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Iain I have sent you a couple of messages regarding parts but not sure if you have received them Jonathan

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Does seem a shame but they take up a huge amount of space and are extremely heavy to move around.

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I have a pair of driving wheels not that badly worn if they are any use. Jonathan

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Hi Robert
The most common source is E Bay, there is a French site LeBoncoin which always lists 4 or 5 for sale if you fancy a trip to collect one. Occasionally one crops up in the Cultivator but any I have rung about have always been sold before I get the magazine. Whereabouts in the country are you ? Diesel engine options were available for the MG6 ( Drayton ) and two for the MG40 ( Drayton and Sachs ) both are single cylinder two stoke engines some Sachs were fitted with electric starts.

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I have a gearbox adaptor plate to fit a Ford Escort engine and gearbox to a Ransomes MG6/40 If anybody wants to have a go at the conversion let me know.

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Very interesting Joe Thank you.

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Echoing Neil’s comment I have lost count of the number of bearings I have replaced on crawlers that had been packed with grease and not 140 oil . The grease goes solid over time and is extremely difficult to remove.The load rollers have a long drilling through the castings to the centre cavity between the bearings, grease blocks this so that no lubricant gets to the bearings. I use SAE140 in an air powered grease gun and pump until it escapes the seals.

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The very early T engines were manufactured by Sturmey Archer , the later TB was a redesigned version made in house by Ransomes. Some photographs would be good.

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No engine number and no sign of there ever having been one.

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Hi
The number may be stamped into the underside of the alloy gearbox cover, it means removing the gear lever, brakes and all the outer rods but worth it to find out. I own 137 which is believed to be the oldest known MG2 survivor ,there is no number on the engine.

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Up face of the channel supporting engine on left as you look at the front.

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As an afterthought if it is a very early machine the chassis number will stamped into the left hand engine cradle support as you look at the front. It will also be on the underside of the gearbox cover.

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Do you have any photos you can post?The Rural Life museum at East Kilbride also has an early MG2.

From the description this sounds like a T engine, but not sure how you arrive at a chassis number from an engine number?

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I am only 11/2 hours from Perth and happy to help. jonathan@growingmedialtd.co.uk

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Do you have any photos you can post?

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