Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

You don’t need to remove the wheel and getting the gib key out could be a whole lot of unnecessary hassle.
Just remove the guard and clean up the clutch mechanism there is not a lot that can go wrong with the actual dog clutch inside the gearbox.

To get the flywheel off you just undo the centre bolt and keep undoing it – pop.
Don’t break the flywheel fins.

I am near Inverurie, got a Gem with a JAP engine and a 350 with a Kohler, both good machines.

it is very true Geoff there is plenty that complain or suggest something but ask them to DO it is totally different. When Chris Youngman organised with the Fergie club a working weekend in Northumberland before covid the only ones to turn up were our gang of three but the number of moaners was outstanding

The VHGMC will also be looking for a new Ploughing Co-Ordinator at the 2022 AGM in March, so here is an ideal opportunity for the right person to come along and perhaps instigate a few changes.

As you say, there are plenty of ideas out there but is there somebody that can see them through to a conclusion? If nobody comes forward then things will…[Read more]

I scanned Steve Woollas’s perspex cover, opened it in Photoshop and increased the size. I then drew around all of the relevant lines in white using the pencil tool (it took hours!), then filled in the background in black using the bucket tool.

I just hope the engraver can use it now!

It is well worth noting that not all VHGMC members use the club website, so response to this topic is not necessarily a good measure of interest. The only way to contact all VHGMC members is via the club magazine, but there is no guarantee they will read it.

Well just as I thought not many ploughmen in the vhgmc all your comments are welcome these are my thoughts after another season ends, I feel something needs to be done as I observed the matches posted on social media and in the press in particular Sundays match at Sherwood forest a national qualifier always a good entry of people trying to qualify…[Read more]

Looking good. Out of interest how did you manage to reproduce the artwork?

I’ve been shopping around and found a trophy engraver locally that says he can do it; the trouble is he’s now away until 10th December and he would prefer to give me a quote to do the job first. I’ve done the artwork already and supplied him with both JPEG and pdf formats but the fact that he wants to quote me first sounds a little worrying!

Here…[Read more]

Halfords and Amazon both sell selection boxes of springs. There is bound to be one in there that you could use.

More faith in “selection boxes” that I have. I dare not admit to how many springs I got through trying to find two springs for the centrifugal clutch on a Anzani Powermow.
Please Mr OP tell us what spring you need / where it liv…[Read more]

As you have stripped it so far I would continue as if ever you need to remove it for some essential maintenance it will make life easier. Just grease the cross tube up when putting it all back together.
MG5 is easier than MG6 as they have 2 cross tubes and cannot be twisted off.
Neil

Thank you Neil, appreciate the advice. In two minds now as to whether to bother, as the main reason for doing it was to take off the drive wheel to soak it and free up the rollers which were all seized solid. But in the end a lot of blowtorch and tapping got them all free. On the other hand it would be good to check everything over while I have…[Read more]

irc you may want to reconsider posting your email address where it is publicly visible. Far better to pass that sort of information via a private message.

Peter, I have 3 Howard 700’s in various stages of renovation???? I am based just outside OLdmeldrum and can be contacted at ~ iancameron.inverurie@sky.com

This is an age old problem.
You will need to make a small pusher to fit between the main chassis and the side frame as close to the cross tube as possible. A very large nut and bolt that only just fits is best the as you undo the nut the length increases. When it is at the end of the bolt you will need to add spacers.
Lots of heat on the tube can…[Read more]

Halfords and Amazon both sell selection boxes of springs. There is bound to be one in there that you could use.

Not all springs are born equal! Give us a clue.