Stuff you have fixed today

Barking Mat · Jul 5, 2021

GafferTapeKing said:
If you have an interest in the electronics behind these things and how they fail I can highly recommend a youtube channel call bigclive.
He tears down electronics and holds no punches on any strengths or more commonly weaknesses in consumer electronics.

Case study in point, a close look at one of those plug in nightlights that used to have a tungsten bulb fitted.
Now available with an LED bulb, does the new LED one use less or more power than the tungsten one ?

I'll look into this tomorrow, too late now.

Is this the LED driver boards, in question?

Edward Teach · Jul 6, 2021

slim_boy_fat said:
And??

Yes it passed its fitness test,
And, the 100 mile road test :laughing:

I forgot how fast it was, bloody hell :clapping:

Dave-sparks · Jul 6, 2021

Barking Mat said:
Any recommendations ? Please.

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Wallace · Jul 6, 2021

This came to me for an Mot with the options of repair, scrap or buy. Failed the Mot so I decided to buy it. :dontknow:

(Server will not let me upload photos of the welding they are too large.)

Windy Miller · Jul 6, 2021

Wallace said:
This came to me for an Mot with the options of repair, scrap or buy. Failed the Mot so I decided to buy it.

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Is that a C class or an E class? I had a very scruffy W reg E320 a few years back the same colour as that. Fabulous car - so comfy and surprisingly fast too. I'd like another one actually

Wallace · Jul 6, 2021

Windy Miller said:
Is that a C class or an E class? I had a very scruffy W reg E320 a few years back the same colour as that. Fabulous car - so comfy and surprisingly fast too. I'd like another one actually

E320 CDI diesel 2004 with Designo interior. I am really starting to like it, it's like a comfy van with that load space. Thus us an S211, yours was probably an S210? Still cannot get my head round the S211 being the Wagon and W211 the Saloon!

Windy Miller · Jul 6, 2021

Wallace said:
E320 CDI diesel 2004 with Designo interior. I am really starting to like it, it's like a comfy van with that load space. Thus us an S211, yours was probably an S210? Still cannot get my head round the S211 being the Wagon and W211 the Saloon!

Yep mine was the S210 I think. It was just sooooo rusty though. The rear inner arches were totally shot.
For some reason it had a habit of shredding the serpentine belt. First time was due to the clutch on the alternator pulley breaking up, but it did it again soon afterwards with all new parts. We had a very young baby at the time and we needed something reliable so I sold it.
I do miss it though. After seeing yours I’ve been looking on AutoTrader!

a111r · Jul 6, 2021

Wallace said:
E320 CDI diesel 2004 with Designo interior. I am really starting to like it, it's like a comfy van with that load space. Thus us an S211, yours was probably an S210? Still cannot get my head round the S211 being the Wagon and W211 the Saloon!

SBC problems? The pre-facelift S211s are easily written off by the 'final countdown'.

Seadog · Jul 6, 2021

Today I repaired a Clarkson chuck. The end had been mullered and the thread stripped. A £7 helicoil kit from eBay soon sorted that, and it's M12 x 1.75, so will fit the new draw bar that I recently made.

The end cleaned up nicely in the lathe, too. All I need to do now is to harden and temper the centre that I had to make to replace the one that wasn't there :mad:

slim_boy_fat · Jul 6, 2021

Windy Miller said:
I do miss it though. After seeing yours I’ve been looking on AutoTrader!

Step away from the keyboard..... :laughing:

nickk · Jul 6, 2021

Especially for @Barking Mat ,the rotator repaired last week,today I installed it,of the 3 it’s the one stood up nearest to the saw.

Barking Mat · Jul 6, 2021

nickk said:
Especially for @Barking Mat ,the rotator repaired last week,today I installed it,of the 3 it’s the one stood up nearest to the saw.View attachment 299051

That's a beast, now I understand, assuming that's a band saw at the end, goes back and forth.

Nice bit of kit !

nickk · Jul 6, 2021

Barking Mat said:
That's a beast, now I understand, assuming that's a band saw at the end, goes back and forth.

Nice bit of kit !

Yes,it’s self propelled,runs on 60/40/5 rails,about 12m long,I’ve replaced the rails twice,and they’re special order being 5mm .
The first time I replaced them,I suffered weld fume poisoning,which was on a campsite 2 days later,saw the local GP,who diagnosed it,couldn’t even stand or drive home,next time,used the air fed helmet,the sawdust is impregnated with diesel,which is the lubricant for the blade,causing the nasty fumes.

Wallace · Jul 6, 2021

a111r said:
SBC problems? The pre-facelift S211s are easily written off by the 'final countdown'.

Works ok, holds in traffic.

Barking Mat · Jul 6, 2021

nickk said:
Yes,it’s self propelled,runs on 60/40/5 rails,about 12m long,I’ve replaced the rails twice,and they’re special order being 5mm .
The first time I replaced them,I suffered weld fume poisoning,which was on a campsite 2 days later,saw the local GP,who diagnosed it,couldn’t even stand or drive home,next time,used the air fed helmet,the sawdust is impregnated with diesel,which is the lubricant for the blade,causing the nasty fumes.

Planking, nice, your own saw mill.

Munkul · Jul 6, 2021

Repaired this topper blade hub. I wanted to buy a new one for £100, dad wanted to pay me to fix the old one... I do what I'm told. Enjoyed doing it, too.

dan.taylor.1 · Jul 6, 2021

Munkul said:
Repaired this topper blade hub. I wanted to buy a new one for £100, dad wanted to pay me to fix the old one... I do what I'm told. Enjoyed doing it, too.

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Dad made me heat straighten the blades on ours once, cost more that a new set in the end, made sure to price bits from then on!

Munkul · Jul 6, 2021

dan.taylor.1 said:
Dad made me heat straighten the blades on ours once, cost more that a new set in the end, made sure to price bits from then on!

Farmers... can't ever see past purchase cost! I think our lot still live in the old days when there were enough hands on the farm that time just wasn't costed. At all.

8ob · Jul 6, 2021

Added some twin 5` led tube lights over the workbenchs in the cave a few years ago and had them on plug tops, made me ill looking at them so I bought a couple of fused spurs, switches and wired them in properly tonight.