Hi Scott, yes you can change the output seal without taking it off the diff. The reason I took it off was because I needed to change the bearing too. Thanks from Geoffrey

@@brookdalefarm7986 Thanks Geoffrey, my diff oil is leaking into my clutch pack chamber. I see by your video I can do one of the seals without taking the whole unit off but the inner seal requires it off, yes? Love your work. Saving me navigating in the dark!

Hi Scott, there are 2 seals you need to change to stop the oils mixing, and yes you will need to take the whole thing apart to do both of them. I am glad you are finding the video useful. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Thomas, luckily Mum and Dad are looking after everything for us. Thanks from Geoffrey

Machine looks good

Hi Peter, yes it has been parked outside for many years. Hopefully by the end of this year I will have a shed to put it in. Other than that it is in reasonably condition. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Sue, unfortunately we are running out of time this trip, but would love to come and visit next time we are on this side of the country. We have family south of Sydney so will be over here again sometime soon. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi I’m glad you enjoyed it. They do look amazing when they are running. I am glad you still have some preserved over there too. Thanks from Geoffrey

Dig it out, move it elsewhere... bring in good soil from.... elsewhere.... Take a dump or three, pee on it, fertilize it? Use cow/chicken crap 'fertilizers'. Ask people who use aerobic septic for the water produced? A fair few options. The bloke who did the video knows what he is talking about though. I'm just someone with a keyboard :) Never a farmer

Hi Fi, we will start feeding the cows here this summer. The extra multichannel and animal manure will make a big difference. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, I think I may have had a problem with my mic that day. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, we are still working on slowing the water more. Yes we need some more plants there. We are using river salt bush in some places and this is working well. This creek has a lot of erosion in it already, so the first step is to slow the water and strop the sediment washing away. Once some of the channel has filled up a bit we will make the wall wider so the creak flows out onto the flood plain. It’s a slow process, but it’s moving in the right direction. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Paper, yes we will start feeding the cows in this spot this summer. That will help it a lot. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Stephen, UV light breaks down the chemical, so anything on the surface will no longer be active. It is possible that the chemical will leach further down into the soil. At this point most of the chemical will have broken down so it is more about getting the soil microbes back. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Robert, thanks I am gla d you enjoyed it. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, chemicals that stay in the soil can be a big problem. Diuron is one chemical still in common use here that stays in the soil and can kill trees a long time after it has been used. I try not to use the harsh chemicals with long residue effects. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, it was a long way to look back in the mirror to see the implements, and with a little bit of dust it would have hidden the machine. The only way to know is to stop and check it regularly. If something major went wrong like one plough broke off or there was a big trash up often you can hear a change in the pitch of the tractor engine. You get use to listening as much as looking. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Glenda, Perkins engines were always a popular engine to retrofit. The 554s were a good tractor. I almost got one last year but it was a bit too far gorn. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Paper, it’s a pity I can’t get it to pick the rocks and drop the, in a trailer. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi David, I am not sure exactly how long they used them for, but it was quite a long time. They built 1 and it worked so well that they built 2 more. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Chris, I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, I am gla d you enjoyed it. Yes there were a lot of innovative farmers in Western Australia. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Nick, it is quite a monster. I am not sure what they got next. Thanks from Geoffrey

Here in Western Australia the first few letters of the numberplate are for the shire the vehicle was licensed in. In this case GO = Goomalling. AL=Albany, BY=Bunbury ect. The numbers just went up sequentially from 1 as the plates were issued so here we have the 1435th plate issued by Goomalling shire. There's also standard plates that are an anonymous jumble of letters and numbers with no shire prefix, you get to choose what you want when you license a vehicle.

@@haydenwilliams1750 cool. NSW doesn’t have such Pride in showing localities like that.

Hi Paper, yes all the larger country towns in Western Australia have their own letter prefix on the number plates. We live in Toodyay so most of ours start with a T. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi David, I am glad you enjoyed it. It is quite a monster. I have something a little bit different that I think you will like for next Wednesday too. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Wil, I am glad you enjoyed it. I am sorry I don’t know of anyone over here using a phoenix tractor. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Harvey, yes they are a good and simple setup. I actually think the petrol motor to run the fan works better than using the PTO to run the fan. It puts a lot of stress on the main clutch when you have to have the tractor running at full revs for the fan befor letting out the clutch. Thanks from Geoffrey

@@brookdalefarm7986 Ah ok, yeah i guess it would. They run a vanguard v twin on the motor ones, mine had just been renewed not long before i got it which is nice. Ive bought another one sitting in a shed for few years which is hydraulic driven, i want to set up one with metering wheels for faba beans an have one with standard small grain an fert wheels on it, just swap bins over at seeding time without having to change the met wheels.

if it is a countryman it was built from 1958 -1962 , MkI 1958-1959 , MkII:1960 , MkIII: 1961-1962 ,how ever if it's a countryman6 it was built from 1963-1966

@@chris-ls3sd2pz5c Thank you. It is amazing that it still runs so well after all those years. And that it is still useful today and still capable to do certain real jobs around the farm. A bit like a time capsule if you will.

@@chris-ls3sd2pz5c Here in the Netherlands some older models from that era and older have been preserved. But if it is worth to preserve them then they usually get restored and parked somewhere dry, and only rolled out for some occasional event or tractor show. Space is limited and expensive here in the Netherlands, so a lot of the older stuff from the 50's and 60's and older that could have been worth saving has been scrapped anyway. And we also have high average humidity levels, so once the paint is gone things start to rust and rot very rapidly. Some smaller tractors from the 80's era are still popular among hobby farmers and people with larger properties and tractor enthusiasts. They do still get used, but not so much for big farming jobs or anything like that. More for hauling stuff around, or to cut the grass or something like that.

Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it.it’s a 1964 or 65 model. They were locally built here in WA so there are still a lot around here. Tractors are big pieces of machinery so they do take up a lot of space in the shed. I don’t have a big enough shed to keep much of my machinery under cover unfortunately. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, unfortunately I didn’t get any creak footage. I will try and get some soon. Our creak is a little unusual in that it is a very small creak and never has much water in it even though it keeps flowing all the way threw summer. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, thanks, I am gla d you enjoyed it.

Hi, I hope the Visio helps you. It is a pretty easy job to do. Good luck. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, in the video we are seeding oats. We have a lot of rye grass coming up in the paddocks. Dew to the very late rains it made it hard to get a good weed control. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Sam, yes they do like phosphate, but on our really gravely county we also need to put on manganese or we don’t get much or a crop. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi Paul, it doesn’t have as many adjustments as a regular cleaner, but there are 4 different outlets at the bottom and a swinging flap at the bottom to allow you more selection as to where you take off the grain. Also changing the flow rate at the top changes where things come out the bottom too. I have got a good clean sample of radish and rye grass seed from the different outlets at the bottom. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi David, yes it is hard work, but Arne is a really good shearer and dose a great job. Thanks from Geoffrey

Hi, I am glad you found them useful. It can be hard just working from the pictures in the Manuel. I hope repairing yours goes smoothly. Thanks from Geoffrey