractor from this man?

I think you may need a wider brim with all this rain around Norm !!!

So sorry to hear this, Our hearts go out to all of you at this difficult time.

Anchor the cylinder at the back so the piston moves forward, fit a pulley on the end of the piston, like an equalizer on trailer brakes, a couple of pulley's at the back for the cables to run over down to the hitch. This will give you more force because the oil will be acting over a larger surface area on the end of the piston. next question, do you have room for a cylinder like the one on "Bendy" ? PM me if you have.

Do you have room to fit a second cylinder in place of the lifting chain/link ? You would then have something like a hydraulic top link on a three point, if you set the position of the lift cylinder to give the maximum advantage, lift wise through the linkage,and then use the second cylinder to give the height you want for ground clearance.Fit a tap to lock off the 'top link' when required or allow the two to work together. It won't increase the lift capacity (unless you put the two side by side) but you'll effectively have 'longer' travel when needed. Lookin good Norm.