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i spent two days getting it going and give it a refurb works very well a nice little exibt me thinks

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Thanks Owen and Charlie I was impressed how it coped with my spirus cake. The subsitute material was the cheapest available ply wood at 12mm thick,its main purpose in the building trade is for shuttering concrete foundations etc.

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Hello Charlie, this does have a clutch there is a lever to slide the engine back to tighten the belt, but the belt on it is to small but an easy fix..

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Thank you paul, Now for some research..

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Its a Loyd Motor Sickle

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Well done John, nice outfit.

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Good job your doing. Good to see another MG saved

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heres a video of me demonstating https://youtu.be/tdqlNTvxlfQ should be on yesterdays farming

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hi
the plough that i got with my colbey is exactlty the same as yours apart from the metal guide wheel which is missing on mine. i also have a 2 wheeled drag behind tool trolley which seems to be some sort of hoe. there are two fixing points for tools etc on my machine, the one shown on your pic and there is another underneath my machine which seems to be some sort of pin and eye system which is used to tow the trolley i have. mine also has the allen type tyres and wheels which are fitted inside the metal twin wheels next to the machine. getting the engine to turn over should not be too mucch of a problem mine wasn’t. i just took the head off soacked the piston top in wd40 for a couple of days and a few gentle taps with a block of wood and it freed up my main problem is the coil. as it has been standing for so long i no longer have a spark. that and i do not have the rope pulley for it

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There have been times when I’ve been tempted! Especially when I’ve banged my head on the handle-bars believe me! Not too sure I have the know-how or time to restore it though.

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I’ll see how this comes out. Please don’t tell me it’s interesting as it’s sat in my garden for over 10 years! It has ceased solid. I’d be gutted!

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Thanks for the warm welcome. Although I don’t think I can come up with any technical information that would help anyone, it may be possible for me to get hold of more of the history of the machines and manufacturers if anyone is interested.

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Although I am unsure of when manufacture started. I am almost sure that all of the original Colebys post 1940’s were red and yellow in colour. Those manufactured previously may have been blue. Those after were probably painted different colours by their owners.

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thats great news pete, well done. have pm’d you

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Hi Charlie,there’s no plate someone must have wanted the brass. Thanks anyway.

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