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Hello members, this is my HD10 greenfield. The mower has had a complete mechanical rebuild replacing almost all of the bearings. The spindles were polished as well as the steering column and both were greased. The oil was replaced and the cutter clutch was resurfaced on a lathe as well as a new starting solenoid as the old one was shot.

The air filter was missing so an oil bath air filter has been fitted until an original one is sourced. I rebuilt the carb as the engine wouldn't idle and was surging. We found a badly damaged jet which was replaced as well and new gaskets were made, now the mower runs well.

The mower has areas that have been repainted as a few of the decals were covered in masking tape but have been cleaned up now also a dozer blade was mounted on the front at one point.

g'day,good on ya, it looks a treat!

G'day Greenfielder and gml,

Oooohhhhh, this is the machine that was on bumtree a while ago with the hideous air filter mounted on the back and a flex tube and masking tape to the engine?! Looks so much better now!

How long have you had it?

gml, this is the machine I was going to send photos of in relation to the electric start on your mate's machine

V happy it's found a good home!

Cheers,

gml, note the cutout in the side of the cowl that we were discussing in the other thread. its visible thro' the grille. Apologies for not sending the photo to the other thread as promised. And of course the lever and cutout are clearly visible in greenfielders. Photos above

Please tell us more greenfielder.

cheers,

ahh now i know it,(evening Paul)yes tell us more,great to see more of these showing up,

Evening Greg,

Apart from your mates machine and this one I've not seen any other HD10's. I wonder how rare they are?

yes i have wondered myself,this greenfield thing is growing and is very interesting,just when it seems to peter out another one pop's up,just maybe the h10 electric was a low numbers build?

Yup, could be gml, could be.

Greenfielder, can we get you to give us the engine model, type and code? Also, there will be a frame serial number stamped on the top of the frame longeron at the engine end on the RH side. Can you share that too please? Just trying to get an idea of year/age.

Cheers all,

Hi Guys i dont have the engine numbers at home but the motor is dated 1974, currently the deck is being worked on by my father because the blade carrier had a few cracks.

I would also be interested in another machine either complete or for parts.

Morning Greenfielder,

1974 is about right, I guess. Depending when in '74 it was built and assuming up to 12 months for delivery and storage etc., it puts the machine as a '75 build (?) which seems about right for that style?

It's been my experience that parts mules are hard to come by WRT HD8's in that most of the machines I see for sale are still too good condition wise to be parted out

Is there anything in particular that your chasing?

Yeah I understand, not looking for anything in particular however i would be interested in a engine or a deck perhaps, seeing as mine is chipped.

No worries, if I spot anything I'll let you know.

Cheers,

I also may be interested in a set of tyres for the Greenfield, the sizes are:
rear: 16x7.5x8
front: 13x5.5x6
-Greenfielder

I got the greenfield mowing the other day, ill take some photos when i get time. Just thought i would let you all know.
-Greenfielder

Heres the pictures of the greenfield with the deck on. mows pretty good if i say so myself




-Greenfielder

hi greenfielder look's good,are you going to keep it as is or a cosmetic resto maybe? either way we don't see many of them,wouldn't hurt to take measurment's and pic's of the decals and get silenmessor to make up a set just in case mate,all the best

Hey GML I would like to keep her in her working clothes for as long as possible but I would like to make up some more decals some time :), do you have any idea how much Silenmessor charges?

-Greenfielder

Also GML where is the HD10 that you posted about located? presumably its in VIC is it?

-Greenfielder

g'day Greenfielder,silenmessor is very reasonable with prices,if you look him up on ebay you can get an idea of his work,very cheap i think,the hd10 is in Melb,it is a goer,but i dont think he would part with it,i would buy it if he want's to sell but i know he love's it.cheer's

I didnt know silenmessor had an ebay account thanks for that I would love to see some more pics of the other HD10 if you have any as it would appear its in a bit better nic than mine, do you know if its original paint or not?

-Greenfielder

G'day folks,

Grant uses 'silensmessor' [a heritage mower make, BTW] as his FleaBay handle; he's also an ODK member, under the handle 'willingworker'.
His eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com.au/vintagemowerdecals/

G'day folks,

I just looove gml's restored beauties but I also love the idea that some of these machines are still on active service.

I've got on 'old red' that I used to mow the tiny bit of grass in front of the house the day I got it home (1500km round trip!). I've not done so since as the tortured sounds from the dog clutch suggested a little maintenance is required. But I intend to keep that machine in its king gee's and get chlorophyll on the blades regularly.

Good to see your machine up and running.

Cheers,

P.S. Just curious, is that the original battery location? I can see a tray assembly in one of the photos.

The original battery position is underbonnet, thr tray you can see Prd is a add on. The original gears are worn to beggery and even though i have turned the gears 180 degrees it still has alot of play. I think that someone manhandled it when the spindles were frozen up.
-Greenfielder

The nut on the lateral shaft provides adjustment to remove the play to at least some extent. Some machines have a nyloc nut there and some don't. I change out to a nyloc nut if not originally fitted. Not sure how a plain nut was supposed to work in that location. Havnt noticed any other locking (staking etc.) on the plain nut machines.

Sounds like you have an engineering background so apologies if I'm stating the obvious.....

Cheers,

Its ok PRD, the play is were the teeth are worn or chipped, some of the teeth are pretty much non existent.
-Greenfielder

I did replace most of the internal nuts with nylocks to make it a bit more reliable is thats the right way to put it?
-Greenfielder

Would anyone have any pictures of one of the vintage greenfield dozer blades, like the ones that came with a super-swift or on the old blue rancher 2's. I would like to have a crack at making one for my mower so i can put the mounts on the front to good use.
-Greenfielder

I will be making a trailer some time using the axle and wheels of my old rancher which are at work but i haven't put any serious thought into it yet.
-Greenfielder