Stuff you have fixed today

[GRW]

I've had an annoying vibration, kind of a drumming felt through the floor of my old LDV Convoy for a while, so been investigating.
Yesterday (as they are known to introduce vibration at certain road speeds) I had the propshaft off, checked out and replaced the donut on the centre bearing, re-assembled and checked/greased all the UJ's.
Didn't alter things appreciably.

So today I checked the front Shocks (as I knew the NS was getting on a bit, and I had a new one ready to go on).... jacked it up, removed the Front OS wheel and poked about. Turned out that the Lower Shock mounting bracket fixing bolt... was loose on the transverse beam axle! The thread on the Nyloc nut had failed (but was still on).
Pulled it all to bits, bunged on the new shock and refitted the Lower mount with a new UNF nut (luckily I had just one UNF nut in amongst things in the shed...& it was the right one (not Nyloc but used a Spring Washer with it).

Quick test drive showed all was well, and the ride also noticeably better

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This set of weights came my way the other day.

One weight was missing, the Tweezers were missing and I had to cut soem glass to cover the small weights.

Taking the box to bits, the lid catches broke.

So I made some new ones, cleaned the weights and polkished the box.

My attempts to age the new brass was not that good.


I was stung on this one.

It is made up from many differant sets.

The box was taken back to bare wood, sealed and polished.

The pole boss was tapped to the cortrect thread. The beam was bent into shape.

The weighs were refilled with lead to bring them to the correct weight.

 

[T5 TDI]

Fixed my new to me Black and Decker Workmate, much better nick than my old one and came with loads of the orange clamp dogs. But all 4 of the leg clips were broken, so I get a new set from amazon for 10 quid ish and fit them this morning.

Old pale blue clips

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New Black clips with new axles

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All 4 done and clipping in and out nicely

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Didn't know you could buy those clips. Really annoying when they are broken. I will order some, thanks. My poor old B&D Workmate also now needs two new wooden top plates making since I laughingly forgot to set the cutting depth on my new circular saw a few months ago!

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Didn't know you could buy those clips. Really annoying when they are broken. I will order some, thanks. My poor old B&D Workmate also now needs two new wooden top plates making since I laughingly forgot to set the cutting depth on my new circular saw a few months ago!

Guy I sub for did that but went into the brand new pallet forks with the tct blade...

 

[bricol]

(not Nyloc but used a Spring Washer with it).

I'd be finding a nyloc, or the bottle of medium threadlock . . .

Spring washers Its now a flat washer with cut through it.

 

[GRW]

I'd be finding a nyloc, or the bottle of medium threadlock . . .

Spring washers Its now a flat washer with cut through it.

Got some new shouldered bolts and compatible Nyloc nuts on order - the nut & spring washer was justa temp fix & to be able to test and prove all was well

 

[qwakers]

lots of smashed fibreglass and a dented bumper fixed over the last couple of days...




first off the front bumper has a dent in it. a spot of oxy acetylene, a anvil and a big hammer and...

dents-r-gone

next is the step that i smacked on a rock last month. that fix is easy, buy a new one...

alloy strips riveted to the panel to attach the broken bits back together...

all fiberglass'd up which should sort the structural strength out, just have to drill the rivets out and do the front side for a invisible repair.

repairing the damage, adding new captive nuts and prepping the panels for paint...

and primed.

 

[qwakers]

blue body with black trim is going to look badass!

i had to paint the step and grille twice.... ended up having to wash the paint back off and do it again.



considering the total jigsaw puzzle I started with, the alignment here is pretty good...

bumper brackets cleaned up, new captive nuts welded in (easier than welding nuts onto what's left of the bolts and removing them...)

just gotta put it back together now.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Nice work jealous of the results , reminded me of my van paint bodge over a weekend in painted outside with halfords finest

So thats my excuses lol forgot a before pic as usual but plastic bumper was pushed into metal frame and that split it open so melted it back together with big soldering iron and reinforced then filled and sanded down , Thought it looked smooth till I put primer on which showed every imperfection but didnt sand or do enough coats so rushing it was to blame

White primer to go on to match the colours

Then gloss frozen white to match the transit , The paint seemed a good match maybe because the van is new-ish with less fading than the other older cars I have tried to fix paintwork on

With the bumper mounted and on the van where it is aswell really going to be hard to notice so plenty good enough for me and my halfords rattle cans with poor techniques and conditions

 

[qwakers]

the secret to blending is to not mask the panel off for the topcoat and lacquer. then spray the colour, and lacquer it slightly beyond the area the colour is on then use fade out thinners on the rest of the panel immediatly after each coat to melt the overspray.

however on a small part like that its easier to just spray the entire panel...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This may catch some ones attention.

Been left a damp shed. The worm have had a good feast on the handle.

The plan was not do a full restoration, but to areest the decay.

Some of the worm damage.
I have treated the worm, it was old damage. Sealed the wood and given it a good wax.

Using a Oil stone it took an edge, it will need more to give it a real clean edge. For now it will do.

A bit of wax.

 

[RichardM]

You've only got one notch on your cleaver - don't let Mrs Lovett know!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Hay cutter was aquired by me the other week.

A nice hand forged tool.
The brown rust stain in pitting. The handle has had worm in the past.
Two blade rivets and the handle rivets were rust loose.

Near the top of the blade, you can see the blue heat bloom from were I closed up one of the rivets.

Lowwer down you can see some black in the pitting. That is the soot from a haigh carbon flame. used to burn the red oxide off and induce carbon back into the blade.

The handle was submerged in Varnish and nail varnish remover. This drives out the damp and does for any worm eggs.
Then a few coats of clear coat.

The blade was dressed to take an edge. I wasa bit keen. It was very sharp.
To the point I had to dull the edge, afet it easly cut my jumper.

 

[Maker]

Fixed my blowtorch! Peizo hasn't worked for years and it's a bloody nightmare to light externally, you need to cover the airholes, light it, lower the pressure on the reg until you can uncover the air holes without it going out, then turn the reg back up to get a useful flame.


I threaded a new wire through the neck and added a bit of heatshrink to hold it near the peizo/stop it shorting to the body. It used to take longer to light than it took to fix it, I can't believe it took me so long to get around to it.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This old Vertical Steam engine came my way the other day.
At first I thought it was a;
German Bing Engine.

But during the cleaning I found a Made in England stamp.


Also, there was some damaged to the end cap. Some one had fitted a screw into the whistle boss. Rendering it scrap.

Of yes, it was not air tight eiether.

So the first job was to find a suitable whistle and boss in my Mamod spares and fit it.

Soft soldered into place.


The other issue is the fly wheel came off.

You can see the wear on the brass bush. The original plan was to make it steam tight and ask nicly for a friend for more lathe work.


The tin plate is so thin, it was collasping under the weight of the water in the boiler.
It runs on compressed air, but I think it's steams days are over.

Here I am de-rusting with citric acid. It was a strong mix and the red oxide was turning black very quickly.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

This may catch some ones attention.

@Parm by any chance?

 

[Parm]

I’m not saying a thing

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Parm by any chance?

I will neither or deny.

 

[qwakers]

Derp.... missed a bit!

can you spot it?

any who. this mornings efforts where mostly successful.

needle gunned and dinitrold the front crossmember and bumper support steelwork

smashed step removed and new step fitted.

front bumper fitted

and rest of front panel work fitted.

mudguard wings and other panel work removed for paint

just have to paint the rest of the panel work and refit.

and drill out a load of the captives and clean up the rust on the hidden areas...

looks much better though

 

[Edward Teach]

Derp.... missed a bit!

can you spot it?

any who. this mornings efforts where mostly successful.

needle gunned and dinitrold the front crossmember and bumper support steelwork

smashed step removed and new step fitted.

front bumper fitted

and rest of front panel work fitted.

mudguard wings and other panel work removed for paint

just have to paint the rest of the panel work and refit.

and drill out a load of the captives and clean up the rust on the hidden areas...

looks much better though

Certainly does