Stuff you have fixed today

[Brad93]

Can you buy a new gear to fit?

Ringing the distributor in the morning. If not @Pete. might be able to make one.

 

[James1979]

What is it with digger drivers and Friday afternoon. 1500 I got the phone call…

Of course it’s one of the ones that run along the sliding block and then up into the back actor. Would be wouldn’t it. At least it wasn’t raining.

1630 all done inc hose made

 

[Barking Mat]

Stuff you have fixed .... 'on to something'... today.

4 lengths of 6 m rubber rubbing strait ? A 'liston' in French.

@Seadog will correct my english. (Please).

Took 4 of us 3 hours, 30 cartridges of Sika and a sledgehammer.

 

[Seadog]

rubber rubbing strait ?

Strake

 

[Barking Mat]

Strake

Thank you.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

What is it with digger drivers and Friday afternoon. 1500 I got the phone call…

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Of course it’s one of the ones that run along the sliding block and then up into the back actor. Would be wouldn’t it. At least it wasn’t raining.

1630 all done inc hose made

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You've earned a tonight, have one on me in The Welders' Arms.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not today, but Yesterday.

This 1950/60's Green house heater came my way the other day. I recall my Grandfather having a Brass tank one. This one is steel.

An annoying issues. Not well shown here and very hard to get an image.
The Loower brass part, were the wick gear is housed has cracked. This means as the fuel is drawn up the wick it leaks out. As it leaks out it pulles moire fuel up. So the flame goes out..
Being brass it was a pain to solder, But I did manage it.
Cleaned teh crack up with a needle file and cleaned it well with a solvent. Then heating the crack from the under side feed in fine solder.

Finished. I had to ease the clip into shape, so it holds.
The plan for it?

I have some lamp oil, that is meant to repell bugs in the summer. I will be giving that a go.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A Nice 90% complete Svea travling stove.
A simple, peacfull restoration.

The first issue to address was the simple solder of the cap retaining threaded part onto the body. The part to be soldered is RHS on top of the tin.

Done.
The pump is in bits as the washer was soaking in veg oil.

So we should be good to go for a burn.

.

This image is normal for the start up. It just shows the vaperizer is not up tp temperature.

But There was further issues. The joint on the filler was weeping. The non return valve in the pump was leaking,
The joint was sweeted back and it sealed.
The non return valve was seized, so I had to remove the pump body. Strip the non return valve, new spring, new seal.

Plus I fitted a new jet, for the simple reason I had one.

So much work on a little thing.

There are 3 legs under the body, they are now free to move.

I even blackened the spanner. The tin is ealed with bee's wax. After dipping the tin into warm citric acid, long enough toconvert the rust to black oxide.
Washed with warm water and dried well over a low heat. When it was still warm the wax is worked in.

Brew Time.
Rat pack coffee. Blue top milk.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This tired looking box contains an in line voltmeter.

A quick test showed it was working, but over reading.

The instructions tells you to remove the meter from the case.
Connect to a 500v supply and adjust to "pots" for a correct reading.

Not a fun or safe thing to be doing.

Removing the muck and grime showed this bit of writing. The meant a full strip of the old french polish could no go ahead. As it will remove the hsitory.

Wire wool, meths and elbow grease had the grime off. Here you can see it drying of. The stove is not lit.
The extra paint staines will be removed with a cabinet scraper.

Saved as much as I could, 5 coats of "white French Polish" and 2 of brown.

The adjusting feet were removed and freed.

 

[sparkysy]

That Svea stove and meter look lovely!
You really do a cracking job @The_Yellow_Ardvark !

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That Svea stove and meter look lovely!
You really do a cracking job @The_Yellow_Ardvark !

Thank you.

The images do not show the time spent.

Yesterday work meant I had 10 projects on the go at the same time.

Plus I dismantled a washing machine.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I got this old camera the other day. I knew it was stuck in the closed postion.
Now this is not a unknown issue with cameras such as this.
Now there are lots of information out there on how to free them. But I found that yes, they are helpfull. But it is rare to find anything on the camera you are playing with.

This was a pain.
Step one was to clean the runners and lubicate it with a wax.
In the end I had to disamantle most of the front end.
To find out that the auto tip. The means to flip the frame up when the case is closed was broken, worse some one had, in the past had tried to fix it.
This meant It could not be fixed, with out new parts.

This one is a 1930's bakealite camera, It was in good condition, just needed a clean.
The belows are now light tight, small repair with rubber glue.

Both on display.

A friend may be helping me with a 120 film to digital. But we will see.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not today, but Yesterday.

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This 1950/60's Green house heater came my way the other day. I recall my Grandfather having a Brass tank one. This one is steel.


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An annoying issues. Not well shown here and very hard to get an image.
The Loower brass part, were the wick gear is housed has cracked. This means as the fuel is drawn up the wick it leaks out. As it leaks out it pulles moire fuel up. So the flame goes out..
Being brass it was a pain to solder, But I did manage it.
Cleaned teh crack up with a needle file and cleaned it well with a solvent. Then heating the crack from the under side feed in fine solder.View attachment 323002

Finished. I had to ease the clip into shape, so it holds.
The plan for it?

I have some lamp oil, that is meant to repell bugs in the summer. I will be giving that a go.

OOOOOPS.
I was wrong.

It is not a Greenhouse heater.

It is a 1920/30's car sump heater..

 

[GraemeVW]

Today's fixing it job.

Failed chimney liner on a multi fuel stove.

We didn't fit it, so not sure what grade. Either the wrong grade for the fuel used, or moisture in the flue, quite possibly from wet fuel.

 

[Nick DV]

Plus I dismantled a washing machine.

Was that just for fun or did you put it back together..............................?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Was that just for fun or did you put it back together..............................?

Fun to see what was wrong, to see how much it would cost to fix and of course fun.

No. It is in bits.

 

[Nick DV]

Fun to see what was wrong, to see how much it would cost to fix and of course fun.

No. It is in bits.

A great way to work

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A great way to work

OI got my answer..
New washingmachine £219:00 - 10% discount.
Plus the £4:55 found in change in machine (large object trap)

So it cost me £147:55

Dismantling, my own time, found out the dran pump had faied.
New pump, not fitting price, before VAT and no P&P £170. Apart from the drum the most expensive item in the machine. With a 5 to 8 day delivery time.

Parts I salavaged/sold.
The motor, sold for £45.
The bricks, doanted to a local allotment and I was given some local honey 2 x 2lb jars.
The wireing loom, switches, clips, fuses stainles steel fixings etc will be kept for me.
Metal to be weighed in, donated or used at my play pen.

I must point out the drain pump is not a item sold as a single item. It comes with the 2 hose attached, the clips and the adaptor to fit my older machine.

 

[MattF]

New washingmachine £219:00 - 10% discount.
Plus the £4:55 found in change in machine (large object trap)

So it cost me £147:55

Am I missing something here, or is your maths just *****?

 

[Morrisman]

I de-rusted and drilled out the seized in bolts through the hubs of my Mazda rear axle project.

Not exactly ‘fixed’ but part way to possibly being utilised on my trike.....

Maybe..... but more likely to sit in the corner of the shed for a while.