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Very good restoration. JB Weld is lovely stuff & I have used it many times

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I looked on quite a few forums and it was the one plastic metal that was allways recommended. Now that it’s been rubbed down and painted it almost invisible.

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Hi just in case you are interested I have a good rear end from gearbox and bars plus other bits if you are interested from failed project had been left for over 40 years in wood and was in very bad way when I first got covered in vegetation and rusted out wheels , the engine was completely us,. Mac

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The area of this gem that seemed to of suffered the worst corrosion was the main frame. This was wire brushed, treated in rust killer and built back up with weld, then ground back and filled. I also painted the fuel tank and the oil filter housing at the same time. For some reason the fuel tank has the outlets on the wrong side meaning it has to be fitted back to front, was this intentional or a covk up at the factory that due to shortages of materials was sent out anyway?

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Once the paint had dried for a few days I put the wheels on, blacked the securing plates and overhauled the air filter.

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Some photos of the painting

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The engine is quite awkward to fit and line everything up on your own, I’m just very grateful that I’ve got a forklift to assist. Once in place I was then able to repair the broken flange. As cast is very difficult to successfully weld I used a plastic metal called j-b weld. Finally after all this I was able to put the first coat of paint on. For the first time in a month it felt like I was actually making some progress.

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3.00-8 cleated rotavator tyres are still available from Tyre-Rite of Liskeard, Cornwall (https://www.allterraintyres.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1087_1241_1255&products_id=5115). They also have a shop on that well known auction site.

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Thank you Andy one of the members has manufactured a new Jet holder for me but would still like to get my hands on a spare carb and anything related to the J.A.P engine .

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Thank’s Neil see you Wednesday .

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I don’t know why but the photos are coming out in a ramdon order if you look at them in number order that’s the right way.

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The engine was next in line for attention. These early gems left the factory with jap’s, as this was still the original one I decided to try and save it. For some reason this was sized solid yet when stripped down I could see no reason as to why. A lot of elbow grease followed, and the only major component that I changed was the cylinder and piston.

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It’s well on its way to being finished, Charlie, I will upload the story over the next few days as I’ve got a slow internet connection so photos take a long time. They aren’t coming out on quite the right order but hopefully people can work it out.
Once the gearbox was back together my attention turned to sorting out the thrust bearing. The problem was the book didn’t show what it looked like or give any sizes so it all had to be machined from scratch. The operating arms were badly worn, again g367 came to rescue with a better set. I also fitted a new clutch plate as the original was very past it. The final job was to file down some oversize key steel to take up a bit of damage on the clutch locating key ways.

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Once dismantled I could see that every bearing was shot. The bill for the bearings came to over £300 as all bar one were imperial. The odd one though had an imperial centre,and width yet a metric outer?!? A collar had to be machine to over come this problem. Due to a cobbled up thrust bearing having of been fitted at some point in its life, the main shaft was badly worn, here G 367 came in useful donating it’s shaft.

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Here’s a couple more

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