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Luggsey
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Fixed the wheel barrow again and set fire to the plastic bearing!
Decided to finally find out after two years why the mower keeps overheating.
Changed the coolant, flushed system, cleaned rad with airline and cleaned air filter. Still overheated!
Suspect a faulty thermostat now, removed that along with new coolant again.
Run up looking for leaks and called myself many naughty words.
Loose fan belt!
Decided to finally find out after two years why the mower keeps overheating.
Changed the coolant, flushed system, cleaned rad with airline and cleaned air filter. Still overheated!
Suspect a faulty thermostat now, removed that along with new coolant again.
Run up looking for leaks and called myself many naughty words.
Loose fan belt!
EM1L4
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) just waiting for the cement to set then will add a timber support frame above…Then got bored and took apart what I thought was a plasma monitor but must have been an LCD :
Luggsey
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Searching for the Holy Grail.........
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In truththis has nothing to do with me, honest. My pal has a Garage in Ancoats Manchester and you need to be made of different stuff to have a place there, during lockdown eight or so balaclava wearing scallies tried to rob him of a Scrambler bike and to look at him you wouldn't look twice, guess who won that argument! Anyhow, back to the plot, he gets the most ridiculous customers, the guy actually drove this in, "Needs a clutch mate"!
New ventilation holes top and bottom and I think the flywheel is gonna be scrap, but it is staying, not a great deal of money around in Ancoates, despite this some hipsters have it listed as the 13th "coolest place in the world to live" they have obviously never actually been to the place.
New ventilation holes top and bottom and I think the flywheel is gonna be scrap, but it is staying, not a great deal of money around in Ancoates, despite this some hipsters have it listed as the 13th "coolest place in the world to live" they have obviously never actually been to the place.
Would like to hear that running,it’ll shake the engine to pieces!
Customer does appear to be correct though . . .
Sean
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Fixed both the non working welding masks , Id bought a new auto darkening unit for one of them and cleaned out the battery terminals and fitted new covers to the other one. The Amazon auto shield was crap, didnt go light just stayed dark and was a sealed unit rather than a replaceable battery one ( I do lots of welding on a project , then the mask sits un used for months so a replaceable battery is a must) if the seller couldnt be accurate with the description I dont trust that it met the standards to which it claimed. Sripped the broken unit apart to find it was a broken solder joint on the lead from the battery terminal - easy fix. so thats both Lidl masks fit for another few years of neglect.
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I have had a few friends over the years who have had scrap yards and I was at first horrified to find people would actually go to the scrapyard to buy used (USED) brake pads
It naturally follows that when this guy asked if a "second hand one" could be fitted, nobody was surprised.
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I got this plane for spares, well that was the cunning plan.
I knew it was "tired", but it had the spares I wanted.
But after a wash with "Meths" a name,a broard arrow and a service number came into view. A phone call to The Royal British Legion and they agreed to see if we can find out more about the owner.
So it was not robbed for spares.. But I choose to restore it.
Getting it into the componets parts was easy and no issues.
All through not the best image, the bow in the keeper plate can be made up.
Easy fix with a jig to bend it flat.
The differance is clear between the dirty and clean side.
All the parts are stamped, so I chosse not to replace the main blade wedge. Just repaired it.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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This is one of two Lucas Bike lamps I aquired. Tired for their age. But from the two I could make one complete one.
This is the spare unit.
It has good springs, a working wick gear and the red side lense is complete.
The whole assembly was dismantled and cleaned and parts moved over.
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this started with 'lets paint the mudguards'.
it transitioned to 'oh dear, some rust scabs, better clean them up'
then the inevitable 'all the metal disappeared when wire wheeled'
8 hours of welding today......
right hand side doesn’t look to bad here (id rattle canned a bit of paint on as I wasn’t going to tackle this til I painted the lorry but I’m glad I did…)
Cut out the bare minimum to get back to good metal…
Wait, whats that in there… this just became a much bigger job…
Worst of the rust cut out, loose scale removed, rust killed and primed…
Pattern transferred to the sheet metal and cut out.
Welded in
Flap wheeled half decent (more to do here)
Then on to floor… oh dear oh dear, better pull the carpet right out…
Cut out the rot (not anything like as bad as it looks) and rust killed.
Then wire wheeled back and new metal welded in.
Onto the other side, cut out and new piece lined up
And welded in. again more flap wheeling to do.
A bit further down, lets get this fixed too…
And whilst were at it lets get rid of these rivet holes…
I thought I was done cutting stuff out when I sorted the floor. However I gave the inner sill a good prod with a screwdriver and it just disappeared…..
That’s better.
That’ll do, 8 hrs is enough.
it transitioned to 'oh dear, some rust scabs, better clean them up'
then the inevitable 'all the metal disappeared when wire wheeled'
8 hours of welding today......
right hand side doesn’t look to bad here (id rattle canned a bit of paint on as I wasn’t going to tackle this til I painted the lorry but I’m glad I did…)
Cut out the bare minimum to get back to good metal…
Wait, whats that in there… this just became a much bigger job…
Worst of the rust cut out, loose scale removed, rust killed and primed…
Pattern transferred to the sheet metal and cut out.
Welded in
Flap wheeled half decent (more to do here)
Then on to floor… oh dear oh dear, better pull the carpet right out…
Cut out the rot (not anything like as bad as it looks) and rust killed.
Then wire wheeled back and new metal welded in.
Onto the other side, cut out and new piece lined up
And welded in. again more flap wheeling to do.
A bit further down, lets get this fixed too…
And whilst were at it lets get rid of these rivet holes…
I thought I was done cutting stuff out when I sorted the floor. However I gave the inner sill a good prod with a screwdriver and it just disappeared…..
That’s better.
That’ll do, 8 hrs is enough.
Fixed my door knob! It's been loose for a few days but tonight it came off in my hand! Fixed onto the spindle with a grub screw recessed deeply.
The old one comes out by drilling and a first for me, extracted the rest with an easy out.
Next I needed to turn down an M5 bolt to fit the spindle but seeing as I don't have a lathe I ended up with the pillar drill and tooling in the dremmel.
Second attempt
Not flush and certainly not recessed but it's functional
The old one comes out by drilling and a first for me, extracted the rest with an easy out.
Next I needed to turn down an M5 bolt to fit the spindle but seeing as I don't have a lathe I ended up with the pillar drill and tooling in the dremmel.
Second attempt
Not flush and certainly not recessed but it's functional
Have to say I remember those with some respect.
I ended up having to drive my bosses to a meeting in Aachen, Germany, from Bradford, via an exhibition at the NEC. I was supposed to stop in Dover for the night, before an early ferry, but kept going, intending to stop in France . . . 3am I arrived in Aachen, and discovered I could still walk, was ache free, and had enjoyed the drive.
Fully loaded with cheap booze for work colleagues ( ie crates of bottles) , four Bridgestone SO2 tyres (cheap in Germany in 1999 ish for my integrale) spread through the car to keep it level, and I had an equally painfree enjoyable drive back - shorter this time as I went Bruges/Hull ferry.
Got written off when his wife clobbered a really bad pot hole and re-aligned the nearside rear suspension.
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Mum's kitchenaid stopped working on the lower speeds, she's only had it 25 years, they don't build anything to last these days.
One of the wires had broken off its spade connector. I couldn't find a new one so just soldered it back on and bodged some heatshrink over it. I think I'll have it apart again to have a look at the gears soon, it sounds well rough.
One of the wires had broken off its spade connector. I couldn't find a new one so just soldered it back on and bodged some heatshrink over it. I think I'll have it apart again to have a look at the gears soon, it sounds well rough.
qwakers
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for those wondering, the rusty 'sill' section is caused by a absolutely ****e design of the section being open to road spray. the rusty floor on the other hand is caused by a badly fitted windscreen leaking along 3 edges....this started with 'lets paint the mudguards'.
it transitioned to 'oh dear, some rust scabs, better clean them up'
then the inevitable 'all the metal disappeared when wire wheeled'
8 hours of welding today......
right hand side doesn’t look to bad here (id rattle canned a bit of paint on as I wasn’t going to tackle this til I painted the lorry but I’m glad I did…)
Cut out the bare minimum to get back to good metal…
Wait, whats that in there… this just became a much bigger job…
Worst of the rust cut out, loose scale removed, rust killed and primed…
Pattern transferred to the sheet metal and cut out.
Welded in
Flap wheeled half decent (more to do here)
Then on to floor… oh dear oh dear, better pull the carpet right out…
Cut out the rot (not anything like as bad as it looks) and rust killed.
Then wire wheeled back and new metal welded in.
Onto the other side, cut out and new piece lined up
And welded in. again more flap wheeling to do.
A bit further down, lets get this fixed too…
And whilst were at it lets get rid of these rivet holes…
I thought I was done cutting stuff out when I sorted the floor. However I gave the inner sill a good prod with a screwdriver and it just disappeared…..
That’s better.
That’ll do, 8 hrs is enough.
i have now replaced the windscreen.
Sergei Slovenija
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I made a stainless steel reflective mudguard for a band saw. Coolant flowed down the vise guides onto the floor. And added two check valves to the coolant pipes. Now, at any angle of inclination of the saw, the liquid is supplied evenly. Previously, the volume of the flow was constantly changing (airing the tubes)
Heres one i fixed today, well over the last week anyway. He belongs to our local butcher & stands outside his shop. Gets a bit battered over the years, I did him up about 8 years ago & just did the job again.
So he came on holiday to our place, Fibreglassed his loose head back & broken base plate, full repaint. Good for another few years.
Good job this one cos the butcher will say "Do you want paying in money or meat?" No contest there!
So he came on holiday to our place, Fibreglassed his loose head back & broken base plate, full repaint. Good for another few years.
Good job this one cos the butcher will say "Do you want paying in money or meat?" No contest there!
