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The next job was to remember where the gears, chains and the many shims belonged….. Here is the gearbox with most the bits in the right places.

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After a little away from this machine, I am pleased to say that the restoration is back on track.
Jim Beacon kindly made a new drive shaft for the gearbox and fitted new bronze bushes which required some work to fit the new shaft. Here’s the gearbox being prepared for paint and reassembly.

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Good to see you again ‘Plonker’! Remember to to contact me regarding the Wico Mag!

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Could be timing slightly out? Have you set piston to 5/16ths before TDC, set magneto to just prior to trigger and that should be right……. Fuel should be set so engine idles nicely and revs right up smoothly, no stuttering……

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Hi Pete
I have pm’d you…….
Regards
Darren

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Had the tyres and tubes fitted yesterday, also reassembled the big cast 20″ wheels. The cleats are set different on each wheel. One set with an in/out pattern which runs on the unploughed ground…. The other with cleats set pointing out, this wheel runs in the furrow and doesn’t tear up the furrow edge set this way!

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The last of the blasting collected and painted…… 20″ ploughing wheels and 8″ with rubber tyres too!

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Handlebars all rebuilt, throttle cable and grips refitted……

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I took advantage of some time off work and went to meet Titch at Machinery Decals…… What a great guy! Spent an entire day with him, chatting, drinking tea and watching how he makes his fine decals! Speaking of which…… Here are some made for the Farmers Boy, fitted and looking awesome!

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More painting…… and a tiny bit of detail high lighting the Farmers Boy name…..

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Next came putting the engine back together with the air shroud and fuel tank…..

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Looks like I need to bring this post up to date?
well, the 8mm spacer has been cut, drilled and painted. Lifting the engine with this plate should give me about 10mm clearance over the new bigger tyres…..

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Here’s the finished machine and a short video of it running……

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A few last little jobs, 1st was to paint and refit the air cleaner, next was to make the support bracket and fit it…..

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Ordered some 4mm rubber sheet to remake the soil/stone flap. once fitted I put the rotor cover back on.

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