Stuff you have fixed today

[Robotstar5]

The rivet holding one of the straps on Mrs Robo's riding hat bag had rusted and failed.

A small pop rivet with a washer either side and some brownie points for me

This is a riding hat bag.

 

[Keithmac]

2 KTM 125's, both none runners..

They were both in bits to a degree when they arrived.
Did the usual, check for fuel and spark, check flywheel is in time, check cam timing, check compression etc.

Both needed valve shimming (but not 0 clearance).

No DTC's stored, all looked good on live data.

The fault, the bloomin plug caps!. Both tested fine at 1kohm resistance, both plugs fired fine out of the bike etc.

You cannot buy the cap seperate to the coil (£60) BUT the caps look like they came from Poundland, cheap s..t.

Found some suitable deep reach replacements, used some quality BERU silicone HT leads.

Both fired straight up.

No wonder KTM have ended up where they are knocking this stuff out..

 

[Tilly819]

Had a customer drop of some turntable fenders off a big John Deere tractor for some repairs. Quite a cool idea, they move out of the way when the wheels are at full lock or you are going over rough ground with lots of steering angle on.
Shot a video of the job. Hope you enjoy.

Cheers, Tilly

 

[Farside]

Had a customer drop of some turntable fenders off a big John Deere tractor for some repairs. Quite a cool idea, they move out of the way when the wheels are at full lock or you are going over rough ground with lots of steering angle on.
Shot a video of the job. Hope you enjoy.

Cheers, Tilly

Nice reclamation job.

 

[Migmac]

Nice job Tilly. Farmer will be happy

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I had theses kicking around for a long time. From a magnet fishing trip in the Kennet and Avon canal.

After soaking in warm citric acid and a bench grinder wire brush.

Them after warming the metal up a bees wax and linseed oil mix was applied.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Theses, like the Footprint spanners have been waiting for attention for too long.

This chip meant that a lot more work was going to be needed.
The blade was removed and the whole blade was dressed back to keep the shape and to remove the ding.
Then the blade was heated to a dull red, dumped into clean oil. The edge was warmed to a dark straw colour.

The tang was heated to red hot and allowed to cool slowly. The handle was cleaned up French lacquer was applied.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I had theses kicking around for a long time. From a magnet fishing trip in the Kennet and Avon canal.

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After soaking in warm citric acid and a bench grinder wire brush.


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Them after warming the metal up a bees wax and linseed oil mix was applied.


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Footprint Wrenches!

Easily the best pipe wrench design for making up screwed pipe runs, they're great!

 

[MattF]

Screwed as in screwed & tight, or b*ggered?

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Screwed as in screwed & tight, or b*ggered?

Por qué no los dos?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

3 rusty lumps of metal, in the shape of hammers.

The middle one here had a dead shaft.

But all the rest had this issue.

Mullered ends.

The heads were easy to remove. They were all cleaned up. The peins were reshaped with a grinder.

Then each heads was baked to a red heat and dumped into old engine oil. Then cleaned up again and tempered to a deep blue.

Bugger I said and re did it.

Coffee stained handles, finished with Lavender bees wax.

 

[jsf55]

I have one of these i use it as when it's needed but i've no idea what it was originally for ?

 

[KemppiFrog]

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Theses, like the Footprint spanners have been waiting for attention for too long.

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This chip meant that a lot more work was going to be needed.
The blade was removed and the whole blade was dressed back to keep the shape and to remove the ding.
Then the blade was heated to a dull red, dumped into clean oil. The edge was warmed to a dark straw colour.



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The tang was heated to red hot and allowed to cool slowly. The handle was cleaned up French lacquer was applied.



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So, where are you going to be arrested for waving that about in the street?

 

[6ply]

It's no wonder the basin trap was blocked...

 

[qwakers]

stuff that im going to have to fix, but not today.....

today i took the astra to essex from cornwall to collect a new gearbox. that went fine.. except...
250 miles from home, esp warning came on, abs warning came on, tcs warning came on and cruise dropped out and wouldnt re-engage.

i do so love driving long distances without cruise....

this all sounds very familiar... with no code reader with me i had to wait til i got home.



so having just replaced the rear hubs for the same problem on the right rear, and the left rear too to avoid repetition, now i have to replace both fronts...

fyi, the abs ring on the hubs is actually a magnetic ring. it has broken up and fallen off. in the process of breaking up it causes the top code, then when its totally gone the bottom code sets.

damn.

 

[Anguz]

Yesterday not today, thought I ought to makes sure I could get the wheels off of the combo that I bought in September. Wheels all OK, but go to drop the spare. 2 hours later, heat and plus gas later, I have removed the spare, for most likely the first time it left the factory... thread was a little galled, so removed the bolt. 12mm 1.5 pitch... found a suitable die nut and spent a good 10 mins trying to start it on the undamaged end before I realised it was actually a twin start 3mm pitch...... WHY?

 

[bricol]

Yesterday not today, thought I ought to makes sure I could get the wheels off of the combo that I bought in September. Wheels all OK, but go to drop the spare. 2 hours later, heat and plus gas later, I have removed the spare, for most likely the first time it left the factory... thread was a little galled, so removed the bolt. 12mm 1.5 pitch... found a suitable die nut and spent a good 10 mins trying to start it on the undamaged end before I realised it was actually a twin start 3mm pitch...... WHY?

Because for what it is doing, a lead screw for the clamp, it is the correct thread to use in an engineering sense.

 

[Anguz]

you could say that any bolt is acting as a clamp. for what it is doing in this case its making things complicated for the sake of it

 

[RichardM]

It's no wonder the basin trap was blocked...

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Hair - I remember those days!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Hair - I remember those days!

Hair today, gone tomorrow.