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The new tyres arrived from the Pram Museum in Holland this morning and having been warmed up on top of the Aga were fitted with a bit of a struggle as they are a really good tight fit and no levers used so as not to scratch the newly powder coated wheels. 
The chassis has been blasted and powder coated so reassembly can begin as soon as the bench is clear.
Still on the look out for a miniature tractor seat in either metal or plastic but it looks as though I will have to make a wood former and build one up from fibre glass matt with some wire mesh reinforcement - all alternative suggestions welcome.

The new tyres arrived from the Pram Museum in Holland this morning and having been warmed up on top of the Aga were fitted with a bit of a struggle as they are a really good tight fit and no levers used so as not to scratch the newly powder coated wheels. 
The chassis has been blasted and powder coated so reassembly can begin as soon as the bench is clear.
Still on the look out for a miniature tractor seat in either metal or plastic but it looks as though I will have to make a wood former and build one up from fibre glass matt with some wire mesh reinforcement - all alternative suggestions welcome.

The new tyres arrived from the Pram Museum in Holland this morning and having been warmed up on top of the Aga were fitted with a bit of a struggle as they are a really good tight fit and no levers used so as not to scratch the newly powder coated wheels. 
The chassis has been blasted and powder coated so reassembly can begin as soon as the bench is clear.
Still on the look out for a miniature tractor seat in either metal or plastic but it looks as though I will have to make a wood former and build one up from fibre glass matt with some wire mesh reinforcement - all alternative suggestions welcome.

The new tyres arrived from the Pram Museum in Holland this morning and having been warmed up on top of the Aga were fitted with a bit of a struggle as they are a really good tight fit and no levers used so as not to scratch the newly powder coated wheels. 
The chassis has been blasted and powder coated so reassembly can begin as soon as the bench is clear.
Still on the look out for a miniature tractor seat in either metal or plastic but it looks as though I will have to make a wood former and build one up from fibre glass matt with some wire mesh reinforcement - all alternative suggestions welcome.

The largest fleet of beach launched fishing boats in the UK, I believe. The tractors allow them to push the boats down into the sea as well as to recover them.

When I was at school in darkest Sussex in the 1950s the school was "off grid" and had a single? cylinder Lister generator (start-o-matic?) . Presumably it was DC as there was a room full of glass tank accumulators - no recollection of the voltage. I seem to remember that it stood quite tall and had twin flywheels and a thermo-syphon cooling system that just lost heat from a 45 gallon sized drum mounted above it . This tank was a good source of hot water for melting "scotch glue" in the woodwork shop next door!

Not strictly Horticultural or Garden but am looking for information about the manufacturer etc of this push / pull child's rider which was new to me in 1947. Its done the rounds of other children and grandchildren etc and is now back with me for refurbishment!
The maker's name stamped in the back is BHC Boltoy but I can't find any reference to them on the internet and unfortunately the possible local source, the Pedal Car Museum, just across the boarder in East Sussex, has closed.
  

I've got a similar cabinet and have added an additional internal strip light and dust extraction connected to a Henry vacuum cleaner. Wondered why it was fogging up the other day and found that a bit of bubble wrap had got sucked onto the back vent!  The draw back with these table mounted ones seems to be that the blasting medium does not flow back to the suction pipe and I have to keep tipping the cabinet to get it where its needed. Perhaps a central position for the pick up is what's needed ?

Great looking working machine - fit for purpose.

Can you water ballast the rear wheels?
Sorry, missed the earlier suggestion re water.

In the absence of a Dremel, a length of wooden dowl or steel rod with a slot in the end. Thread a bit of the appropriate grit emery cloth through the slot and run at moderate speed in the drill.

In the absence of a Dremel, a length of wooden dowl or steel rod with a slot in the end. Thread a bit of the appropriate grit emery cloth through the slot and run at moderate speed in the drill.

Snappede this chap in my sister-in-law's garden a couple of years ago. Believe it to be the caterpillar of an elephant hawk moth.

Have a look at Ford Carnival Red - may be!!

Thought that was a hair cut!

The objective is to insulate the feed to the brushes from the starter body so, as you say the plastic/ fibre washer goes on first, then the steel washer and nut. Don't over tighten the nut or twist the stud connected to the brush connection while tightening the nut. Then fit the wire form the solenoid , possibly with a spring or star washer and finally the nut - again beware of twisting the stud while pinching it up.

That was a Hayter accessory. For the 21 and Osprey. The machine's clutch had to be set up spot on. Back in the 80s we had a customer with two "tin legs" who lived out in the back woods about half a mile from his local pub and used to use his 21 and seat to get there!
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5neixtzozr80px/Hayter%20trailer%20seat0001.pdf?dl=0

That was a Hayter accessory. For the 21 and Osprey. The machine's clutch had to be set up spot on. Back in the 80s we had a customer with two "tin legs" who lived out in the back woods about half a mile from his local pub and used to use his 21 and seat to get there!
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5neixtzozr80px/Hayter%20trailer%20seat0001.pdf?dl=0

Conyers alternator coupled to a ten horsepower Tecumseh . Gen set assembled by the old Godfreys of Brenchley (Kent)  company in the late 70s just before they went into liquidation - allegedly due to an ill advised venture into genset production involving Nigeria!
This one is for sale. PM me if interested.

If, when you bought it there was oil in the sump I think that it unlikely that either the main or big end bearings are the culprit  - unless , of course the engine had seized in use . As you have suspected, the steel / cast iron rings have most likely seized to the bores/ liners.
Can you drop the sump and slacken off all the bearing caps and see if there is any "rock" on the crank?

If, when you bought it there was oil in the sump I think that it unlikely that either the main or big end bearings are the culprit  - unless , of course the engine had seized in use . As you have suspected, the steel / cast iron rings have most likely seized to the bores/ liners.
Can you drop the sump and slacken off all the bearing caps and see if there is any "rock" on the crank?

The situation is not totally clear.
The gearboxes on early machines were filled with SAE90 oil (not EP) and could be topped up. There was then a switch to "sealed for life boxes" which were non serviceable. 
You will see that the "sealed for life" service bulletin refers to the Hayter 21 . I'm guessing that either the same applied to the Osprey.
 
The attached is an extract from an Owners Instruction and Spare Parts Book covering Ospreys from serial 61/5771 upwards and a 1969 service bulletin which only refers to 21s..
Later books make no mention of the gearbox at all which is suggesting that no user maintenance was required.
I would suggest that you remove whatever plug is fitted and if no lubricant is apparent make a bent wire dip stick and see if any is present. If none can be found it will be decision time!  I would suggest (and it's only a suggestion!) a mix of SAE90 and Molyslip
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5sjvlcenhz6ghfe/Hayter%2021%20%26%20Osprey%20Gearboxes0001.pdf?dl=0

When I first got involved with the mower business in the late 70s we had a machine in for service for which the only source of parts was John Harston . It wasn't a Pacemaker but at the moment the old brain isn't coming up with the name.
In a previous life the Pacmaker name was on a three engined twin bowl motor scraper !

When I first got involved with the mower business in the late 70s we had a machine in for service for which the only source of parts was John Harston . It wasn't a Pacemaker but at the moment the old brain isn't coming up with the name.
In a previous life the Pacmaker name was on a three engined twin bowl motor scraper !

Reminds me of Cat Stevens's 1966 hit Matthew ans Sons. "the work's never done"!