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Hi Gerry, welcome to MOM. Have fun and make yourself at home.. That sounds like an interesting project, I look forward to seeing your progress

Thanks Kev, I'm looking forward to the show

Fear not Norm, as you have seen elsewhere WN is alive and very well As it turned out getting the carbs off and on WN was very easy, only the fuel tank had to come out first.. Both carbs were cleaned out, the left one was spotless inside, the right one as expected had a blocked jet which was causing the running problems..

Luckily for me Nigel looks nothing like a policeman with a speed camera We were taking WN over the road to show the boys Nigel knows in a steel fabrication shop.. Rather than spending ten min's loading WN onto a trailer and strapping her down only to have to unload her over the road (in the horrible muggy heat I will add), it made much more sense to drive WN for 5 sec's each way on the road

Thanks mate Well, what a day it has been.. Busy busy busy.. Some boring stuff like bolting the seat down, and a slight rewire of the "dead mans plug" when I found the engine had lost it's spark.. A photo of one of the steering lock stoppers.. The steering wheel has a new center.. I think you will approve Putting heat wrap on the exhaust down pipes was not fun.. Very itchy stuff! To dry the heat wrap out I thought I'd go for a gentle potter about the place to heat the pipes up.... This is where I found a problem and is why under bonnet now looks like this.. The last time I drove WN the engine started to cough and pop a bit. I thought it was just really low on fuel and left it at that.. Today the coughing and popping continued even with a full full tank, and then I found out it was only running on one cylinder!!! With Karl's help (thanks mate ) by swapping the coils and spark plugs from side to side we were able to rule them out, which is just as well as I would not stand a chance of getting replacements before the weekend!! So I thought I would give it a bit of a hard drive to try and clear out the problem... 2000rpm.. Sluggish.. 4000rpm.. Sluggish.. 6000rpm... The second cylinder kicked in and gave the engine so much power it felt like a turbo going to full boost in a second! So below 6000rpm sluggish, above 6000rpm = Hold on Which can only mean a blocked jet in the right side carb..... So you can guess what I'm doing tomorrow

That's good news Paul, it will be good to catch up with you again... As for the weather, it's looking good for a warm dry weekend

Good luck with the move Mark, I hope it all goes smoothly for you

Your right, it does... I'm on the lookout for a small chrome pair of lamps

Thanks guy's, you don't have long to wait More progress today, I fitted a couple of stoppers to limit the steering lock a tad and stop the calipers from hitting the axle, but I forgot to take a photo.. A battery cut-off switch is now fitted.. And the empty headlamp hole now has a cover... Sorry Nigel, I just had to go for the brushed steel look to match the dash panel.

Mine couldn't cut grass, but it looked the part... Yep, I've been there and done that as well

Nice finds for a nice price by the sounds of it Normally I'd say just clean them up rather than restore, but this time I'm undecided!

Quite where you choose to stick the plug is up to you mate, I won't be sticking it anywhere that makes it hard to sit down Freshly uploaded overnight Part 18 of the build videos is here... Enjoy

Thanks mate, all I need to do now is find a better way of mounting it.. They are.. Just a very very pale shade An update from inside the workshop.... The bench WN was on ended up looking like this yesterday!! After the struggle of lifting her off the bench last time we decided the easiest thing to do this time was to slide drag the bench to the doorway and roll her down some ramps,,, To be fair on the bench it has put up with a lot of punishment for the past er... many years including the weight of the 6x6 being built on it.. The bench will be rebuilt a lot stronger and on castor wheels I'm very happy to report that all the changes that have happened on WN have been worth it.. Thanks to the new higher fuel outlet on the tank she starts up straight away with no hassles or queasy-start.. A little choke, no throttle push the starter button and she roars into life.. Today I realized that I was no longer thinking about the brakes when using then, I guess the relocated front master cylinder is doing it's job now And now the big one.. Steering.. Gone is the twitchyness that was there under hard throttle while turning.. There is even a fair amount of self centering going on.. Oh, and the steering is so much lighter than what it was The only downside was the amount of wheel turning needed to steer.. It was about 1/2 a turn lock to lock, the A35 steering box made that 2.2 turns lock to lock!! This was sorted today by drilling and extra hole in the drop link a bit closer to the wheel and giving the connecting rod a bend so it didn't hit the exhaust or anywhere else.. The lock is now 1.5 turns lock to lock which feels right.. In fact it now has so much lock that the front brake calipers hit the front axle on full lock, so I need to make a couple of simple stoppers to stop that happening.. The fender pan is as done as it's going to get before the shows, it still needs loads more work but that can wait until I get her ready for final paint. I have also installed a plug under the dash.. Nope, it's not for plugging in headphones It is in fact wired into the bikes stop/run circuit. The plan is to grind out some of the plastic bit that separates the positive and negative and weld both bits together. The idea being when it's plugged in to the stop/run circuit will be in run mode.. So if the plug is attached to the driver and the driver get thrown off for some reason, the plug get pulled and the engine stops I'm now so tired I can hardly type without having to correct a smelling mistake on every other turd, so it's just as well I'm on the last three photo's.. Here's WN out in the wild yesterday.

That's a great looking sign, it has survived very well As Nigel says, give it a wash and wipe with an oily rag

Ouch, that doesn't look to good! I hope you can get it sorted easily.

A shame about the weather but some great photo's Chris and a cool video Max Only one thing... Why can I see the 3 wheeled Raleigh with a set of wheelie bars and a big bike engine in the back?

Thanks Max, it does This morning was like an archeological dig... Once I'd shoveled 6 inches of white filler dust away I found a bench!! To celebrate I put a couple of wheels on WN to have a look... They soon came off for a second coat of paint. The second coat of IH white lightened the wheels up, make them look less creamy.. Don't be fooled by the photo, the paint is nowhere near as smooth as it looks. Oh, and the bonnet now has a mat black grill/mesh thingy

Happy birthday Richard, I hope your having a good day

Looks like your plough does a great job Koen

Nice work on the hubs Norm, the tri ribs look really good

Thanks Dibnah, not only is it diarrhea brown, some parts are now "gut rot grey" Well chaps, I'm sick of fillering and even though it's far from perfect it will do for now.. Just the flange thingy in the middle to sort then it can be brown oxided The slots on the front of the bonnet have now been widened.. They need a little tidy up but they look so much better for being wider. And some wire mesh came my way yesterday.. It will look good sprayed mat black and tucked behind the slots

Just you wait until you see the colour I have lined up for your Landy's wheels

I think your going to be the best plougher at Rural Past Times with all the great advice your getting Norm

That's a nice find Koen, a good colour too

Rick Wakeman from Yes is doing the keyboard solo