Triumph66

Sorry for your loss Nigel.  

Sorry to read this news, I Know how you feel after loosing Lily myself 14 months ago.
My thoughts are with you mate 

I still miss my girls. Rusty just over a year ago and Katie just over two. 15 and 14 respectfully. They won't be being replaced.
 

Bit sad paul ,but she was in pain, she let me know yesterday that she had had enough, so ime in the market for a new one if you hear of anything, it’s a sad day

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

It was the highlight of my trip! Fun to meet a fellow enthusiast and addict I wish I would have had more time to hang out and not so rushed to get to Knoxville. Looking forward to another opportunity to meet up. Thank you for welcoming me into your shop- I’m glad all the logistics worked out!  That was awesome!

I had a member walk in to my shop today.  I have been talking on line for quit some time now .
I didn't think it would happen but there he was its not often you meet someone that you talk to on line.
It was great Clint was passing threw on his way to a meeting in Knoxville and came rite by here glad 
he could stop for a while.  ( once in a lifetime)
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This is our local beach this morning.

We decided to put a video together covering our outtakes and bloopers from our 2019 videos. I hope you enjoy it.
 
 

Another view...
 

here are a few of my collection
very early hayter with Villiers vortex machine no 300 ish cant remember exactly

early hayter with split grassbox and crankstart

ransomes tornado with Clinton 2 stroke engine
very early rotoscythe county
 
sorry there all the pictures are round the wrong way not very good with pooters

Had a few hours on the green engine today, it proved a problem to start after cleaning the carb so after fitting new points and plug cap and cranking it with an electric drill petrol started running out the carb. Another strip down revealed a hole in the float so with that changed it finally fired up.
Had it running for about an hour with no smoke or rattles so the engine sounds good but still having trouble with the idle so I'm going to fit another carb tomorrow and see if it improve's.

Yep but you imagine rubbing that lot down priming it all then paint, hours and hour of work and would still cost me money, so why it was away I serviced 2 ride-ons and that payed for it 😄

Where do I start
 
 

I’ve had a massive problem with the bonnet I can see why John Deere went to plastic, this one is fibre glass and the gel coat is none existent every time you flat it strands of fibre glass fall out and it leaves a spiderweb pattern and it looks like big grooves in it I’ve flattened and primed it 3 times now
 
 




But on a brighter note all my powder coating came back and I’ve started to put the deck back together
 
 

Well it’s in bits
 
 

No there’s no rot in fact it’s the cleanest 70s tractor I’ve seen

Nice little project, at least it’s not hanging with rot. 

This tractor has got to be one of the hardest I’ve every tried to take to bits, it’s a bastard most nuts arnt captive and you just can’t get at them, you unbolt something try to pull it off and then find it’s welded as well, this is going to be very interesting. 🙄 Can’t even get the engine out without dismantling all the body
 
 

This is on ebay It does not look like he ships international but if your interested I would buy it and ship it to you. 
have no idea what it would cost to ship but let me know.
here is asking 15.00 plus 8.61 shipping to me

Had another wild animal today.

You should have grabbed it, wrung it's neck and popped it in the chimera.

Didn’t expect to see this chap looking over my fence at 11.30 am

I’ve put the carbs through the ultrasonic cleaner and assembled one and fitted to the engine so i now have one nice running engine.
I can say I’m well pleased with the engine as ive owned it for about six years and its been under the bench ever since.
I feel a big hurdle crossed today.

I’ve taken the carbs off the 2 engines to clean, also found a K141 but. That wouldn’t start either so i removed the carb to find a stuck inlet valve also found the carbs knacked. .
I then went and sat indoors with a cuppa and made some gaskets,