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What a lovely story Geoff!

Yes I will never plough at the levels of Brian or yourself and others, but I do intend to use the machines as well as showing them (14274,13421,14355,P12352C) Annoyingly I just missed a local working day a few weeks ago. I have a few ploughs and a set of discs and a cultivator so I can have some fun 🙂

Thanks again for your replies!

Will

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Thanks so much Geoff, I really do appreciate the time you must take in writing your replies. All very interesting stuff, thank you again.

The tractor I will be showing is a Norton, 14274 (on your register already – ex Brian Carter), it’s in very good condition and sounds wonderful. As far as I know it had lain unused for some years before I bought it so I was glad to get it up and running (very straightforward).

On a separate note I have today resurrected a long standing ‘dead’ machine – 14355, JAP5 engine, took me a solid day and a half, but all good fun and a good learning experience. I believe that the serial number dates it to 1952?

Will be buying both books.

Thank you!
Will

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I’ll have to look out for the Monrotiller, and do a bit of research on the different models? On the vhgmc website maybe, see a few photos. The mid-range to larger Honda’s are similar? Or I may be mistaken. I’ll check the archives

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A good thing I checked – they’re 1 34/4″. The same question I guess still stands, about whether or not to get two oil seals per side, plus another question: What size are the imperial ones?

Wmtbearings have an imperial seal, saying: “This seal is 1.3/4 = 44.45mm”, but don’t say whether it’s one per side or two, or whether single lip or double. I’m wondering about that because the seal’s garter faces outwards on my machine, which is (to me) unexpected. An eBay seller has some £.robbery_with_violence and I can find online some 175 118 18 TC (1 3/4″ x 1 3/16″ x 3/16″) at £.reasonable.

I suppose the best thing to do is press the seals/bearing out and have a shufti.

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Good to hear from you all, and thank you for your experienced information. I do have a Goldoni LD63 DF Prof 1999 Jolly, Italian made tractor that is free wheeling, easily steered, with a lever to engage the DIFF for better traction when pulling in a straight line. Strong, heavy enough, machine.

I’m sure that most of the similar Agria, Bertolini, Iseki, Kubota etc tractor have something much the same features. The never BCS tractors definitely have this.

My question relates more to smaller, lighter, and possibly older tractors? Vintage I guess, but not necessarily. It’s more to do with workability, tight spaces and the strength and age to move these things around with ease. As I continue using these small tractors, I find that I’m looking for smaller machines more as the years go by.

Small is beautiful they say?

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I agree. I have to say I feel a bit gloomy about it, but it might be possible to get it usable in some way. These seem rare, although they do not seem to sell for much. I had another look. The coffin-shaped box has largely disintegrated, and a few rusty tools and semi-oily chains and sprockets and things can be seen under it. There’s a (rusty!) tobacco tin in the works which seems to have a little dried up grease or something in it. Spare parts don’t seem to be particularlty common. The tin (sheet metal cowling) where I assume a starting handle goes has no middle, by the look.

I’ve got a amongst other things welder, a couple of gas torches, a press, some old tools, a big bucket of HCl and a sledge-hammer. Oh arr um.

Maybe if I can dig, literally, and drag this one out something else will turn up.

[vhgmcbuddy]

I have just taken on a similar machine (1952) which has been stored outside for 20 years or so, it’s proving to be a bit of a pig, with a lot of seized parts, but it looks to be in far better condition than ‘yours’. I’d be giving that one a very wide berth I think, unless you are looking for a full on restoration project..

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Hi Charlie, I’m OK with the functionality limitation, not griping 🙂

The “legality of driving/pushing pedestrian controlled machines along the pavement” article I thought probably ought to go in the “Pedestrian operated machines” subforum for general interest, as I guess people occasionally do this. I’d spent quite a bit of time looking at parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, “Learning to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle” (- HMG), and the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, and included them for information/discussion. I can’t find a “yes/no” answer anywhere (but non-ride-on mow grass mowers seem to be OK). When I pressed “Post” I seem to remember a “Your post is awaiting moderation” type message. If it’s not available, i should be able to reconstruct it fairly soon by looking at my browser’s history.

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will-haggle: “It may be worth sending your info to Charlie with the pictures and he could put it in the Cultivator Magazine for you, there may be someone nearby who can have a look at it for you”

I can’t. PMs are not allowed unless I pay.

I also can’t ask about my “pending moderation” question in another thread (awaiting approval) about the legality of driving/pushing pedestrian controlled machines along the pavement, a topic I’d imagined might be of general interest.

Oh well.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Bonjour

Andyfrost, le calage de la magnéto sera réglé lorsque le filtre à air sera monté.

Marc

[vhgmcbuddy]

Kohlers , as well!

[vhgmcbuddy]

Thanks Charlie

[vhgmcbuddy]

Bonjour

Avec l’Ami Thierry nous avons démarré la “bête”!!

Marc

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Pour éviter les nombreuses manipulations afin de mettre des photos, ,je poste le lien de la rénovation du T100

https://simar-motos-tracteurs.over-blog.com/2022/09/la-saga-simar-le-t-100-b.html

Le lien marche t’il?

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Thank you Mr Haggle. I’m just going up to the allotments to put a new tarpaulin over the remains, will get some photos then.

I have asked in another thread (awaiting approval) about the legality of driving/pushing pedestrian controlled machines along the pavement. I don’t want to get in trouble!

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