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Smallholders Show report and photos emailed to Mr Editor this afternoon for The Cultivator, Alan was there so will no doubt have some more to add…

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Latest T&M arrived today, lots about tractors and one article about Mayfields…

Oh dear, must get that subscription cancelled…

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Would have thought that if the oil is coming from the exhaust you would be enveloped in white smoke! Are you sure that it’s not coming from the crankcase breather in the valve chest?
The breather is a small poppet valve installed in the floor of the valve chest and held in place with a spring hooked over the stud that holds the chest cover in place. If you remove the cover you should find a tin shield. Fiddle that out and you should see the breather valve which consists of a small circular casting (the body) with two lugs to locate it. Also a fibre washer between it and the valve chest floor.Within the body is a paxolin disc and over the top a steel cap all held in place by the spring.
The disc is free to rise when the downward stroke of the piston displaces crankcase air and should seal against the casting on the upward stroke and by so doing maintain some negative pressure in the crankcase to retain oil.
Both the disc and it’s seat in the body wear and the valve looses effectiveness.Sometimes turning the disc over to present an unworn face to the body helps.
Of course, there is the possibility that someone has been in there and either assembled it incorrectly or left a bit out!

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Got any pictures Martin?

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Yes Jap model 6. The extra weight means we need the timber block to stop it tipping up when parked.

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Two MG2 tractors at the show Alan, one owned by Jim Wakefield the other by Hugh Pearce

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Good day Alan. My Bolens is an 1886 if anybodys interested

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Hi
There, I have just joined the club as have a collection of old bits which I love using – Merry Tiller and hand tools mostly. I have just acquired a TS Allen Scythe which has been working well but suddenly stopped cutting/driving forward! Engine is going fine. Is there something designed to shear or have I killed it???
Are there any mechanics in my area who could help a batty old lady out please?!! Near Devizes, Wilts.
Look forward to hearing from anyone who can help.
Saxony

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It may plough ok on an allotment or light stubble land but I don’t think it would plough grassland or heavy loam. (no disc or landslide) but worth a try.

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Yes its on the front os well it was on mine.see the picture it was the orginal plate well thats on the colt standard anyway.

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The pictures are of a potato lifter not a plough

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Yes! I’ve got the Cultivator issue:I enjoyed the long article about Simar that I’ve sent to Simar fanatics here in France ( a friend of mine has got 40 of them)
Also emotion seeing the Gravely D (the tractor which has been produced in an innexistant factory!!!)
I love to read the Cultivator as this is a different culture

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Hello
The problem is the weight: with a pedestrian you can push down on the handlebars with the whole driver’s weight but on a four wheels it’s impossible!

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ooh a model TS with a model T fuel tank.

Got plenty of bits if you need any. Not a tank or tyres though!!

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I know that I can down load it but is it possible that someone could check for me on the mailing list, I have not received the last two editions.

I know it’s a long way to Wigan from down south but the postman still knows where I live.

I miss it 🙁

Phil

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