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My neighbour would have bought the tree and cut it down and taken it away, but it would have been a BIT TOO FAR Away!!!

I have finally finished refurbishing my C 160 Automatic and mowing deck.  The paintwork is not up to show standard but it shouldn't rust and it is intended to be a 'working tractor'.
IU am no engineer and the whole project has bee a steep learning curve for me, having never sprayed or completely dismantled a machine before.  If I ever attempt another it should be like shelling peas as I
think I must have already encountered 90% of potential problems. 
I'm still working on the photography/uploading - the last photo should be the first.

The C-125 got highjacked today.
 
 First by Mathew, number four grandson, enjoying his first time at tractor driving.
 

 

 
Then his sister, Ashleigh. Again for the first time. Being a typical girl, more interested in who's watching, than looking where she's going.
 

 
After a rebuke from grandad to pay attention.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Fitted and ready to trial plough as soon as I get chance.
 

 

 
 

Made a hitch for the Brinly yesterday. First photo is of some bits. The second one is of it trial mounted. This afternoon I've been setting things up and hoping to go up to the farm with it. Give it a try out and see how it performs.
 

 

Alan, I, too, spotted the elusive Iain. Trying to muscle in on Joseph's video.  Good of Joseph to let him to do something to help while he does all the technical stuff......

Good work again Joseph.   And did anyone spot Dad. ?   I did,  JUST.  A very brief appearance but confirmation that he does exist.

Coming on well, Joseph.  Good to see you tightening the wheel studs in the right sequence.

Another informative video Joseph with good detailing.
 
 
 

under construction my new shed trying it out for size can anyone tell me how old is my Belle mixer is ?

We have done some more work on the G14 and it is getting close to trying it
 
 

Colonel Dick Cole, General Doolittle's co pilot passes away at 103 years old. He was just 26 when he and the rest of the men set off on one of history's most daring raids.
https://taskandpurpose.com/doolittle-raid-dick-cole-obituary?utm_content=buffer07c02&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3_NQj7udt1TapqmMQHmUC0UquV19ta6DvsLSAEYG6g531LMR4Eq2jBIq8

Clearly they had a very quick glance at wikipedia for the last part of the story and had no idea why the 2-stroke engine used has very few moving parts, I'm a bit disappointed they didn't add a picture of the engine.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_(automobile)
 
David

I'd forgotten about the Trojan bubble car. Friend of mine had one. Perfect town car.

The headline doesn't make sense either considering it was used after the war ended & last used in 1990 and has had several different owners since, then stored again after it stopped running.
 
David

Cars of that age, Alain, we call Vintage. Before 1919 Veteran.  Classics are roughly from 1950 upwards.

I'm not. Done that before. I would have fitted the nipple in the axle, but that wasn't possible due to the construction of it. Box section with a tube through it for the bolt. Possibly bushed but I didn't look.
 

Decided to give the fleet a service yesterday. Engine oil on all except the C-125. That was done after the rebuild. So C-81, The Black Horse and Sears/Roper all got new blood. The trans were drained by jacking up the front and a 3" block under the RH rear wheel. I only did the C-81 and C-125. The oil in the other two was done last year and still clean.
 
  I did find both RH rear tyres on the C-81 and C-125 had no air in. C-81 possibly not sealing and the C-125 has a split valve. They'll be sorted next week.
 
 Today was grease day. Every grease nipple I could find got done. Much to my surprise the Sears/Roper had no grease nipples in the axle spindles. Holes yes. Nipples no. Also no way to grease the axle pivot. OK! I'll do something about that.
 
 Jack up the front and lower on to axle stands. Keep the H&S bods happy. Removed the track rods from the spindles and spindles complete with wheels. Why make work. Then the axle itself after removing the front hitch. With that on you couldn't remove the pivot bolt.
 

 
   Drilled out the holes for the nipples and re-threaded to take the larger nipples I had. The nipples protruded into the spindle tube, so thin washers were used to pack them out.
 

 
  Next the pivot bolt. This was over long so lost a1/4" then into the lathe to have a grease hole drilled up the centre.
 

 
Then a hole drilled through the bolt shank halfway along. Finally the end threaded to take a grease nipple.
 

 
All back together and greased.

Well, I'm at the A&E 😢. Today was not a good day. I decided to go horseback riding - something I haven't done in many years. It turned out to be a big mistake! I got on the horse and started out slowly, but then we went a little faster; before I knew it, we were going as fast as the horse could go. I couldn't take the pace and tried to gracefully bail. Unfortunately, my foot got caught in the stirrup and I got dragged by the horse through the feedlot. I couldn't get the horse to stop and was choking on cow chips (yuck!). Thank goodness the manager at Toys-R-Us came out and unplugged the machine. But, he had the nerve to take the rest of my change so I wouldn't attempt to ride the elephant. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Copied from RS.

Looks OK. Out of my price range though. Plus no room for another and I value my dangly bits.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/173305166140305/

A little more progress on the G14, hopefully we will have a bit more time soon
 
 
 

Very good video Joseph. 

Thanks for them, Ewan.T'others the trailer tail board.