expeatfarmer

Looks like a fantastic setting is it near the river?

Managed to strip the blown engine today, crank snapped in two places,conrod amazingly bent, fortunately piston and barrels are unharmed I will salvage what parts I can for someone else.

No planning to dig a pond at some point so will keep it.

Another three gone today, two MG6 and the Jarrett MG5, Had a disaster with TVo MG6 spent the whole day yesterday serciceing and getting it started, ran for a couple of minutes and then big bang crankshaft snapped through one of the webs, conrod through the block piston smashed serious mess, fortunately I have enough spares to build up a replacement but never the less they are not leaving without a fight. Now down to 137, Digger, ITW Barge and two sand skimmers.

Sounds as if you may have a blockage at the fuel tank outlet, sometimes there is a fine gauze mesh filter which gets blocked. Unscrew the fuel tap from the tank and you should see it, if not try blowing low pressure air from a foot pump up the fuel line back in to the tank.

I used a 45 gallon plastic drum with a 6mm weldmesh grid against the inside wall all round, worked very well on 12 volt charger 4 amps, just out of interest I tried an old 80 amp stick welder as the power supply, the weldmesh disappeared overnight and the liquid was nearly boiling, item to be de rusted was immaculate but very black !!!!

Although spare axle was not a Peerless, the only difference in the brake assembly was the mounting bolts were M8 on the new one and M6 on the old so I drilled the crankcase and re tapped to the larger size. Many thanks Norman.

Does it have the small disc brake fitted to the left side?

Does anyone have the small disc brake caliper assembly off a Peerless transaxle as fitted to Husqvarna  Ride on mowers, mine has failed and new parts not available mower tends to run away on the steep drive which is not good for the blood pressure.

What did you do with it , a galvanised chassis would last far too long normal steel would outlast you  WADR.

Sorry to hear that Norman that was a good old bus. So ends a lifetime link with Land Rovers another era ends !!!!

Winch ITW has now gone, dumper is advertised lots of interest in other machines and most spares have now gone. I have virtually met lots of very nice people it is very pleasing to help so many machines to come back to life.

Part of the fun of collecting the crawlers was meeting new people with shared enthusiasm for these machines. Strangely, going through all my glory holes and pulling out all the machines and spares I have and then dealing with new enthusiasts looking for  parts has been equal fun it is good to know that as a result of my bits many other machines will be up and running.It has also been really pleasing to see that many of the enthusiasts are youngsters late teens and early twenties as well as the older group. I still have piles of stuff to go through so if anyone is needing a particular part I am happy to have a look and see if I have one.

Impressive piece of work between you, fair price for the work and material involved good luck with them I know some MG2 owners will be delighted to get one .

What will you do with all the brownie points ?

Thanks Norman you are welcome for a social distance coffee if you are passing. I was pleased to be able to extract the set for photos before they left, extracting the whitlock will be a tougher job.

Good to see them in your garden Harry looks like plenty of playing space.

Today the first three of my tractors departed for pastures new, I have sold my set of 4 MG40 and my Whitlock loader. Three of them left today so now I have a big space in my garage !!!!

Quite a unique photo not seen a full set of MG 40 as a group before.

Good to see life goes on !

Thank you going to have a virtual party with the grandchildren later. Nice sunny day so out in the garden.

Just a chancer trying to double his money

Looked on line today to see if I could find one, found three or four straight away at prices ranging from £160 to£220 ! One guy admits he bought two and includes the original receipt !

Sent my man in to get one but none in stock.

I have tried Oakham on your advice, sadly they have no space.

Looks as if I will have to break the collection so all up for grabs, my friends are going to photo each one to list on the web.

Thank you for all the kind messages, yes it is sad to part with my collection, but equally sad seeing them all sitting there for no purpose when others could be enjoying them.

Does anyone know of a museum or collector that would like to buy my collection of MG Crawlers and derivatives, 18 machines in total all bar 1 are in running order some fully restored and some as original. Included are two ITW wheeled machines, a complete sand skimmer with a lifetime of brand new old stock spares, A Whitlock WR8 loader and a Ransomes MG6 dumper. I have tried the Ipswich museum but they have no space or money. If I can sell as a collection I am open to a reasonable offer .Happy for anyone to view. As far as I know this is the only collection of each model and variant from 1936 to 1965.