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Very nice. When I first saw the photos it reminded me of a Schmiedag, I have attached a scanned page from the brochure. I could certainly find a few jobs for it to do round our place, it will be a very useful machine when finished.
That’s bad news about the engine, hope you get it up and running again soon.
That’s interesting about the French back actor, I never knew anything like that had been made for MGs. Was it specifically marketed for MGs or was it intended to be adapted to fit any suitably sized machine?
Look forward to your next update.

Rob

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I managed to get the photos and dimensions for the starting handle. The dimensions are in the PDF file, let me know if you have any problems opening it.
Had a look at the site you linked to above and it looks to be the same manual. I must get in touch with Neil if he has an English version of the manual.
What are your plans for the Ransomes, restore and repaint or keep it in its working clothes? I opted to keep mine as it is.
Keep us updated on your progress.
Rob

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I’ll take some photos and measurements of the starting handle when I’m next at my fathers where I store my machines. It will probably be Friday or Saturday.

I have a PDF of the engine manual, only problem is it is in French. It is over 35 MB in size so I’ll have to check to see if there is any limit to the size of email attachments I can send.

By choke do you mean the knob that I have circled in red on the attached page from the manual?
If so, first open the throttle about half way and then pull the knob out, with the throttle opened it should stay out and will only go back in when the engine starts. I wish my engine had electric start as it takes quite some effort to pull it up over compression.

I thought the clutch on my MG40 was slipping as well, I think it was in my post on the old forum where I mentioned this. I found just as you describe that if you pulled one of the steering levers in either 2nd or 3rd the crawler would just stop. I didn’t notice this at first as all my driving had been done on loose stones where turning was easy. I pulled the engine and found the clutch to still have plenty of wear left. I have found that you have to open the throttle fairly close to full to be able to turn while in 2nd or 3rd gear. This type of two stroke diesel does seem quite loud when they are running, as this was the first engine of this type that I’ve owned I think at first I was going more by the engine noise and just not opening the throttle enough.
At the start of this year we used the MG40 to pull out some roots and stumps from an area we were clearing. While chained to a stubborn stump the MG40 was brought to a halt with the tracks still turning thus clearing any worries that I had about the clutch slipping.

Hope that helps
Rob

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Hello Rocboni
Very nice MG40, I’ve seen some photos of that type of implement lift posted on some French websites.
Have you seen my post on here for my MG40 with Sachs engine? I started it on the old forum and then carried on with it here. The Sachs engine on mine is not original but has been fitted at a later date, the engine bay has seen a bit of cutting to make it fit. My engine is green just like your MG, the main body on mine is blue and dates from before Sachs engines were being fitted.
All the best
Rob

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Charlie, I would be hopeful that if one of the main shows such as this event could be persuaded to provide a dedicated horticultural section then it would help encourage owners to bring their machines along.
Dave, I saw your register appear in the Survivors section and it has been on my ‘to do’ list to send you the details of my Ransomes. I’ll get the details together and send you the info on my MG2, 5, 6, and 40.

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Hello rikus, do you have any photos of your MG and the planter you are trying to attach? If you could put some photos up it would help.
I don’t see any mention of a planter in any of the Ransomes MG literature that I have. That’s not to say it wasn’t made by a third party or it could be something that has been modified.

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That’s an amazing job you have done. I remember from the old forum the work you did on the tracks.
Did you ever find what the part was that you showed at the start of this thread?
Do you ever exhibit at any shows up North?

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Very nice tractor and superb restoration, I remember the photos of it in its original condition. It really looks at home against that backdrop. What make of engine does it have?

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Looking good John, will make a very nice working exhibit, something a bit different from the more usual water pump. Any videos yet of the finished setup in action?
Regarding your earlier question about suitable belt length, looking at your last photo the belt looks fine, you were always going to be governed by the size of your trailer.

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Looking good John, you certainly don’t hang about when it comes to your restorations. Anything I do seems to take years to get finished.
Have you any plans to try out that drive pulley?

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I’m not sure John, see my thread on the Sachs engine. I’m trying to find somewhere to get them.

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Hi Charlie, are you using some sort of igniter when you are trying to start it? See my Sachs thread, in the cold the best I could get was a puff of smoke without using an igniter.
Had it been running previously? The first day I went to look at my MG40 we could not get it to start even with the igniters. The seller and myself tried until we were both about to drop and all we got was some smoke and the occasional bark, you could tell it was close but it just refused to start. The seller said he would get the injector serviced, when I returned we removed the igniter holder and turned the engine over a few times, fitted an igniter and the engine started first pull over compression.

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Thanks Chris, photo of tin would be good. I’m referring to them as igniters, is this the correct term?
Your MG40 has the Drayton doesn’t it? What’s it like for starting, can you start it without an igniter during the summer?

Thanks for the video Charlie, that looks to be a good alternative. Must give that a try.

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Thanks John, regarding workout, trying to start the Sachs engine without the igniters certainly gave me a workout. My right arm was a good few inches longer than my left by the time I admitted defeat and went to get the igniters.

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Thanks for that Chris, have looked it up and it looks to be ideal. Could have done with some ACF50 on my dads last two 110s, they were terrible for rust.

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