Dieselman 63
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Hendersons have nos Hoffmann available, ex-vat come in at £36, much better
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Hendersons have nos Hoffmann available, ex-vat come in at £36, much better
Dieselman 63
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Found this nice old advert for the tractor - the complete answer to miniature mechanization!
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Big difference in price between RL10 and RL11. The 10 is reasonable. Henderson's page gives the alternative nomenclature for them so it might be worth searching on all possibilities as some people may not list them by the RL number. For example, BearingBoys (https://www.bearingboys.co.uk/Imperial/NLJ138-Imperial-Self-Aligning-Ball-Bearing-131672-p) have an unknown brand listed as NLJ138.
Dieselman 63
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Yes, these older bearings are getting increasingly harder to find at a reasonable price. A lot of manufacturers simply don’t make them anymore.
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They do get made, when they have a larger enough back order to make a run worth while.
I was helping restore a static bailer a few years ago, we had to wait 11 months to get an order filled for older bearings.
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thought you’d find this interesting, mowing my paddock with a 1950s monro tiller. It’s knocking it back without breaking a sweat !
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It has but it cuts and drives well. There’s a much bigger range of things it’ll drive than the Allen scythe too
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Cutting grass was enough for me with an Allen scythe. The Eskdalemuir Observatory had a posh Allen Scythe, it had gears. Anything other than first and you were running behind it! It had a snow plough too, could move some snow with that
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They’re just great eh? One of my more eco-centric friends turned from delight to horror recently after I told her I’d been doing a lot of gardening, then showed her my tractor ‘which now runs on leaded petrol!’
You get so much more done though. Are you going to make a dolly with a seat so you can let it drag you around?
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I might well do. It’s one of a pair, the other has its rotavator attachment. Our dad got given them by someone at a vintage show he was exhibiting at, and rebuilt the villiers engines. They run sweet and start first pull. 3 speed box with a reverser set up tooThey’re just great eh? One of my more eco-centric friends turned from delight to horror recently after I told her I’d been doing a lot of gardening, then showed her my tractor ‘which now runs on leaded petrol!’
You get so much more done though. Are you going to make a dolly with a seat so you can let it drag you around?
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Guess what was only $2!
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We’ve been working all day for the past two days moving branches, finally it’s over. Hardly took any pics, just this huge pile ready for chipping.
I put the machine away for the day, then went to tidy up some invasive vine-like plant that has been trying to kill my willow tree - all cut and pulled down. As I dumped it on the pile of waste I bellied out the mower. I’ve never actually done this before but it wasn’t a problem as Ransomes to the rescue! The tracks held up and pulled the mower free. Low beam light in use, for the trainspotters…
I need to lift the machine again as the tracks have jumped a link and are sitting half-way, just a case of tightening the adjusters and getting the track in the right position. Maintenance is key. Also the spark plug lead snapped, so I’ll be seeing if I can get something a bit sturdier than my midday fix of wrapping bare wire around the plug!
I put the machine away for the day, then went to tidy up some invasive vine-like plant that has been trying to kill my willow tree - all cut and pulled down. As I dumped it on the pile of waste I bellied out the mower. I’ve never actually done this before but it wasn’t a problem as Ransomes to the rescue! The tracks held up and pulled the mower free. Low beam light in use, for the trainspotters…
I need to lift the machine again as the tracks have jumped a link and are sitting half-way, just a case of tightening the adjusters and getting the track in the right position. Maintenance is key. Also the spark plug lead snapped, so I’ll be seeing if I can get something a bit sturdier than my midday fix of wrapping bare wire around the plug!
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That’s what snapped off. My one was made by a firm called Collett of London
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Just looking further at that image, and I spot a lovely knurled brass spark plug cap, that beats the standard one and a pair of pliers to nip it up!
Also a Wico series A mag, same as on the crawler. Mine gets a shower of brake dust now and then, definitely not as shiny as that one - presuming it’s one of your lovely engines?
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Was one of my engines, sold it a few weeks ago.
Polish the mag top with black shoe polish to get the nice shine
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Was one of my engines, sold it a few weeks ago.
Polish the mag top with black shoe polish to get the nice shine
Top tip, I’ll do that. I just read Wico is an acronym for the Witherbee Igniter Company of New York - merged with Pacy in the late 40’s which gave them a British manufacturing plant. I did initially wonder what an American mag was doing on a thoroughly British machine
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So that must be where WIPAC came fromTop tip, I’ll do that. I just read Wico is an acronym for the Witherbee Igniter Company of New York - merged with Pacy in the late 40’s which gave them a British manufacturing plant. I did initially wonder what an American mag was doing on a thoroughly British machine
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Another night in the workshop - back at work now so time isn’t as plentiful. All that work chewing up the hedge and working down the back filled the tracks up with mud. It’s probably not great to have it sitting in there making things go rusty, so I’ve been picking it out with a big cabinetmakers screwdriver. Great tool for the job! One side done, now I’m off to bed.
