the showman

Had a day out today, the first stop was Ardingly autojumble, had a walk round and a bacon sarny but nothing took my fancy, so back in the car and off to a Stationary engine bring and buy sale which was on the way home, walked up the line up and found this Scarifier. the owner said he had only used it once and I had a deal at £20, result just goes to show you never know what turns up

Less of the tight mate

Wasn't shopping Mark, I was moving Ian in to the new shop and Nigel forced me to buy em I didn't take much forcing , I think they will look cool on the back of my 400 with the blade on the front

I was lucky enough to be offered these the other day, they are 12 inch early narrow type wheels, the primer ones are Wheelhorse and the outer ones have 4 stud holes which I will weld up and re drill, depending which way round the inner wheels go, touching or with a gap

That's a good plug Paul, well done and thanks

Good vid, hope you didn't scratch the paintwork

Hi and welcome James, always nice to have another Wheelhorse owner aboard

Is that for use without a gasket Norm ? the sump spose to be a machine fit but it don't The Duff-torq hydro is full of oil , so has to be a good seal !!

Nice to see a Wheelhorse in there too, good photos mate

Yeh it sure is James, I used some Volvo joint sealant that I had in my toolbox, wondered if its gone off and hasn't set What sealant do you guys use ??

Just noticed its leaking again will have to pull it out again. gonna try and make a gasket this time, at least I know how it works this time

Didn't do any photos James, my camera wont work in the shed , waiting for a new one to turn up

If its got a V8 in it, i'll have it

Got home tonight after a day on the road and rushed out to the shed and looked underneath, no oil leaks

Taken shape Nigel, have to have a drive of it tomorrow After you've made the coffee !!

That's a good deal Norm, you gotta be pleased with that

Looks a real mess Ian, we'll soon sort that out tomorrow

If we get any snow Charlie, my set up will be extra logs stacked in doors, and my big cup

Had a bit of spare time this afternoon so I refilled the tranny up with oil after i found the bleed screw to let the oil in, fired her up and surprise surprise it works. took a while to get going and purge the air out, but seems ok, well it goes backwards and forwards. next job to put the wheels back on and test it outside. (makes my eyes water with it running it in the shed)

Nice to see a JD on here, Keep us up dated Chris. that is a good film Nigel, Paul has my copy, have to ask him for it back

When I went out to the shed this morning I found out what the two clips do, they hold the grown-wheel and planet gears in, as I had a drain bucket full of parts next move was to remove the tranny (didn't have room to tip the tractor upside down) and after a lot of head scratching I got all the parts back in and refitted the sump. on moving the axle back under the tractor the nearside driveshaft slid out so stripped it down again and one of the locking clips wasn't rite in. now its back in the tractor, just have to fill it with oil and see if it works

Just an update on the Hypo Horse, I took a chance and dropped the sump pan thingy without taking the axle out today, drained the oil and undone the bolts, very gently lowered it down then my worst fears, a clatter and some bits fell out then I went in doors

I can do Tuesday all day with the big van, Ian

Wow that's looking good James, the welds look strong mate

Wow, that's nice, shame you havnt got a little workshop there Norm