Stuff you have fixed today

[RaceDiagnostics]

Well it turned out that I didn't fix the leak, after a test drive there were more white coolant splatters.

I presurised the system again and found this on the underside of the water pump.

It was wet. The pump is just over 2 years old and only has 2000 miles on it. Just outside the warranty period of Autodoc. It's a febi unit, I found a warranty page on their web site saying 3 years so made a claim there. Let's see were that gets me.

 

[roblane65]

Exactly the same "Born to Leak" rear wiper motors are used on many VAG vehicles,
so there must be a "Designed by Accountants" industry standard somewhere.

Not so sure about VAG but I'm told many BM's and mini's after all the car is of the era when Bmw were in charge at LR .

 

[Seadog]

Today I fixed that which I broke a couple of days ago.

The moving jaw from a nice tap wrench.

Fortunately it was surface hardened, so I was able to drill and tap.
Next job was to make a replacement stud. I found a nice piece of 1/4" Stubbs silver steel and experience the joy of cutting my first lefthand thread.

Loctited in place to complete the job.

 

[GRW]

I got to play Welder for work today. A Unimog I was asked to service and do a few bits on - the Airbox (which feeds the engine and the on-board compressor) had the bottom of the centre cylinder rotted out, & the mounting bracket on the bulkhead side was rotten, with a hole in the cylinder base under the bracket.
So, I cut out a biggish piece of the cylinder and the rotted base bits, and repaired them, finished off with a slap of some black iron fence paint I had left.

Concourse it ain't, but it'll do the job.

 

[Guzrik]

Made a connection, for a simple testbench to test small hydraulic cilinders.
Crimping of the aluminium sleeve done with simple pliers for electric terminals, anyone else ever tried this?
Edit: id of the hose is 3.4mm and the hose is rated to 200bar, It will be inside a protective cover at all times when pressurized of course.

 

[GRW]

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Made a connection, for a simple testbench to test small hydraulic cilinders.
Crimping of the aluminium sleeve done with simple pliers for electric terminals, anyone else ever tried this?

Not tried it myself, but if the crimp doesn't leak & holds pressure in use - then

 

[JOEPRO]

My Milwaukee M18 high torque impact has been with me for years and finally started to give some trouble a couple of weeks back.

I thought it was a lack of grease in the hammer mech and took it all apart for a look see. Turns out there was a bad bearing at the very rear of the motor housing. Which is available on ebay new genuine and with the bearing pre installed.

Got it in the post today. Then discovered the old bearing was properly seized in place. So I had to use a die grinder to cut a groove and pop out the old ball bearings then a
That allowed me to grip the remaining part tight in my vice and punch the centre shaft out.

Got the old bearing remains off and not a scratch on the motor shaft and plastic fan.



All back together and working great again.

 

[Guzrik]

My Milwaukee M18 high torque impact has been with me for years and finally started to give some trouble a couple of weeks back.

I thought it was a lack of grease in the hammer mech and took it all apart for a look see. Turns out there was a bad bearing at the very rear of the motor housing. Which is available on ebay new genuine and with the bearing pre installed.

Got it in the post today. Then discovered the old bearing was properly seized in place. So I had to use a die grinder to cut a groove and pop out the old ball bearings then a
That allowed me to grip the remaining part tight in my vice and punch the centre shaft out.

Got the old bearing remains off and not a scratch on the motor shaft and plastic fan.

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All back together and working great again.

Happy you got it fixed.
It hurts a bit you clamp the shaft like that, have you no feelings?

 

[JOEPRO]

Happy you got it fixed.
It hurts a bit you clamp the shaft like that, have you no feelings?

The bit the vice is gripping is what is left of the old bearing race.

And I punched the inner shaft out which was totally unharmed like new no vice touched it.

 

[Guzrik]

The bit the vice is gripping is what is left of the old bearing race.

And I punched the inner shaft out which was totally unharmed like new no vice touched it.

Ah, sorry. Top job then.

 

[JOEPRO]

Ah, sorry. Top job then.

The pic was mid way through as I was about to punch it out so it wasn't very clear either

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Primus 210 stove came my way.

It had some fuel in it.

The Vaporizer had a few issues.
So a new jet and a good clean.

The tank just needed a clean up. The pump was serviced and then it was given a pressure test.

Cleaned up and warming up.



Even the tin cleaned up.

Brew time.

 

[roblane65]

This evening I fixed the range rover upper and lower front arms both sides


totally knacked bush , off side wasn't as bad but soft ,well ball joints


this one just wobbled about !

ball joint removal tool worked a treat


all done both sides . started at half four 20 minute break for the rain and finished for about seven forty five , could of been quicker some of the nuts were feckers ! all done with sockets and spanners note to self buy a battery ugga dugga it'll be the next thing I buy

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

Not fixed as such but the milling machine went today, so Ive moved the lathe into its place to make more room down the side of the beast for bikes etc (still need to empty the radio shack)

Got rid of one of those plastic garden spider storage box things from outside the garage so the door will open properly to get a straight run out and in past the antenna mast

 

[qwakers]

karcher k2 pressure washer i bought at auction (supposedly working fine, and £5) leaks from the pressure side. turns out there is a split in the pressure side outlet, which is kinda a win as it easy to replace, less so when you see the part cost...

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Keithmac]

GSXR carbs are the worst I've ever had to work on! They don't seem to be as good as the ones on Yamaha's for some reason.

There's a knack to it and they all like slightly different settings.

The carbs above looked very good inside but it wouldn't rev above 5000 RPM, customer had already tried a set of ignition coils and was sceptical it was carb related (fair enough I suppose).

A put full rebuild kits in and to be honest didn't find the smoking gun until looking at the slide needles and emulsion tubes.

The needles were worn and a had worn the emulsion tubes oval, over probably last 30 years?.

Been bitten too many times now so if a customer wants carbs sorting it always starts with a full new rebuild kit regardless.

That GSXR ended up around £550 all in, with new throttle cables, sounds a lot but it's all time really. Rush a carb job and you'll always get a poor result imho.

Only very recently perfected the art of recomissioning Honda Four carbs circa 1970's. None removable fuel needle seats but with enough patience you can bring them back.

A dying art.

All I'd say is don't be afraid to go out of what people and manuals class as "normal", especially with E5 fuel. Low speed, low throttle misfires are nearly always a too lean condition.

Ultrasonic cleaners aren't the be all and end all as well, probably 25% of my jobs go through the Ultrasonic cleaner.

 

[Keithmac]

I had a carbed R1 that hadn't been right from day one years back. Been all over for repair but still no better.

Stripped and rebuilt carbs, still not perfect, adjusted Pilot Air screws "out of range" and it ran great.

Didn't find out it had always been problematic until after the customer told me when they picked it up, would have been nice to know previous to repair..

 

[Pete.]

My dad's GS850 had worn float needles and seats we drilled the seats out bigger so that the needle sealed on a fresh part of the cone and re-set the float heights, and it was good as new.

 

[sardine]

Just got one similar myself, really pleased with it although filthy and covered in all the usual detritus. Anyway its been cleaned and partly reassembled but I am in a slight quandary over the starter switch. It still has the original Startet switch, complete with asbestos insulation. Now would it be advisable to replace this with a modern switch, or can I use the original. It’s not going to be used in an industrial setting, nor is it likely to be left in the event of a power failure. Any help, advice or guidance gratefully accepted.

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Got the same drill here, with the same starter, but the motor was too expensive to rewind and had to be scrapped. They were a batch of drills sent over on lend lease during WW2.

 

[Barking Mat]

Marine problems again, early afternoon boat lost forwards / backwardsness.

Prop shaft had 'popped' out, to put a new cone on shaft, had to pop the gearbox off, found this, it's a drive plate or damper, goes onto flywheel.

This is impressive, it's not lasted 10 weeks, then client must have really hit something with the propellor.

Couple of hours later, all fixed.