Stuff you have fixed today

[Keithmac]

You'll probably find the carb flange is bowed, Amals did that anyway! Should it be single carb?

Carb flange needs flatting off, depends if it's distorted the carb body too badly to use though I suppose.

Chap who brought it in says its a special? hence the twin carbs, not looked that far into it yet as I only had an hour on it before closing on Saturday.

 

[minimutly]

Yesterday at the Shed, we held a bring and buy, a swop shop and of course people collecting item that have been donated.

This extra activity can un balance some members, so I tried to keep things in balance by still doing repairs and restorations.


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No value in this tool. But it is true and no bad pits.


Warm Citric acid, dyed red. Just in case


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It soon had the rust off, scotchbrite had the back oxide.

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Drying the clear coat in the sun.

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Then a few coats of Hard wax.

I've got one that looks exactly like that - well I assume that's what it looks like, since it's been boxed up inside the sofit of our house for the last 4 years - I must have put it down whilst marking something up when I replaced the weatherboards, sofits and upvc cladding. Now the only way to get it would be to lift the tiles one by one till I find it, hence it's still there....

 

[Craig-SM]

Fixed the toilet seat today (see what I broke today) by fitting a new close couple toilet.
There is a missing entry from “what I broke today” when on Thursday I was fitting the new toilet cistern to wall and whilst tightening the fixing I heard the TING of doom and cracked the porcelain. The supervisor was overseeing my work and immediately realised I’d cocked up and let me know that I had done so. The duct tape may have worked on holding the toilet seat on previously but it didn’t stop the water trickling out the cistern on this occasion so had to order a new one. New cistern arrived today and fitted without breaking anything this time. It never felt so good to sit on the throne as it did today.

Maybe not what I fixed today but what I didn’t break.

 

[nickk]

After buying @snowcat generator welder,some wheels,some previously stored gussets,a bend to follow the attachment point,then a washer lined up with 3 &4 o’clock chalk marks,place the transfer marking punch over said washer to centre punch mark and bang a 1” hole to weld in a stub axle, Pair of wheels already in stock!

 

[Keithmac]

2023 Benelli BN125 10,000 miles..

Zero valve clearances on all 4 valves.

New Ignition coils fitted , originals proved faulty and replaced.

New throttle body, original proved faulty (TPS) and replaced.

RHS switchgear / kill switch wiring connector rotten.

Side stand switch faulty.

Had to re-route loom to take stress off various connectors.

Just absolute rubbish really how they can churn this quality out.

The "wiring" loom was abysmal, struggled to remove the insulation without snapping the wire (probably copper coated aluminium).

It had been at another shop for over a month and they either didn't want to do it or had a go first and then sacked it off as a bad job.

I feel sorry for the owner really as these aren't particularly cheap to buy.

 

[northwest]

Well I am a bit further on with my renovation of the Cleveland Drill box,

Now all blasted and powder coated (RAL is 6003 if you want to know):




Really need to work on making the slide transfers for this, but I am a bit stuck as I just cannot seem to get it just how I want it. I will persevere, looking good though:



I have a feeling this is going to be challenging to organise. Tomorrow I am going to build the frame to fit it here in this corner, wish me luck:

 

[nickk]

@northwest ,like the bandsaw.

 

[qwakers]

lorrys cooling system reassembled with a new very expensive ptfe hose, cable tied to the rotten original steel line. coolant refilled and bled.

then onto the rear axle.

having partially disassembled it i discovered 2 things.

1 the abs sensor ring is destroyed. no wonder im getting errors.
and
2 the hub nut is 105mm and i dont have one. thats a £60 socket....

still these things are sent to test us....



whilst they're off i decided it would be a wheely good idea to paint the wheels. again.

i only painted the outside pair first go around. i also used single pack paint. this did not hold up well. in fact, compared to the wheel i didn't paint, it is in far worse condition. so its all been wire wheeled and needle gunned back to bare steel and coated in rust converter.

a spot of 2k primer and 2k direct gloss will be added later this weekend. should hold up much better. the two front wheels that i painted in 2k have held up much better.

and I'm going body coloured this time. cos i already have it.

 

[northwest]

@northwest ,like the bandsaw.

At the time I thought it was a lot of money for a little saw but it is invaluable and I use it often, My pal gave me a very heavy duty slide out roller thing and I mounted it on that, it means I can stick the long lengths out the door to cut them :-)

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This tired Record 00 vice came my way.

It was when you tried to open it, it would jam 3/4 of the way to max opening.

Dismantling showed the threaded part was bent.

I gentle bit of bending had it in a nice true part.

Boiled up in hot caustic soda had the paint removed.

Rattle can primer was used.

All ready to put back together.

All done.

Gold leaf will always show any bad casting on the letters and numbers.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This lump of rust, paint and glass was mine.

Yes it is bent.

But I did have a tank, wick holder and burner.

Fresh from de rusting, then into caustic soda to remove the incorrect white paint.

Yes there is a dent, but it is as straight as I can get it.

The white paint is gone, I know most lamps of this style are white, but I saw some original paint.
I did a quick google when I was in the shop.

Why red?

Back in the 1960's, when BR ran mail trains, with the sorting office, they had the lights painted red to separate them from normal rolling stock equipment.

Gold paint on the BR stamp, the GPO stamp is part hidden by the paint.
After I painted it, I found that the GPO stampings were filled with wax, so the paint would not stick.
Oh well, learn and live.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This was a pain all the way through.

It is done, but I will revisit it in the future as I have only stopped if from dissolving into a rust pile.

Glass holders are incomplete, the lower rim bead is rusted away, door is bent.

Paint removing, soot was removed as well. Well it was under the paint.

This was a pig, poor welds, poor braze and cheep tin plate.

Even the paint failed.

 

[Gragson]

I'd gun blued some of this mini mills rusty black parts which came out well, this then showed up the flaky paint on the motor, non of which needed doing, just bugged me.



Tedious manual stripping finished, half thought about just clear coating, but it would not fit in.



Rattle can acid etch and satin after good prep has come out well and a pretty hard finish.



Which now makes the yellow paint look crap

 

[Cheesie]

A split intercooler, it may look pretty with the shaped end tanks but it was made with no more than 1.5mm sheet, I'd say even lighter when I checked back in the log I didn't go over 68amps or it was going to hole, I like to use 3mm for intercoolers, hopefully get some 2" hose tomorrow and test it

 

[Blobber]

I'd gun blued some of this mini mills rusty black parts which came out well, this then showed up the flaky paint on the motor, non of which needed doing, just bugged me.

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Tedious manual stripping finished, half thought about just clear coating, but it would not fit in.

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Rattle can acid etch and satin after good prep has come out well and a pretty hard finish.

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Which now makes the yellow paint look crap

Looks good enough to me

 

[indy4x]

Alternator packed up on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's an 09 model with the Mercedes OM642 v6 diesel

Bit of a mission to get it changed, probably best part of 4hrs



Ended up unbolting the RH engine mount and jacking the engine up to get enough space to pull it out

This little tool was a life saver, had it years but never used it till now. Of course, I knew it would come in handy one day

 

[Dozzer]

Stuck the Discovery gear linkage back together last weekend, still had HDC faults and parking brake faults, apparently a dodgy wheel sensor will do this and diagnostic tool did say front left, so borrowed friends ramps (its ****** it down all day here) only to find that the wheel sensor was corroded to buggery and need to be drilled out final bit dropped down the exciter ring so had to take wheel station apart.
Done now, and no Christmas tree lights in the dash.

 

[nickk]

Bit of lawn levelling,I’m hoping it will be adequate for seeding then the new ride on doesn’t drop wheels in holes that cause the steering rod to bend. Had to remove the digger’s canopy to enter a low archway. All done this glorious weekend when it didn’t rain once.

 

[Robotstar5]

I fixed a 4G camera so Mrs Robo can keep an eye on her horse from the comfort of her armchair.

 

[Seadog]

Another interestong project came my way, a GWR signal lamp that had had a hectic life.

This presented the opportunity to use a dolly and planishing hammer that I acquired about four years ago. Think again...

After about three quarters of an hour of filing and draw filing, I reached a point where I was happy that they were good enough to use.

Cue another hour of annoying the neighbours (well, it was a sunny day so I wanted to work outside ).

That'll do.

And to cap it all, I made a brass pin and used a couple of 2BA dome nuts from my hoard (originally a split pin was the pivot.