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Today Joseph and I had a day in the workshop and we did some work on the 1962 RAM. The original plan was to fix some of the bodges and make up some missing parts. The more we looked at it the more problems we found. We ended the day with the hood, grill, fuel tank and engine off.
 
The blue wire was the fixing to hold the top of the grill

 
I was surprised how heavy the cast grill was
 

 
Then the hood came off which is was fiddly
 

 
We ended the day with most of the front apart
 

 
The fuel system was dismantled and cooked in the ultrasonic cleaner, all the missing fixings were replaced and a few other jobs. It's now ready for reassembly.
 
Iain
 

I have a number of these
 

 
That is part of a Bolens tube frame deck linkage. The four holes closest to the floor attach to the tractor hookup points.
 
Iain

I have a number of these
 

 
That is part of a Bolens tube frame deck linkage. The four holes closest to the floor attach to the tractor hookup points.
 
Iain

I have another one you can do if you enjoyed it so much

Looks like you both had lots of fun. I couldn't help carefully looking at the pictures to make sure no good stuff was going into the skip.
 
Iain

Looks like you both had lots of fun. I couldn't help carefully looking at the pictures to make sure no good stuff was going into the skip.
 
Iain

I have another one you can do if you enjoyed it so much

I can't believe I missed the build thread on the Trachorse . It is one of my favourate builds as it looks just right. I was asking Chris about the details during one of my visits to John's.
 
Iain

Its arrived !! 
 
The unit fits on the engine, just need to modify the base plate so it all drops on nicely...
 
 
 
 

Went out playing today to work off the extra lbs i put on and get away from the house

Had a rummage through some boxes and came across these, look a bit similar to the photos 

Brilliant video Ian and I loved the special effects. We all love some toilet humour, had to pause the video myself at that point ant use the facilities
 
You are making great progress
 
Iain

As others have said, I am pleased you got your money back. I am unsure what part you are looking for but if you post a picture I will look through my stock of Wheelhorse parts to see if I can help.
 
Iain

Andrew, when you do get to find out more information about the trailer it might be worth asking about the sides and base. Looking at the bolts for the side brackets and the remaining floor brackets, it very much looks like the material was 1-2 inches thick and not the usual 1/2 inch ply.
 
When I was a lad I remember an uncle having a trailer which was mainly used as a garden trailer but occasionally he towed it on the road behind his Austin A35 van. The unusual thing I remember about it was the van was fitted with a non-standard hitch to facilitate the hook up, so the trailer hitch did not have to be changed for this purpose. Unfortunately, he is no longer about to ask but the hitch on the van did not look homemade and he would not have had the skills or tools to make a hitch, nor would he have been inclined to pay someone to make one. It does make me wonder if the makers of these trailers also supplied a hitch for occasional road use, which would explain the suspension.
 
Looking forward to seeing the rebuild.
 
Iain

We should have both had a dance because it did mean that I had finally got the ignition to work, it just would have been better if it wasn't on this attempt
 
 
I was thinking that it might also be good to keep a stock in the workshop for the times when careful thought is required.
 
 
It is amassing how they soak up the information and unlike me they retain it. It's great when it comes to initial carb settings or point/plug gaps, I just tell him once and then I can use him as a reference resource . I am looking forward to the day when the roles are reversed.
 
It's Not always good to get them involved as I was contacted by someone over the break who wants to sell me a tractor. The boss asked me if I had one of that model and my carefully considered reply was that I did not have one of those models. Joseph then corrected me and told her we have three of that model and proceeded to tell her about each one. Not a good move and I need to talk to him about benefits of listening to a question fully before answering
 
Iain
 

Andrew, when you do get to find out more information about the trailer it might be worth asking about the sides and base. Looking at the bolts for the side brackets and the remaining floor brackets, it very much looks like the material was 1-2 inches thick and not the usual 1/2 inch ply.
 
When I was a lad I remember an uncle having a trailer which was mainly used as a garden trailer but occasionally he towed it on the road behind his Austin A35 van. The unusual thing I remember about it was the van was fitted with a non-standard hitch to facilitate the hook up, so the trailer hitch did not have to be changed for this purpose. Unfortunately, he is no longer about to ask but the hitch on the van did not look homemade and he would not have had the skills or tools to make a hitch, nor would he have been inclined to pay someone to make one. It does make me wonder if the makers of these trailers also supplied a hitch for occasional road use, which would explain the suspension.
 
Looking forward to seeing the rebuild.
 
Iain

We should have both had a dance because it did mean that I had finally got the ignition to work, it just would have been better if it wasn't on this attempt
 
 
I was thinking that it might also be good to keep a stock in the workshop for the times when careful thought is required.
 
 
It is amassing how they soak up the information and unlike me they retain it. It's great when it comes to initial carb settings or point/plug gaps, I just tell him once and then I can use him as a reference resource . I am looking forward to the day when the roles are reversed.
 
It's Not always good to get them involved as I was contacted by someone over the break who wants to sell me a tractor. The boss asked me if I had one of that model and my carefully considered reply was that I did not have one of those models. Joseph then corrected me and told her we have three of that model and proceeded to tell her about each one. Not a good move and I need to talk to him about benefits of listening to a question fully before answering
 
Iain
 

Andrew, I used a cleaner called US-SO-CAR. I you drop that description into the usual auction site you will see a couple of sellers and at least one of them provides a PDF on the makeup of the solution.
 
Missing carb parts are on order.
 
Iain

We should have both had a dance because it did mean that I had finally got the ignition to work, it just would have been better if it wasn't on this attempt
 
 
I was thinking that it might also be good to keep a stock in the workshop for the times when careful thought is required.
 
 
It is amassing how they soak up the information and unlike me they retain it. It's great when it comes to initial carb settings or point/plug gaps, I just tell him once and then I can use him as a reference resource . I am looking forward to the day when the roles are reversed.
 
It's Not always good to get them involved as I was contacted by someone over the break who wants to sell me a tractor. The boss asked me if I had one of that model and my carefully considered reply was that I did not have one of those models. Joseph then corrected me and told her we have three of that model and proceeded to tell her about each one. Not a good move and I need to talk to him about benefits of listening to a question fully before answering
 
Iain
 

Andrew, when you do get to find out more information about the trailer it might be worth asking about the sides and base. Looking at the bolts for the side brackets and the remaining floor brackets, it very much looks like the material was 1-2 inches thick and not the usual 1/2 inch ply.
 
When I was a lad I remember an uncle having a trailer which was mainly used as a garden trailer but occasionally he towed it on the road behind his Austin A35 van. The unusual thing I remember about it was the van was fitted with a non-standard hitch to facilitate the hook up, so the trailer hitch did not have to be changed for this purpose. Unfortunately, he is no longer about to ask but the hitch on the van did not look homemade and he would not have had the skills or tools to make a hitch, nor would he have been inclined to pay someone to make one. It does make me wonder if the makers of these trailers also supplied a hitch for occasional road use, which would explain the suspension.
 
Looking forward to seeing the rebuild.
 
Iain

It will certainly be an interesting project. The seller brought it new back in the late 60s/ early 70s and that was how the trailer was when he bought it. I will know more once it's collected.
 
 
It was definitely towed behind a garden tractor/ride due to the pin coupling which is what caught my eye.
 

What else is there to do when you retire Iain.     Keep the beer, I mean updates, flowing.  We need to know if Joseph is taking any notice of you.
 

That's the only way they learn lian , hands on , my boy Karl started filling my race car up with petrol and was my little gofar at race meetings at about josephs age he then started helping me build race cars then show winning custom bikes and trikes he even built me a 320 bhp  v8 engine for one of them, he went on to be an excellent welder fitter and hydrolic expert and now he's in his 30s ime his gofar, what goes round comes round 

I just hope Joseph doesn't dance and swear at the same time when he's older! 

Hi All
We attended a charity match in aid of the air ambulance based in Perth Scotland, it was well attended an we have a good day, I was trying out my Clifford walk behind I did not make the best rig in the field but I was the warmest Here are some pictures
In all there were 83 tractors taking part £1600 was collected
A happy new year to all