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Hi, can’t help with that specific sprinkler but have found a couple of BOIL adverts that may be of interest.
The first is from ‘Nurseryman & Seedsman’ April 1954, and the second is from ‘The Grower’ May 1955.
Regards
Rob

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I am happy to travel to either or both if there is going to be a good turn out.

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The other possibility would be to arrange a mass display of Ransomes at something like Tractor World at Malvern.

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I would be happy to support a Ransomes MG day, there was one last year which I travelled to with my Whitlock and dumper, it was a good day but the number of crawlers present was disappointing. Somewhere more central may be better attended. I also have an original brochure for the Demon loaders, I wonder how many there are surviving.

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Merry Xmas and a happy new year from Sunny Sussex, more articles etc to be emailed to you mr editor sir, fear not !!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS FROM YOUR NORTHERN REP. DAVE FOSTER

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lower it you go to the bottom of the stroke where you then push the handle harder to overcome a strong spring to move the jacking pump into the lowering position.

Almost right, but its pull not push!
Was about to temporarily give up on it when I put my foot on the base, pulled the handle right it out and down it went under the action of the two retractor springs. Quite a stretch with no load to hold it in place.
Have subsequently found this website that is packed with information about just about every jack made but not, it appears, this one. I’ll keep you posted.

https://mgaroadster.co.uk/index.htm

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Merry Christmas and Happy tinkering New Year, everyone.

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Im sure this is a Demon loader, I always though it was a homemade arrangement.

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Apologies for the orientation of the images, they were correct when they left me and in the pre-view! Something to do with the ipad, I guess!
No, have not tried a weight on it but will give it a go.
No sign of any manufacturer’s name on it but what paint remains is yellowy orange and at the back of my mind I have recollections of some other garage equipment in a similar colour, possibly one of those oil tanks and pumps in a cabinet that were usual of garage forecourts back in the fifties.
Those of us of a certain age will remember oil being served in glass bottles that were refilled from such a cabinet and brought out in a crate with a handle containing six or eight bottles.
Local garage sold both Castrol and Havoline and had a cabinet for each with a roller shutter that could be closed and locked after hours.

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Interesting old jack, never seen one of those about. Did you have any weight on it when you were trying to release it, or were you relying on the springs.

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Video sounds like a plan not sure how to do it though, can I just upload one or do I have to use u tube?

Garden has only just recovered from being turned into the Somme last year with dumper and dozer toys!

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Wow, that looks good. Glad you managed to get the engine sorted. If that was me I would get a bit carried away with it and something resembling the Grand Canyon would be in my garden. Hope you get a video of it in action sometime.
Rob

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Hi Alan I will send you the photos.
I have now completed the engine rebuild with a new crank which was ground to suit some -30 thou shells I bought from Neil. engine now has 40psi oil pressure at tick over hot.
I took the digger out for its first run today along the road delivering Christmas cards to the neighbours! Back to the garden for a test dig, I am amazed it is very powerful and operates just like my Volvo mini digger in that I can crowd and lift at the same time ,which I was not expecting. I dug a hole about 4ft deep into heavy cumbrian clay with big stones and it coped admirably, on one big stone it pulled the digger forward despite the dozer blade anchor and the handbrakes on. The dozer works well, I have yet to test it in angle doze mode but it is the same as the standard Ramdozer so it should be ok.My next job is to make some oak or elm 12″ swamp pads for it.

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From what I understand they were made initially to fit the Ransomes machines and have since been adapted to fit a range of machines including their own hydraulic tracked platform.
I attach some photos showing the extent of welding repair to the crankcase where it has obviously gone bang in the past.Amazing that someone should go to such trouble. The crank has been built up with stellite weld which during the regrind started to delaminate from the original, fortunately I now have another crank which has been ground to minus 30 and is ready to fit.

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