The Nuffield is making progress, albeit a little slow. Simply because I am unable to fulfill all the relevant tasks, so we have to rely on others involved in order to restore it to its original factory condition.
When a restoration project commences, there are a multitude of issues that have to be addressed. When a vehicle or tractor is purchased, ideally it helps if you can obtain one that is more or less 'all there'. We understand deterioration and decay together parts or components missing. With tractors for example, they tended to be 'bastardised' by previous owners, pricipally to reduced the repair costs and keep them going. Tractor tin work can be well damaged either by misuse or rust.
In this business, there are of course a vast number of suppliers of replica items. Avoid these like the plague if possibly. Study the tractor and manufacturer and establish the principle of common components used by other manufacturers or models. So when you go looking for items at a tractor breakers, you need to have sufficient knowledge of where else that part may just be lurking. In the case of the 3/45 model I own, certain components were used on the Nuffield 4/65, Leyland 344 and early JCB's.
So armed with this knowledge, suitable tooling and permission from the breakers yard owners, you can now locate the precise item, assess its condition, remove, pay up and eventually reuse.
Now here we have the author studying the parts manual for this tractor. This photo was not taken at home.
The best way to clean out a wire gauze air filter is set fire to it.
The PTO cover is an example of a component from another tractor. Courtesy of Ron Greet Tractors of Devon, this came off a Leyland 344.
The newly painted dash panel is offered up.
Foot rests also now going back on.
Another photo showing the dash and just behind it is part of the air cleaner system.
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