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Heres a general look at the condition of the barrel and piston , measurements of the gap between the rings to follow .

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Cheers m8 , im picking up some imperial feeler gauges later so im going to take the cylinder barrel off ready to measure the gap on the rings.

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The coil tested OK, the condenser had failed. John fitted a new one with a new L/T lead and cleaned the points. The coil is one of those cheap chinese jobs which i will be replacing for the correct one i think. I also got a new ht lead which was an absolute git to screw onto the Armature Plate , but i managed to get it screwed in with a little help. I believe the threads on the plate are not in ideal condition,but its in now and i hope it doesnt need to come off anytime soon.
If you could remind me andy of those couple of places that i could probably find newer coils and spares at id be very greatfull , i forgot the names of them after meeting you at the weekend . All that country air must have cleaned out my memory bank haha . cheers..

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I have a plate on the oil filler with what I would think was an engine number although it is a ransomes number not an engine manufacturers number. Borrowed a friends flexible camera thing yesterday to look inside the box still can’t see a number so I’m going to have to pull the lid of.

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Hey Guys Im back
After moving house and finally getting my own house i am in and back on the projector “rotivator”
My aim is to be showing it this year at some shows so time to pull my finger out.

So far i am in the process of spraying the engine covers and fuel tank
I need some advice basically i dont want to dismantle the engine as it runs 100% but im unshure on whats the best way to clean the muck so i can spray it ? also any body no what colour to do this ?

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As I said earlier I always use Vapormatic Howard Orange. I always spray it and I find it comes out nice and glossy, probably similar to when they were new. Over the years I’ve found though that satin finish can be better if there are flaws in your surface, I.e. It shows up less imperfections, but if bare metalling I would personally always go for gloss.

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Whatt would be the best finish to have as there is 4 differant ones to choose from , gloss, semi gloss , satin or matt ??

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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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