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Not a great deal to report as I've not been up the workshop apart from a few hours Friday where my body needed a break from all the festive sitting around!

Trying to follow a wiring diagram on a smart phone (printer out of ink) was interesting but I did manage to remove a few more un-needed wires from the loom...
It's starting to look less frightening now
 

 
 
Just before silly season hit I pulled the gauges out of a box to finish them off..
The glass "eyebrow"/top/bit that actually holds the gauges in (the pods were make from ride on mower headlamps remember) needed a little something to stop them from flying apart during high speed jumps/crashes (delete according to taste/fear/bravery).
A bit hard to see from this photo snatched from video footage, but there is a small Allen key bolt that screws through a hole in the lip thingy into a threaded insert welded to the pod body.
 

 
 
Gauge pod body's and trim/eyebrow top ring thingys hit with the black stuff..
 

 

 
 
To finish this update off here's the latest MadTrax video where I play around some more with special effects and a few sound effects as well..
I even do some work on MadTrax
 
 

It felt good to get it running again.
 
Very cold mate, I need a woodburner in my workshop
Iain

I started to look at my 1961 Bolens Ride-a-matic today. I bought it a number of years ago from a local agricultural auction but for some reason I have never found the time to look at it. A previous owner has added lots of additions. We had a number of visitors today so I did very little other than swapping the front wheels and generally checking it over.
 
It should be gold with white wheels however a previous owner had other ideas and added some blue and silver.
 




 
The first thing I do with any new tractor is check out the tool box for goodies. Everything went into the bin except a new bronze bush. I then
check for bent nails which I replace before they end up in a tyre. I always seem to find at least one.
 

 
The first job will be to remove the add-ons, clean it up and see if the rear tyres are reusable.
 
Iain

We got the D160 running today and ran it for about an hour. I am not 100% happy with the carb and will take it apart again to see what more can be done. It has lots of spindle wear and it is very tempting to get one of those reproduction carbs. Has anyone bought one and can give me a quick review?
 
Joseph wanted to do another one of those test drive videos, so here we go
 
 
 
Iain

Great you got it going again Iain
 
Thought you were going to get mowed down by a WH 
 
Looks cold in Norfolk!

Here is a small update and some more pictures, little by little it is coming along and most parts are now painted, next on the list is the hydraulics 😬

Iain, it will look a million miles better when the add ons have been sympathetically removed. The 850 on GumTree has a similar problem too with the fenders. 
 
You have certainly done well well over the Festive Break to work on those three GTs 

I started to look at my 1961 Bolens Ride-a-matic today. I bought it a number of years ago from a local agricultural auction but for some reason I have never found the time to look at it. A previous owner has added lots of additions. We had a number of visitors today so I did very little other than swapping the front wheels and generally checking it over.
 
It should be gold with white wheels however a previous owner had other ideas and added some blue and silver.
 




 
The first thing I do with any new tractor is check out the tool box for goodies. Everything went into the bin except a new bronze bush. I then
check for bent nails which I replace before they end up in a tyre. I always seem to find at least one.
 

 
The first job will be to remove the add-ons, clean it up and see if the rear tyres are reusable.
 
Iain

We got the D160 running today and ran it for about an hour. I am not 100% happy with the carb and will take it apart again to see what more can be done. It has lots of spindle wear and it is very tempting to get one of those reproduction carbs. Has anyone bought one and can give me a quick review?
 
Joseph wanted to do another one of those test drive videos, so here we go
 
 
 
Iain

I started to look at my 1961 Bolens Ride-a-matic today. I bought it a number of years ago from a local agricultural auction but for some reason I have never found the time to look at it. A previous owner has added lots of additions. We had a number of visitors today so I did very little other than swapping the front wheels and generally checking it over.
 
It should be gold with white wheels however a previous owner had other ideas and added some blue and silver.
 




 
The first thing I do with any new tractor is check out the tool box for goodies. Everything went into the bin except a new bronze bush. I then
check for bent nails which I replace before they end up in a tyre. I always seem to find at least one.
 

 
The first job will be to remove the add-ons, clean it up and see if the rear tyres are reusable.
 
Iain

I would have bought it from snap-on or mac tools can't remember which one as both of them called at our garage but at the end of the day you get what you pay for and when you earn a living wrenching quality comes first and a replacement guarantee 

Thanks for the information guys, lots of options to consider. The fact that I need 6v as well as 12v limits my options a little
 
That is a fantastic tool you have Chris, it looks like it covers every possible situation, thanks for getting it out and posting the pictures.
 
Iain

I started to look at my 1961 Bolens Ride-a-matic today. I bought it a number of years ago from a local agricultural auction but for some reason I have never found the time to look at it. A previous owner has added lots of additions. We had a number of visitors today so I did very little other than swapping the front wheels and generally checking it over.
 
It should be gold with white wheels however a previous owner had other ideas and added some blue and silver.
 




 
The first thing I do with any new tractor is check out the tool box for goodies. Everything went into the bin except a new bronze bush. I then
check for bent nails which I replace before they end up in a tyre. I always seem to find at least one.
 

 
The first job will be to remove the add-ons, clean it up and see if the rear tyres are reusable.
 
Iain

HAPPY New YEAR EVERYONE 

That's look a good quality bit of kit. 

This is what i used when i was at the dealership, don't get much use now but very handy 

Iain, I bought a battery charger from Halfords which got lights indicating whether the battery is charging, fully charged or dead. I think also it  indicates how much charge there is as well prior to charging the battery. I used it to charge up the Bolens 1050's battery a while back.
 
Andrew

I got a thing from Aldi some time back. Just small with lights that say good down to poor.

Ive got a tester in the shed somewhere still in the box, hav'nt used it since I retired.
ill dig it out and give you some info and photos later today

I don't have a tester myself. However I do have a ctek mxs10 charger which will tell me if the battery can be saved or not. It has a number of settings from which I can normally charge a battery and also recondition an old battery, I love it as has saved many of my batteries that other chargers can't.
Harry

At the moment I tend to whack a charge into a battery and see if it holds overnight, which sort of works but takes time often with disappointing results. As such I am in the market for a Battery condition tester tool that will check 6v and 12v batteries.
 
Does anyone have any recommendations for a tool or suggestions on how to undertake the test without a specialist tool?
 
Thanks
Iain 

ALL THE BEST FOR NEW YEAR EVERYONE.

I know why its taken you so long to find a trailer.
 
The rest are rotting away in Norfolk
A great project for any make of GT

Iain,
 
i did noticed  the camera shalke at the end but put it down to the vibrations from the RAM"s echaust ! 

That must be a rare trac in the UK
 
Anybody else know of a D160 in UK??