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More painting…… and a tiny bit of detail high lighting the Farmers Boy name…..

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Next came putting the engine back together with the air shroud and fuel tank…..

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Looks like I need to bring this post up to date?
well, the 8mm spacer has been cut, drilled and painted. Lifting the engine with this plate should give me about 10mm clearance over the new bigger tyres…..

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Hi Robert
The most common source is E Bay, there is a French site LeBoncoin which always lists 4 or 5 for sale if you fancy a trip to collect one. Occasionally one crops up in the Cultivator but any I have rung about have always been sold before I get the magazine. Whereabouts in the country are you ? Diesel engine options were available for the MG6 ( Drayton ) and two for the MG40 ( Drayton and Sachs ) both are single cylinder two stoke engines some Sachs were fitted with electric starts.

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I have a gearbox adaptor plate to fit a Ford Escort engine and gearbox to a Ransomes MG6/40 If anybody wants to have a go at the conversion let me know.

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Hi at the present I can only say it was made in the 1950,s however if you send me your contact details in a pm I may be able to obtain the details from the factory records for you.

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Very interesting Joe Thank you.

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Fantastic I will take a look. Thank you very much for your help. I will let you know how I get on.

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not a sight you’d see today,

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Hi the valve cover is the little rectangular cover with a single bolt in the centre that holds the airshroud in place. It also has the word J.A.P in capital letters.

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So it is common then? Is it easy to release the valve?

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Hi, thanks for your reply. I don’t want to sound thick but I am only just getting to grips with these things and I’m not sure where exactly the valve cover is? Can you point me in the right direction.

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The easiest thing to do is to pop the valve cover off and see that the valves aren’t stuck open. After that just remove the airshroud over the head and pop the head off and see what’s going on inside. Don’t worry about the head gasket as in almost every case these can be reused with a smear of jointing compound.

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Hi
Serial number 195

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The size is in theory the same, it’s just originally the gem would of had Dunlop diamond pattern tyres. These tractor type patterns are just a lot chunkier on the cleats and often cause clearance issues on the near side. If you look at the bellhousing on this one you can see in the one place where the metal has slightly worn away due to rubage. Most Sachs diesels that I see have the inside edge of the cleats removed to overcome this problem.

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