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Motorways, was based in Stratford upon Avon on the West side in an industrial estate (Manor Road?), they had a fair setup with some good tractors-scrapers and good drivers, the Boss being Pat Barrat who was a cracking chap, I sometimes used to get involved with moving kit (Low Loader) and became ver...

J.R. the Hard work will be flogging up and down that long road to Hull, is it worth asking your program detail for working on it upto the new year as the cold stuff is here now and that sort of puts a few people off, it sort of defines the Tough Un's from the slackers :D ;) I hope it all works out w...

Wow J.R. what have you done?? copping a swinger then parking it 100's of miles away from base camp?? you could have parked it up a lot nearer the Nest? anyhow credit to you for saving a chunk of History lets hope it still has plenty of life to give, the B.T's had the usual metal drama's built in, th...

I think I first met Charlie on the Defford Air Field a million years ago, he was fixing the prop shaft into a Bedford Fuel Bowser, the usual stuff 3 Bedfords and 1 prop shaft, your dad had a hat with all sorts of junk hanging off it and overalls thick with grease and gunge, but as always a very happ...

Paxman, I used to get involved with a Charlie Weaver that used to live at I think Picken End H-Swan, if this is your Late Father he was some real gent, the last time I spoke to him he was off to Sun City to stay with family, we did a bit of a deal about the time he lost his Wife on a heap of old ser...

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If you have hooked your Tacho into the W conection on your alternator, you will need to know a bit about the alternator (poles) the W connection is A.C. half main voltage as a more common standard 24v=12v 12v=6v it is easy to set the Tacho like a Durite incorrectly, I use an injector line RPM set up...

Look on the back of the rod bearings for a No or detail, it will always be stamped with something?
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The Bathgate engine in Tractor format was in 3 styles N.T.-D.T. and T.T. with a fuel system setup for Tractor spec' the Truck engines had differing spec fuel injection and parts fitted, the black smoke following you about could be caused by a Thermo-Start fitting located in the inlet manifold that i...

D9 19A That sounds like a sprag clutch bearing in the Diesel Torque spitting the dummy out, in front of the Torque is a single plate clutch that is only engaged at low idle, the 19A tractor is not the best beast to give to a young chap with little knowledge of their peculiar running habits, the brak...