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The bearings and seals were also shot so new ones were collected locally. Was surprised to find that despite this machine being from 1958, the bearings and seals were metric? Once it was all back together, I gave the barrel a light coat of dark grey and also painted the exhaust with VHT paint.

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I made a start stripping down the JAP 34cc engine and ignition to try to find why it suddenly stopped? Imagine my surprise when I discovered no points or condenser??? A bit more hunting revealed a small metal box screwed to the back of the magneto plate. It turned out to be a ‘Meco’ electronic ignition….. No matter what I did I could not get a spark out of it….. The coil tested fine, so I assumed the ‘Meco’ had died! I wanted to put it back to original, so points and condensor were ordered with ‘Meteens’

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This has been my cawler for the last 6 months, just thought id share it with you all.

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Ty dave , appreciate youre help.

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I bought a signed copy from Mr Chairman/Secretary at Tractor World and can confirm that it is a very good and informative read

Top job Geoff !!

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Looks like the top of the gearbox is coming of then. Expeatfarmer what’s your engine number out of interest

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Hi Andy , yes m8 you are not wrong on them being hard to find . I have not forgot about youre kind offer for the front cover , we was thinking maybee we could come and see you at the weekend one day if you are free ?

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Just an update on the rebuild , its going very slowly im afraid. But now i should be getting some replacement and repaired parts from the mower man shortly. So with a bit of luck things might start to happen. Its been a very very difficult project as parts are as rare a the dinosaurs , now i do have a question for you guys which i hope you can help me with.
The old pipe from the carb to the air cleaner is junk now , so what type of pipe could i get away with using as the pipe thats on it is some armoured type of pipe with metal coil in it. Could i get away with using the type of hose used in car engines etc ? you can tell im not machanically minded at all haha.many thanks.

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A great weekend at the show, our International Cadet 81 got a few admirers and we had a good chat with several club members

I bought a copy of Geoffs Trusty book and must recommend it, very interesting read, top job Mr Chairman/Secretary sir !

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The number may be stamped into the underside of the alloy gearbox cover, it means removing the gear lever, brakes and all the outer rods but worth it to find out. I own 137 which is believed to be the oldest known MG2 survivor ,there is no number on the engine.

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Unfortunately s1g it’s beyond that , you can make out a 1 but after that it’s gone. Thanks again for the suggestion.

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Thank you s1g will go and try that

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hi chris, here is a link to the entry form download , not sure if you got my email,(sorry for the misprint of your name) https://www.tractorfest.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/horticulture-form-2017.pdf

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When I’ve struggled to read a serial number in metal I’ve bare metalled the area then sprayed over it in a contrasting colour I.e black. When dry I’ve then carefully sanded the area with a flat sanding block and normally the number will appear.

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Thank you for your help ecpeatfarmer but however stamped the chassis couldn’t have had their weetabix that morning. There isn’t any deep rust but the number is gone , you can make out where it was but not enough to read. Where is it on the gearbox ? If that doesn’t work do you now of any lists of engine numbers to chassis. I mentioned before about the engine because it is before the one that is on the register on this site so I’m thinking mine is an early crawler.

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