80 YEAR OLD TRACTOR - WILL IT START!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Hey guys. I know this video has been very long awaited but finally I am able to have a go at starting my Ransomes Crawler. What a journey it's been. Nearly a year exactly since I started this project and it looks nothing like it did back then! Still more to do but there's not much left now!
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Hey all, thanks for the feedback! Just a note for you all. There’s nothing that holds the gudgeon pin in. It floats in the piston. It has little Ali caps on the end of it to allow it to rub the bore without damage.
There’s no way to secure it or put clips in.
This was common in some engines back in those days. I have even seen this in aircraft and large stationary engines. As long as the pin does not stick in its bore, no problem.
Indian motorcycles also did that
When I saw you stick the cylinder on, I thought to myself.. hmm something looked waaaay too easy in that clip,. I had to go back and re-watch it, I saw you easily aline the wrist pin, but I didn't see any snap rings, cir clips or button caps.
Good job putting this pin comment.
You did an outstanding job,
A little polishing on the timing and Carb and she will be purring.
Kim, your skills, dedication and resourcefulness is second to none, making nuts and bolts particularly impressed me
Spot on Kim, I know of a Ransomes crawler in a sad sight atm also one that uses a a single furrow, for plowing matches..... Mucka will be proud of you. 10/10 from me....😊
Also, they are in NZ. Next trip here, I hope.....
Kudos young lady your smile when it fired up was beautiful❤️👍
We all smiled when it started, but your smile says it all!
Congratulations Kim 😊 🎈
😁 thank you. I was thrilled!
You have done an amazing job on that Ransomes Crawler . It sounds good and looks like new. And you looked happy when it fired up. Looking forward to your next
video Kim. All the best
Well done the look of joy on your face when it started 😄
Pretty epic piece if you ask me. Well done!
I want to see you move it along and put it through it's paces please.
A proper nut and bolt restoration.
Top job!
Fantastic job there Kim amazing how the Ransomes has come along . Hope to see more videos of its first drive out. Well done. 🙂
Love the video, it’s great to see old machinery brought back to its former glory in life. The fine thread that you couldn’t find might have been (BSW)whitworth fine, I might be wrong but though it was worth a mention, as it’s what I used years gone by. 😉👍👍
Thanks it’s coming along nicely! BSF is the fine variant of BSW. Almost everything on this is BSF but it’s much finer than that.
Your smile when it started says it all 👍
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching this series. Congratulations on getting it to run!! I look forward to seeing it move and do some work.
Very well done! Beautiful restoration.
Great job Dad had one many years ago.
Brilliant! And doesnt it look well! Can’t wait to see you driving it!
Phil
The smile on your face says everything. And you should be proud as well... Thumbs Up!
Very good. So many pieces missing or worn out that would have sent that little dude to the recycler in most cases. Your willingness to manufacture new parts is impressive to say the least. I always enjoy your content Kim. Well done.
Best regards from Indiana, USA.
Thanks a lot Bill 😁
Congratulations on your first cranking handle fight. Been there many times. Easier in the summer. A nightmare in the cold. Many times my shoulders dropped fighting that handle
Seems a little low on compression, but then it's new rings will need time to bed in. The reason I say that is that when it's good, if you don't use the decompression lever then you'll be lifting the front off the ground! Remember that engine has a 4 to 1 mechanical advantage on the starting handle due to the reduction gearbox.
No definitely not low on compression. I didn’t attach and clips of that happening but it happened a lot where it wouldn’t turn and I’d decrompress it to a point where I could turn it
@@CalamityKim1 Well that's good! I was a little surprised I must admit.
I use to sell Ransomes mostly golf mowers and other equipment. I have only seen pictures of a crawler so this is super KOOL to watch thank you.
An impressive restoration of a stout little machine!
the smile said it all when it started well done love the family guy stuff yer i do wonder what there smoking these days
now that was a smile, a "thank fck for that" one i think... you have done well...
i just got my late dad's 1935 morgan V twin 3 wheeler started yesterday, first time in over a year. it started up instantly [after tickling the carb], now that has a good thump, 500cc per cylinder, no engine mountings, rocks the car at idle. sadly, a lot of knowledge has been lost with his passing in february, RIP dad...
Sorry for your loss Paul.
I bet that was satisfying to get it going!
Nicely done!
That fine thread is prob BSF, a couple of sets of pitch gauges and a Zeus table book would prevent any doubt.
No it’s not bsf. Much finer. I did look through my Zeus book and still struggled to see what it may have been.
Get in nice one,
Ma Lord Muck could have swung that handle for ya.
After seeing your initial videos in the Ransom, I knew it was in good hands. You have done an honorable job.
I keep a pair of knipex in my kitchen to open stuff 😊arthritis issues.
That’s a good idea 😁
owned a few of these MG2 tractors it will be easier to start if you keep it de compressed and crank it slow if you wind it too fast it will advance the timing. it should start dead easy on the up pull of the handle after a few turns over de compressed. the fan is missing off the engine once warmed up they will idle quite well and be easy to get in to gear and control.
Great job, the smile on your face was priceless. Can you tell us in more detail about your grandfather patent?
Thanks 😊 I just read the one patent picture I have. Which was about bubble prevention in filaments. Some of the other patents I know are directly about the coating on the fibre.
He had six from memory. Thanks 😊
@@CalamityKim1, Wow, very cool history and your grandmother holds them at her house.
Excellent work! That looks like an old Harley engine on that thing.
Grandfather had one of these we used to get the boat onto the beach with back in the 70s salt water did for her and she went to the happy scrapyard in the sky many years ago
Great job Lady Muck!
Good job 👍🏻
kim the barral and head look like norton 16 H our simler.
There's a 1st. I'm doubly cool 😂, though I think my kids might have something to say about that one. What an absolutely brilliant rebuild, you should be really proud of yourself. It's not strength that doesn't allow you to open those containers, it's a devil magic that keeps them closed. 😂👍
Hi. Cool as. Cheers
I want to be a friend of this girl!
Hello it's been quite some time since your last since I saw you last ,I just noticed some how I was unsubscribed I've always enjoyed your videos ,well I'll not miss anymore of your Videos ,.006 is six thousands Kim ,There's a English Rototiller called a Howard see if you get one and do a rebuild ,after you chase the head bolt holes I take a counter bore cutter to the top of the head bolt hole just giving it a slight counter bore ,when will you and the Mucker be coming back to the states the weather is beautiful now
Absolutely splendid, where DID you get that magneto??????????😅
My friend Jamie, I bought it off him.
in the video i see arcing in front were the crank area you mite loosing spark. look in your video were you start the engine. i could be wrong . but look at it it steady arck that bolt . i had that on ford tractor 9 n .i found it at night
For got to put restpin in😮
I cut my grass with a 1940 International Harvester Farmall A. Start's twice a week.
What holds the gudgeon pin in place and stop it from damaging the bore again.
Nothing. It floats in the piston.
@@CalamityKim1 That is why the bore had marks in it, it will do it again as you might have to investigate what secures the pin.
I just discovered Calamity Kim channel. Tell her to use a mallet, hammer.... or whatever y'all call it there...to close cans, pots...or whatever y'all call them...and NOT her hands! She'll thank me in her old age, if she listens, takes her...or however y'all say that
Sincerely, your new subscriber...
Andrew J Myers👽
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I subscribed because you asked so nicely.
Thanks and welcome 😁
When trying to start an engine, the backfire indicates that petrol is getting to the cylinder.
I tried to remember the engine brand, failed as normal..
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It's... a bit loud! 🙂
Very. Sorry if i deafened you. I turned the volume down a bit on the running clips.
What hold the wrist pin from sliding out I’m use to seeing snap rings
Nothing, it floats in the piston
@@CalamityKim1 27 years as a diesel mechanic and many gas engines I’ve never seen a wrist pin that floats nice work by the way
11:45 is that bolt whitworth fine thread?
Just a little FYI, Whitworth fine is BSF. And unfortunately it isn’t that, it’s a lot more fine than that. Most things on these crawlers are BSF and the odd bit of BSW.
@@CalamityKim1 didn't realise they're the same. I'm not really that up on British thread "standards"
nothing is cheap or ever was cheap to buy anywhere in the world ..
Hell yeah, that smile when she fired up says it all.
I think you're doing yourself down, to get a 1930's engine to fire up and run as well as it does first time out is a great achievement. You can tweak and tune it after a few hours running 👌🏼
Lord Muck with a compliment, receiving his respect is well worth the work effort 👌🆗
Second what Lord Muck says. Quite an achievement. Wear it Proudly.
Well done on a classic restoration. These old girls are always worth the effort Kim. These little workhorses have found their way around the world including here in Australia.👍🏆
There’s quite a lot of them in Australia I think? Always see people posting in the groups about them. Thanks 😊
I have one here in California. Not running, yet.
Hi love the great job you have done. I have just bought a MG5 and was wondering where you got the track hardware/rubber washers from as mine all need replacing. Your help would be much appreciated
Hi Richard, all of the parts came from Neil Jarrett. His email is njarrett@btinternet.com if you ask him about an up to date parts list. He’s in the Ransomes group on Facebook. That groups called Ransomes MG Crawlers, a lot of very good info in there.
Congratulations the hand cranking isn’t easy, it’s surprising how tiring it is to do.
Hopefully you can get the last few bits finnished and get it all running and starting perfectly and get it to one or 2 summer shows for restored equipment.
👍👏
That’s the plan 😎 I’ll be doing the last few bits inbetween jobs. Be done soon I hope.
I loved your smile when it started and ran. Great job and a great result. Now on to putting around the yard with it.
Take care, stay safe,
jack, In The Valley of The Sun, Arizona, U.S.A.
Thanks Jack and good lord you’re up late! 😂
Great work Kim, your smile when it started was as big as Leo’s when Tally ho starting sailing on his video yesterday. Only problem is your delaying me going out to the shed to get my 1952 Atco lawnmower to start ( currently no spark). Look forward to further videos on this Ransomes
That's an awesome effort, it looks really good! You should be proud of yourself.
I always remember one of these being at a vintage rally as a kid, it was the coolest thing there.
Excellent job, probably the best mg2 around. A real credit to you.
one thing I would say is, It's probably best to get the engine to compression and then pull up on the handle. Pushing down on the compression stroke could break your arm if it backfires.
Looking forward to seeing it move under its own power.
Good advice, kickback when hand starting can catch out those new to the art, keeping your thumb out of the way is also wise. What a great restoration, loved every part of it.
Ah.... a lovely Britt with the accent. Who knows her way around a shop and tools to boot! I spent 5 years stationed in England in the Cotswold. Very beautiful place. I love working on the old iron. God bless.
Don't worry, you're doing great, Kim! Every Time I try to fix a machine I haven't had my hands on before I have to re-do stuff bc I forgot something or had to figure out bc stuff was missing.. Esp. the 50cc scooters are prone to double work. Bc they are not mandatory to go to german TÜV ,and only needs insurance, EVERYONE is messing with them around.I am at the state where I open up every machine , just to have a look at it before driving, despite it "runns fine". There is not one Scooter that wasnt fiddled with or had screws mixed up.Or holes in airfilters or shit done to make it run faster , so that some 16year old can go 5 km quicker than his friends..haha.
I guess thats why people finally leave them alone... ( and all the Plastic "wrenching" which isnt fun at all).And move on to higher cc!
Love your videos. would watch them even without fast foreward. Interesting stuff!
It’s always the way isn’t it. I’ve done a fair amount of that with this. It can be very frustrating.
Looking good that mower for 80yrs old, better than melod too. Speaking of melod, does he use that green filler to prepare himself before he does a video, you can tell he uses something to look better for the camera! 🤣🤣🤣
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People pay a lot of money for gym fees. Just buy a hand cranked old tractor and that will keep you fit and far more enjoyable. Not a fan of the Ransomes, went on one once and it took me into a hedge as its throttle got stuck. Nice job there. When is Kurt going to work on the Cat 951 from L M videos ?
You're smile at the end made it all worthwhile. Great job Kim.
Using the lathe for rust removal on the inside of the fuel tank is a nifty idea. Only you'd need something more than just sand. A short length of smaller link size (think chain dog lead) of chain rolling around the inside would help get any scale pieces off the inside. After that follow with steel nuts and bolts of about 8-9 millimeter size, maybe about as long as the end of your finger turning at as slow a speed as your lathe can manage. Polish with steel shot and or blasting sand.
Great vid Kim , you’re so talented n glad to see mucker to. Both you’re channels are brilliant 👍👌 as mucker would say party gas n send it 🤣🤣
First view first like 😁👌🏼
Doing an excellent rebuild Kim, great to see you bringing this charismatic little machine back to life...Waffer thin...those who know will understand, I have my own channel but nowhere near as professional as yours, well done.
You're too hard on yourself with the tiny mistakes. You've done really well!
Maybe but it helps me keep a high standard. 😁
It wasn’t a stupid mistake not setting timing on the compression stroke it was a Honest Mistake.
Just found your channel! Subscribed!
i didn't see you connect the connecting rod to the piston. I guess you didn't film it.
I didn’t, it floats in the piston.
Africa;....1980...One Ransomes new.... abandonned on the forest....... diesel Dryton... impossible to start it...
I instal an préheating candle and ............. marvelous machine....
mmmmmmmmmmm
It Lives! However starting the beastie looks like hard work! Maybe some sort of electric starter based on a cordless plaster mixer might work - like they start F1 cars with. 🙂
That would make it much easier wouldn’t it 🤣
Major milestone, Ransomes looking handsome and its alive! Always good to have a win👍.
Well done Kim the look on your face when it started shows how pleased you were to get it running. Excellent project you have done a brilliant job!!
17:00 Only just discovered this channel via Diesel Creek. But you deserve a sub just for that XD. Looking forward to more!
As already said by many, but that smile at the end 😍
Makes me wish I lived in England. There's nothing finner then a woman who loves working and restoring old equipment. Good job
Fantastic restoration Kim, just a little fettling and it will be running fine.👍
Now if you're having trouble cranking that with a hand crank what I suggest is going get a go kart bump box And those are used for starting racing engines on go cards but we've used it to start diesel engines even engines that size here in the United States it would probably be a real saver to just buy a go cart bump box and put it in a dapter piece for that engine
It's so damn cool, you've done a amazing job..the crank handle takes me back to childhood, starting the big pumps on the farm.
Maybe people were just being cooth and figured that you did notice that you did not time the cam and didn't want to mention it and not to be rude or to be nasty or anything like that because I was thinking the same thing the last episode when you put it on did you time it correctly but I wasn't going to say anything cause I thought that would be rude or nasty you have an excellent day I do love this little build I'm trying to acquire one myself I live in the state so you know how hard that's going to be most likely it's going to have to be shipped from England
Love the name you picked, it's a grabber. Calamity.... did you pick it from Calamity Jane?
Hello over there across the "pond" Ms. Kim. I live near Detroit, Michigan so we're a little spread apart but it looks like we have some similar interests. What a great thing you have done there lady. Over here in the States there aren't many tracked small "walk behind" all purpose tractors. Our predecessors seemed to gravitate to wheeled instead of tracked. I'd like to see how your Ransom does pulling a load and also how well it moves about and how fast or how slow it goes. Q: Does fixing up an old piece like that make you feel like you gave it a life again? That's how I have always felt with anything I fixed and got running again. For me it has always been so satisfying that I have just about resolved myself to having nothing new. (except my microwave oven. For me taking food from the freezer and heating it in a microwave is almost like having a "food replicator" so I make that exception.) Anyway, I have a lot of older pieces of equipment and am really so appreciative of the engineering that went into them that I surround myself with almost all older stuff. Example: I have a 1973 International Harvester Cub Cadet 129 Lawn Tractor that mows about an acre every week during the mowing season. It also rototills a garden of about 1/10 acre and it has a snow blower attachment that clears my 100 foot driveway and another 50 feet of sidewalk. So it is very versatile and it works very well especially for a 50 year old lawn tractor. It does have the hydrostatic drive system, which I wanted because that style of transmission allows for just creeping, perfect for rototilling garden soil. In today's throw-away age, the way somethings are built I have to sit back and wonder. Example: Plastic Camshafts and gears. Maybe it's the way I use (or abuse) my old pieces of equipment that makes me feel that way, but somehow having a plastic camshaft and gears just doesn't give me the good vibes I get from something a little more robust, like Cast Iron. Anyway, there's a little about me and what makes me tick. I am happy to see you successful with your project and I gave you a thumbs up *(although today I see it disappears after clicking on the icon ?) and I subbed so I can check out some of your other videos. Thank you for posting and Pip Pip (honk honk?) ben/ michigan
Yay she’s alive!😁👌you’ve done well to get it done in a year. Just need to get you into a field with a little plough on it now😍
I'm 100% all for lady engineers-well done. I'm not being patronising,as my younger daughter is an engineer with a prestigious British gas turbine company.
Reading some comments on tractor forums, I'm surprised at how many guys want help, because they timed their engine to TDC and it won't run. TDC doesn't mean a thing when timing, if you don't KNOW it's on the compression stroke.
'Unto the second generation born'. Our genes are not from our parents but from our grandparents. Basically, you may well be your grandad, plus and minus a few 'lumps and bumps' of course.
Kim is doin' stuff in her shop, she ain't never gonna' stop . . Kim is doin' stuff in her shop, she ain .... sorry, head tilted down.
You're starting it all wrong! :) Seriously though, the method in the manual works best. Flood the carb on the tickler, apply choke, very little throttle if any. Apply decompresser lever, pull it over once or twice to get a bit of momentum going, then release decomp lever on the upstroke of the handle and pull it over compression. No need to turn it over fast - the engine is going 4 times as fast as the handle.
That should work, and I've never found any advantage in cranking them over and over.
Sometimes, it'll pop on the first tdc with the decomp lever open, which is annoying since that mix would have started it!
If that happens, get it to compression with the starting handle away from you, release the decomp lever very briefly so you can pull it over that tdc, such that it's ready to fire as you pull that starting handle upwards on the side closer to you. Should start!
Hope this helps! I really did find a LOT easier that way!
About the cost of fasteners. I go to an industrial supply house, price is cheaper than a fastener shop. By a whopping great margin.
The supply house I get a bag of 10, whereas the fastener supplier, I'm lucky to get 4, for the same price.
Excellent video Clamity Kim :) yes do understand things take a year or more do on repairs on too and yes nice that got started up too also! I know Crank Over engine hard to do I done 1 to 6 cylinders motor before to and say wow that's a ankle buster and wrist on hands too! It true my one Late Uncle told about Cranking over engine he did lots in life ! Myself did 4 cylinders motor of Farm tractor one was pain and Self Propelled Gas motor on 1968 combine my late Dad and his brother my uncle in bucket in loader tractor in air and my uncle hold crank and I turn it over motor because starter stock on gear drive engaged ! Yes starter need rebuilt! Also other was a 1950 Cockshutt 40 gas 6 cylinders motor because carb flooding and electric start on battery was weak ! Found the Generator needed rebuilt and new 6 volt battery too ! Plus more on electrical power too and so got back to Machinery shed and fix up that in 1991 year !
Unf or bsf what it probably is
No it isn’t either.
great video enjoyed it a lot , can't wait to see it working
Make sure you drain the fuel out the tank if you're storing her for more than 6 weeks. They don't like modern fuel if it's been sitting too long, it degrades and looses flamability, and won't start......just don't ask how I know lol.
For clearing rust out of old fuel tanks I have seen old nuts, bolts and washers used to remove most of the rust, (shaken up or rotated as you have done), followed by some molasses with hot water to finish off the clean. It seemed to be effective. They also used to use Coka-Cola to remove rust in Portsmouth Dockyard.
Beautiful job! - Makes a nice change from Kurts rough-as-guts approach 👨🏭
Some of us see beyond the paint and I'm in the business of getting stuff running to allow others to take it further.
And at the end of the day, you both get a result!
@@chrishughes8011 a lot of folk aren't as fortunate as us to have workshops and facilities so it's nice for others to take them to the next level