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Changed the condenser day before yesterday and as a precaution I took charlies advice and changed the coil as well and she has never started so well in the 10 years I have had her,after about 3 start and stops just to make sure everything was right she started bucking back half way through the rope pull (nearly pulled my arm off, it was a good idea to use the rope pull and not the drill as I was previously, could of been nasty ) turned out the flywheel had slipped so she was trying to fire at the wrong time so after a retime and a tighten up everything is good and she starts almost immediately you start pulling.

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What a good copy of the cultivator this is, I think the colour pictures really set it off,I particularly liked the piece on the Farmers Boy Walk Behind Plough I learned more in that piece than I’ve been able to find anywhere on the net,just goes to show how much knowledge there is on this site,if anybody has any manuals for the Farmers Boy I would appreciate a copy,I have a parts list but no manuals,they are so elusive as are a lot of the lesser known brands I suppose,anyway as I said brilliant copy long may it last.

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I am just down the road off of maunsell way that backs onto wharf farm,how do I go about showing some pieces at the show moggyjim I’ve been thinking about it for a while but I haven’t got a clue how or what is needed, actually I must admit that even though this is probably the nearest show to me I have never been,I have been to pick fruit but never to the show,if you could let me know how I go about it that would be good and also what exibits you are looking for.I can give you a list of what I have got (quite short) if you need it.

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Where abouts in wroughton did you live Darren,I live there now.

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Thanks again for the instructions owen,I went through them and still couldn’t get a good spark so I’ve been waiting for a new condenser to arrive,I have now found my multimeter (that mysteriously disappeared) so I checked the coil as per your instructions and on the low tension side your instructions say I should have less than 1 ohm and I have 5.74 and on the high tension side I should have 3 to 5 k ohms and I have zero so it looks like the coil is shot,it just goes to show how fickle these electrics can be as this barford was only used towards the end of last year and as I had nothing to do till the condenser arrived I thought I would get my farmers boy out and give it a dust off as it hasn’t been used for about 2 years and with a bit of fresh fuel it started straight away no bother.

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Thanks for the message owen I will go through it tomorrow and see if it cures it.

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Many thanks Charlie.

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I sent them the engine numbers and in a covering letter told them how to read the number and I also included a sheet from the B&S website on how to read the number but because the tractors were manufactured for two years they wouldn’t give it an age related plate,but I am happy they have been registered and the tax discs arrived today,I do love it when they say NIL duty.

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Just a quick update on the registration of my two simplicities,I sent all the paperwork including the dating information from Briggs and Stratton and Simplicity also my insurance to hmrc to be checked against NOVA and got a letter back stating that there was no vat to pay so I could now apply to DVLA for a reg no,I thought this was just a formality and I would receive my log book,well they both arrived today and lo and behold they have both been given ‘Q’ plates because I could not pin the manufactured dates down to a specific year as they were both manufactured for two years,so even though they have concurrent reg nos the kick in the teeth is that they are not age related.

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The refusal letter the sent me informed me that I should ring HMRC to find out about this NOVA system they have for registering vehicles so I did,aparently as of 15th april your vehicle has to be on this NOVA (Notification Of Vehicle Arrivals) list before you can register it in case there is any tax to pay,so he emailed me the forms which I have if anybody needs a copy and the notes that go with it,then when they have decided if tax is payable or not they will send me permission to register it,I have to send the Briggs and Stratton engine number dating info along with the tractor dating info the form and a covering letter so it should be fairly simple ,unusually for them there doesn’t appear to be a fee that must be a first.

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Thanks for that titch,I will ring them tomorrow to see if I can sort this out as I can only find the engine number on one machine but they are both the original b&s engines so it has got to be there somewhere,if I don’t get any joy I will send you some photos to see if you can do anything,by the way how are my dash decals getting on.

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I also posted on a couple of American websites and I have downloaded as much information as I can and I will phone dvla on Monday,I received a letter from them suggesting I look at their website http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nova apparently it has something to do with how they date vehicles.

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A while ago I was REQUESTING this information but now dvla want me to PROVE the manufacturing date otherwise the tractors need an IVA for a Q plate which I don’t really want,I would like them to have age related plates if I possibly can.

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