Thought you were moving?
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Pete.
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Yeah we are this is part of the preparations to sell.
Farside
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Looks strong enough to support a drunk or two.
The origins of the phrase "hung over" , where you payed a halfpenny for the priveledge of "hanging over" someones rope for the rest of the night. Better than lying in the s**t I suppose...
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Today has been a pretty tiring day at work.
I'd like to meet the JCB engineer who designed the 8018 CTS ...
I've had to dismantle practically the entire excavator to extract the engine oil filter, because I've been able to get it loose(a big pointed chisel and an hammer)and unscrew it completely from underneath the machine after removing the sump protective plate, but once free there wasn't enough space to remove it , because there are hydraulic hoses in the way .
So I've struggled to remove all the control levers to lift the cab , and I didn't got there yet .
Once home I spent an hour or two in the home shop and cleaned up few parts of the K770
I've not filmed and honestly I'm not even sure about completing the restoration...
It's a lot of work just even reassemble it, worthless job , and I've lost interest in it since in two weeks it got 200 view my audience doesn't like the content so I'm not sure about what to do .
I'm sad about that because the 200 viewers who watched part 1 are expecting a restoration video and I'm afraid about deluding them, but I'm an human being and it wouldn't be good for myself.
I'm stuck in a situation where I'm not sure about the following.
Thinking about changing title, description and thumbnail.
I'd like to meet the JCB engineer who designed the 8018 CTS ...
I've had to dismantle practically the entire excavator to extract the engine oil filter, because I've been able to get it loose(a big pointed chisel and an hammer)and unscrew it completely from underneath the machine after removing the sump protective plate, but once free there wasn't enough space to remove it , because there are hydraulic hoses in the way .
So I've struggled to remove all the control levers to lift the cab , and I didn't got there yet .
Once home I spent an hour or two in the home shop and cleaned up few parts of the K770
I've not filmed and honestly I'm not even sure about completing the restoration...
It's a lot of work just even reassemble it, worthless job , and I've lost interest in it since in two weeks it got 200 view my audience doesn't like the content so I'm not sure about what to do .
I'm sad about that because the 200 viewers who watched part 1 are expecting a restoration video and I'm afraid about deluding them, but I'm an human being and it wouldn't be good for myself.
I'm stuck in a situation where I'm not sure about the following.
Thinking about changing title, description and thumbnail.
DAPPH
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" If at first you don't succeed , try try & try again " .
Once you start to learn how to film , present and commentate , it'll be like riding bicycle ?
Don't be put off and become despondent by other peoples posts either , most won't be willing or able to do what you are doing .
Good Luck .
Once you start to learn how to film , present and commentate , it'll be like riding bicycle ?
Don't be put off and become despondent by other peoples posts either , most won't be willing or able to do what you are doing .
Good Luck .
Johnnybravo
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Remember these little tubes I made awhile ago? Milled some 0,7mm holes into them now 
Memmeddu
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After dismantling and lifting the cab, it still wasn't possible to remove it.
It has been a two people job ,one underneath lifting the filter through the engine compartment and one with the arm through the engine,the fuel tank and the injection pump to catch it .
We made it halfway cause we have to put the new one .
Then I've had to straighten a car rim in a hurry because customer was there.
Then shortly later a compactor cat and fap to work on ,had to remove the lambdas fitting,turn the welds off in the lathe,make holes on the new one and Tig weld them in place.
An easy job well if there wasn't the customer there teaching how to do the job, upset because of the time needed, two wheel hub bearings to replace mainwhile doing the job.
Drill bits dull like cheese,drill chucks not holding the bits ,die grinders not working, carbide mills damaged so they wouldn't cut.
Argon bottle empty on the welder and left there , Tungstens to sharpen etc etc.
Edit forgot about closing the heat shield to make it look OEM , and hand tap the fittings to restore the threads deformed by the heat
DAPPH
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That's the delight & beauty of being involved in engineering repairs , most days are totally different and require a lot of different processes & critical thinking to get a decent result .
Congratulations
Imagine how hacked off you'd be changing the four hundredth Landrover Discovery gear box etc . It's one reason I volunteered for all courses and adventures going whilst in HMF . I could do Landrover gear boxes ,. engines and brakes etc in my sleep after 2 yrs of playing with them .
Congratulations
Imagine how hacked off you'd be changing the four hundredth Landrover Discovery gear box etc . It's one reason I volunteered for all courses and adventures going whilst in HMF . I could do Landrover gear boxes ,. engines and brakes etc in my sleep after 2 yrs of playing with them .
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Hood
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Some may enjoy, depends what you are into I suppose.They look uncomfortable to lay on.
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More Norvin stuff....
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Last day in the workshop for 3 weeks today, so doing a few odds. Knocked up a couple of pipes ready to go inside a tank, all polished out and borescoped. Looks like I forgot to tag one weld 
And finished off yet another trammel bar setup when I got home... simple one. Pen holder, centre and bar joiner. Think I've done 5 or 6 sets now.
And finished off yet another trammel bar setup when I got home... simple one. Pen holder, centre and bar joiner. Think I've done 5 or 6 sets now.
DAPPH
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Made some sawdust and tiny bits of stripped 150 mm long Pozi-drive screw heads today .
I've finally got the new roof void access hole done in the right place in the right dimensions screwed together with 150mm long Spax wood screws , two screws at each join after having to make a protective masking block to pop over cables so I didn't drill ot screw through the cables and fitted the plastic collar. Next step is to lay roofing battens along the truss base timbers and then screw on around 130 off 1000mm x 500 mm double layered 12mm thick chip board to board out the whole roof void including covering over the old trap door hole which is 2 mtrs wide by 32 mtrs long then put the new insulation in place . When all that is done , a lick of light green cheap floor paint on the chipboard and fit the lid .
Then it's sort out seven new to me internal doors and re- screed the hallway floor in readiness for a new carpet as the current one is almost 19 years old /
I've finally got the new roof void access hole done in the right place in the right dimensions screwed together with 150mm long Spax wood screws , two screws at each join after having to make a protective masking block to pop over cables so I didn't drill ot screw through the cables and fitted the plastic collar. Next step is to lay roofing battens along the truss base timbers and then screw on around 130 off 1000mm x 500 mm double layered 12mm thick chip board to board out the whole roof void including covering over the old trap door hole which is 2 mtrs wide by 32 mtrs long then put the new insulation in place . When all that is done , a lick of light green cheap floor paint on the chipboard and fit the lid .
Then it's sort out seven new to me internal doors and re- screed the hallway floor in readiness for a new carpet as the current one is almost 19 years old /
roblane65
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A couple of days ago I made a silly mistake
good job the blade wasn't sharp , we'd been cutting fireline and sound block boards so the blade was hammered . It took a nano second and there was plenty of claret , No hospital so I'm not in @doubleboost s club yet
good job the blade wasn't sharp , we'd been cutting fireline and sound block boards so the blade was hammered . It took a nano second and there was plenty of claret , No hospital so I'm not in @doubleboost s club yet
doubleboost
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That could have been a disaster
roblane65
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It was nearly one becomes two ! ...........
