Well, clutch IS stuck on my 155D

[Goldchaser]

I think I am quite similar to you

I find old things that everyone else had considered junk and spend hours making them work perfectly again. Everyone thinks it's a waste of time.

But then when I'm done and they see the stuff working again they think that was good. And they don't realise how little the things have cost me

I'm getting an old eighties David Brown tractor soon. Looks like an absoloute heap but it was only ｣800 ($1500) for 70 HP with cab, heating etc. Once I am done with it it should work like new again and to buy something new like this would be costing ｣25,000 ($50,000)

I like your swather. Nice restoration

Never seen one of them in the UK before. I assume it is for cutting hay and then leaving it in a row?

Nice to hear from someone in the UK. Used to live over there. For about 6 years. Lived in Middleton Stoney just north of Oxford. Small village, not much more than a pub, a church and a few houses at the time. Loved it though. My family was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. Went back about six years or so later for a couple of weeks and so much had changed. Especially down in Oxford. Likely wouldnt recognise things now.

Yea, I get that reaction from folks as well. But I have always enjoyed taking something that looked like H*** and making it useful again. Not cars though. For some reason I just dont like working on cars. Maybe one from the 30s or 40's but nothing much newer. I have worked on all kinds of equipment

Yea, the swather is for cutting hay or some grains like millet. Lays it in a nice row for baling or in the case of millet for combineing once the heads have dried. Just sold the swather for about 5 times what it actually cost me in cash. Actually, I traded it to a friend for some stuff and then he sold it. We both were happy. He is a good friend and we trade stuff back and forth all the time. We do it for the fun of it. Sometimes he comes out ahead, sometimes I do. But all in all we both win.