MrSpeedy
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Well, I've grabbed a couple of hours here and ther, and things are moving on The engine is now refitted to the chassis and a new primary drive chain fitted. (We had a roll of it in stock!) Chain guard painted and fitted also. A few more brass nuts made as well Also dropped the silencer back on And no cylinder mower would be complete without a bright red set of blades! I'm hoping to fit the cylinder cartridge tomorrow, and make a start on the chain covers and handlebars In other news, I had the fuel tank soaking in Bilt Hamber rust remover. Sadly this had left it looking somewhat like a pepper pot and is pretty much borked. I've found a replacement on Ebay, so we'll see how good/bad that one is!
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Last Edit: Oct 7, 2015 21:08:16 GMT by MrSpeedy
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MrSpeedy
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I keep trying to tell myself "It's just a mower FFS!" Unfortunately I keep ignoring myself. Anyways, the cylinder is now refitted and adjusted up to the knife Which was then followed by stripping and cleaning the carburettor. And as suspected, it was full of cr@p! Clutch release mechanism cleaned, painted and refitted And I've just spent the last hour of today polishing the rest of the engine ducting I shall round the day off with a bit more painting and then tomorrow should see the chain covers, handlebars and kickstart assembly refitted. Which will leave just the grass box to be dealt with and the fuel tank. Talking of which, I've fitted a new gauze filter to the tap for the tank. Some very delicate soldering and a steady hand required for that job! There wasn't one fitted previously, but when dealing with old fuel tanks you can never have too much filtration
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Oct 10, 2015 10:26:21 GMT
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That's going to end up too nice to cut grass with. Lovely look job. Well done.
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14 Audi A3 Sportback - Easy driver 05 Audi TT MK1 3.2 DSG - Damn quick 73 Triumph 2000 - Needs work 03 Range Rover 4.4 V8 petrol. Had to get it out of my system.
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 17, 2015 10:12:00 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2015 21:55:40 GMT by MrSpeedy
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 18, 2015 20:16:55 GMT
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Well, with the grass box painted and my freshly fitted decals, I had to attack the back lawn.
First thing I noticed was, this thing is fast! Too fast!
It also highlights how uneven my lawn is as it keeps digging in. As can be seen by my abrupt halt at the end of the video.
To attempt to combat this, I shall next be building a roller seat to ride along behind it!!
And then my Daughter decided to re-edit the video
Truth be told, I think it's hilarious!
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2015 20:18:55 GMT by MrSpeedy
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Excellent but yes, you shouldn't have to run to keep up with it! If you alternate the way you cut the lawn (end to end and then side to side) each time, a lot of the lumps and dips will come out eventually.
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 19, 2015 21:08:58 GMT
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Well, I've decided now that the next chapter in this tale shall be the construction of a roller seat to trail behind it! That will also double as some campsite transportation at RRG16 ?
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 20, 2015 21:31:53 GMT
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So, if you've seen the videos, you'll know it's a bit quick across the ground, and as far as I'm concerned motorised mowers should be making life easier! With that in mind I've started making a trailing roller seat for it (me) Now, I had started looking on ebay to see what's about, and the answer was not much of any reason. so, getting really back to basics, first step was to make a roller! I found a piece of 150mm diameter 2mm wall steel tube left over from another job. Cut it down to a length of 16 1/2", which when combinded with the 1/4" end plates gives an overall length of 17" which is the same as the mower roller I found a couple of bearings in a bin upstairs of leftovers These are 'self-aligning' so should provide nice smooth movement for the roller I want the roller to look like it belongs with the mower, so I'll be attempting to build it in a similar style of construction, so a couple of end plates to mount the roller and held together with long studs and tube spacers. I dug out a piece of 1/4" plate and chopped it in half. After tack welding the two together I drew out a shape to echo the mower and cdressed them up. Found a few holes of the appropriate size in a box upstairs and added them also A quick mock-up of tonights progress shows where we're heading
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 21, 2015 19:23:20 GMT
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A little more progress tonight. Tube spacers made and studs to hold it together. Don't worry about the mankey nuts, I'll be making matching brass ones ? Also made a couple of side bars for the drawbar.
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 22, 2015 19:24:03 GMT
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And tonight I added a seat mounting Just waiting for a seat to appear!
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Oct 22, 2015 20:13:31 GMT
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Excellent work! Are you going to play with the gearing a bit to make it not quite so rapid over the ground or maybe suspension will be required?
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 22, 2015 21:24:01 GMT
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I may well have a look at trying to drop the drive roller speed, although it may not be such an issue when I don't have to run behind it!
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 28, 2015 22:15:14 GMT
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Right, update time! So, finally, my seat arrived A little crusty in the centre, but that can be dealt with In the meantime, some colour was added to the rest of it. Now, as my mower was never intended to be dragging a fat b@stard on a roller behind it, some sort of tow hitch was required. It seemed the only viable option was something clamped around the lower rear frame tie rod. Which also required swapping the kickstart from it's centre position to the left side. A coat of Bilt Hamber followed by gloss black results in a presentable seat. Now obviously I couldn't wait to see how it all looks, so I bolted it all together tonight in the dark. And that was closely followed by some #nightmowing Now, the only question remaining is...... will they let me take it up the hill at RRG16?
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oukie
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Oct 28, 2015 22:41:00 GMT
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Ha ha, very good, looks like the seat/additional roller looks factory.
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Lost the plot or not, that looks superb.
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Great work - and a cool ride!
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PHUQ
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Plot is definitely absent without leave, but nonetheless that's ace!
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steveg
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Brilliant, thanks for putting this on here.You would be rather fit chasing the mower round if you carried on as in the first video, one trip though and you would be off through the hedge !
Mowing the grass with the seat on the back will be a far more pleasant task, you need some lights for night mowing though !
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gazz81
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Oct 29, 2015 10:15:41 GMT
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So when are you going racing!
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Amazing work (as usual) as well as very entertaining.
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