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

[slim_boy_fat]

I wounder what would happen if I mentioned I need wooden wedges and steel wedges.

He'd drink more of your beer.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat
t was his beer, I am still dry.

 

[Morrisman]

..a large engine. 5.7 litres of Chevy actually. Ally heads, stainless headers, HEI dizzy, stripped for inspection.

I have no idea what I’m gonna do with it, but reassembly will be the obvious move. A supercharged trike appeals, but I have to finish my hot rod first. Don’t I?

View attachment 162905 View attachment 162906 View attachment 162907

I had a closer look in the bright lights of my garage, and there is water damage in several of the cylinders. Not 100% sure it needs a rebore, but it definitely needs stripping and checking properly. Maybe the marks will polish out, but a couple can definitely be felt with a fingernail......

I drained the sump, only oil came out, no water.

Any recommended reborers in the West Midlands? Might be time to fit some ‘livelier’ pistons.

 

[captain-destructo]

I wounder what would happen if I mentioned I need wooden wedges and steel wedges.

i think you may find the empty beer bottle/can bouncing off the back of your head

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

He'd drink more of your beer.

i think you may find the empty beer bottle/can bouncing off the back of your head

@slim_boy_fat He supped my ale, true. but did order in a curry.

@captain-destructo No. But I was told to wait until Christmas. The empty cans we had run with a tube, lighter fluid, spark plug and fun ensued.


@Parm I was un harmed this time.

 

[Farside]

For years, I've been using a DeWalt 320K jigsaw, but I bought it at a time when I was doing a lot of site work and so had the 110V version.
It's a nice tool to use and I've often wished I'd bought the mains version instead, but needs must at the time.
One thing I really like about it is the lack of quick-change nonsense that eventually breaks, as I found with other makes and models, even the DeWalt ones with quick-change are often to be seen with broken fiddly bits.
For home use it's a bit of a pain in the bahookie lumping the transformer around, so I had a look for the 240V version on the bay of blaggers, and this turned up today.
Barely used, light occasional workshop duties, and the case is like brand new.

 

[winchman]

Food for the local food bank

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

^^^^ you could aways reuse the nails you remove from the pallets

Not a chance.
Collated nails are bad enough to bang in with a hammer when they haven't been fired from a gun.

Nails are cheap. Stop being tight.

 

[seriesonewelder]

I had a closer look in the bright lights of my garage, and there is water damage in several of the cylinders. Not 100% sure it needs a rebore, but it definitely needs stripping and checking properly. Maybe the marks will polish out, but a couple can definitely be felt with a fingernail......

I drained the sump, only oil came out, no water.

Any recommended reborers in the West Midlands? Might be time to fit some ‘livelier’ pistons.

www.willenhallenginecentre.co.uk
Have used these in the past for V8 engines.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

He'd drink more of your beer.

i think you may find the empty beer bottle/can bouncing off the back of your head

No I get 2 more shafts, selection of wedges and metal fittings.


So.

 

[winchman]

Food for the local food bank
View attachment 163065

Contacted them about dropping off and asked could I keep it until January as they have no space! Must have had loads donated

 

[Jlg]

A big bill of sgs for a 10 ton
hydraulic press

 

[indy4x]

And my parents always told me only good boys and girls get pressies at Christmas. My D3 has been very naughty so it's getting this little lot fitted over the weekend


Pair of rear air suspension units



Replacement valve blocks and overhaul kits



And a full engine and autobox service plus transfer box oil change



Hopefully by the end it won't look like this and all the suspension errors will be gone

 

[mpats]

Lots of things for doing stuff with.

 

[anto44]

Today I got 5 of these 5' led lights.


2 of these flood lights.


And 30 of these 2' square lights.


The whole lot is brand new in the box and all for free for helping a guy out of trouble with a van . The only downside is I need to get drivers for the square lights, he only had 1 driver so I need 29 more of these.

I'll be putting up a thread in the electrical section looking for some advice on wiring this little lot up.

 

[Turbo]

I've been on my usual winter downer, not helped by a lingering cold but today I'm happy!

I bought these from my local auction, they came from a factory clearance & were sold as seen.

I get on well with the staff & they don't mind if I have a poke around on non viewing days. I had tried out the compressors & both the motors did bee impersonations - just hummed but didn't move.

I whipped off the motor covers & discovered one capacitor completely blown & the other slightly bulged.

I took a chance & bought both, one for repair/resale & the other for the men's shed.

After spending a few hours today queuing & getting shoved around doing some last minute xmas shopping I was in a rotten mood. Once I got home I went out to give the compressors a quick try, found some suitable capacitors, crossed my fingers & switched them on.

Well they only blinking work! I had feared the start windings might be fried but both are sweet as a nut.

The 50l one is a real peach, you hardly know its running. It is a 3hp unit with a 13cfm cast iron barrel pump with everything working perfectly, I think this would be more suitable for the mens shed, being more compact & quiet.

The 150l one is a bit noisier as it currently has no inlet filter & need a bit of tidying. The pump is a 14 cfm alloy unit & is running perfectly. I might keep this one & sell my other one, I'll have to decide when I've got it running perfectly.

Needless to say I'm a lot happier than I've been for weeks!

 

[Fiji]

Nipped into local recycling centre for a shelf unit for wifes cook books. Came out with a couple of rum glasses and a massive pile of Practical Classic mags. In my defence, wife likes a drop as well.

 

[Welderpaul]

..a gravel/winter bike.

 

[stuvy]

..a gravel/winter bike.


View attachment 163236

What’s the difference between a cyclocross bike and a gravel bike

 

[Kayos]

I will be building some kind of cabinet but I haven't decided exactly what yet. My initial idea was the three drivers I've got + a pair of tweeters, active crossover* and seperate amps all in one big heavy box as a 2.1 stereo kind of arrangement but now I'm leaning more towards seperate left, right and sub boxes as it could be slowly expanded into a surround sound set up. Very early stages so far, it's really going to depend on what comes up on eBay for prices I like.

*As I said, it's something to play with, an active crossover is just more dials to turn. I might even go for a miniDSP, unlimited dials for the fiddling!

Minidsp is awesome, used them on some monster car builds. One warning, once you go active be very very careful, it’s easy to fry a mid or even a mid bass with the wrong crossover, ribbon tweeters also vaporise quite easy....