Stuff you have fixed today

[dobbslc]

I got medieval with the Mitsubishi today!
Bloody things have a horrendous rattle on idle due to a manufacturing fault that Mitsubishi won't admit to!
In as little as 35k miles the drive coupler for the balance shafts wears and sounds horrific, ultimately it shatters the drive gear and that in turn can smash the timing chain case
Although there's nothing wrong with the original design according to Mitsubishi they sell a new upgraded version for 3K if you want
So there's a lot of people that have done a balance shaft delete.
Here's the little pig.

It normally fits in here,

The sump needs to come off then the balance shaft unit has to come out to get the coupler out, it's a hefty lump!

Here are my gears, they look fine so can go back in.
Everything except the coupler goes back in and the sump resealed.
The difference when I started the engine is almost unbelievable! It really has fixed it
Reports say there's a small amount of extra vibration and many people have done a lot of miles with this balancer removed with no problems so I'm hoping that's the end of it.
Beer time.

 

[Dieselman 63]

More work - replacing the belts on my chipper. They get worked so hard that rubber belts will last about an afternoon, I have to get these special Kevlar wrapped ones from the USA. And they’re good! These have lasted 10 months. The design is annoying in that you have to remove the engine to fit new belts.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Would a pulley with 3 belts instead of 2 mean less wear?

 

[Guzrik]

Can you put a set of spare ones around the shaft, and ty them out of the way bit with tywraps?
Save some time next time.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Fixed the brakes on the moggy minor, not very complicated just a pain to go to the master cylinder but gave us an excuse to clean and grease a few bits.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Eventually sorted out the issue with the small VMC and it’s stupidly small memory. It limits you to about 4000 line programs,which,when you start getting involved with 3D milling isn’t very much. Doesnt help that this controller doesn’t have provision for usb file transfer either. So,dug out a rs232 drip feed unit with usb compatibility,and many hours later of dicking around with baud rates and parity settings I got it sorted. Just dry run a 24 000 line program with no issues or buffering

 

[MattF]

I've liked that to pretend I have the foggiest what you're saying.

 

[nickk]

Back in Hay castle again to transform this threshold,bit of 2mm sheet.

 

[pcwizme]

Back in Hay castle again to transform this threshold,bit of 2mm sheet.View attachment 348147View attachment 348148View attachment 348149

I'll be in the area on Saturday! for 12 days working at the festival

 

[nickk]

I'll be in the area on Saturday! for 12 days working at the festival

I’d say hallo....if I can recognise you,forum members are rare as dinosaurs s**t around here .

 

[cardiffrob]

Finally managed to get our RB-211 spinning up today. Lots of internal damage to repair, smashed Carbon Fibre bits and punctured metalwork. Starter was dead and Fuel Flow Transmitter were duff.

 

[pcwizme]

I’d say hallo....if I can recognise you,forum members are rare as dinosaurs s**t around here .

If you see a balding bloke at the woodland Trust stand making models with kids... That's me!

 

[DennisCA]

Despite not having a gas powered lawn mower I still ended up with having to fix one. My mother in laws mower stopped working, she had someone look at it and they did not get it working either but charged her 50€. They claimed the carb was gunked up and needed cleaning and referred her to a small engine shop who said 70€ for that. She was thinking of throwing it away and buying a new one. I said I could look at it first, a gunked up carb should not be terribly hard.

Took it apart, didn't really think about how things were set up, but maybe someone already sees the problem?

I just photo'ed the links and such for when I went to put it back, but did notreally think about it. I cleaned the carb in the ultrasonic cleaner as well and then went to put things back together. Which is when the light started coming on.

When I went to put back the links as per the photos I just couldn't see how this was physically possible to be like this. The throttle link on it's own connecting to the governor, that was was fine. But when the choke lever link was put back, it just couldn't work. Infact the link was a bit short and ended up on an angle... The link could not actutate the choke like this either. I am no engine expert but should it not be articulated separately from the throttle?

Well this was how it came to me so no wonder it wasn't working. I found the lever for the choke link was actually on the front of the engine near the spark plug, so that link should have been oriented 90 degrees from the throttle link. I tried fitting it that way and it fit perfectly. Reassembled and worked in some grease in the gaskets since I was reusing them and it started on the first pull.

I have no idea if that huge gasket between the carb and cylinder is factory, but there's enough material there to make a spare in the future...

 

[Am333rcr]

i got oxt/propane out and freed all the wheel nut off someones mf35. every needed heat apart from one.

He had tried to turn it and it broke off

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

£2.


This tin plated ex MOD Tiley Lamp came my way last week.


I brought it for spares. But over coffee a friend laid a challenge on me.





Fix it with what spares you have in the workshop.


I haggled one new part for a safety check, a known good vaporiser. This allowed me to pressure test the whole unit, before I made a go of getting working.

First replacement part, a replacement cup washer. Yes, that pile is the old one.

Spot the issue with the old vaporiser. Normaly I junk them and fit a know good one. This time I hada go at fixing the old one.
Yes I got it working, but to be honest it is not worth the time spent.

A New, from my spares bin. Aftermarket mantles work, but I do find original Tiley mantles work better, last longer and give a better. light.

The valve was striped, cleaned and the old seals reused. Some say you should replace them. But theses looked new-ish. I am guessing that some one brought a seal kit and had a go at fixing it.

This is the second try at getting it lit.

The first try showed that the burner was not working correctly. So it was removed and cleaned.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This came my way the other day.
It was seized and covered in many layers of paint.

It look a bit of heat, lots of oil and a few taps with a hammer.
The paint was grey, black, green and a hint of red.

Modern paint stripper took days to work.

Red was lowest level of paint, so I chose some red I had all ready.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I got this the other day for a up and comming MIS.

I knew it needed a lot of work, so I invited the soon to be MIS Members over to give them a go at restoring this and some other tools.

A start of the cleaning up showed there was gold leaf on the words. A bit of research showed that shop display or trade stands were given this to show them off.

I wish this could show how much hard work went into getting the vice into it parts.

Heat to remove the pipe fitted to the handle. It was hammered over the rubber grip.
Then more heat and oil to free the handle from the chain.

In Paint. Rattle can. In yesterdays heat it did not take long to dry.

After boiling in Citric acid the rust was gone, Then it was heated in a mix of Linseed oil and wax.

Ready to be rebuilt.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This odd little item cought my eye.

So I took it home.

Getting the cap off was not easy. I had to sit the body in ice water and warm the cap with hot water.

Removing the paint was dull and messy.

Finished and fuel tight.

Oh, its use/

To heat up copper bit soldering irons.

Does it work?

Yes.

 

[Seadog]

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This odd little item cought my eye.

So I took it home.

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Getting the cap off was not easy. I had to sit the body in ice water and warm the cap with hot water.


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Removing the paint was dull and messy.

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Finished and fuel tight.

Oh, its use/

To heat up copper bit soldering irons.

Does it work?

Yes.

I have one of those in perfect condition.

 

[4String.]

If you see a balding bloke at the woodland Trust stand making models with kids... That's me!

What sort of models do you make the kids into?