Stuff you have fixed today

[KemppiFrog]

Back to heating....
Other local friends asked me to look at their oil CH. Rads upstairs not functioning. Simples I think, no pressure in the system, as indicated by the guage. So open the valve that connects the system to the cold water supply. Nothing, not even a sound of flow. Hummm. Disconnect the link and open the valve, nothing comes out?
After some prodding, turns out the cold supply is blocked up for a metre with hard silt. Bit odd, since it is rarely used. Anyway, cut out the length of pipe and fit a new valve and a long flex to the connection to the circuit. Open valve and satisfying noises with the guage going up. Lots of air bled out of the top rads and all well.
Friends delighted.
My Halo gets a polish.

Ardvark's nice one on lights takes me back to the farm in Portugal. No lecky, so those where what we used in the evening. Sunday morning was glass flue cleaning day. We also had a Tilley lamp, but that was a bit hot to be by there, so poisitioned it to shine into the kitchen and living room.
Happy days, if bl**dy hard work.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I acquired this pump the other week.
I knew it was only fit as a decoration, I had a good look in the bore.

This is the lower flap valve and weight, this is a good show had bad the internal rust was,

There was 7 layers of paint, all over rust.

In the end i brunt the paint off.

The internal lift and transfer valve assembly in paint.
BR "red Lead", it was free, but I hope it will be better than over the counter stuff.

Internal assembly rebuilt.

The lower valve is a new rubber assembly.

New cork gasket on the outlet, new screws.

The cap and lever was rebuilt, only one old bolt was saved.

All done. I have tested it, it does pull a vacuum, but the pitting is so bad the water will by pass the internal valves.

The scrap.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not got a Mamod for days now.

You suffering withdrawal symptoms?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You suffering withdrawal symptoms?

No, insomnia, again.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Recently I lent this classic T10 pressure lamp to a friend.
They give of good light and just under 1kW of heat in an hour.
If using correct fuel.
If up the pressure.

It was retuned to me, not working.

The wrong fuel was used.

This attacked all the seals.

The worse was the NRV seals. The black ring is the sealing washer, expanded by the wrong fuel.
This allows fuel to be pushed into the pump body and out of the pump.



I was lucky I had spares.

Even fixing that washer and the rest it still was not sealing.

The seal had broken up and had jammed the NRV.
So new seals, springs and a bit of lubicant. Re flushed the tank and we are now keeping this lamp for my self.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Aladdin Green house heater was mine this week.
It looked in good condition. But There are always a few checks you need to do on them before use.

The wick was rotten, so a new one was fitted.

The fuel indicator was free, but I rehomed the VERY large spider living in it.

It was not happy, but it will live.

The new wick s burning, just hard to see. A nice even blue color.

All done.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Rust.
With more rust.
It was an 4 chain adjustable lift kit.

The date on all the parts was 2022.
The main shackle was seized, but a bit of warm oil had it turning.

Theses parts just needed a bit of oil.

Heat was used to burn the rust off.

In Paint.

Almost done.
Just got to wax and oil the chains.

 

[qwakers]

added a couple of extra silencers and heat wrapped the race cars exhaust, then sprayed with vht paint to seal it (makes the exhaust much easier and less itchy to handle)

 

[Turbo]

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Rust.
With more rust.
It was an 4 chain adjustable lift kit.

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The date on all the parts was 2022.
The main shackle was seized, but a bit of warm oil had it turning.



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Theses parts just needed a bit of oil.


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Heat was used to burn the rust off.



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In Paint.


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Almost done.
Just got to wax and oil the chains.

Proper name for those chains is 'lifting brothers'.
https://smithshire.com/products/4-leg-lifting-brothers/

 

[lchris21]

......fixed a couple of teenie weenie plastic locating dowels off the back of the front fairing, off my recently acquired Africa twin. The attempted fix with superglue by previous owner never lasted, these things. Ive replaced quite a few over the years on various bikes.

 

[qwakers]

that was exhausting...

 

[MattF]

my recently acquired Africa twin.

You planning on keeping it fairly original, or doing a @Hood?

 

[lchris21]

You planning on keeping it fairly original, or doing a @Hood?

keeping it original

 

[magnet]

Fixed this locknife fo a mate. The spring that tensions the locking lever had broken.
Made a new spacer from Ali drilled and staked a piece of spring wire in. Reassembled all working as it should.

 

[500e]

@qwakers get rid of those long bolt tails, they can cause a new parting, ask how I know

 

[qwakers]

you cant, it would make the v band clamps useless.

i will on the other hand rotate them so they are horizontal....

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Hot water tank has been getting too hot, so I checked the thermostat. It's closed at all temperatures.

A new one is due to be delivered before 6 today. In the mean time.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Looks like it'll be a long afternoon.

 

[Blobber]

Looks like it'll be a long afternoon.

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Wont be that long by the time youve had to sleep it off!

 

[octo0072000]

Won't be that long by the time you've had to sleep it off!
and missed the delivery so no stat today we went to the pub anyway