Thank you Geoff, it nice to be able to take some small part in the forums. Your own Trusty Refurb to begin with, then we may branch out. There’s plenty to discover. But having recently bought a Trusty, as a consequence of looking for ploughs, ridgers and other cultivation equipment for my other two wheel tractor, I will now have to get my head around this new commitment. And it is just that, one gets the feeling that you have a burden of responsibility to look after these vintage pieces of equipment. Suddenly we’re taking an in-depth interest in something we had only a passing interest, up until a week or so ago. There’s history there, and even to an untrained eye we can see how well made these machines were, the quality and weight of the steel, built to last, even through possible neglect. Or seventy plus years of hard agricultural work.
With no mechanical know-how to speak of, I’m taking a firm interest in the methods of removing historic rust. I’m thinking I can work my way backwards from the none working, engine, etc, parts, taking on the cleaning up of the ploughs and attachments first. Removing the ten year old dried putty like mud from round the tractors wheels and extensions, and dusting off a similar time spans worth of dust, dry hay and cobwebs. At least it was in dry.
The engine I fear will need more expert hands, no spark to speak off as bits and pieces seem seized up, flimsy connections, strands of fine hair-like wires. And a timber bung screwed into the petrol tank. To mention but a few.
Good times ahead. We will be reading through that entire Trusty Rebuild Forum and all attached comments with great interest. And dreaming of applying the final coat of Trusty green paint
