Ian

This was about four cars in front of me yesterday, as luck would have it the traffic lights changed just in time for me to jump out and get a quick snap..
It's not everyday you see this sort of thing on the road
 

 
 
A closer up..
 

The bearing holder was drilled and a tapped so the two bit's could be bolted together..
A clean up on the lather later and the bearing was pressed in..
I couldn't of been happier with the fit of the bearing
 

 

 
 
Fitted.. Just out of view behind the holder is a couple of tack welds just to hold the holder in the right place.. and yes the spocket is free to move at the moment as I don't know quite how far up/down the shaft it needs to go.
 

 
 
Now onto the fun part.. Getting the 90'd drive in the right place..
Which is where the bit of angle that is bolted to the drive will come in handy.
If you look behind the air filter you can just see 3 more bit's bolted to the drive case..
 

 
 
The go up and get clamped to a couple of bit's of box.. This will hold things steady and give me enough adjustment to adjust it's postition.
 

 
 
But before I square the drive up I need to make the last bit of the drive puzzle and fit a sprocket and bearing to the hollow shaft that's coming out of the drive..
That should keep me busy tomorrow
 

Where were we? Oh yes, making a bearing holder..
Some more turning later and half of the bearing holder was just the right size, a nice tight fit that will need gentle press pressure to push it in.
 

 
 
No idea why these photo's are being turned sideways when I upload them, but anyway here's half the bearing holder and a blank other half.
 

 
 
Both sides done.
 

 
 
The four holes in each half are there so the bearing can be punched back out the holder should needs be..
 

 
 
Time to fit the bearing... Almost..
As the holder will have to be taken on and off MadTrax many many times, and a bit of drilling and grinding going on, rather than fit the bearing and risk it getting full of nasty stuff I made....
 

 
 
This fake bearing
 

 

 
 
With a little bit of trimming to the inside half of the bearing holder a test fit was in order..
 

 
 
It's rather tight on one of the engine mounts, but it fit's
 

 
 
Looks like the sprockets can be made to line up
 

 
 
Now the big one... Will the shaft from the transfer box to the front fit without hitting anything and how tight will the UJ angles be?
 
It fit's and the UJ angles are well under 33'degrees, if I remember right the rear UJ angle is about 12'D and the front is a tad over 20.. Much better than it used to be
 

 
 
It's tight but there is plenty of clearance
 

 

This was about four cars in front of me yesterday, as luck would have it the traffic lights changed just in time for me to jump out and get a quick snap..
It's not everyday you see this sort of thing on the road
 

 
 
A closer up..
 

The bearing holder was drilled and a tapped so the two bit's could be bolted together..
A clean up on the lather later and the bearing was pressed in..
I couldn't of been happier with the fit of the bearing
 

 

 
 
Fitted.. Just out of view behind the holder is a couple of tack welds just to hold the holder in the right place.. and yes the spocket is free to move at the moment as I don't know quite how far up/down the shaft it needs to go.
 

 
 
Now onto the fun part.. Getting the 90'd drive in the right place..
Which is where the bit of angle that is bolted to the drive will come in handy.
If you look behind the air filter you can just see 3 more bit's bolted to the drive case..
 

 
 
The go up and get clamped to a couple of bit's of box.. This will hold things steady and give me enough adjustment to adjust it's postition.
 

 
 
But before I square the drive up I need to make the last bit of the drive puzzle and fit a sprocket and bearing to the hollow shaft that's coming out of the drive..
That should keep me busy tomorrow
 

The bearing holder was drilled and a tapped so the two bit's could be bolted together..
A clean up on the lather later and the bearing was pressed in..
I couldn't of been happier with the fit of the bearing
 

 

 
 
Fitted.. Just out of view behind the holder is a couple of tack welds just to hold the holder in the right place.. and yes the spocket is free to move at the moment as I don't know quite how far up/down the shaft it needs to go.
 

 
 
Now onto the fun part.. Getting the 90'd drive in the right place..
Which is where the bit of angle that is bolted to the drive will come in handy.
If you look behind the air filter you can just see 3 more bit's bolted to the drive case..
 

 
 
The go up and get clamped to a couple of bit's of box.. This will hold things steady and give me enough adjustment to adjust it's postition.
 

 
 
But before I square the drive up I need to make the last bit of the drive puzzle and fit a sprocket and bearing to the hollow shaft that's coming out of the drive..
That should keep me busy tomorrow
 

Morning all, a small update for ya..
I have been mostly spending a lot of time at the lathe turning down this, boring out that, and trueing up the other.
 
Not that many photo's but this was quite interesting to make out of two parts and a bit of welding.
It's not quite finished in the photo, only a bit of tidying to do..
 

 
 
A bored out sprocket is a nice tight fit on the shaft.
 

 
 
Not the fun part, making the 90'd drive thingy fit in not much space..
 
It's in there somewhere!
 

 

 
 
This view might help to see what's going on.
 

 
 
The plan was to fit this sprocket to the shaft that comes from the Honda gearbox..
 

 
 
And put this bearing at the end to hold things steady..
The trouble is, not enough space, the drive shaft to the front takes up a fair bit of space too!
 

 
 
Soooo... The plan now is to mount this bigger bearing a lot closer to the gearbox case and fit the sprocket on the end only much more forward than it was..
Of course I don't have a bearing holder for the bigger bearing!
 

 
 
So a bit of thick steel slicing..
 

 
 
Cut's well for a £10 power saw
 

 
 
An almost flat plate.
 

 
 
Flat and mostly bored out..
 

 
 
And that's about as far as I've got at the moment, all this making "one of" parts does take it's time..
 
But where would be the fun if I just bought everything and bolted it on?
 
 

Here’s what I’ve been doing through the winter months , almost finished , just a few bit of timber work to do and then varnish the wood.
Its a replica of a 1910 model t Ford , built in 1958 , although there are a few different modifications and Addons but it’s a work in progress .
I lined the cab area with new leather seats and oak trims , added a brooklands windscreen and also some old brassware, Just in the process of making the cover for the Briggs & Stratton engine which will be disguised by the wooden box on the back .

Some new additions to my O&R collection picked up today at a rally in Hampshire
 
Orline chainsaw and hedge cutter, O&R engine with reduction box and a spares engine
 
All well restored by Darmic1, he wanted to move them on so I wasted no time in making an offer !
 
Many thanks to Darren, rest assured they have gone to a good home.
 

Love the last photo... thats chilled !
 

Just a few photo's of a resident family.
 

 




 
Finally it's a dogs life.

Out with the old.


In with the new.

My vintage club ran a coach trip over the border yesterday. We went to see a vintage tractor collectors private museum and also to The Falkirk Wheel.
 
  First the museum. Situated near Cupar, Fife. Mainly Case tractors but many other makes as well. Also there are his wagons he used to go too shows.  We were made very welcome, with free tea/coffee and biscuits. They make no charge but accept donations to the R.N.L.I.
 
 A very tidy black top Wheel Horse of Belgium make, judging from the Mountfield sticker. Unfortunately I didn't get to see what model etc. As you can see it was being used as an extra table.
 

 
 
 On to the tractors. All displayed in buildings that I wasn't jealous of one little bit.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 


 
A little Kubota that earns it's keep. The second we saw that day. The first at the services we stopped at for breakfast.

 


 
 

 

 
 
A couple of crawlers.

 
This old mobile crane was hiding in another building.

 
The Scammell tractor he used for towing his Showmans caravan next to it. He used to go to the Devon Steam Fair. It would take him a while.

 

 
Nice mini steam wagon.

 
Just one of the shelving with items on. There was bits and bobs everywhere.

 
This photo is for the Showman.

 
 
  From the museum, we went to the Falkirk Wheel. Quite impressive. Worth a visit if your around that way.
 

 

 
If you don't like heights, don't look down.

 
 If you Google the Falkirk Wheel you can find out all about it.
 
 Finally the Kelpies. That was the name given to the horses that towed the barges on the canal. There are two at the wheel, but only about 12ft high. These two are by the canal not far from the wheel. A little bit more than 12ft.
 
 It was a good day. Weather stayed fine. The 5am wake up I'm not so sure about.
 
 
 

ooh sounds like a nice mad project, so, would a volvo 850 drivetrain do? i might be able to get one of those cheap

Toro now owns Hayter so are "rationalising"  the parts bin.

Had some time today and as the weather was crap i thought I'd have an hour in the shed.
First job was to clean the axles and shafts and remove the old oil seals, this was done by piercing the seal with a pointed tool then pull it out with a hook tool.
i needed something  to push the new seals in and used a short bit of water pipe and a piece of tube from a trampoline frame that just happened to be an exact fit, i put a bit of tape over the keyway slot so the new seal wouldn't snag up or get damaged.
I used some rubber lubricant and they went in really easy.

Still waiting for the oil seals to turn up so only a small update, just a few more bits primered.

Got a few more bits sanded down and primered

Managed to get in the shed and do a bit more.
i finished getting the rust and crap off the chassis and got a coat of primer on it and sorted out a couple of attach a matic thingys.

Now the disruption of Christmas is over its back to the shed.
This is a Raider 10 thats been in the back of my woodstore for a few years and during my rebuild on the Raider 12 ive been piling bits together to put it together.
Had a bit of a late start as i had to clear all the sawdust after sawing up a load of wood during the last couple of days.
This is as far as ive got today apart from the chassis is now sanded down to bare metal

Morning all, a small update for ya..
I have been mostly spending a lot of time at the lathe turning down this, boring out that, and trueing up the other.
 
Not that many photo's but this was quite interesting to make out of two parts and a bit of welding.
It's not quite finished in the photo, only a bit of tidying to do..
 

 
 
A bored out sprocket is a nice tight fit on the shaft.
 

 
 
Not the fun part, making the 90'd drive thingy fit in not much space..
 
It's in there somewhere!
 

 

 
 
This view might help to see what's going on.
 

 
 
The plan was to fit this sprocket to the shaft that comes from the Honda gearbox..
 

 
 
And put this bearing at the end to hold things steady..
The trouble is, not enough space, the drive shaft to the front takes up a fair bit of space too!
 

 
 
Soooo... The plan now is to mount this bigger bearing a lot closer to the gearbox case and fit the sprocket on the end only much more forward than it was..
Of course I don't have a bearing holder for the bigger bearing!
 

 
 
So a bit of thick steel slicing..
 

 
 
Cut's well for a £10 power saw
 

 
 
An almost flat plate.
 

 
 
Flat and mostly bored out..
 

 
 
And that's about as far as I've got at the moment, all this making "one of" parts does take it's time..
 
But where would be the fun if I just bought everything and bolted it on?
 
 

Had to go and pick up a caravan from having a remote self levelling system fitted and while i was there I couldn't help but notice they had a large scrap pile. I just had to have a rummage ( i just couldn't help myself).
I found a frame with a scissor lift and 3 electric 12 volt motors that came out of a mobility van.
I asked the chap in the workshop if I could buy it and he said take what you want  he even gave me a hand to load it, i gave him £20 for their teapot fund.
I hitched up and was just about to leave when the boss came out and gave me the money back and said he was happy I could make use of it.

Hi all this is my latest challenge for 2018 my Gutbrod 1032 raking and rolling and my merry tiller dozing the bumps and hollows  all my attachments all worked well hope you like

Exhibitors who came last year should be getting their entry forms this week, anyone else that would like to come just PM me .
This year there will be a working area as normal and a field of potatoes to harvest that will need lifting and bagging so bring your kit.

Ok, maybe that wasn't such a short-ish break
 
Back to the rear light box..Some of the welds down the sides needed a few extra blobs of weld to tidy them up..
 

 
 
The front edges needed a bead of weld to fuse metal together..  To make life easier I clamped on a flat brass bar to weld against as welds will not stick to the brass..
 

 
 
As you will of noticed on the above photo the longest which is also the top panel is a little on the wonky side..
A big thank you to Rob for the square which came in handy for showing how wonky wonky is..
 

 
 
As the metal is too stretched to hammer flat some extra straight strength needs to be added..
Starting with a strip of double skinned steel.
 

 
 
Most of one skin was cut away leaving only a small rolled edge sort of thing.
 

 
 
A quick trip to the sheet metal folder which I should use more than I do!
 

 
 
Plug welded inside.. The bit of black box section is only to make sure everything clamps down flat..
 

 
 
Can you spot a slight problem here?
Yep, the box is such a good tight fit it won't come back out again!
 

 
 
The next step was to make some mounts for the rear light, but a parcel turned up containing these sprockets
 

 
 
The rear light is going to have to wait, getting the drive train finally finished needs to come first..
Soooooo, the first sprocket on the lathe being bored out to a larger ID..
 

 
 
And that is this thread upto date again..
 
Hope your all enjoying the build