Triumph66

Rob, PM sent.

Deafening! Just like going to Motor Head at Hammersmith Odeon in the 80s. My ears were ringing for hours afterward! Great video and WN? is now a living thing!

Brilliant.

I am looking forward to get mine like that. Looking forward to seeing it in action.

I have been servicing a customer's mower this afternoon and while waiting for the oil to drain, I gave the Bolens transmission hub lock several sharp taps with a hammer and it slowly turned. I had soaked it over the last few weeks as well as soaking the free wheeling hub/ pin on Sunday. The transmission lock now turns freely after wire brushing the rust and crap out of the grooves and sprayed liberally with WD40. Another little job done. I will try OB's technique on the free wheeling pin this weekend. Hopefully the Wisconsin thread will be fixed.

I am soaking the free wheeling pin on the 1254 as well. Hopefully it will free up to enable moving around a tad easier. I think once you get all the bits and bobs you need on your G14 , a few evenings of uninterrupted tinkering to fire her up will be a massive step in the right direction. Fingers crossed that the engine doesn't need rebuilding but a damn good service. Keep us posted. I made some room in my garage last night as I sold my tower scaffolding which I no longer needed and was taking up too much space. Interestingly that space could accommodate a snow blower............

I think you can date a Wisconsin engine as well. I believe I saw it somewhere on GTTalk? It would be interesting to date the Bolens I got so far. Making headway on the G14. What else is there to do on the Bolens Iain?

The tractor in the photo is a Bolens 1000.

Yes I was think that too such as Brinly plows, York rakes etc.. Now posted on the Bolens site so should get some info fairly soon I would expect. Those brochures captures the spirits of that era of the 50s, 60s etc. I enjoy the 'reading around the subject' that make this hobby so awarding and I have a lot to learn.

Thanks Chris. I will get back to you on it. OB/ Iain or Chris might know the answer to this anyway.

I will post this on the Bolens forum if that's alright with you? There are a few fellas on there that know thier Bolens.

Yes, I think that's a Bolens, it got a big bottom!

Chris, that's a lovely period brochure that. It look remarkably similar to the Bolens LK advertising. The joys of this hobby is collecting the sales brochures, manuals, attachments and the tractor itself.

It's defintely a Bolens

Be good if someone on here bought it for safe keeping like I did with the Lawn Keeper.

The cheek of comparing Bolens and Å´heel Horses on the same page! What's the world coming to...... Lovely period brochure from that era.

I am pleased that you guys see the benefits of Aspen though it's expensive the benefits far outweigh the costs in my opinion. I used my Stihl hedge cutter this morning to trim up several box hedges for a customer. Not used it since well before Christmas and it started second time. Job done.

I am watching this as well. Don't know anything about it but I guess it was WH answer to the BOlens Lawn Keeper.

George, You ain't going to like this but I bought this in Berwick upon Tweed on the Borders last autumn...... I had a dose of Gutbrodism a while back, but the Bolensitis keep coming back. Cheers Andrew

Thanks Iain and OB, that's the same as on the 1254. Cheers

Have you a photo of a tow hitch? I got one on the 1254 from memory. So could replicate that if it is the correct style for the 800.

Thanks lads. It's a great looking machine and a great source of inspiration. I can now see how the deck all connects up and how I can hook up the tiller too. Maybe the RAM need to be done to this standard.......

Unbelievable collection of great tractors. I wish I got the room to store them all myself. Thanks for sharing.

I got the 800 going on the re charged battery this afternoon, though it took a long time to turn over. I guess a new battery plus new belts will cure this. The old belts are somewhat frayed and a tad loose.

I had an Honda Acty back in the 90s which is very similar to the Brdford Rascal. Loved them until the engine blew up on my wife!