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carbore:
My fergie makes my seriws III Landrover seem modern, plasticky and complex!!!!! (should say that relay I love all my little toys)

Bush Tucker Man:
One of my oldest friends (as in time known, not age) has 3 Fordson E27N's that he bought in his early teens (we're both 43!)

Plus he also had two Series 1 Field Marshalls, which as some of you will know have the most wonderful starting mechanism :lol: :lol:


Well....... as far as I know, he still owns them all :-k


He now also owns 3 Atkinsons!

One is the ex-NCB Yorkshire region 'Emergency Winder' tractor unit

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The other 2 are ex-Hansons 6x4 tippers (Hansons was a well-known West Yorkshire hauliers with a large NCB contract)

Defender:

--- Quote from: Disco Matt on October 30, 2008, 12:28:57 ---Wasn't the Field Marshal the one with a single cylinder engine and a big flywheel? Apparently the whole thing bounces at tickover
--- End quote ---
Yep, that's the one. :D

There are two ways of starting them.
One is to use a starting cartridge, this is like a blank shotgun cartridge that you insert into a chamber in the head (but we don't have any :roll:) & the other way to start it is to insert a smouldering rolled up cigarette paper into the chamber & hand crank it with a starting handle inserted into the LARGE, HEAVY flywheel. :->
Hand cranking is a 'ball breaker' & it's easier if two people crank the handle, especially on a cold, damp morning.  :lol:
Once it fires up, remnants of burning cigarette paper get ejected from the exhaust.

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: Defender on October 30, 2008, 21:29:27 ---There are two ways of starting them.
One is to use a starting cartridge, this is like a blank shotgun cartridge that you insert into a chamber in the head (but we don't have any :roll:)
--- End quote ---

Robert Crawfords stock the starting cartridges, or did anyway
And don't forget the hammer to tap the firing pin!


--- Quote from: Defender on October 30, 2008, 21:29:27 ---the other way to start it is to insert a smouldering rolled up cigarette paper into the chamber & hand crank it with a starting handle inserted into the LARGE, HEAVY flywheel. :->
Hand cranking is a 'ball breaker' & it's easier if two people crank the handle
--- End quote ---
Too damned bl**dy true!!, I've tried it once!


--- Quote from: Defender on October 30, 2008, 21:29:27 ---Once it fires up, remnants of burning cigarette paper get ejected from the exhaust.

--- End quote ---
Yes, it rains 'cinders' :D

S188:
Is that godess a 4x2?  Thought they were all 4x4.  Doesn't quite look right that low down.

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