Today I acquired...........

[bigegg]

Picked up a couple of loads in the Arkansas Chuggabug today.
By the way she was sat down probably 2t
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Patio Jenga?

 

[God mode restorations]

Today I finally got the acquired dsg 4AR back home. Depicte its appearance and rust...underneath that there is a fantastic 1930s dsg. Everything still moves so a full restoration will follow. I did get changes gears. A rather cool pratt chuck and key. The lathe is so big for such a short bed.

 

[Seadog]

Nice.

The change wheels seem to be mismatched, though.

 

[God mode restorations]

Nice.

The change wheels seem to be mismatched, though.

Yer. Theres a few original ones. Ain't got clue what the others are

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

My very old RDA gave up the ghost a few days ago and after suffering and old tank for a few days I bit the bullet and bought a new one
Interesting design. Splashed out on some premade clapton coils too

Next link in the chain. 16 channel mixer.
Need some room before I pipe it in though.

And a box.
I'm not opening it until my thermal paste turns up and I can install it all
Don't want the kids getting hold of it

Looking forward to booting this up.
My current rig is getting elderly

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got this bundle today, should of had a care package from a friend. but Posty lost it.



Vertical Burner blow torch. Complete, but like most in need of TLC.



A Dental Flask press.
It did not move, it is heavy.
A memory.



A bit of oil, a gentle tap and a coffee and it all but fell to bits.




I think this needs a lot more work.
This is the best flame and the smallest amount of leaks I got today.

 

[WorkshopChris]

Vertical Burner blow torch. Complete, but like most in need of TLC.

That's the first Vertical I have seen.
Does it have an internal vaporising coil?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's the first Vertical I have seen.
Does it have an internal vaporising coil?

Yes it does.

 

[Scruffywelder]

Yes it does.

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I've seen similar ones used for pre-heating hot bulb stationary engines

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

My friend ordered this for me yesterday, arrived today. 25 hours after the phone was picked up.

Unlike a tool shop, in dorset. 5 weeks. What excuses today?


The box's there was another one inside are good tough ones.



Brush restorer, sanding sealer, filler hardener and some brushes.

 

[m_c]

I acquired this a few days ago-



The job sale was, we've put a new wiring loom on it, a new magneto, and a couple other bits, but we've still not been able to get it to run.
I said I'd look at it, thinking it would be pretty straightforward.
Oh yeah. That famous thought..

Off course, the new 6V battery had been left flat, and I no longer have a 6V battery charger. So the bench PSU got dragged out, and set it at 6.6V overnight. I didn't think much off it, but the PSU went straight into current limiting mode (a whopping 3A as I only used one channel), and it was still in current limiting mode the next day. It at least just gave a couple half hearted kicks the next day. The good thing about the battery, is it's a ye olde style with exposed cell link bars, so multimeter out, and the centre cell is short circuit. Nothing to lose, stick the PSU up to 15V, and zapp the centre cell. Short circuit gone. Stuck the charger up to 6.8V as it was sitting at a couple amps instead of max current, and left overnight. Got home today, outer cells at 2.3V, but centre cell only at 2. Not ideal, but at least it got the starter motor to spin a couple times. To try and balance things I set the second channel of the PSU to 2.3V and connected it to the centre cell to help try and balance things for a few hours.

In amongst that, I had a quick look at the wiring. Obvious fault was they'd wired the feed wire for the lights, to the magneto cut out wire/switch, which is why there'd be no spark. At least one bit was an easy fix.

So, I really want to see if it'll run. Old 12V battery located, and a set of jump leads on to the starter motor, and we have cranking. Not as lively as I'd expect for a 6V starter on an admittedly not that great shape 12V battery, and it sounds a bit dry, so probably something else that needs more investigation. But given the fuel was turned on, and the engine was cranking at a reasonable speed, there was no sign of life.
There was signs of fuel in the tank, but it smelt off, so opened drain screw on carb, and nothing came out. Followed pipe from tank, and it wasn't even connected, instead it was stuck up above the manifolds. The tank has obviously been off, but they've not swung the pipe down when refitting it. Unscrewed it from the tank end, and found it's not even flared. Just wanting to see if I can get some form of life, re-fitted it correctly, and it somehow seals enough so there is only an occasional drip. Something else that'll need sorted properly.

Fresh fuel in tank, fuel tap on, and we have fuel running out the carb drain hole. Not dripping, running.
Looks like there's new needles in the carb, so split carb, and the float needle dropped out as soon as the float dropped a bit. I rarely deal with carbs, but any I have, the float normally needs to be well down before the needle will drop out.
Needle back in, and push float up. The float hits the carb body before the needle closes. Hmm...rummage through the random box of bits also supplied with the tractor, and there's the remains of a carb rebuild kit. Better yet, there is another, longer, float needle. Shove it in, and the fuel actually stops when you lift the float.
Carb back together, and we have no leaks.

Jump leads back on, and I got enough life out the 12V battery to get a couple back fires, so we obviously now have spark, although I'm not convinced we have spark at the correct time.
And I did notice with the choke on, fuel runs out the carb after trying to start, but not when the choke is off. I suspect I'm going to have to fully remove the carb, and set the float height, as I did notice the float arm has been bent, and I'm guessing the fuel level is now sitting too high.

I think I'll try to run it on gas tomorrow, to try and establish if it'll at least run, and the magneto is timed right. Then worry about getting the correct amount of petrol where it needs to be.

So much for a nice straightforward job, that might only take a couple nights

 

[Mick Annick]

Mild concussion, an egg-shaped bump and a cut on the head; clearing out the workshop ready for the builder to lay the new concrete floor next week and walked straight into the rusty old lump of angle holding up the forge hood...

 

[MCKDAVID]

I acquired this a few days ago-

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The job sale was, we've put a new wiring loom on it, a new magneto, and a couple other bits, but we've still not been able to get it to run.
I said I'd look at it, thinking it would be pretty straightforward.
Oh yeah. That famous thought..

Off course, the new 6V battery had been left flat, and I no longer have a 6V battery charger. So the bench PSU got dragged out, and set it at 6.6V overnight. I didn't think much off it, but the PSU went straight into current limiting mode (a whopping 3A as I only used one channel), and it was still in current limiting mode the next day. It at least just gave a couple half hearted kicks the next day. The good thing about the battery, is it's a ye olde style with exposed cell link bars, so multimeter out, and the centre cell is short circuit. Nothing to lose, stick the PSU up to 15V, and zapp the centre cell. Short circuit gone. Stuck the charger up to 6.8V as it was sitting at a couple amps instead of max current, and left overnight. Got home today, outer cells at 2.3V, but centre cell only at 2. Not ideal, but at least it got the starter motor to spin a couple times. To try and balance things I set the second channel of the PSU to 2.3V and connected it to the centre cell to help try and balance things for a few hours.

In amongst that, I had a quick look at the wiring. Obvious fault was they'd wired the feed wire for the lights, to the magneto cut out wire/switch, which is why there'd be no spark. At least one bit was an easy fix.

So, I really want to see if it'll run. Old 12V battery located, and a set of jump leads on to the starter motor, and we have cranking. Not as lively as I'd expect for a 6V starter on an admittedly not that great shape 12V battery, and it sounds a bit dry, so probably something else that needs more investigation. But given the fuel was turned on, and the engine was cranking at a reasonable speed, there was no sign of life.
There was signs of fuel in the tank, but it smelt off, so opened drain screw on carb, and nothing came out. Followed pipe from tank, and it wasn't even connected, instead it was stuck up above the manifolds. The tank has obviously been off, but they've not swung the pipe down when refitting it. Unscrewed it from the tank end, and found it's not even flared. Just wanting to see if I can get some form of life, re-fitted it correctly, and it somehow seals enough so there is only an occasional drip. Something else that'll need sorted properly.

Fresh fuel in tank, fuel tap on, and we have fuel running out the carb drain hole. Not dripping, running.
Looks like there's new needles in the carb, so split carb, and the float needle dropped out as soon as the float dropped a bit. I rarely deal with carbs, but any I have, the float normally needs to be well down before the needle will drop out.
Needle back in, and push float up. The float hits the carb body before the needle closes. Hmm...rummage through the random box of bits also supplied with the tractor, and there's the remains of a carb rebuild kit. Better yet, there is another, longer, float needle. Shove it in, and the fuel actually stops when you lift the float.
Carb back together, and we have no leaks.

Jump leads back on, and I got enough life out the 12V battery to get a couple back fires, so we obviously now have spark, although I'm not convinced we have spark at the correct time.
And I did notice with the choke on, fuel runs out the carb after trying to start, but not when the choke is off. I suspect I'm going to have to fully remove the carb, and set the float height, as I did notice the float arm has been bent, and I'm guessing the fuel level is now sitting too high.

I think I'll try to run it on gas tomorrow, to try and establish if it'll at least run, and the magneto is timed right. Then worry about getting the correct amount of petrol where it needs to be.

So much for a nice straightforward job, that might only take a couple nights

sounds like a fairly normal day here, get a wee "10 minute" repair job which grows arms and legs quickly when you see what's missing / bodged. Not technically difficult, just spending loads of time sorting out other "repairs" by others before you even get to the why it didn't run in the first place.... happy days, good sense of satisfaction when it does run at the end though....
I usually start with a check of spark at the plug, then if that's ok, a good wiff of fresh fuel down straight down the bore, and crank it to see if it's even going to try. Then I'll decide from there which mess to attack first. From a small engines perspective non running is usually carb/fuel related in my experience...

 

[Dieselman 63]

sounds like a fairly normal day here, get a wee "10 minute" repair job which grows arms and legs quickly when you see what's missing / bodged. Not technically difficult, just spending loads of time sorting out other "repairs" by others before you even get to the why it didn't run in the first place.... happy days, good sense of satisfaction when it does run at the end though....
I usually start with a check of spark at the plug, then if that's ok, a good wiff of fresh fuel down straight down the bore, and crank it to see if it's even going to try. Then I'll decide from there which mess to attack first. From a small engines perspective non running is usually carb/fuel related in my experience...

Not sure if I posted on here but the church I go to was gifted a ride on mower - told there was an oil leak and intermittent starting but replaced a spark plug seemed to help. Oh joy. Both plugs were fouled so I got new. On removing the cover I was greeted with this filth. Mice had made a nest in the mower and stuffed the cooling fins with grass which had gone unnoticed as the previous owner thought servicing was a waste of time. Basically it overheated and then there was an oil leak, and it would appear a small fire! The drain plug pipe was cracked presumably because someone used it as a step, oil leak one down. New head gaskets, valve guides reinserted into the heads, push rods were bent and had to be straightened, made up some new rocker gaskets and then onto the fuel/carb, lines were perished and sending rubber into the system, tank was full of perished rubber and grass, had to flush it all out and put a new filter on, the air filter was a sorry mush of fuel soaked sponge. Smoked horribly on startup - underneath the heat shield another oil soaked mouse nest on the exhaust silencer! No fried mice anywhere lol. Cost $200 to fix not accounting my time but I give them that for free. It annoys me when people use the church as an alternative to the dump.

 

[Brad93]

Not sure if I posted on here but the church I go to was gifted a ride on mower - told there was an oil leak and intermittent starting but replaced a spark plug seemed to help. Oh joy. Both plugs were fouled so I got new. On removing the cover I was greeted with this filth. Mice had made a nest in the mower and stuffed the cooling fins with grass which had gone unnoticed as the previous owner thought servicing was a waste of time. Basically it overheated and then there was an oil leak, and it would appear a small fire! The drain plug pipe was cracked presumably because someone used it as a step, oil leak one down. New head gaskets, valve guides reinserted into the heads, push rods were bent and had to be straightened, made up some new rocker gaskets and then onto the fuel/carb, lines were perished and sending rubber into the system, tank was full of perished rubber and grass, had to flush it all out and put a new filter on, the air filter was a sorry mush of fuel soaked sponge. Smoked horribly on startup - underneath the heat shield another oil soaked mouse nest on the exhaust silencer! No fried mice anywhere lol. Cost $200 to fix not accounting my time but I give them that for free. It annoys me when people use the church as an alternative to the dump.

Blimey, that’s in a sorry state.

 

[Nick DV]

Unlike a tool shop, in dorset. 5 weeks. What excuses today?

Not the 'C' word one?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not that I know.
PM me and I tell you about it when I am having a coffee.

 

[Nick DV]

Not that I know.
PM me and I tell you about it when I am having a coffee.

 

[angellonewolf]

Not sure if I posted on here but the church I go to was gifted a ride on mower - told there was an oil leak and intermittent starting but replaced a spark plug seemed to help. Oh joy. Both plugs were fouled so I got new. On removing the cover I was greeted with this filth. Mice had made a nest in the mower and stuffed the cooling fins with grass which had gone unnoticed as the previous owner thought servicing was a waste of time. Basically it overheated and then there was an oil leak, and it would appear a small fire! The drain plug pipe was cracked presumably because someone used it as a step, oil leak one down. New head gaskets, valve guides reinserted into the heads, push rods were bent and had to be straightened, made up some new rocker gaskets and then onto the fuel/carb, lines were perished and sending rubber into the system, tank was full of perished rubber and grass, had to flush it all out and put a new filter on, the air filter was a sorry mush of fuel soaked sponge. Smoked horribly on startup - underneath the heat shield another oil soaked mouse nest on the exhaust silencer! No fried mice anywhere lol. Cost $200 to fix not accounting my time but I give them that for free. It annoys me when people use the church as an alternative to the dump.

charty shops get the same ive seen a few people walk acress the road after going to trade stuff in in cex walk across the road and hand all the broken, scrached items they have left over to the charity shop

 

[bigegg]

charty shops get the same ive seen a few people walk acress the road after going to trade stuff in in cex walk across the road and hand all the broken, scrached items they have left over to the charity shop

As I've mentioned in the past, i used to buy second hand books - by the tonne - from charity shops.
Some of the stuff which we ended up with in "unsorted donations" was disgusting:

Used nappies
Dead rats.
were two noteable examples, although a common one was books which had been stored in damp basements/sheds and were little more than dry, dusty mould.
I actually had to build what amounted to a fume cupboard to alleviate it.
You wouldn't expect to need PPE to work in a bookshop!