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Hi Iain, it will have a split brake pedal, but split front/back rather than sides on the rear...
 
 
 
 
Thanks James, it's getting not as fast as I would like, but any progress is good progress..
 
 
Even though I have not posted anything about Why Not for a few weeks work has slowly been happening..
 
When I left off at the end of the last update I had just started making new wheel centers.. Like so
 

 
 
Which eventually turned into this...
 

 

 
 
The raised bit is a nice tight fit in the center of the wheel which means the new wheel center is centralized in the center of the wheel
 

 
 
And from the outside it looks like this.. Please note the widened wheel rim was used for photographic purposes only and won't be going on Why Not..
 

 
 
Bolt holes drilled... The extra two holes were the result of me making a jig out of ally to drill the holes accurately....  The trouble with ally is it's rather soft to use as a jig and one of the new holes ended up a couple of mm's in the wrong place!
 

 
 
Time to break out the welder.. Lot's of tacks to stop it moving with heat..
 

 
 
Fully welded in..   A mixture of neat strong welds and not quite so neat but still strong welds
 

 
 
The blackish ring seen on the inside shows good heat penetration.. 
 

 
 
Next up was to remove the old wheel center...
 

 
 
Once it was cleaned up you could see the join between the new wheel center and the old metal, so I carefully ground out a V along the join and....
 

 
 
Back filled the V with plenty of weld
 

 
 
With the welds and the raised center carefully ground down to make it all smooth and level..
 

 
 
I could finally bolt a Wheel Horse wheel to a Reliant rear axle
 

 

It might be worth thinking about a split brake peddle so when the front is in the air you have some form of steering

Not me either, same reason  
 
I have a few red ones in my collection in case the women in my life need to use something for light duties     

Not me.
 
Wrong colour

Sorry about your Mum Neil, I went through something similar a few years back with my mum and for me the thing that always comes to mind is that you cannot spend too much time with them. As such, if everything turns out well it is good family time, if not you will never get the opportunity to do it again and it is the memories that matter.
 
Have a great Christmas
Iain

OldBuzzard, I have been following the restoration of the forklift on another forum. Great job
 
Largeframe Bolens are really hard to find in the UK and I can't imagine any of the forklift attachments found it's way over.
 
Iain

Wait until you see the one OldBuzzard has, that it even more cool....

The more common forklift attachment for a Bolens is a Johnson, but the one OldBuzzard has is really cool and not like the one Nigel made (even though that is really cool too)
 
This is an advert for the Johnson one
 

Welcome to MOM OldBuzzard. I enjoy following your posts on other forums and if I remember correctly you helped me a while back with a question I had on one of my Bolens.
The Bolens importer Howard, sold a number of unique attachments in the UK and some are very interesting.
Talking of drooling, I am sure the folks on here would love to see your 1886 forklift.
Best wishes
Iain

My Arun has been in storage for more years than I can remember (at least 10) and it is probably now going to a new home, assuming a deal can be agreed. I dug it out over the weekend put some fuel in the tank and it started and ran exactly as it did when I put it away. I wish everything I had was that reliable.
 
A few pictures
 
Iain
 



 
 

The more common forklift attachment for a Bolens is a Johnson, but the one OldBuzzard has is really cool and not like the one Nigel made (even though that is really cool too)
 
This is an advert for the Johnson one
 

My Arun has been in storage for more years than I can remember (at least 10) and it is probably now going to a new home, assuming a deal can be agreed. I dug it out over the weekend put some fuel in the tank and it started and ran exactly as it did when I put it away. I wish everything I had was that reliable.
 
A few pictures
 
Iain
 



 
 

Welcome to MOM OldBuzzard. I enjoy following your posts on other forums and if I remember correctly you helped me a while back with a question I had on one of my Bolens.
The Bolens importer Howard, sold a number of unique attachments in the UK and some are very interesting.
Talking of drooling, I am sure the folks on here would love to see your 1886 forklift.
Best wishes
Iain

Over the years I have tried a number of ways to reduce the effort involved with firewood movements and the latest is a shed on wheels. The time between Christmas and New Year is about the only time I get for projects and this was my project last year.
 
When a few friends first saw what I made they could not stop laughing and thought I was mad. So before I add a picture to the post I will try to justify my madness. I tend to work long hours, have two small kids and all the heating/hot water in our house is from a woodburner. In the winter I was finding that I would get home from work, help with the kid’s bedtime routine, collect the next days wood and then go to bed. I had tried a number of things over the years to reduce the time moving wood and this has been the most successful as the wood handling is at a minimum. I move the trailer shed to my wood store once a week, fill it, drag it to the back door of the house and then we can just use the wood as we need it.
 
Anyway enough trying to justify it, here a picture of the loaded trailer shed heading back to the house.
 
 
The trailer shed has to go over boggy ground so it has lots of nose weight and I always pull it with a strong tractor. It is not unusual for it to sink into the ground a number of inches as it is being pulled. It is interesting to watch the ground move. I keep meaning to weigh it full to see just how much it weighs full.
 
Iain
 
 
 

Good idea Iain.
 
I see you are using a strong tractor to tow it

Fab idea!
Is it a shed, is it a trailer? It's neither, it's a shailer...

Over the years I have tried a number of ways to reduce the effort involved with firewood movements and the latest is a shed on wheels. The time between Christmas and New Year is about the only time I get for projects and this was my project last year.
 
When a few friends first saw what I made they could not stop laughing and thought I was mad. So before I add a picture to the post I will try to justify my madness. I tend to work long hours, have two small kids and all the heating/hot water in our house is from a woodburner. In the winter I was finding that I would get home from work, help with the kid’s bedtime routine, collect the next days wood and then go to bed. I had tried a number of things over the years to reduce the time moving wood and this has been the most successful as the wood handling is at a minimum. I move the trailer shed to my wood store once a week, fill it, drag it to the back door of the house and then we can just use the wood as we need it.
 
Anyway enough trying to justify it, here a picture of the loaded trailer shed heading back to the house.
 
 
The trailer shed has to go over boggy ground so it has lots of nose weight and I always pull it with a strong tractor. It is not unusual for it to sink into the ground a number of inches as it is being pulled. It is interesting to watch the ground move. I keep meaning to weigh it full to see just how much it weighs full.
 
Iain
 
 
 

I would love a snow blower too. Not sure how I would use it as I have a stone drive and I could easily see me putting a stone through a window or shooting the cat.

Over the years I have tried a number of ways to reduce the effort involved with firewood movements and the latest is a shed on wheels. The time between Christmas and New Year is about the only time I get for projects and this was my project last year.
 
When a few friends first saw what I made they could not stop laughing and thought I was mad. So before I add a picture to the post I will try to justify my madness. I tend to work long hours, have two small kids and all the heating/hot water in our house is from a woodburner. In the winter I was finding that I would get home from work, help with the kid’s bedtime routine, collect the next days wood and then go to bed. I had tried a number of things over the years to reduce the time moving wood and this has been the most successful as the wood handling is at a minimum. I move the trailer shed to my wood store once a week, fill it, drag it to the back door of the house and then we can just use the wood as we need it.
 
Anyway enough trying to justify it, here a picture of the loaded trailer shed heading back to the house.
 
 
The trailer shed has to go over boggy ground so it has lots of nose weight and I always pull it with a strong tractor. It is not unusual for it to sink into the ground a number of inches as it is being pulled. It is interesting to watch the ground move. I keep meaning to weigh it full to see just how much it weighs full.
 
Iain
 
 
 

Over the years I have tried a number of ways to reduce the effort involved with firewood movements and the latest is a shed on wheels. The time between Christmas and New Year is about the only time I get for projects and this was my project last year.
 
When a few friends first saw what I made they could not stop laughing and thought I was mad. So before I add a picture to the post I will try to justify my madness. I tend to work long hours, have two small kids and all the heating/hot water in our house is from a woodburner. In the winter I was finding that I would get home from work, help with the kid’s bedtime routine, collect the next days wood and then go to bed. I had tried a number of things over the years to reduce the time moving wood and this has been the most successful as the wood handling is at a minimum. I move the trailer shed to my wood store once a week, fill it, drag it to the back door of the house and then we can just use the wood as we need it.
 
Anyway enough trying to justify it, here a picture of the loaded trailer shed heading back to the house.
 
 
The trailer shed has to go over boggy ground so it has lots of nose weight and I always pull it with a strong tractor. It is not unusual for it to sink into the ground a number of inches as it is being pulled. It is interesting to watch the ground move. I keep meaning to weigh it full to see just how much it weighs full.
 
Iain
 
 
 

In racing colours

the small cheap ones are crap, go bigger and not chinese

Don't buy a small one.. you will always wish you'd gone bigger!
 
I have the use of a pals when I want it and swear by the results, swearing as in Good! It's just big enough, and deep enough to get a cylinder head for a 4 cylinder bike.. just.
Buys the liquids from somewhere in Ireland, I can find out where if you wish.
 
Titch

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/jpl-8050-h-professional-ultrasonic-cleaner-25l-a74jk
I have a 2.5 litre cleaner as the attached link and I have found that it is just the right size for occasional use on most small engine carbs without incurring the expense of a larger perhaps more commercial machine, you would certainly struggle with a smaller capacity tank size. And a heated tank is a useful bonus.
Interesting point about the effects of U/S ceaning on bearings I had heard the tale of vehicle wheel bearings suffering from Brinnelling during rail transport but not heard of this effect before.

When I had the business we had a 5 lire capacity stainless steel tank with a heater that would take several carbs at a time. In retirement I have a three litre stainless, again with a heater and it does a good job.
It came with a bottle of Seaclean concentrate but I prefer Ultraclean SA plus just a drop of washing up liquid. It should be noted that the cleaning fluid should be matched to the metal being cleaned. Some cleaning solutions are too aggressive for the soft alloys used in carburettors. Some people use a 50/50 solution of white vinegar and water. Another tip that I picked up along the way is that the plastic parts baskets supplied with some cleaners absorb about 30% of the ultrasonic energy before it reaches the parts being cleaned, whereas a stainless mesh basket only absorbs around 8% - I found a suitable stainless one in a cookware shop and subsequently a better one from a jewellery supply company !
Remove  jets etc from the carb body and clean them at the same time but loose in the float bowl or a separate container. Alter the orientation of the carb body during the cleaning process so that the "shaken loose" dirt can fall out.  I usually clean in two 15min sessions at 50degrees C.
 
After posting the above I was browsing some US sites looking for home made cleaning solution recipes and stumbled across this - interesting,
 
"Do not clean ball or roller bearings in an ultrasonic cleaner. The vibration of the components of the bearing will cause surface damage on the raceways and rollers or balls. We ran tests on several groups of bearings and found that even after a short cycle in the cleaner there was enough damage to cause rough noisy operation when we tested the bearings in a noise test machine. This program was initiated when customers complained about noise after ultra sonic cleaning the rust inhibitor from new bearings, since it was not compatible with the lubricant they were using in the application."