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You have already supplied me with parts and user manual for the machine concerned (see https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/any-one-want-a-project/), but thanks for the offer!!
I removed the cylinder head, filled the cylinder with rags and then replaced the head in order to lock the crank. I will persevere with the penetrating fluid for a while longer.
Once I’ve got the machine fully dismantled, I will then decide if it is viable to restore. If it is, I will start a thread in the Projects section. So far, it is looking pretty good internally. Most of the damaged/missing parts are confined to the outside. In the parts manual it shows a pair of additional tines (part no. 10396 on plate 6) which are pinned into the ends of the main tine carriers. My machine is missing these extensions, so were they an optional extra?

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Nothing for me yet!

Maybe today??

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Sorry not been on the site for a while and missed this post. Will send photos when next on my PC. Have I missed the cut-off for Feb?

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Mine found it’s way to Devon today, Many thanks.

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Thanks Charlie. I think you are correct about it being a right hand thread. There are only a couple of badly corroded threads sticking through the nut, but they do appear to be right hand. I have had a breaker bar plus a length of scaffolding pole on the nut, but it wont budge, even after heating. I could resort to using a torque multiplier, but I am concerned about damaging the crankshaft, so I think the best bet will be to carefully cut the nut with my Dremel tool and cutting disc.

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Yes Schmiedag are German, one of the brochures I have dates from 1964. I saw one at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2004 digging a trench, see photo.
That’s good about the shells, hopefully you will be able to save your existing crank.

Rob

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I remember as an apprentice at a Fordson dealership in the sixties being given the job of mixing the calcium chloride flakes with water then hand pumping the solution into the rear wheels of Fordson Majors just below the centre line to stop surging when traveling in top gear. Using wheel weights or a land wheel strake was the other option, but with the introduction of diff. lock and weight transfer hydraulics on the Super Major, thankfully the practice ended, Brian.

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A dozen or so met up at the Plough and Horses pub for the Xmas lunch today, followed by a natter, cuppa and a look around the sheds at our place.

Many thanks to those who attended.

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That looks a useful machine Chris what era is that from are they German?
Crank has taught me a lesson, I checked it for play when I had the barrel off and decide to leave well alone and not disturb the journal. Next time it will be strip and check regardless. Concerned that the crank may be too far gone for a grind but the amazing Neil Jarrett has found some -60 shells in Malta of all places so waiting for them to arrive. I am also looking for a replacement crank in case.

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Very nice. When I first saw the photos it reminded me of a Schmiedag, I have attached a scanned page from the brochure. I could certainly find a few jobs for it to do round our place, it will be a very useful machine when finished.
That’s bad news about the engine, hope you get it up and running again soon.
That’s interesting about the French back actor, I never knew anything like that had been made for MGs. Was it specifically marketed for MGs or was it intended to be adapted to fit any suitably sized machine?
Look forward to your next update.

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Happy to oblige Charlie.
Serial number is 13864 MG6

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Here are some pics I have

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Getting carried away with photos thanks to Steve Woollas.
A few more completed just before it started to clatter.

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