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Wife got a knock from one of the neighbours this afternoon. Do we know an electrician...
He's been round to one of the other neighbours because her sockets have tripped... 95yo ol dorris.
I end up round there with a socket tester and screwdriver.
FCU taken as a spur, from a kitchen socket, then more sockets from that, powering a little utility room, plus another taken hrough the wall into a different room.
Pulled a few cover plates off and worked it out.
Looks like drier, freezer, oxygen pump thing, vacum, lights, all plugged Into spurs. probably tripped the circuit.
Reset the breaker and turned the FCU back on and good to go.
The electrician they found wanted £90 call out, plus £120/hr.
He's been round to one of the other neighbours because her sockets have tripped... 95yo ol dorris.
I end up round there with a socket tester and screwdriver.
FCU taken as a spur, from a kitchen socket, then more sockets from that, powering a little utility room, plus another taken hrough the wall into a different room.
Pulled a few cover plates off and worked it out.
Looks like drier, freezer, oxygen pump thing, vacum, lights, all plugged Into spurs. probably tripped the circuit.
Reset the breaker and turned the FCU back on and good to go.
The electrician they found wanted £90 call out, plus £120/hr.
qwakers
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couple of bags of sand later and the subframe looks better...yesterday i attempted to media blast the hubs, but the blaster wouldn't play nice. constantly blocking. i've always had this problem leaving me to avoid blasting due to the hassle. thing is, blasting media costs a fair chunk of money, so i've been reusing it. sieving it back into the blast pot and going again. figuring this might be the issue, and still being cost conscious, i did something i really shouldn't do and picked up a bag of kiln dried sand and tried that.
night and day difference. blasted both hubs with no issues.
this is just a quick pass, not finished yet....
yes i know, you're not supposed to blast with actual sand due to silicosis. but i was wearing a air fed full face mask so i think ill survive....
not much else left to clean up for paint....
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I spent last evening fixing a storage problem for the Kranzle guns, hoses, surface cleaner and lances. Lots of rivnuts and Terry clips later everything has a home with easy access that would soothe the worst case of OCD. Better still should be a lot less cursing if I’m not tripping over them all the time.
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Bear in mind that sand is not approved of by Elfin safety for the Silicosis issue.
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He did mention before he knew the risks but because the blaster wasn't playing ball is why he tried it (and has a full airfed face mask).
Fitted an oil pressure gauge sensor to my VW 2.5 T5 van today. Very awkward to get at the oil pressure switch and not much room for the sensor unit and the adapter I added so I could retain itthe old switch alongside the new gauge. Two engine mountings off, jack up the engine and there's still little room.
I have recently changed the cylinder head and the gear driven camshaft hi hibut after 50 miles the oil light came on! I changed the oil pressure switch and it's been fine since. But I wanted a gauge to be sure not a simple light. I have the sensor wire through to the cab now so I just need a feed from the headlamp switch and an earth. A quick test showed 50 psi/3.4 bar cold at idle. Phew!
I have recently changed the cylinder head and the gear driven camshaft hi hibut after 50 miles the oil light came on! I changed the oil pressure switch and it's been fine since. But I wanted a gauge to be sure not a simple light. I have the sensor wire through to the cab now so I just need a feed from the headlamp switch and an earth. A quick test showed 50 psi/3.4 bar cold at idle. Phew!
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Indeed, that's what my son said
Still battering away at sons AstraDisaster. The replacement engine we got for it was from a 2005, and its a 2004.
At first I noticed the dipstick was on the wrong side of the front of the engine, but figured it would become clear when I got it in what was needed. Then a small tweak resolved that, and made up a different catalyst bracket as its part of the header and didnt line up to the new bracket and the old bracket hit the new dipstick, then finally pleased with myself, went to screw the exhaust on and this happened.
Spot the obvious difference I had missed. The side of the sump cutaway to miss the exhaust downpipe had changed along with the dipstick. Old engine was really oily but put it on a engine stand and cleaned the bottom off to take the sump off, and it was cracked almost the full width of the pan, oh naughty words. Apparently quite common for this era 1.6 ecotec's. Quickly pulled the motor out of his old Astra G 1.6 ecotec, and its different of course. The G having a flys head oil pickup hanging off the pump, and the H its integrated into the pan itself.
Cheapest secondhand sump of correct shape (had to be a 2004) I could find was 200 quid and a weeks delivery. Veeing out and welding alloy that long probably would result in it going spang and distorting badly and need machining flat, so a bit of a last resort.
Post 2005 the car came with a different exhaust, but as I'd also altered the catalyst bracket to suit the original cat prior to noticing the downpipe, and the new engine didnt come with a cat, no great confidence the mounting angles were same to just buy one.
Best course of action, chop pipe up for flexy and bends and make one, tacking it on the car and finishing off on the bench and make a reasonable job of it as its going for mot as soon as its done. The straight length is a piece of range rover 4-2-1 mid pipe which has been stopping a shelf in the storage from floating away for 20 years. Bodged but acceptable.
At first I noticed the dipstick was on the wrong side of the front of the engine, but figured it would become clear when I got it in what was needed. Then a small tweak resolved that, and made up a different catalyst bracket as its part of the header and didnt line up to the new bracket and the old bracket hit the new dipstick, then finally pleased with myself, went to screw the exhaust on and this happened.
Spot the obvious difference I had missed. The side of the sump cutaway to miss the exhaust downpipe had changed along with the dipstick. Old engine was really oily but put it on a engine stand and cleaned the bottom off to take the sump off, and it was cracked almost the full width of the pan, oh naughty words. Apparently quite common for this era 1.6 ecotec's. Quickly pulled the motor out of his old Astra G 1.6 ecotec, and its different of course. The G having a flys head oil pickup hanging off the pump, and the H its integrated into the pan itself.
Cheapest secondhand sump of correct shape (had to be a 2004) I could find was 200 quid and a weeks delivery. Veeing out and welding alloy that long probably would result in it going spang and distorting badly and need machining flat, so a bit of a last resort.
Post 2005 the car came with a different exhaust, but as I'd also altered the catalyst bracket to suit the original cat prior to noticing the downpipe, and the new engine didnt come with a cat, no great confidence the mounting angles were same to just buy one.
Best course of action, chop pipe up for flexy and bends and make one, tacking it on the car and finishing off on the bench and make a reasonable job of it as its going for mot as soon as its done. The straight length is a piece of range rover 4-2-1 mid pipe which has been stopping a shelf in the storage from floating away for 20 years. Bodged but acceptable.
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front arms cut off ready for the 'new' ones from a breaker that had had the recall done.couple of bags of sand later and the subframe looks better...
not much else left to clean up for paint....
northwest
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Fixed the big Tig welder by putting my "spare" torch and pipes on it. The old setup is just worn out. Then I started on my cylinder honing machine, will hold tenths this (or it did last time I used it, 15 years ago!)
Just needs tidying up and a new power lead.
Even has an actual model number:
Just needs tidying up and a new power lead.
Even has an actual model number:
Had a fancy Husqvarna 450 race bike in for piston replacement and valve shimming (due to hours ran).
Though I'd post it up due to the piston design, amazing really.
The piston that came out was still perfectly serviceable, goes to show running the right oil (Motul 7100 Synthetic) goes a long way.
It does get a hammering on track and none the worse for it.
Though I'd post it up due to the piston design, amazing really.
The piston that came out was still perfectly serviceable, goes to show running the right oil (Motul 7100 Synthetic) goes a long way.
It does get a hammering on track and none the worse for it.
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Slipper pistons, I used to make my own
the trick was (on a four cylinder) getting them all to weigh the same. 