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Hi All,

my name is Tim, i have joined to educate myself on ride-ons....i have recently inherited a Colt 8 that is in need of some love.

Cheers,

tjo

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Hi mrtim123,

Welcome to the forum. I hope that you can post some pictures of you Colt8 so we can see the before and after progress.

If I can help with advise for your repairs I will. Also you will be able to find great information in the parts list and manuals area and if you can't find it just post on the forum and we will do our best to make sure that it is uploaded.

Enjoy the forum and I am sure that more members will help with good advise as we are all tinkers here. cheers2


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Thanks for the warm welcome Bruce!

I will get some pics up as soon as i get them off my phone. Should be allowed out into the shed tonight for some tinker time.

I subscribed to the Parts and Manuals area, i am sure that will help me no end with my little project.

tjo

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Hi Mrtim123, welcome to our online shed,lol..if you need any help im sure there is plenty of us happy to assist if we can..cheers Toroman

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Hi mrtim123,
A big warm welcome to the forum. It's nice to have you onboard. yay Here's hoping we can help you with any information you may require as we all love to learn things and tinker here .... And...... we love to see pics of your projects!! wink
PS, don't forget to log into chat sometime and say hi, we're often online after 8pm. laugh


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