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That's interesting. When my garage door was fitted, the installer adjusted the slats to touch the threshold with a little slack so several seemed to stack. I suppose having extra slats would be a solution in some cases, but I would think the lead on the feed channel would need to be widened, to prevent possible jams ?
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Every roller shutter door I’ve seen has been like that too
The first few slats stay in the guides, so they bring the rest in after them - it's only they hit the ground, all the slack is taken up, and the two two or three get shoved forward a touch, as they aren't yet in the guide. and of course, when opening, they just pull up and out as usual. It doesn't seem to have damaged anything so far . . .
Not fixed, but dismantled this last night -
Still trying to decide what to do with it, as the top of the liners are a bit pitted.
Could either stick on a copper gasket and see how long it lasts, or go for a more extreme strip and skim, or even new short block.
Block and head could be had for £940+VAT. Skim is going to be at least a couple hundred, plus the additional labour and unknowns of fully stripping the engine.
Still trying to decide what to do with it, as the top of the liners are a bit pitted.
Could either stick on a copper gasket and see how long it lasts, or go for a more extreme strip and skim, or even new short block.
Block and head could be had for £940+VAT. Skim is going to be at least a couple hundred, plus the additional labour and unknowns of fully stripping the engine.
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There is not a roll eyes emoji unfortunately. I have that conversation a lot. Quite often it’s time to actually diagnose the dead part also that people don’t like to factor in when they start moaning
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Few weeks ago, I got this pair of Mast head lamps.
They were competer but some one had a bad attempt in re-wiring them.
Both had holes in the base. One for the cable, the other for a push switch.
So, ripped it out, so I could start again.
But first to clean them up.
This shows as many of then dents I could not remove. As the brass had streched to much.
It also does not show the joints I had to re seal with lead solder.
Re-wired in 3 core, earth stud attached and a PAT carried out.
I am ordering soem better bulb holders, with a earth point on them and some small LED bulbs.
They were competer but some one had a bad attempt in re-wiring them.
Both had holes in the base. One for the cable, the other for a push switch.
So, ripped it out, so I could start again.
But first to clean them up.
This shows as many of then dents I could not remove. As the brass had streched to much.
It also does not show the joints I had to re seal with lead solder.
Re-wired in 3 core, earth stud attached and a PAT carried out.
I am ordering soem better bulb holders, with a earth point on them and some small LED bulbs.
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I
like them! What you going to use them for?
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A very good question. One I will plan to answer as soon as I know what I will be doing with them.
But since I took the image, the Starboard lantern as developed a fault.
It pops the breaker afet 5 to 10 minutes of use. Using a Meggarshoews a 1.3Mohm leak to earth through the positive terminal. The Port(larboard) has a 999.99MOhm, I think I will be getting new fixings.
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They are Christmas colours.
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I have renamed a Optimus 111B the Girly Screamer.
The tin of potential doom or fun.
It looks good.
It was hiding afew issues.
Pump washer was dried out and cracked.
Filler cap seal was not pressent and the over pressure vent was blocked.
So a rumage and the first fit was complete.
But..................................................
Oh Bother said I.
My friend, screamed, threw his coffee over the flame, missed and screamed again.
Much mirth.
Theses stoves have a name for doing this, even from new.
So striped down, jet cleaned, the graphite seal replaced.
And away we went again.
This is on a scalle of 1 through 10, were one is not good and 10 is perfect.
It scores as, VERY BAD.
Bad enough for me to utter:
Perkle, Martin to scream again and grab the CO2 as directed.
If this happen get the flame out and pressure out ASAP.
I am not joking.
This is bad.
So we stripped it again.
The graphite seal was not sitting in the rebate on the shaft, so we binned it and fitted a new one.
New jet and needle as well. Not that we could see owt wrong with them. But we found spares.
Burning nicley now, bit cold. You can tell that by the colour of the flame. But it was warming up.
In use.
#Toi be honest this is to hot for this, but it works now.
Martin as one eyebrow.
I have 2.
The tin of potential doom or fun.
It looks good.
It was hiding afew issues.
Pump washer was dried out and cracked.
Filler cap seal was not pressent and the over pressure vent was blocked.
So a rumage and the first fit was complete.
But..................................................
Oh Bother said I.
My friend, screamed, threw his coffee over the flame, missed and screamed again.
Much mirth.
Theses stoves have a name for doing this, even from new.
So striped down, jet cleaned, the graphite seal replaced.
And away we went again.
This is on a scalle of 1 through 10, were one is not good and 10 is perfect.
It scores as, VERY BAD.
Bad enough for me to utter:
Perkle, Martin to scream again and grab the CO2 as directed.
If this happen get the flame out and pressure out ASAP.
I am not joking.
This is bad.
So we stripped it again.
The graphite seal was not sitting in the rebate on the shaft, so we binned it and fitted a new one.
New jet and needle as well. Not that we could see owt wrong with them. But we found spares.
Burning nicley now, bit cold. You can tell that by the colour of the flame. But it was warming up.
In use.
#Toi be honest this is to hot for this, but it works now.
Martin as one eyebrow.
I have 2.
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The time-delay light switch in my hallway gave up the ghost, after 32 years. Rubbish MK stuff 
Hmm could it be the X2 capacitor? Indeed it was.
If you zoom in there's a tiny black speck which is the point where the magic smoke escaped. There is a second X2 as well, which had also failed. Even with a high magnification loupe is was almost impossible to work out where it had burst. Still, a couple were ordered from eBay yesterday and arrived this afternoon. The switch is now reinstalled and ready to serve another 32 years (I hope).
Also waiting on a new neon which you can see from the first photo(left hand side), is decidedly under the weather. It's only there to help locate the switch in the dark so not essential.
Hmm could it be the X2 capacitor? Indeed it was.
If you zoom in there's a tiny black speck which is the point where the magic smoke escaped. There is a second X2 as well, which had also failed. Even with a high magnification loupe is was almost impossible to work out where it had burst. Still, a couple were ordered from eBay yesterday and arrived this afternoon. The switch is now reinstalled and ready to serve another 32 years (I hope).
Also waiting on a new neon which you can see from the first photo(left hand side), is decidedly under the weather. It's only there to help locate the switch in the dark so not essential.
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I would be interested in purchasing them as they are.
Put a new 3 way valve on the central heating yesterday as the actuator stopped working. Took the old one to bits today, motor's fine, one of the micro switches had failed. looked through my tub of spare micro switches and I now have a spare valve and actuator. 
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Yeah, square seats on the contacts. Turn them 180* and you have a new solenoid.
Last couple of days I haven’t been in the workshop full time as my partner and two of my boys have covid,so there’s some crowd control duties required 
lol.
Typically the sawmill has a breakage on their Stenner vertical bandsaw,which has a cast iron wiper that rubs the blade with diesel,the casting had broken around its mounting holes.
Out with the O/A and arc welder and nickel ferrite rods 3.2 diameter.
lol.Typically the sawmill has a breakage on their Stenner vertical bandsaw,which has a cast iron wiper that rubs the blade with diesel,the casting had broken around its mounting holes.
Out with the O/A and arc welder and nickel ferrite rods 3.2 diameter.
