Pist n Broke Pulling Team

          Welcome to Scotlands only over 401 prostock tractor website. This site is an advertisement for the relatively unknown sport of tractor pulling.

Updates

01/05/2009

Fit all new gears in gearbox, remove 32 t gear to machine extension to reach selector dog. Empty gearbox again to get gear out. Make measurements for spacers.

30/04/2009

Start fitting gears into gearbox, new bearing on rear of layshaft (broken during removal)

25/03/2009

Loaded P nB block in truck to take to engineers with new mains fitted for measuring/checking

22/03/2009

Field work begins- No time for workshop apart from breakdowns

21/03/2009

Fitted new h/brake plates and Hyd pump/filters and new oil to 3120

20/03/2009

Removed h/brake plates and hyd pump from MF 3120

18/03/2009

Finished fitting ply to ramp. Took lorry out workshop and tidied up.

17/03/2009

 fit 3/4" ply to rear ramp on scania

16/03/2009

Finish welding gussets and painted ramp/door red oxide primer

15/03/2009

More work on back door. Finish welding new bearers and prep back door for painting. Make gussets for door frame, square up and weld in place

14/03/2009

 More work on back door, cut and weld in extra bearers

13/03/2009

 More work on back door

12/03/2009

 Removed temp ramp bearers from scania back door and lowered 3/4" to insert 3/4" ply flooring.

10/03/2009

 Trying to find Urmson transmission in USA for new gears

09/03/2009

Finished hyd plumbing on Scania

08/03/2009

Fitted spares box to shapeforma. Scania back in workshop-fitting hyd pump and started wiring up.

07/03/2009

Working on overhaul Agricola seed drill

06/03/2009

Working on overhaul Agricola seed drill

05/03/2009

Working on overhaul Agricola seed drill

04/03/2009

Finished rebuilding grimme shapeformas

03/03/2009

Started stripping Agricola seed drill

02/03/2009

Rebuilding shapeformas

01/03/2009

Clutch inspected at D. Gall clutch day Inverurie. Clutch passed.

28/02/2009

 Fitted new water pump to JD 6800. Sprayed top coat paint on Grimme Shape Forma. (Ford Radiant red)

27/02/2009

Made bracket for mounting hyd valve block and welded to bearer under floor n/s/r and undercoated (Winch/backdoor)

26/02/2009

 Fitted hyd hoses for winch. Pulled sides of lorry box in to correct shape for filleting rear door frame corners.

25/02/2009

 Made captive nut strips for bolting winch in place. Fitted panels for box under floor and siliconed joints. Bolted winch in place

24/02/2009

 cut hole in lorry floor for winch and cut 10mm ply to create box under floor for winch

21/02/2009

 straightened top link for 6910, general tidy up, grease loader etc, grease lemken plough and check over. Put top coat of paint on deep ridgers

20/02/2009

 washed winch and put in back of lorry for another day

19/02/2009

 finished fabricating brackets for tail lift pump and plumbed up hyd winch to pump for a test run, works fine!!

18/02/2009

Making brackets to mount tail lift pump

17/02/2009

 Got tail lift pump working and plumbed up to back ramp/door, working great!! Chuffed!

15/02/2009

 Finished emptying contents of gearbox and diff, stripped diff for inspection, only wear visible is on the thrust washers.

15/02/2009

Washed under the back of Scania where paint required

15/02/2009

 Had a mess about with wiring up tail lift pump, getting there, enthusiasm running out due to toothache!!

09/02/2009

 removed halfshaft casings and gearbox belhousing

08/02/2009

made cranking handle for gearbox input shaft and worked out forward speeds 24-1 and 30-1

07/02/2009

 Removed wheels, drivers platform and cage etc from backend

05/02/2009

 Measuring up lorry for water tanks and lockers and steps

03/02/2009

 Removed girdle, pistons and crank, no 6 main bearing on way out, no 7 main showing signs of deterioration, rest of mains r fine,crank seems ok. Big ends all quite good.

31/01/2009

Travelled to Weedon with Ed and AWB for directors meeting and agm, left 6.40am home freuchie 10.45pm

30/01/2009

 Travelled to penrith for early start tomorrow journrey to btpa agm. Stayed Redhills travelodge.

27/01/2009

Dismantling engine in garage, all stripped except girdle and crank

25/01/2009

 took engine out of tractor and fitted it in frame and took to freuchie and unloaded into garage.

23/01/2009

 stripping more of tractor ready to remove engine

20/01/2009

 shifted lorry out way got tractor out and washed

19/01/2009

 started stripping tractor down, gutted to find extensive corrosion under behind side shields due to fire extinguisher material not cleaned off!

01/10/2008

 Unloaded tractor and dropped filter out. Gutted!! Sprinkling of bearing material in filter.

29/09/2008

 Fife Show committee meeting

28/09/2008

 Left for New Deer @ 7am. Had very good day, tractor running best ever at 40 degrees inj timing. Pulled in big gear second pull for the first time ever 22.5-1.

28/09/2008

Left New Deer 6.30 pm, arrived home 10.30pm.

27/09/2008

Finished getting tractor ready and had quick run tto check for leaks, seems ok. Loaded into lorry. Fuelled up on way home. 6pm loading clothing/food.

26/09/2008

Working on finishing tractor rebuild and tried to start, no luck! Too many late nights, mistake with fuel timing!

21/09/2008

Re-fitted engine and front end. Turbo, oil filter + oil, ex manifold + inlet manifold.

20/09/2008

 picked up normal type lip seal for crank rear. Built engine ready to fit.

19/09/2008

Washed, cleaned and fitted crank and girdle.

10/09/2008

Fixed back rest of seat in 6910. Cleaned 2 rods and pistons. Tired, away home at 9pm.

09/09/2008

 Washed sump and oil pick up pipes, (burnt foot with steam cleaner right through boot, v sore). Cleaned 2 rods and pistons.

21/07/2008

 Took scania up to farm and put in shed.

20/07/2008

 8am start. Vbreakfast with Colin and Morven. Detected fault with range change switch on lorry and replaced with s/h switch from Colin, working perfect now!!

20/07/2008

Track at New Deer very wey from recent prolonged rain. Tried pulling with no success, Had to scrape muck off track and try again 1 1/2 hours later, not good

20/07/2008

 at all for any of the tractors. P n B lit and ran, but only got about 50m. Big crowd on the bank, rain stayed off. Left showground 6pm. Home 9.30 pm.

20/07/2008

Dod and family helping with tractor.

19/07/2008

 Fitted rams to lorry. Loaded tractor + stuff. Took lorry to Freuchie. Meeting 1-2.30pm. Sprayed all carrots. Home showered, loaded lorry with

19/07/2008

 food, sleeping stuff etc. left Freuchie 6.50pm. Travelled to new Byth stuck in high range gear box, pretty tricky in Aberdeen. Me, Anna and Jo.

19/07/2008

Visited Colin and Morven and stayed the night. Jo slept in the house

18/07/2008

Washed tractor , fitted panels. Welded brackets on back door fro rams. Home 10.30pm

17/07/2008

 Cut and bored extension brackets for lorry back door rams.

16/07/2008

Removed high low splitter valve from scania gearbox due to sticking, cleaned and refitted, seems fine.

13/07/2008

Up 7am. Unloaded tractor, prep and polish. First run = strong full pull. Second run = bit fluffy off the line, but lit, fluffed out at 88.23m

13/07/2008

 Loaded up etc, watched SS and mods. Left showground 6.30pm. Stopped at Southwaite for tea 8.30-9pm. Home 11.45pm shower, bed. 360km

13/07/2008

Norrie, Hazel and Duncan at GT Eccey spectating, fairly enjoyed.

12/07/2008

 Loaded all food, sleeping stuff, clothes etc. Left Freuchie 10am. Arrived Gt Eccey 3.30pm. Bad fuse connection in lorry on 12v system,

12/07/2008

Managed to fix. Water leak in toilet, gave up on it. Into Black Bull for a few beers and Lancashire Hotpot, Met Anders Moller and directed him back to his digs.

11/07/2008

Another day off work!! More coats of fibreglass on roof join. Silicon all roof joints. Run tractor with new oil. Fitted by-pass to water injection valve

11/07/2008

 Fitted by-pass to water injection valve for testing purposes and checked all nozzles for cleanliness.

11/07/2008

 Washed tractor and lorry, loaded tractor + stuff. Took lorry to house filling up with £240 of fuel on the way.

11/07/2008

 Cleaning living accomodation in lorry. Bed 11pm. Knackered!!!

10/07/2008

Half day from work. More fibreglass on roof join on lorry. Cleaned P n B oil filter. Picked up hyd fittings for water bypass.

10/07/2008

 Fitted steel spacer sheet to last 300mm of lorry roof where original roof no longer reached. Refitting tie down brackets through floor to chassis

09/07/2008

Wiring up rear lights / marker lights on lorry. Fitting 3/4 ply to back door and undercoating steelwork

08/07/2008

 Fibre glassing join on lorry roof hump. Brian Mercer changing clutch master cylinder on scania

07/07/2008

Welding temporary bearers into lorry back door/ramp

06/07/2008

Designed, cut and welded on brackets to back door for rams

05/07/2008

Welding higes to back door of lorry and fabricating brackets to fit rams to lorry chassis.

04/07/2008

Welded bushes/hinges and gusseting to rear crossmember of lorry for fitting backdoor

02/07/2008

Welded uprights into place for lorry back door. 

29/06/2008

 Welded rear light bar/cow catcher to rear of lorry

28/06/2008

Brian Mercer checking over scania for MOT

 27/06/2008

Made bearers for lorry back doors

21/06/2008

 Cutting steel for bearers for back door

16/06/2008

Tidied up workshop

10/06/2008

Tidied up workshop

09/06/2008

Fife Show greetin meeting


06/06/2008

Brechin show pulling, good event, great weather, tractor going well. Travelled up with 3120 and DCC low loader.

05/06/2008

 Washed and loaded tractor, changed big wheels onto 3120. Finished 10.30pm.

04/06/2008

 Fixing oil and fuel leaks on P n B, new gaskets on oil filter flange, still leaking. New 2kg fire extinguisher from Jim Robb for P n B.

 01/06/2008

Travelled to Kirkbrdie with Ewan Cameron spectating , pulling rained off after 3 tractors, home 5pm

27/05/2008

 Introduced Charlie and Ewan to each other, Charlie going to drive Smokey II

03/04/2008

Fitted repaired fuel injection pump fom Chris wilkinson and got tractor running with washer on rack to reduce fuel to 800cc/1000

 

Finding it very difficult to have free time to work on tractor.
Engine was stripped in December for inspection, good job to, as no 5 main had been picking up a bit of heat from the thrust bearings and was just about to cause real trouble. Thankfully no obvious damage to shaft. Crank will be cleaned up and fitted with new bearings. The rest of the motor will be going back as per 2007. New engine oil pump was fitted during last season which has boosted oil pressure enormously to comfortably 100psi when hot. We are thinking that we need to preheat the engine oil like we do with the water prior to starting the engine, we have a few ideas to follow up on this. The only real change for 2008 will be the fitting of a hypermax water injection valve, as we discovered last year at gt eccey the old max simpson valve is sticking.
We now have an engine stand for working on the engine while it is out of the tractor (pics in gallery)
Also have done a bit of work to our scania transporter. Living accommodation is internally finished, needing to organise a clean water and waste water tank to sling on the chassis to complete the job.
I have been working on the back of the truck during feb,9pics in gallery) when I have beavertailed the floor down about 9” at the back and raised the roof of the box 2’ to let the tractor in with the cage on. So we now have a speed bump on the roof of the lorry box!
The lorry chassis had to be replaced where it had been cut away to fit a tail lift (now redundant), all in all took quite a bit of time to sort out the steel work at the back, but worst of all getting the back 8’ prepped and repainted !!
However lorry is on hold just now while day work and farm work (evenings ) take precedent. Broken weather is holding up carrot drilling , snow today has halted work again.
I need to start putting pistnbroke engine back up to get the tractor ready for promotional photos for fife show, also new side panels need fabricated to meet new regs!
Clutch was inspected in Feb and passed with a clean bill of health.

01/08/07

After the turbo blew up at the Fife show we have been busy repairing the damage to the head and inlet manifold etc.

Interestingly when testing the inlet manifold after repairing the damage, we discovered that it was far from airtight and seems to have been like this all along. Hopefully having repaired the leaking manifold we will scavenge some extra boost pressure.

We are also working away at our hauler beginning to fit out the living accomodation with the help of a friend.

We intend to be at Keith show and Gt Eccelston if all goes well.

Just back from a holiday in Missouri, U.S.A. Where we attended a Grand National Tractor Pull in Montgomery City and saw some excellent pulling, Including some Super Semi Trucks.  Photos of this event should follow soon.