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hi all, just a quick reminder for entry forms…… please could you send them to me asap. many thanks

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Thanks for the advice drum all cleaned and the clutch installed What a difference much more usable.

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It will prob be the points under the flywheel which will be your prob. You will have to remove it to get to them

Did you ever finish your tractor??

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Nice outfit Chris, as you say how many modern outfits would last over 40 years ??

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Forgot to add the following useful info at Barnstormers:

Albion Gearboxes Part 1.

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Brand new in 1972. I dont think it had run for at least 25 plus years when I brought it. The guy who I got it from seemed to think it had been in a barn down Cornwall area near the sea. Hence why it so rusty. I was going to give it the works, but decided I wanted a tractor in working clothes in running order to use for what it was built for. The deck is from my other Bolens as the deck it came with was shot & would have taken alot to sort.

How many modern ride ons will make it to this age??

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Robust looking outfit, is that Bolens about 3O years plus old. I don’t see many modern machine being up to much at that sort of age.

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I just can say that the people at Merl is very kind and very profesionnal: I refer to Mrs Kristie Mills who helped me a lot about the english Model D Gravely

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Refurbishing the tracks, bit of a long job making the rubbers and plates, started welding 10x10mm steel to the tops to build the up a bit, I don’t think it looks too bad once painted, it gives me plenty of welding practice anyway!!

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I contacted her and it turns out its a 1963 build.
Have stripped down the engine and I need a coil. Anyone know how to get the coil out if the 2 ears that hold it ? No grub screw , just some weird arrangement on the ends ?

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I use to say, one thing with a briggs you can always get parts. But I noticed last year the same thing. I use to look up parts on the Briggs site and the list for the white 5hp horizontal shaft had gone. This is something we are going to have to live with, some call it progress.

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Got the clutch removed today lots of meat on the shoes and now two springs.

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Well its all back together, and still no spark.
Sadly, there don’t appear to be any coils in the country so I’ll just have to wait with baited breath.

Guess I’ll have to get back to grinding paint of the 3-ton tipping trailer 🙁

Thanks for all the advice chaps.
Jim

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That’s the one – the sugar beet harvester people!
Thanks

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Angus…..the company i mentioned in a previous post was Standen Engineering of Ely,Cambridgeshire.

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