Stuff you have fixed today

[octo0072000]

Pound coin goes in my pocket before you get done for smuggling the Queen's (kings?) currency into enemy territory

The ring thing looks like it goes over the fuel bulb that you press to prime the carb, the other bit looks like half a gudgin pin!

that pound coin is not legal tender now

 

[Hitch]

Picked this up at a local antiques/vintage/curiosity centre.
A little damage to her right shoulder/dress that had been repaired with some odd grubby filler.

A good clean, dug the old filler out, replaced with a touch of white plaster, smoothed and retouched the paint finish.

 

[Shiny Steve]

Part of the tractor loader decided it wanted to give up on work. It's a bad designer with two tapped holes through the thinnest par to locate the pin. Chopped off and re made the ends with a bit more metal around the eyes, one grub screw through the thickest part I could get it.

 

[sparkysy]

The Vivaro!
Alternator went on it on Thursday, think it's been on its way for a while as it was full of oil from a leaking oil cooler pipe that has split
Managed to pick up a new alternator on Friday but not the pipe. Yesterday was so wet I didn't even consider changing it, today wasn't much better but did see some sun. 6 hours later it is changed and back together
Massive respect to @roofman for his engine project! I hate working on these vans, everything either needs a baby's hands and the Hulk's strength or a ton of other bits removing to even get close to the nut/bolt!!

 

[qwakers]

it takes like 10 mins to pull the bumper off and drop the rad support out of the way....

 

[Dcal]

Today I sort of fixed my tig cooler.
I bought it from @Richard. on here and it's been progressively getting noiser (and it was far from quiet at any time) in fact it go so noisy, if I wasn't welding at high amps, I wouldn't bother using it.

I took a few sound level measurements before I started and I'm getting over 73dbs at 1m.

It's a very simple cooler, big fan on the pump motor exhausts at the bottom and pulls air in through the heat exchanger and that's about it.

Anyway, I replaced the pump with another one that I bought on here.
Much smaller pump and no fan.
I intend to install temperature controlled fans to keep the noise down.
I also need to look at putting a flow meter and an alarm on it before I start using the Lorch torch I have (yet another forum purchase) I'm using a cheap torch at the moment and if I fry it, a new head is less than a £10 so I can cope with that.

I tried out the replacement pump before I started installing it and it's pretty feable.
It's supposed to be 50m head and 2l/min but I doubt it will push 50 inches.
It's a geared pump and looks unused so I don't know what's going on.

I made a few fittings to fit the existing plumbing.

Put it together temporarily and tried it out.

Everything runs but no return flow from the torch.

There is a simple by pass built in between the flow and return made up of a copper pipe with a restriction in it.

If the pump has plenty of flow this isn't a problem but it certainly is for the replacement and it's just cycling around the bypass.
I closed it off completely and I got a return, not much but it's something.
I tried running a few beads at 200 amps and it seems to work.
The return is certainly hotter than the flow
Even with no fan the water in the tank hardly warmed.
But the main thing is it's now super quiet.

I took the old motor apart and the bearings are completely shot.
Rear bearing is straightforward, but I'm going to need help to get at the front one as it looks like the impeller needs to come off.
I'll post a few photos later.

 

[Brad93]

Today I sort of fixed my tig cooler.
I bought it from @Richard. on here and it's been progressively getting noiser (and it was far from quiet at any time) in fact it go so noisy, if I wasn't welding at high amps, I wouldn't bother using it.

I took a few sound level measurements before I started and I'm getting over 73dbs at 1m.

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It's a very simple cooler, big fan on the pump motor exhausts at the bottom and pulls air in through the heat exchanger and that's about it.

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Anyway, I replaced the pump with another one that I bought on here.
Much smaller pump and no fan.
I intend to install temperature controlled fans to keep the noise down.
I also need to look at putting a flow meter and an alarm on it before I start using the Lorch torch I have (yet another forum purchase) I'm using a cheap torch at the moment and if I fry it, a new head is less than a £10 so I can cope with that.

I tried out the replacement pump before I started installing it and it's pretty feable.
It's supposed to be 50m head and 2l/min but I doubt it will push 50 inches.
It's a geared pump and looks unused so I don't know what's going on.

I made a few fittings to fit the existing plumbing.

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Put it together temporarily and tried it out.

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Everything runs but no return flow from the torch.

There is a simple by pass built in between the flow and return made up of a copper pipe with a restriction in it.

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If the pump has plenty of flow this isn't a problem but it certainly is for the replacement and it's just cycling around the bypass.
I closed it off completely and I got a return, not much but it's something.
I tried running a few beads at 200 amps and it seems to work.
The return is certainly hotter than the flow
Even with no fan the water in the tank hardly warmed.
But the main thing is it's now super quiet.

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I took the old motor apart and the bearings are completely shot.
Rear bearing is straightforward, but I'm going to need help to get at the front one as it looks like the impeller needs to come off.
I'll post a few photos later.

You need 50-60PSI for a tig cooler pump. 2LPM is adequate flow to cool 300A odd

Water cooler pumps are either graphite vane type (Procon), Simarco type which is a turbine type (not sure what you call this, it's a bit like a vacuum pump impeller), and then there is the fuel pump type which is a piston and two electromagnets, pulse pump type, very noisy.

The pro cons/aquatech are best and very quiet.

 

[sparkysy]

@qwakers
It would/should,,, except for the munklers that have been there before!

 

[Dcal]

You need 50-60PSI for a tig cooler pump. 2LPM is adequate flow to cool 300A odd

@Brad93 I'm not getting anything like that.
I'll put a gauge on it and see what it actually puts out.
50m head equates to about 70psi so it should be in the ball park.

 

[Dcal]

This is the pump that came out of the cooler.

The pump and front housing are one piece.

Anyone have any idea how this comes apart?
I don't think the impeller will come out the front and there bound to be seals and throwers out the back that I'll probably wreck if I just press it off.
I could tap the holes in the impeller and make a puller to get it started?

Impeller after a quick clean up.

 

[Blue Chips]

If anyone knows what these bits are and where they go, I'm all ears.

Ah, it's nice to see a fellow member of the Leftover Parts Club. I suspect that a lot of us are members, whether we admit it or not. I'm OCD enough that if I find a leftover part, I can't rest until I tear everything down again and install it in its rightful place. A couple of weeks ago, I overhauled the carb of my portable generator. After I got it all back together and reinstalled on the engine, I walked back into the shop and spotted two small O-rings lying on the bench where I had been working, which prompted a string of oaths as I brought the generator back into the shop and started tearing the carb off. About that time, spouse walked in and said that she had been cleaning out the kitchen 'junk' drawer and found a couple of O-rings, which she brought out to the shop and placed on the work bench.

BTW, the generator runs great, and it came in handy during our recent power outage.

 

[Barking Mat]

Ah, it's nice to see a fellow member of the Leftover Parts Club. I suspect that a lot of us are members, whether we admit it or not. I'm OCD enough that if I find a leftover part, I can't rest until I tear everything down again and install it in its rightful place. A couple of weeks ago, I overhauled the carb of my portable generator. After I got it all back together and reinstalled on the engine, I walked back into the shop and spotted two small O-rings lying on the bench where I had been working, which prompted a string of oaths as I brought the generator back into the shop and started tearing the carb off. About that time, spouse walked in and said that she had been cleaning out the kitchen 'junk' drawer and found a couple of O-rings, which she brought out to the shop and placed on the work bench.

BTW, the generator runs great, and it came in handy during our recent power outage.

I had a good friend strip her rear brakes on a Merc 308 or similar, to change the seals. She put all the bits in a bucket to not get lost.

Overnight someone as a joke added a handful of random bits.

Ooph.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Overnight someone as a joke added a handful of random bits.

They being......?

 

[MattF]

They being......?

I think we all know who the rotter was.

 

[Brad93]

This is the pump that came out of the cooler.

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The pump and front housing are one piece.

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Anyone have any idea how this comes apart?
I don't think the impeller will come out the front and there bound to be seals and throwers out the back that I'll probably wreck if I just press it off.
I could tap the holes in the impeller and make a puller to get it started?

Impeller after a quick clean up.

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that's what i'd call a simarco pump

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Saturday night, after a few beers I found a water leak.

Traced it to the bath room, under the bath.

The hot water isolator, 22m, was leaking. but not from the compression joints. but from the screw fixing valve.

So yesterday, got a new one and one for the 1/2" pipe

Drained the system and fitted both.

 

[Cobbler]

I had a good friend strip her rear brakes on a Merc 308 or similar, to change the seals. She put all the bits in a bucket to not get lost.

Overnight someone as a joke added a handful of random bits.

Ooph.

Someone? … You bad boy, Mat,

 

[JOEPRO]

Saturday night, after a few beers I found a water leak.

Traced it to the bath room, under the bath.

The hot water isolator, 22m, was leaking. but not from the compression joints. but from the screw fixing valve.

So yesterday, got a new one and one for the 1/2" pipe

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Drained the system and fitted both.

I would have removed them permanently. They are not required and are a weak point.

If the bath ever needs to come out or needs a tap seal replaced then drain the system. It's an unnecessary convenience having stop valves on everything until they start to leak like yours did. In my house I have eliminated as many of them as possible for less chances of leaks developing in the future.

 

[MattF]

They are, however, convenient to have. Far easier than fannying around draining everything.

 

[dobbslc]

I use Peglar ball valves as those little ones always leak.