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Excellent, just out of interest, what machines do you have the receipts for? What machines are they, how much were they, what year was that?
My uncle seems to recall the story of our ransomes being £135 in either 1937 or 47, still haven’t properly identified it.

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Well, YouTube has failed me (brings up blackhead and cyst removal ! )

Any links to manuals or step by step guides. Not found anything myself so far.

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hi all , i have just received confirmation that the event had 10,000 visitors over the weekend

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well, The correct bearing is available from a company in the UK at £88.00 + VAT! also found it in the States for $66.00 plus P+P so probably works about the same, It is actally the spindle with the bearing all as one integral unit, so, I got Two 16mm X 27mm ball bearings and an “oilite” bronze bush that I turned down to fit in the middle of the two ball bearings to take up the space, I made a sleeve to take up the slack in the casting as you suggested, and BINGO ! It Works fine, and did not overheat, all done for less than £15.00.

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I maybe interested depending on price & where you are please

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Thank you expeatfarmer and Neil, any idea roughly when they changed the running gear, just for future reference.
So maybe my serial number is 2523, that would be somewhere about right.
Has anyone tried macro etching or using dye penetrant to enhance a serial number? Both techniques are non invasive so wont affect anything, i just happen to habe got some more cans today for checking a casting i had in at work.

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Thank you eveyone for your imput i think that alan and trusty220 are correct and also will- haggle i will take you up on your offer just need to get some pics off the owner

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Charlie who has commented in this thread?
Where abouts are you Joe, i intend to bare tub my mg2 when i have eatablished the true identity and would appreciate seeing one stripped out if that would be alright with you?

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Someone else struggling with establishing the true identity of an mg2.
From what i can make out from a fairly well corroded back plate is that my machine is number 1573, dating it to 1944/45 but my crown wheels are stamped 1/47 as in january 1947, my grandfather bought the crawler circa 1968 always said it was a 1937 and the engine number appears to have evaporated into the ether of time.
Was there a mass mg2 ringing operation going on in the past?
Sorry to hijack your thread a bit but has anyone ever gone to reading uni and dug through the sales archives?

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Slow progress on frame number, what do you see here, apart from a bad picture?

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Back down the yard again tonight. Dragged it out into the late evening sun, as promised a picture of the sprockets and rollers.
As Neil has suggested, they look like later type running gear to me, but open to all opinions.

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yes it does work well but i must point out that this layout was used also by phil murrell and rob farmer with shays and wrigleys , can not remember who started it off to be honest

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thank you to all who came to support the show , i have received great comments from the organizers and from the public. its great to have such a wide variety of machines to attend from near and far, great machines , great people, great cakes and of course great pork pie!!. again thank you all so much for your support

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Neil,
Fair play you are very knowledgable, to which i thank you very much.
Will take some more pictures tomorrow evening and post for your experienced eye.

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Is 1937 actually 1947?
After a disappointing evening in the shed scraping paint off, only thing i have achieved is putting doubt in my mind, i thought the crown wheels said 37, but in the attatched picture, there is a 1/47 is this a date of manufacture? Also have found some remains of a serial number, possibly four digits, so in my mind this should be 1947 not 1937 as relayed to me from my grandparents.
Anybodys thoughts invited on this.

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