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Thank you Charlie, it would appear to be an easy answer/solution to collate the various dates, etc… However not being exactly IT literate, I have no idea how to set such a thing up, and must bow to the experience of others.

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Thanks to every one for there ideas on how to get my Sachs diesel engine started all of which I have tried. I have checked the compression which registered at 320 psi and to date have fitted a reconditioned starter motor,reconditioned injector and had the fuel pump has been reconditioned, but still no luck with it starting. Reading through the manual I see there is a glow plug fitted and I should be able to preheat on the key but there is no lamp and I don’t know where the glow plug is, any help on this would be appreciated

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Hi Ginger most definitely a BSA number you said on here is the similiar number to my Tractor the cowling should have a brass plate on it most likely to be a 320 as is mine .
I cant wait to see the pictures

rollo mk6

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Hi Plonker, The engine has no markings on it other than the numbers I have already listed. I don’t think it is a MAP engine, as they normally have j.a.p. stamped on the engine casing somewhere. I would just like to find out the history of this Cultmate….any help would be appreciated. Might be able to upload some pictures over the Christmas hilidays. Many thanks.

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Hello Andy, the SACHS 600cc engine was installed in the Ransome MG40’s, which there are a few of them about.

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Stuart is correct, BMB did use the BSA engine on the Cultmate, I have some information on these machines, PM me with your address, and I will copy it for you. Plonker

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Will-Haggle thank you. Using the VHGMC site, a yearly calendar which allows written entries alongside any date, would be an easy way of collating some of the minor shows, and ones which would appeal to the membership. Is it possible to explore the possibility of such?

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Thanks very much Charlie,that’s brilliant.
Will save me a lot of time.
Seasons Greetings
Graham

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Hello Charlie,just seen your reply, could you tell me if the attachment manual lists the Drive belt type/size for the Scythe attachment.I have recently acquired scythe but it is missing the belt.
Thanks very much

Graham

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Finally got a few minutes on the mg2 again today, still fiddling with the carb trying to make it leak free. I did however spot the engine number under the grime, TB 6135. Hopefully on my day off this week I should get it back together and make some real progress.

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Im sure the BMB Cultmate used a BSA 320 engine.

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Here’s two to start with –

1. Biddenden Tractorfest & Country Fair, 17th & 18th August 2019

2. Little Ellingham Vintage Working Show Public Group | Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403578053258314/

Little Ellingham Vintage Working Show Next year’s show will full on 10-11 August 2019.

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An update on my research into the canal barge tractors used in London. I now believe that there were three main types used:
1. A tractor made by Ferguson-Brown, probably just before the war. That’s the picture already posted in this thread (September 17th). This type was known as a “thin Lizzie” by canal workers and the recollections of a former canal man, coupled with a clear likeness to the Ferguson-Brown Type A tractor made 1937-1939 (or which there are surviving examples in museums – all of normal width). Coventry Climax petrol/parafin engine. We know now that these were in use on the canals in the early 1950s but they might have been in use from an earlier date. They were not very satisfactory, they were top-heavy and could topple over, and the Garner tractors replaced them. They were clearly a narrow, special version, presumably made at the factory near Huddersfield, but we don’t know much about them.
2. The Garner tractor, made early 1950s, pictured in this thread. I am still looking for a survivor, or a copy of the advertising brochure! These petrol engined tractors (JAP engine) were in use in the 1950s and 1960s, but we do not have definite dates.
3.The Wickham tractor, designed 1959, introduced 1960. We have the design drawings and we own a surviving tractor,which is beign restored and will be displayed at London Canal Museum sometime in 2019.

I am looking for material relating to all three of these tractor designs, because we plan on telling their story in the museum. Specifically:
-photographs
-advertising material
-information
-survivors (of the first two types). Would be great to find that one had survived to be seen and photographed

If anyone’s memory is jogged by this I’d be delighted to hear from them!
Martin Sach, Chair, London Canal Museum

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A picture would help identify it but i know it has the wrong engine on it as Landmaster never used SIF engines.

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Read this
https://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Perkins_Shibaura_Engines
And you will see that there have been more tie ups and joint ventures than you can shake a stick at. Your best chance is to do some personal research and make friends with a few good old fashioned parts department managers.
Have you actually spoken with Farm and Garden in Dublin?

EDIT. Should add that Perkins are owned by Caterpillar, so there’s another avenue.

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