Onoff
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Ah! Thought it was off a Westwood mower given the colour.
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Ah! Thought it was off a Westwood mower given the colour.
qwakers
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time to put this car back together...
fuel tank reassembled and hoses added.
joiner for the evap hose fitted as this assembly cannot be removed and swapped with the other tanks, it will fall apart if i try.
and fitted
r3 heatshield added (was what i could get and is better than nothing. will need a bit more work to un floppy it)
engine in.
bleeding the clutch the easy way. masters knackered though so will order one and do it again...
engine bay mostly together all hoses fitted, all wiring ok. just the ac compressor and front oil line to fit.
and life! no codes showing, which is a good start, security light goes out and starter spins.
not bad for a days work.
Craig-SM
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After fixing the oven when the Flame Safety Device failed and smashing my head off the kitchen extractor at the same time, the oven was broken again.
This time oven knob (thermostat for the technical term) wouldn’t turn. Ordered a new to fit today and stupidly amount of stripping down to get to the faulty item. Removal was going OK until the controller for the automatic ignition decided explode and took a lot of trial and error before it functioned properly.
Fitting the new part though wasn’t going to happen and I should have checked it first as it was badly built. The mounting screw holes were way off and not enough material around one of them to hold the screw securely. The plate they were machined into was also warped so unlikely to have made a secure enough seal to the gas rail.
Instead I had to completely strip the old part and rebuild it numerous times until it worked properly again. 3 tedious hours stripping, rebuilding and repeating until I got it right before refitting with lots of leak detector spray to be on the safe side. Fully working with a smooth action again. If anything fails on the oven I’m blowing it up.
The quality (not) replacement part
This time oven knob (thermostat for the technical term) wouldn’t turn. Ordered a new to fit today and stupidly amount of stripping down to get to the faulty item. Removal was going OK until the controller for the automatic ignition decided explode and took a lot of trial and error before it functioned properly.
Fitting the new part though wasn’t going to happen and I should have checked it first as it was badly built. The mounting screw holes were way off and not enough material around one of them to hold the screw securely. The plate they were machined into was also warped so unlikely to have made a secure enough seal to the gas rail.
Instead I had to completely strip the old part and rebuild it numerous times until it worked properly again. 3 tedious hours stripping, rebuilding and repeating until I got it right before refitting with lots of leak detector spray to be on the safe side. Fully working with a smooth action again. If anything fails on the oven I’m blowing it up.
The quality (not) replacement part
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Shanghai Special Wurx - You Phone description, we make.
Till the apex seals make it a sad dorito hahathey're wonderfully simple things. no silly uppy downy pistons bleeding efficiency. just a spinning dorito brapping away happily.
qwakers
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Only if abused.
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already done
Onoff
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I like your "rising sun" gate! Might have to copy that for the pub.
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The other day, I decided to swap the rotator. The original was a Channel Master thing which probably cost me £50 many years ago. The control unit was first to die and I replaced the plastic gears to sort it. It was never very good, so I built a new controller using an electronic compass module to see where it was pointing. That has worked for a few more years and then the gearbox in the motor unit stripped and the aerial enjoyed a few weeks of being a weathercock. 
I bought the cheapest rotator that I could find, a Yaesu better quality version rotator which had to be calibrated on the bench because it uses the same method of indication, ie synchronised motors each end. The rotator doesn't come with its lower brackets (looks like they are all taking marketing lessons from Ryanair) so I had to purchase those additionally. It also required a 9mm hole, 2" from the end of the support mast, dead centre. I made a 3D printed sleeve to achieve that, so far, so good.
I got the new cable thrown around loosely and set to with the new rotator mounting which all went well. I refitted the aerial on its original weedy stub mast and then noticed that it was actually bent. Oh well, it'll do. The aerial cable was given a loop to accommodate the rotation and the control cables installed nicely. Then into the play room to try it out.
I noticed that the display stuttered a bit in one position bit it went round to the stops happily. Then I went to look at the motor unit to find that the aerial cable had snagged and snapped.
Even though I was totally worn out, in pain and frozen to the core, I knew that if I didn't get it done, that it may be some time until I get around to the job. I seem to be short of decent connectors, so in the end I had to use a pair of compression PL259 with a long back to back coupler to replace the damaged section of cable. So, out with the ladders again only to find that I had no spare 2" mast. Not to worry, I hacked a shorter lump off the camera pole and got the job done. Final panic was an SWR test which showed 5:1. Thankfully I tried swapping the meter interconnect cable and then all was well in the end. It looks so much better now and seems to be a good, robust installation. Not much to look at, but I like it; said Florence, hopefully.
I bought the cheapest rotator that I could find, a Yaesu better quality version rotator which had to be calibrated on the bench because it uses the same method of indication, ie synchronised motors each end. The rotator doesn't come with its lower brackets (looks like they are all taking marketing lessons from Ryanair) so I had to purchase those additionally. It also required a 9mm hole, 2" from the end of the support mast, dead centre. I made a 3D printed sleeve to achieve that, so far, so good.
I got the new cable thrown around loosely and set to with the new rotator mounting which all went well. I refitted the aerial on its original weedy stub mast and then noticed that it was actually bent. Oh well, it'll do. The aerial cable was given a loop to accommodate the rotation and the control cables installed nicely. Then into the play room to try it out.
I noticed that the display stuttered a bit in one position bit it went round to the stops happily. Then I went to look at the motor unit to find that the aerial cable had snagged and snapped.
Even though I was totally worn out, in pain and frozen to the core, I knew that if I didn't get it done, that it may be some time until I get around to the job. I seem to be short of decent connectors, so in the end I had to use a pair of compression PL259 with a long back to back coupler to replace the damaged section of cable. So, out with the ladders again only to find that I had no spare 2" mast. Not to worry, I hacked a shorter lump off the camera pole and got the job done. Final panic was an SWR test which showed 5:1. Thankfully I tried swapping the meter interconnect cable and then all was well in the end. It looks so much better now and seems to be a good, robust installation. Not much to look at, but I like it; said Florence, hopefully.
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I bought a cheap and cheerful rotator from MFJ before they went under *. Imagine my surprise when I opened the box to find it is a 240V version, which I'd not asked them for. Great stuff.
I'll not bother putting it up outside, as I've discovered the mezzanine floor above the workshop gives me good VHF / UHF coverage to the surrounding countryside and with the antennas up on a pole inside, they see through the roof material quite well. 5W on a UHF 3-element Yagi has me bouncing off the repeater 30 miles away quite the thing.
So, the rotator will stay indoors and allow me to get to another couple of repeaters the other direction on VHF.
* Just after that, I bought an interface to operate a Yaesu FL2100B, and they sent two, and just after that, they shut up shop and left me with an extra one.
I'll not bother putting it up outside, as I've discovered the mezzanine floor above the workshop gives me good VHF / UHF coverage to the surrounding countryside and with the antennas up on a pole inside, they see through the roof material quite well. 5W on a UHF 3-element Yagi has me bouncing off the repeater 30 miles away quite the thing.
So, the rotator will stay indoors and allow me to get to another couple of repeaters the other direction on VHF.
* Just after that, I bought an interface to operate a Yaesu FL2100B, and they sent two, and just after that, they shut up shop and left me with an extra one.
Wedg1e
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Ford engines were (relatively) fine (CVH aside) until the Euro nonsense saw them buying in French motors.
Seem to recall being told that the old RX-7 had a dash warning light that came on if you didn't rev it enough...?!
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