Stuff you have fixed today

[Blobber]

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I knew owning a Land Rover would involve a lot of work, but every time i touch it i find more things that need fixing.

Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since

I've replaced them too. They're not genuine ones so they'll probably leak too.

 

[Farside]

Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since

If you fish out the seal spring and overlap it by a couple of turns, often that's all it needs to make a better seal by putting a little bit more pressure on the lip.
I've had good luck doing that for a few problematic seals.
Otoh, depending on the condition of the shaft, it might last a few hundred miles and leak again.

 

[JMS1972]

New caliper piston, front disks and pads on the Volvo. Would have finished it yesterday if I'd bought the correct size disks

 

[indy4x]

Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since

It's a few years since I had a D2, there was a long running thread on the D2BC forum where people were having issues with new seals leaking. Apparently most aftermarket seals are the wrong size and leak, someone on there had found a source for the correct Cortico seals and there was a link.

Think I still have a pair I bought and never used, will have a rummage through my spares

 

[Seadog]

I was given a couple of bird-feeder stands last year. I came to assemble today...

Typical.

I had an old piece of gas barrel, so cut a sleeve from it and dressed the joint.

Rammed it together and put some metal glue on.

Not the prettiest of jobs, but it's not going into a competition, after all

 

[MattF]

but it's not going into a competition

Fortunately.

 

[Bullet2012]

I was given a couple of bird-feeder stands last year. I came to assemble today...

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Typical.

I had an old piece of gas barrel, so cut a sleeve from it and dressed the joint.

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Rammed it together and put some metal glue on.

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Not the prettiest of jobs, but it's not going into a competition, after all

Pigeon poop on it already

 

[Seadog]

Steady...

 

[Barking Mat]

I was given a couple of bird-feeder stands last year. I came to assemble today...

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Typical.

I had an old piece of gas barrel, so cut a sleeve from it and dressed the joint.

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Rammed it together and put some metal glue on.

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Not the prettiest of jobs, but it's not going into a competition, after all

I was thinking Mr Blobby.

 

[Seadog]

Ooh, that hurts

 

[Johnnybravo]

Ooh, that hurts

I ain’t no ornithologist, but definitely not pigeon…but blobs big enough to maybe be Ar$estretch….

 

[Hitch]

Over in Pembrokeshire for a couple of weeks doing some snagging as one of our big projects gets wrapped up.

Up on top of of some 200k litre milk storage silos sorting some handrails and platforms while it wasn't pouring down this morning.

 

[Barking Mat]

Ooh, that hurts

You get extra points, just for having done some welding.

 

[Farside]

You get extra points, just for having done some welding.

Welding? Wozzat?

 

[Barking Mat]

Welding? Wozzat?

Yeah, nearly unheard of.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Petrol Lighter found its way to me.

It was in poor repair.

The old flint was jammed, good and proper in the flint tube.

In the end I had to drill it out. It was held in a make do and mend jig.

A New flint, fresh fuel and a polish. We have a working lighter.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This Mini zippo was mine for £0.50P

But it was broken.

The hinge pin was gone, the flint wheel was wonky.

A new old stock axil pin was used.

New hinge pin was made, by liberating a bit of brass wire.

 

[bourbon]

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This Mini zippo was mine for £0.50P


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But it was broken.

The hinge pin was gone, the flint wheel was wonky.

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A new old stock axil pin was used.



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New hinge pin was made, by liberating a bit of brass wire.

will you be polishing it up. or leaving the patina?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

will you be polishing it up. or leaving the patina?

Leaving it as it is.
There is a name and a 3 digit number scratched into it. Polishing will remove that bit of history.