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Garden Tractor Boy
United Kingdom
Registrace 5. 12. 2016
Welcome to my channel! My name is Joseph and I live in the UK. On my channel I post videos about working on and using our collection of garden tractors, also tractor attachments, tools and country living. I aim to post videos every week on Saturday at 7pm UK time (GMT).
I can be contacted at josephwreeman@gmail.com
I can be contacted at josephwreeman@gmail.com
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 22 (Versa-matic rebuild cont.)
Today we are working on 1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic. We continue with the repairs to the Versa-matic and fit it back onto the tractor.
Below are links to some of the products we use:
GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8
Lube-Shuttle Grease Gun - amzn.to/4ax7Fh2
Box of Imperial Grease Nipple Assortment - amzn.to/3PFvhrw
Ring RSC804 4A Charger & Battery Maintainer - amzn.to/3ZM5Ffe
Saker Mini chainsaw - amzn.to/42EMTsH
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This video is intended for entertainment purposes only.
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Episode 311
Below are links to some of the products we use:
GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8
Lube-Shuttle Grease Gun - amzn.to/4ax7Fh2
Box of Imperial Grease Nipple Assortment - amzn.to/3PFvhrw
Ring RSC804 4A Charger & Battery Maintainer - amzn.to/3ZM5Ffe
Saker Mini chainsaw - amzn.to/42EMTsH
These are Amazon affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate I receive a small commission from qualifying purchases. There is no extra charge to you but it is a huge help in supporting my channel. If you are not interested in any of the items listed, please follow one of the links to Amazon to start your normal Amazon search. If you purchase something in this way it stll gives me a small commission at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.
This video is intended for entertainment purposes only.
#Gardentractorboy
#Bolens
#Rideamatic
#HowardBolens
Episode 311
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 21 (Versa-matic rebuild cont.)
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Today we continue work on 1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic. We replace the bearings in the Versa-matic pulley, then clean and lubricate the mechanism so it is ready to install on the tractor. Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Lube-Shuttle Grease Gun - amzn.to/4ax7Fh2 Box of Imperial Grease Nipple Assortment - amzn.to/3PFvhrw Ring RSC804 4A Charger & B...
East Coast Truckers Convoy 2024 (37th year) - Return journey
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The East Coast Truckers children's convoy is a major event in Norfolk UK with over 80 trucks taking disabled and disadvantaged children from Norwich, Norfolk to Pleasurewood Hills and Great Yarmouth. This year's convoy marks the 37th time such a trip has taken place. Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Ring RSC804 4A Charger & Battery Maintainer...
East Coast Truckers Convoy 2024 (37th year) - View from bridge over A47 Outward journey
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The East Coast Truckers children's convoy is a major event in Norfolk UK with over 80 trucks taking disabled and disadvantaged children from Norwich, Norfolk to Pleasurewood Hills and Great Yarmouth. This year's convoy marks the 37th time such a trip has taken place. Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Ring RSC804 4A Charger & Battery Maintainer...
East Coast Truckers Convoy 2024 (37th year) - Outward journey
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The East Coast Truckers children's convoy is a major event in Norfolk UK with over 80 trucks taking disabled and disadvantaged children from Norwich, Norfolk to Pleasurewood Hills and Great Yarmouth. This year's convoy marks the 37th time such a trip has taken place. Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Ring RSC804 4A Charger & Battery Maintainer...
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 20 (Versa-matic rebuild)
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Today we continue work on 1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic. We start work on rebuilding the Versa-matic. This includes the parts to mount it to the tractor and the controls. Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Lube-Shuttle Grease Gun - amzn.to/4ax7Fh2 Box of Imperial Grease Nipple Assortment - amzn.to/3PFvhrw Ring RSC804 4A Charger & Battery Maintainer ...
The three Bolens Ride-a-matic's project - Part1 (Introduction)
zhlédnutí 198Před měsícem
Today we introduce a new project. We recently bought three new Bolens Ride-a-matic's, one 1961 and two 1962. Over the years they have all been modified slightly in different ways and by working on them together we think it will be easier to return them back to original. Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Lube-Shuttle Grease Gun - amzn.to/4ax7Fh...
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 19 (Steering, wheels and tyres)
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Today we continue work on 1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic. We complete the steering, fit new tyres and make some repairs to the front wheel. It is great to see the tractor back on it's wheels Below are links to some of the products we use: GTB workshop gloves - amzn.to/41OaYN8 Lube-Shuttle Grease Gun - amzn.to/4ax7Fh2 Box of Imperial Grease Nipple Assortment - amzn.to/3PFvhrw Ring RSC804 4A Charger & ...
I am back! + We have a new machine!
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I have finished my exams and I am now back to CZcams! I hope to catch up with the channels I follow very soon. Today we provide an update on the work I have been doing and the workshop work we have planned. Just before I took a break from CZcams we bought a new machine and today we show you what it is and talk about it. If you know anything about this machine please let us know. Below are links...
1992 Bolens GT2000 - Part 4 (Project update)
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Today we provide an update on the Bolens GT2000 project. The exams I am doing at the moment meant that I had to hand this project over to the cameraman to progress while I was studying and it turned into significantly more work than we expected. The project is now complete and today we talk about all the work that was done and take the tractor for a test drive. Below are links to some of the pr...
Strumpshaw Steam Engine Rally - May 2024
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Strumpshaw Steam Engine Rally - May 2024
Channel update and we have post - May 2024
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Channel update and we have post - May 2024
Another exciting new addition to the workshop!
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Another exciting new addition to the workshop!
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 18 (front axle continued)
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 18 (front axle continued)
Bolens PTO rebuild - Part5 (Installing the PTO on the tractor)
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Bolens PTO rebuild - Part5 (Installing the PTO on the tractor)
Making the new 1962 Bolens Ride-a-matic mobile
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Making the new 1962 Bolens Ride-a-matic mobile
Bolens PTO rebuild - Part4 (Reassembly)
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Bolens PTO rebuild - Part4 (Reassembly)
A huge surprise! - Two new arrivals in the workshop
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A huge surprise! - Two new arrivals in the workshop
Bolens PTO rebuild - Part3 (Making a new seal washer)
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Bolens PTO rebuild - Part3 (Making a new seal washer)
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 17 (Drive chain)
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 17 (Drive chain)
Bolens PTO rebuild - Part2 (Strip down)
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Bolens PTO rebuild - Part2 (Strip down)
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 16 (Front axle)
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 16 (Front axle)
Removing the gearbox lid from a Colchester Master or Student lathe - Workshop Wednesday
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Removing the gearbox lid from a Colchester Master or Student lathe - Workshop Wednesday
Bolens PTO rebuild - Part1 (Introduction)
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Bolens PTO rebuild - Part1 (Introduction)
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 15 (Chain Tensioner rebuild)
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 15 (Chain Tensioner rebuild)
1970 Bolens 1253 - Carburetor replacement
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1970 Bolens 1253 - Carburetor replacement
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 14 (Front Sprocket rebuild)
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 14 (Front Sprocket rebuild)
1992 Bolens GT2000 - Part 3 (Engine continued)
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1992 Bolens GT2000 - Part 3 (Engine continued)
1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 13 (Finishing the axle rebuild)
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1960 Bolens Ride-a-matic - Part 13 (Finishing the axle rebuild)
This was a great one, when you start disassembling I thought it will be great to see the installation of that
Thanks. It is a complicated part of the tractor but we were pleased with how well it turned out. Take care
How's she goin'? A very nice job of rebuilding this versa-matic transmission and shifters. Some nice machining and fitting needed. And you came up with some neat work arounds to get things done. Take care!!
Thanks for the kind words 👍 It was hard to show in the video but the lever felt horrible to use and now it feels great which made me smile. Take care
@@GardenTractorBoy That smile is the pay you get for a job well done Joseph!!
Hi Joseph good to see your milling machine set up. Nice repair job. Cheers Tony
Thanks Tony. We were very pleased we could get the part supported in the mill, it worked well. Take care
Good job.
Thank you very much. I hope everything is good with you and you are having a great week. Take care
Great job on the versamatic Joseph. The bushing you pressed in took out the rest of the slop. Take care 🔧😂
Thanks. We are very pleased with the difference the bushing made, it feels great to use now. Take care
Great setup for drilling out that bracket. Way better than twisting it all up by not supporting it. Nice one Joseph! Keep it up my friend.
Thanks. I am sure it could have been supported better but it worked out well. Take care
Good Morning Joseph Crew 😇😇👍👍Very Nice Mill and nice work too 👍😇👌Nice Patina On Them ( Sound Like Tractor Man 44 ( Wendell ) 🤣👍 Truly OUTSTANDING Video That You Have Made Both Of You Good Folks 👌😇👍Cheers 🍻🍻
Thank you for the kind words and support. Take care and I hope you have a great week
Sometimes you have to make modifications to fit your needs.
I think you are right and we are very pleased with how it turned out. Take care
Great job supporting the work piece while you drilled it out for the bushing. It fits together nice with the bushing. Brilliant job
Thanks. I am sure there was a better way to support it, but it did work out well. It is very hard to show in the video but before we started the lever felt horrible to use and now it feels like a precision instrument. We are very pleased with it. Take care
Great job Joseph and Iain. Expert work as always. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋
Thank you for your kind words and support. Take care
I don't know why watching the steal curl off the drill bit is so satisfying, but it is. Fine job Joseph. Better than new.
Thanks. I know exactly what you mean, it is disappointing when the material does not curl off the drill bit. The tractor is coming together well now
Full watch Joseph!!!
Thank you very much for your support. Take care
Good afternoon Joseph!
Hello Gary, I hope everything is good with you. Take care
Nice one Joseph, i think having a look see at the engine is good idea like you said you may need parts.
Thanks. You are right, we have put off looking at the engine for far too long. It would have been better to look at it early in the project. Take care
That’s a good chunk of progress on the rebuild. Good work 👍
Thanks 👍 This project is starting to come together well now and we are very pleased with progress. Take care
Quite an extensive rebuild. You doing a great job!
Thanks! It is coming together well now and we are very pleased with progress. Take care
Another great video - thanks for sharing. If you are concerned about welding next to a hole in a shaft and accidently filling the hole in (such as your cotter pin hole) you could insert a round head machine screw, sheet metal screw or hex headed bolt (depending on what is handy - keep it a loose fit) and then if you do accidently get too close you just weld a bit of the head - sometimes this is even useful as it keeps the screw or bolt from falling out as the shaft is rotated. Once you are done welding you can cut the head off with a hack saw or sand it off with a flap wheel / grinding disc at the shaft level and remove the screw or bolt. Was once taught that if you have a round piece of carbon the correct diameter it can be placed in a larger sized worn or damaged hole and then one can weld up to the carbon material and the carbon will keep the hole reasonably round. Once done remove the carbon and then your hole area should be close to the correct roundness on the inside. Never had a piece of carbon to try it but thought I would mention it if you ever need to try and save a larger hole area in the future.
Thank you very much. Thanks for all the great ideas and suggestions. We do not have a any carbon either but we will keep it in mind. We do have a copper bar which we clamp to anything we are welding close to the edge of the material which stops it blowing back. Take care
it looks very good,, but I never could do intricate things like that with gloves on..lol
Thanks. I have got into the habit of wearing gloves but you are right, it does make it difficult sometimes. Take care
Thats another top of the shelf restoration segment and I must say that everything is going very well my friend,,,,CHEERS
Thanks. We are very pleased with how things are going on this project and we have found a way around all the issues so far. I have probably talked up a big problem now :-) Take care
Good progress, my engine project is currently stalled in the tear down stage.
Thanks. I am enjoying watching your engine rebuild, I hope you are able to make progress. Take care
Excellent job Joseph, the rust preventer makes it stand out good 👌👌👍👍
Thanks 👍 Yes, it does look good. We will go over the whole tractor again once it is complete. Take care
Hello Joseph. Thanks for taking us along, I really enjoyed watching the progress. Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Ben
Thanks Ben 👍 It is good to be making progress on this project. Take care and I hope you have a great week
Great video my friend 👏 like 1
Thank you! Take care
Finally, I'm able to watch your video!! Been so busy lately. I enjoy watching your rebuild, I like learning new things! I like how you solve any problems that you run into. Take care
Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to watch my videos. Take care
This looked like a fun event to watch! It seems like most of the trucks were what we call cabover design. We don't have many like this over here but rather a long hood out front design. Take care.
Thanks. The combined length of the truck and trailer has to be within a tight limits over here which is why all working trucks are cabovers. Despite being shorter they look taller than your trucks. Take care
Hello Joseph. Thanks for putting these videos together for us. We enjoyed watching them with our morning coffee. I find it interesting, the difference in the styling of the trucks between the United Kingdom, and North America. Have a great weekend, Ben 👋😎👍
Thanks. Yes, the trucks are very different over here. We have laws on the combined length of the truck and trailer which is why all our trucks are cabovers. Take care
So much fun to find a sheared off bolt, isn't it? That's a creative solution: grinding the bolt off a bit and using the available threads!
Thanks. We really struggled with that bolt. If it had broken flush with the surface we could have welded a nut on the end. Take care and I hope you have a great weekend
Great work
Thank you so much 😀
that is so cool joseph, you really know how to sig my ma
I've just bought the ring 4amp 900 series charger, it's basically an upgrade on this 800 series allowing lithium batteries to be charged and slightly higher 9 stage charging progress, the display is larger and brighter and just has the mode button to click through the various battery choices.I ordered from ring website and used the 10% first order discount and it was free postage, not used it yet but i do agree the instructions could be improved and a case/bag would've been handy, but I'll just keep it in original box for storage, also by using the ring website you get an extra year warranty a total of 2 yrs.
Thanks you for the great information, we will check out that model. That is a very good point about a case/bag, we use ours a lot and they are now looking very secondhand from not having a case to put them in. Take care
Nice work partner. You're growing up man. Jason
Thanks and it is great to hear from you. I hope everything is good with you. Yes, I am growing fast. It seems odd to look at some of my early videos. Take care
Great job on getting that cleaned up and put back together.
Thanks 👍 It is another step forward on this project. Take care
Where did you find al those parts-I thought they might be difficult to have-in the uK OR USA.THanx.
We managed to buy the parts either from ebay or our local mower shop. This engine is very easy to get parts for unlike the bigger Tecumseh or Wisconsin engines of the same age. Take care
How's she goin'? Nice job stripping down and then rebuilding the Versa-matic clutch assembly. Nice that you managed to get all the seized parts freed up and it looks like it'll work great now. Take 'er easy!!
Thank you. It feels a lot better now that everything is not siezed. Take care
Well done mate
Thank you very much. Take care
Rolling chassis ! A pivotal moment for any build 👍
Yes, it looks very different with the wheels on and it feels like a huge step forward. Take care
Looks like I have missed quite a few video's, look forward to catching up 👍 That Lawn Master unit is not the prettiest or most refined machine by the look of it... maybe a good reason for there not to be much available info on it. If anybody can bring it back it will be yourselves 👍
Thanks for supporting my channel and watching the videos. The Landmaster is very different to all our other machines but not having a parts diagram will make it difficult as someone has made changes in the past. Take care
It was very interesting watching you working on that assembly. I'm glad that broken bolt wasn't to much of a headache. Take care my friend 🔧👍
Thanks 👍 It worked out well despite that broken bolt.We may revisit it at some point in the future. Take care
Great video Joseph! I enjoy watching the teardown and rebuild of assemblies like that. Your attention to detail is very well trained. I would be so tempted to paint the parts in order to bring the machine back to its original sheen. Take care!
Thanks 👍The assembly feels great now it is rebuilt and very much worth doing. When we started the project we decided we would not paint the tractor and just bring out as much of the original paint as possible but we do keep questioning that. Take care
That assembly is as good as new. Good work 👍
Thanks. Rebuilding these parts is a lot of work but it is worth it when the end result works out as well as this did. Take care
Hey Joseph. Well done. The assembly cleaned up well and now the service parts can be maintained with confidence.
Thanks. It does seem to work very well now all the parts have been cleaned up. Take care
that is back to nearly new condition now,, good job.
Thanks. If we had not taken it apart we would have not realised some parts were siezed so it was worth doing. Take care
Great work Joseph, you are getting really well versed on these tractors and can fix them with your eyes closed almost. Thanks and have a great weekend
Thanks 👍It is interesting that you should mention that, we were talking the other day about getting some jobs done on our other Ride-a-matics now we understand more about them. Take care I hope you have a great week
Great idea to check the needle bearings for movement, before install. Great progress fellas. Expert work as always. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋
Thanks 👍That is a tip we learned many years ago from 29Chev on GTT. Take care
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Looks like everything is moving smoothe now.
Thanks. It feels like good progress when we get parts working that well. Take care
Nice video. I hope that you packed some grease into the needle bearings before assembly. Good Luck, Rick
Thanks. Yes we did, maybe something we should show next time we do something like this. Take take
Well done once again Joseph. That machine is going to be just like a new one , once you guys are all done with it....CHEERS
Thanks. We hope it will work like new but time will tell. Take care
Another piece of the puzzel ready to go. Nice job!
Thanks. Yes, it is pogress and one more job done. Take care
Excellent job, now you know its working at least
Thanks. If we had not taken this apart we would not have realised which parts should move. Take care
@@GardenTractorBoy lol
Great work, Joseph. And we always appreciate your detailed explanation of each of the steps in restoring the assembly at hand. Good stuff !!! Have a great weekend.
Thank you for the kind words. It is good to be making progress. Take care and I hope you have a great week