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    Used ride on mower advice

    Good advice e.Had a Countax and thought it was a good mower Replaced it with an industrial Iseki. Would never go back Like chalk and cheese. chalk and cheese
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    Gripwheels

    I have an old Stanhay wheel strake as they were called in the back of a shed. Slacken two nuts and drive forwards to put the lugs out or reverse to put them in for road travel. My father used it on the land wheel to give grip in the days when tractors did not have a diff lock.
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    Dynamo to alternator

    May not be the dyanmo. Could well be the regulator. Alternator conversion will do away with the regulator and charge the battery better especially at low revs.
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    Dynamo to alternator

    Large terminal to battery live and small terminal though ignition light bulb to a switched live.
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    Water run off

    I have seen a track ruined by removing the raised centre to make a gutter. The centre stabilises the two tracks and once it was removed they collapsed into it making the track into a pot holed mess.
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    Westwood t1800 cutting deck won’t engage

    Just forget the original system and rewire it direct from the battery to the clutch. Run wire from the battery through the seat switch to switch a relay switch and then to earth.Run another thicker wire from the battery through the power side of the relay to the dash switch and on to the to the...
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    New Holland CR 11,90

    That output would almost impossible to obtain especially in an average Canadian crop of 1.5 tonnes per acre. With a 60 ft header I calculate you would have to average 12.35mph. I think any header would find it very hard to cut at that speed as either the knife would give up or the header...
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    Vintage Tractor Insurance

    My vintage policy with the NFU does not insure impliments attached to the tractor. They have to be insured seperately. Their farm policy covers anything attached to the tractor.
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    Dominator 116 cs

    I remember when I had mine combining some oats for a customer. It rained on the straw and he spread it with a haybob to dry. The haybob would not gather it up again and he ended up ploughing it in. Also remember combining rape and supposed to leave in swathe to bale. Got round the field and...
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    Dominator 116 cs

    I had a Commander 228 for 1 season. Hard to set up as it pulverised the straw which gave the sieves a lot to do. One customer in particular hated it for what it did to the straw so although I liked it I half heartedy advertised it for sale in Farmers Weekly. Someone came down and paid me the...
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    Stiga Villa 16 HST

    Is the belt a proper kevlar mower belt. Ordinary A or B section belts do not work well as clutches. I have a Yanmar diesel ride on I bought second hand which like yours would continue to drive when declutched and shredded belts in no time. Correct Kevlar belt and never been a problem since, .
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    Fendt ideal

    You can cut your hedges too with a Class!
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    Removing a stuck bolt

    Plough legs can wear the bolt on the leading edge and sit back in the recess if you understand what I mean. Try thrashing the leg forwards to realign the bolt with the hole and try again. Maybe remove the frog and body to reduce the weight to give the hamme more effect.
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    Generator electrical test

    I think the OP means not if it is in working order but is it electrically safe. A big difference.
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    Combine engine

    I have got a vw to vauxhall 1600 /2000cc adaptor plate if of any use. I think it would also fit diesel astra range.
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    Running up an online auction

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    Which glue to use

    Araldite but not the quick setting orJB Weld. Vee it out first and make sure it is clean and grease free.
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    Oil seal help

    Cant you make a spacer so as to move the seal on to an unworn part of the shaft or a wider seal which would also move the seal lip along the shaft Few mm?
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    Weird old hay turner

    Nichloson made a similar back kick tedder in the late 1950's but it was blue, My guess it is a Fahr as they made similar machines that were red.
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    Duncan and bonnng boards

    12 or 13 inches l believe. I was told by a friend that used to plough with a Fiskars that 13 inches was his preference as three furrows were a metre. ''
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