Stuff you have fixed today

[waddycall]

As part of my mission to try and make my MG more visible to todays blind drivers I have been fitting LED indicators.
Did the rear fine, but came unstuck at the front by a previous owners bodge.
Now given I've owned the car for 30+ years still finding previous owner bodges is pretty special.

New LED bulb was loose in the holder and as such did not work.
Reason: the sprung contact was not springy.
Some clever sod had built up solder on the end of the bulb so it would still make contact at the back of the holder, rather than replace the spring...
Or maybe they did replace the spring but with something home made and lacking in 'spring' that just squashed up.

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Luckily it's one of those Austin/Morris/MG/BL parts bin parts so I was able to get one from a local classic Mini specialist.

All fitted today and nice bright LED indicators all round.


In the process the NS sidelights packed up but that's a different story.
Impressed that the bulb has lasted 30+ years without me replacing it. They don't make stuff like they used to.

I’ve had issues with bike tail light fittings that won’t hold an LED bulb. I’ve tried two brands of bulb and two types of tail light including a Lucas bulb in a Lucas fitting which still fell out! Back to normal bulbs for me

 

[Keithmac]

Suck it out with wet vac or syringe with a pipe on the end. Blow it out with compressed air if you have access to it.

I'd then give it a quick spray with GT85.

Ideally you should pull the plug on that cylinder and crank the engine over to make sure it hasn't hydrolocked.

 

[dobbslc]

Pretty much exactly what I did
Plugs were coming out anyway and when I turned it over it didn't spit anything out so I'm hoping it's ok.
I've just been reminded what a PITA the carbs are to fit now as well!

 

[Keithmac]

Yeh that are interested to get back on!.

I use similar to these all the time at work for fuel and small coolant lines.

Worth having a few in the toolkit.

 

[dobbslc]

Ordered

 

[northwest]

Bit of an unusual one today and out in left field, a vase, but not your run of the mill thing. This is pretty much how it arrived:



If you cannot tell, it is very tarnished:



silver apparently so out with the good stuff:



inside was a pig, but satisfying:



Should have taken more pics but didn't, did get some of the marks on it but this is way out of my comfort zone:



I think I have a better one but can anyone tell anything other than the Lion means it is Silver?

 

[GRW]

Took my recently aquired and now working Acrows up to the folks place after work, and propped the A Frame with the rotted foot on it (& boy is it rotten). I reckon I'll be cutting back around 1- 2' looking to find sound timber to try to splice/splint to.
The rafters and battens on the side Storm Darragh didn't have a go at is in a sorry state peering at it while next to the knacked A-Frame foot - as bad, maybe worse than the side I've stripped. Ho hum.

 

[MattF]

I think I have a better one but can anyone tell anything other than the Lion means it is Silver?

Sterling silver, I believe.

Just picked a random link which may help identify the other marks.

Identify Your Silver - The Silver Society

www.thesilversociety.org

 

[RichardM]

British Sterling - English Hallmarks, Irish Hallmarks & Scottish Hallmarks

How to read British Silver Hallmarks & Makers' Marks, Illustrated & Explained including the datemarks of England, Ireland & Scotland

www.925-1000.com

 

[Stueeee]

Bit of an unusual one today and out in left field, a vase, but not your run of the mill thing. This is pretty much how it arrived:

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If you cannot tell, it is very tarnished:

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silver apparently so out with the good stuff:

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inside was a pig, but satisfying:

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Should have taken more pics but didn't, did get some of the marks on it but this is way out of my comfort zone:

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I think I have a better one but can anyone tell anything other than the Lion means it is Silver?

Birmingham Hallmark 1910 according to the internet

 

[qwakers]

spent the day doing some cosmetic work on the lorry. then project creep happened and it turned into 3 hours with a wire wheel and prep disk to go back to bare metal and a total repaint.

as usual, i spoiled the job for a ha'p'orth of tar... instead of doing it right and stripping it back to bare metal and fibreglass, i left the cheap 1k primer underneath and sprayed the raptor over the top. the raptor stayed stuck fine to the primer, the primer did not stay stuck to the base, however. i've cleaned it all back and sprayed rust reformer onto the metalwork, then some epoxy primer over the whole lot. i've also remade the panel edging to cover the entire added on part of the body out of aluminium (££££ ouch). all that's left to do is fill the weld lines, raptor the bits that are intended to be black, bolt down the new aluminium body capping to the rear floor edge, bolt the sides on and job jobbed.

sunday morning was spent attaching the replacement side panels.

much better. just have to fill over the countersunk bolts and prime. paint can wait til i paint the entire lorry. again.

turns out raptor is perfect for the rubbing strips. less so for the body.

sunday afternoon was much more enjoyable...

a ride in a convertible to the beach and lots of beers in the beach bar

 

[nickk]

Had this USA made linisher for 22 years,every so often the drive shaft bearings loosen or break up,always threatened to fit an outboard bearing,so a quiet period in workload allowed it,made a new shaft aswell.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Take a 1942 Vapalux 300, ex RAF(Crab stores)

Spend some time and a bit of beer tokens.

A bodge repair on the glass to see if we can get it going.

The old leather washer was killed by the use of mineral oil.

A new mantle. new seals and fresh fuel and we proved it was worth spending time.

Rattle can paint, as close to the original as possible, the paint I got it was wrong and badly applied.

Part was through the rebuild.

A bit of dirt caused the fuel to leak from the vaporizer to leak in the warming up stage.
This was removed and the seal checked.

Correct pre-warming.

All good to go.

 

[qwakers]

sunday morning was spent attaching the replacement side panels.

much better. just have to fill over the countersunk bolts and prime. paint can wait til i paint the entire lorry. again.

turns out raptor is perfect for the rubbing strips. less so for the body.

sunday afternoon was much more enjoyable...

a ride in a convertible to the beach and lots of beers in the beach bar

lots of filler work, another coat of primer and some raptor later....

and the final piece of aluminium fitted.

bit of trim work around the ramp holes on sunday then job done

 

[northwest]

lots of filler work, another coat of primer and some raptor later....

and the final piece of aluminium fitted.

bit of trim work around the ramp holes on sunday then job done

I am more interested in what's going inside it. Are we having a racecar? Are we? Are we?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

For over 2 years, this Aladdin T15 heater did sterling service as a Polly Tunnel/green house heater.
But as you can see it has suffered.

What has failed is a poor repair...


I had the use of a battery induction heater, so Ihad a go.

First go with the heater showed me that better cleaning up was needed. This was to give issues in the next stage.

The patch is fixed well, 100% sealing. a pressure test to 5psi showed that.
But boy it is ugly.

Holding fuel, the wick needs trimming, but it is good.




Lesson learn't.
Better cleaning up.
Use thinner brass, not copper.


The induction heater was good, but a gas flame would of been better.

But it is now going back to being a green house heater.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Theses are a nice bit of kit. Draper is just one name you will find on them.

A quick test showed the internal 12v 17ah batter was dead.


So, I liberated one from work.

This is an 18ah version.

I guess this sis why it was junked.


So, out with an old friend.

Now fully working.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Two simple repairs.

Army Engineers 1918 soldering Iron.

 

[qwakers]

I am more interested in what's going inside it. Are we having a racecar? Are we? Are we?

Yup. Have done for quite some time.

 

[Bullet2012]

TYA is about to be attacked by a banannasaurus.