the showman

Found some photos of the one I had. Andrew with the finger mower, and a brochure

oh, if you're going to do it, film it, so if it blows up spectacularly we want to see it

I have the exact same thing except it shoots Co2. Use it to blow out clogged drains 

Had some more patio time today, swapped the foot plates over and freed off the clutch pedal, also overhauled the brake calliper so that all works now. Need to cut the fender now to allow the gear stick to come through, beginning to look a bit better now.

Had some more patio time today, swapped the foot plates over and freed off the clutch pedal, also overhauled the brake calliper so that all works now. Need to cut the fender now to allow the gear stick to come through, beginning to look a bit better now.

Had some more patio time today, swapped the foot plates over and freed off the clutch pedal, also overhauled the brake calliper so that all works now. Need to cut the fender now to allow the gear stick to come through, beginning to look a bit better now.

Brake is at the front Norm

Creep

Was your camera reluctant to start as well Norm

Or another tractor shed, their 10 x 5 (feet)

Been a good day.  Brake system all connected today. Instrument panel made a bit more respectable. Ammeter panel cleaned and primed also gear lever gate cover. Seat support also cleaned up and ready for priming.  One foot plate put in e-tank.
 
  Photo's tomorrow for those that like 'em, all being well.

The next sale at Ardingly is March 21st

But we don't get any snow Andrew

Found some photos of the one I had. Andrew with the finger mower, and a brochure

Found some photos of the one I had. Andrew with the finger mower, and a brochure

Found some photos of the one I had. Andrew with the finger mower, and a brochure

As the sun was shining today I thought I'd have a day on the patio. I've been walking round this tractor and pushing it to and fro for a while and can't make up my mind what to do with it. First thing was to bolt all the bits back on to see what was missing, and see if it would run, after a little work and plenty of tea it came together quite well. There's not much left of the wiring loom and it looks like someone has changed the engine, with a couple of bits of wire I got it to spin over and with a squirt of fuel in the carb it fired up. Big cloud of smoke but cleared and now runs nice ( I think the needle valve wants a clean ). The front n/s wheel was wrong so I changed that with one from stock. Next move was to dig into the spares department for a fender, not only found one but had the footrests with it. At the end of the day I've got an up and running tractor that needs a bit of wiring, what do I do now with it ?

As the sun was shining today I thought I'd have a day on the patio. I've been walking round this tractor and pushing it to and fro for a while and can't make up my mind what to do with it. First thing was to bolt all the bits back on to see what was missing, and see if it would run, after a little work and plenty of tea it came together quite well. There's not much left of the wiring loom and it looks like someone has changed the engine, with a couple of bits of wire I got it to spin over and with a squirt of fuel in the carb it fired up. Big cloud of smoke but cleared and now runs nice ( I think the needle valve wants a clean ). The front n/s wheel was wrong so I changed that with one from stock. Next move was to dig into the spares department for a fender, not only found one but had the footrests with it. At the end of the day I've got an up and running tractor that needs a bit of wiring, what do I do now with it ?

A decent afternoon weather wise so I wheeled the three Jobbers outside and took some photos...
 

well after quite a while in bits this is finally back together although not in bare polished look as i had initially intended due to pitting of the alloy, i dont think it would have looked as good as i would have liked
so ive gone for original mountfield red and a bit of black and white here and there
here are a few pics  

once the handles have been done i will update with finished pics 

As the sun was shining today I thought I'd have a day on the patio. I've been walking round this tractor and pushing it to and fro for a while and can't make up my mind what to do with it. First thing was to bolt all the bits back on to see what was missing, and see if it would run, after a little work and plenty of tea it came together quite well. There's not much left of the wiring loom and it looks like someone has changed the engine, with a couple of bits of wire I got it to spin over and with a squirt of fuel in the carb it fired up. Big cloud of smoke but cleared and now runs nice ( I think the needle valve wants a clean ). The front n/s wheel was wrong so I changed that with one from stock. Next move was to dig into the spares department for a fender, not only found one but had the footrests with it. At the end of the day I've got an up and running tractor that needs a bit of wiring, what do I do now with it ?

I had one of those a while back, had a finger bar with it, I'll see if I can find the photos

"While I'm out, take the washing out of the machine and put it to dry," she said.
 

 

 
 

Me too
 
 
Good progress has been made made today, both steel blocks have been bored out to take the lengths of steel that pivot in the rose joints..
 

 

 

 
 
Jumping slightly forward here as I forgot to take photo's of all the stages..
Both pivot thingys have been drilled and a thread tapped to keep the rose joints in position, and both pivot thingys were press fitted into the block.. a nice tight fit they were too
 

 
 
You may of also noted from the above photo that the whole thing has been put in the lathe so I can cut a few tapers...  If your wondering it span quite straight only a 1mm out of true.. Quite chuffed with that
 

 
 
Stub axle installed, another tight pressure fit.. I still need to weld it all together, and yes the bearing will be coming off before the hot sparks fly..
 

 
 
I'm rather happy with how this front end lark is coming together
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRY-2CVHM0.