Stuff you have fixed today

[Blobber]

It was three days ago. Did you miss it?

We haven't had anything to miss yet!

 

[Blobber]

Last little bit on the Haybob before we can use it in anger or be be angry as we cant use because of the weather!!! anyhow the headstock stand had been proper farmered

even the tube it slides up and down in was out of shape

Ive no heat so ive either got take the headstock off to find something hard to smash it about on or improvise

with that sorted I dug out a bit of galv malleable iron pipe the perfect size, not very strong but if it does bend it will be a gentle bend!

recycled the foot plate with a nice hot weld, ran away after welding to let the fumes dissipate!

Ooooh fire in the hold!!!!!!!!

recycled one of the old tines into a locating pin

jobs a goodun, not sure why its at a jaunty angle, I guess something else is probably bent/twisted

 

[Beeezer]

This, sump plug to let the rain out….l

 

[Geoffm]

Last little bit on the Haybob before we can use it in anger or be be angry as we cant use because of the weather!!! anyhow the headstock stand had been proper farmered
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even the tube it slides up and down in was out of shape
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Ive no heat so ive either got take the headstock off to find something hard to smash it about on or improvise
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with that sorted I dug out a bit of galv malleable iron pipe the perfect size, not very strong but if it does bend it will be a gentle bend!
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recycled the foot plate with a nice hot weld, ran away after welding to let the fumes dissipate!
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Ooooh fire in the hold!!!!!!!!
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recycled one of the old tines into a locating pin
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jobs a goodun, not sure why its at a jaunty angle, I guess something else is probably bent/twisted
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My one was missing the divider like yours and I made one. The original was spring loaded with a torsion bar inside. The replacement uses a long tension spring so it can move if it hits something solid. Let me know if you need photos if they are on my haybob post. I don't know if it is needed or not as the previous owner didn't need it and they seem to be missing or broken fairly often.

 

[My Old Landy]

I noticed the S1 wasn't cutting through properly yesterday. I checked on the maintenance schedule and apparently you are meant to clean it every 2 to 4 hours
Hmmm, quick check and yep, it's dirty

A dismantle and clean sorted it

 

[Blobber]

Last bit on the Haybob, the PTO shaft had a lot of play one end, bit of knocking about got it to bits

Dont think there were any rollers in 2 of the cups

Luckily they seem to be the same as 60s/70s Vauxhalls which I keep in stock, no grease nipple though so we will see how long it lasts

back together and feels nice, ready for a test now, just got to find some hay!

 

[Keithmac]

Been on with a BMW K75 Bobber this week on and off.

Came in with battery failure and luckily with a new battery it did run but fuel pump constantly running.

Digging around in fuesbox area found a melted wire, the tip of the iceberg..

After looking through the wiring diagram and pondering BMW's wisdom I still couldn't work out why they've wired it like this.

Basically the lighting supply is branched off the Load Sheading Relay, this relay is supplied UNFUSED directly from the battery. The wire that runs the entire lighting system, buried in the harness is UNFUSED.

Needless to say if anything goes wrong with anything in the lighting system (dead short at worse case) it has the possibility of this wiring sinking 200 amps from the battery.

Something did go wrong so had to strip the entire loom down and replace any damaged wires (there was a few!).

Re-wired all the lighting into a completely seperate loom with a dedicated 15 amp fuse now!.

I'm just amazed how BMW let this out of the factory like that, there is even a spare socket in the fusebox that could have been used for a lighting fuse..

 

[m_c]

Unfused lighting used to not be uncommon.
The argument was it was too expensive/impractical to fuse individual lights, and if you used a single fuse, then a relatively minor fault could lead to suddenly being plunged into complete darkness, which isn't the kind of thing you really want at road going speeds.

 

[Tom O]

Managed to get back onto the Norton Dominator today.

It's had a fair bit of work done to the engine apparently, 750cc.

I broke my heel years ago and normally only gives me a bit of jip in winter but this bike is a bloomin beast to kickstart and feeling it tonight!.

If anyone got any leads for a longer kickstart I'd be interested to know as the owner's had similar issues trying to kick it off (to be fair it never ran for more than a few seconds).

On my 73 750 highrider when I bought it in 74 it would kick the hell out of me when starting the mechanic had no idea seeing as how the timing checked out. Looking at it myself I found the auto advance unit was worn to the point it would never be in the same spot twice causing the backfire/kickback.

Mine was easy (once I figured it out) to start try bringing it up to compression and keep some pressure on it you’ll feel the kickstarter dropping lowering the compression give it a light kick and your on your way.

 

[roofman]

Nipped it in the bud, DPF_LOAD was 141% and DPF_SOOT_LD was 127% before driving.

Fitted the Vapouriser and couldn't clear the Regen Codes straight off, went for a drive and it's sorted itself out. Cleared the code and another drive and it's a clean sheet (we have an aftermarket head unit after Sync1 failed).

I didn't thrash it, just drove normally and the car burnt all a the soot out. Probably half an hour total driving.

Luckily my wife knows when it's doing a regen (fans on, instant consumption 0.5 gph, light tapping under floor) and she mentioned it was doing more than usual so that's saved it really.

A beer and a Pizza now!.

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If you own a ford that Forscan is worth its weight in gold...just bought a laptop with a full license installed for my MK6 trannie

 

[Keithmac]

If you own a ford that Forscan is worth its weight in gold...just bought a laptop with a full license installed for my MK trannie

I've used Ford's IDS software and found FORScan is far more user friendly, a great program all round and would be lost without it.

 

[Keithmac]

Unfused lighting used to not be uncommon.
The argument was it was too expensive/impractical to fuse individual lights, and if you used a single fuse, then a relatively minor fault could lead to suddenly being plunged into complete darkness, which isn't the kind of thing you really want at road going speeds.

I suppose a wiring loom fire and loss of engine is better than losing the headlight. Must be a German thing.

 

[dobbslc]

I suppose a wiring loom fire and loss of engine is better than losing the headlight. Must be a German thing.

Probably an EU directive...

 

[m_c]

Probably an EU directive...

I know you're being snarky, but you'll probably find current EU legislation covers circuit protection, it's just most things are grandfathered until a complete redesign is done, or full type approval is required.

A classic example is the Mercedes Vario. Mercedes kept re-engining it to meet emission standards, but a requirement for Euro6 was the entire vehicle had to be type approved. As the Vario had never been type approved, despite type approval being a thing since the 00's, Mercedes deemed the cost of it making it type approval compliant not worth it, and stopped production. Plus they said a 6 tonne sprinter has a similar payload, but that chassis isn't physically big enough for 28-30 seater buses/coaches.

 

[Smouser]

Today I 'fixed' our backdoor (mostly just paint ).

The paint looked pretty rough with lots of chips and this morning I just could not stand it anymore.

I used a primer I won on an auction recently. Don't know much about it.

Next was the top coat, again paint from the auction.

Nisocoat 2, seems decent

The usual suicide bugs

Now rapidly trying to get the paint dry enough so I can get the door closed!

 

[Blobber]

Today I 'fixed' our backdoor (mostly just paint ).

The paint looked pretty rough with lots of chips and this morning I just could not stand it anymore.

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I used a primer I won on an auction recently. Don't know much about it.

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Next was the top coat, again paint from the auction.

Nisocoat 2, seems decent
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The usual suicide bugs

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Now rapidly trying to get the paint dry enough so I can get the door closed!

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I hate painting!

 

[Nomad]

My cheap strimmer (Aldi/Lidl ?) is handy but has an over active self destruct ECU

The new pull starter fitted last year recently exploded, when I was fitting another unit I noticed the exhaust had a hole (fatigue crack?) now patched.

 

[Smouser]

I hate painting!

I don't mind the painting so much. It is all the prep and cleanup I hate!

 

[pedrobedro]

Fixed the auto vent on the greenhouse, the window wasn't closing and now it does. It's my wife's hobby growing stuff so it's good to keep everything working. I put a new knob on the slow cooker lid as well as the old one was breaking up. Couldn't do anything for the electric kettle though so we had to get a new one from Curry's.

 

[DeBangis]

Bought a handset screw driver (+) yesterday @ a mobile phones plaza. Opened my cell phone and cleaned the screen and the inner as it has accumulate a bit of dust. The screen is now very clear.