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Chris , I wish I had kept it ,  letting go of it was like pulling all my teeth out with pliers & no anasthetic & then poking a red hot poker into the tooth socket .

i cried  like a baby all the way home .

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Evening all, a few photo's of Nigel's exhaust repairs..

 

Starting with a bit of pipe.

 

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A bit of beating...

 

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Taking shape.

 

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You can just about make out the "holes circles" in this photo..

 

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Snip snip.

 

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Some welding and quite a bit of drill later..

 

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The welds around the side still need a bit more grinding back in this photo.

 

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Old verses new.. I know which one looks better :D

 

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Found this instruction to be interesting.

HIGHLY doubt many people are going to remove and replace the belt guard every hour to grease that idler pulley. This could possibly explain why so many belt guards are missing.

 

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I would love a Suburban or an RJ, it would make a great stable mate for my Bolens Ride-a-matic's. What is the difference between a RJ and a Suburban? is it just that pre-1960 the model's was called an RJ's or is it more complicated than that?

 

It looks to me like these type of Wheelhorse should be called nut-roaster's :) I certainly would be concerned if the rod let go, so to speak :rolleyes:

 

Iain

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rj's and burbans are indeed nicknamed nut roasters....

 

early RJ's were belt drive, later ones and suburbans were unidrive 3 speed transaxles. Fairly easy to spot the early ones due to the belt cover and simple front axle, the suburbans were cast axle.

 

Anyone feel free to correct me - I may well have made all this up :D

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1 minute ago, meadowfield said:

rj's and burbans are indeed nicknamed nut roasters....

 

early RJ's were belt drive, later ones and suburbans were unidrive 3 speed transaxles. Fairly easy to spot the early ones due to the belt cover and simple front axle, the suburbans were cast axle.

 

Anyone feel free to correct me - I may well have made all this up :D

 

here's an RJ58

 

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heres an RJ35

 

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3 hours ago, meadowfield said:

rj's and burbans are indeed nicknamed nut roasters....

early RJ's were belt drive, later ones and suburbans were unidrive 3 speed transaxles. Fairly easy to spot the early ones due to the belt cover and simple front axle, the suburbans were cast axle.

Anyone feel free to correct me - I may well have made all this up :D

Not correcting, just adding. Early RJs (55-57) I believe had pressed steel Chassis/frames and Cast Iron Steering wheel? 

 

I'm Impressed Nigel !. Beat me. And you managed to prise it from someone's 'Warm Live Fingers' ! :o............ I'm still hoping to get one one day.   

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