Stuff you have fixed today

[jsf55]

I have one of these i use it as when it's needed but i've no idea what it was originally for ?

 

[KemppiFrog]

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Theses, like the Footprint spanners have been waiting for attention for too long.

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This chip meant that a lot more work was going to be needed.
The blade was removed and the whole blade was dressed back to keep the shape and to remove the ding.
Then the blade was heated to a dull red, dumped into clean oil. The edge was warmed to a dark straw colour.



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The tang was heated to red hot and allowed to cool slowly. The handle was cleaned up French lacquer was applied.



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So, where are you going to be arrested for waving that about in the street?

 

[6ply]

It's no wonder the basin trap was blocked...

 

[qwakers]

stuff that im going to have to fix, but not today.....

today i took the astra to essex from cornwall to collect a new gearbox. that went fine.. except...
250 miles from home, esp warning came on, abs warning came on, tcs warning came on and cruise dropped out and wouldnt re-engage.

i do so love driving long distances without cruise....

this all sounds very familiar... with no code reader with me i had to wait til i got home.



so having just replaced the rear hubs for the same problem on the right rear, and the left rear too to avoid repetition, now i have to replace both fronts...

fyi, the abs ring on the hubs is actually a magnetic ring. it has broken up and fallen off. in the process of breaking up it causes the top code, then when its totally gone the bottom code sets.

damn.

 

[Anguz]

Yesterday not today, thought I ought to makes sure I could get the wheels off of the combo that I bought in September. Wheels all OK, but go to drop the spare. 2 hours later, heat and plus gas later, I have removed the spare, for most likely the first time it left the factory... thread was a little galled, so removed the bolt. 12mm 1.5 pitch... found a suitable die nut and spent a good 10 mins trying to start it on the undamaged end before I realised it was actually a twin start 3mm pitch...... WHY?

 

[bricol]

Yesterday not today, thought I ought to makes sure I could get the wheels off of the combo that I bought in September. Wheels all OK, but go to drop the spare. 2 hours later, heat and plus gas later, I have removed the spare, for most likely the first time it left the factory... thread was a little galled, so removed the bolt. 12mm 1.5 pitch... found a suitable die nut and spent a good 10 mins trying to start it on the undamaged end before I realised it was actually a twin start 3mm pitch...... WHY?

Because for what it is doing, a lead screw for the clamp, it is the correct thread to use in an engineering sense.

 

[Anguz]

you could say that any bolt is acting as a clamp. for what it is doing in this case its making things complicated for the sake of it

 

[RichardM]

It's no wonder the basin trap was blocked...

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Hair - I remember those days!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Hair - I remember those days!

Hair today, gone tomorrow.

 

[bricol]

you could say that any bolt is acting as a clamp. for what it is doing in this case its making things complicated for the sake of it

No, most bolts act as a fastener - this screw is acting a lead screw - and contrary to most of the complaining on here about accountants rather than engineers designing cars, you appear to be complaining a correct engineering solution was used . . . I would argue the accountant still won as they didn't add an anti-seize compound - nor, by the sound of it, did any of the owners . . .

 

[RWD3M]

Yesterday not today, thought I ought to makes sure I could get the wheels off of the combo that I bought in September. Wheels all OK, but go to drop the spare. 2 hours later, heat and plus gas later, I have removed the spare, for most likely the first time it left the factory... thread was a little galled, so removed the bolt. 12mm 1.5 pitch... found a suitable die nut and spent a good 10 mins trying to start it on the undamaged end before I realised it was actually a twin start 3mm pitch...... WHY?

Perhaps because there isn't an M12 x 3mm pitch

 

[cheb]

Is it likely to be more reliable than an M12 x 1.5 thread in use, no lube, ignored until needed etc? Does it being a twinstart mean it might cross thread less easily, the two threaded parts will sit more evenly when first put together.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Had a tub I threw blunt drills in so after 10 years or more I decided finally to go through them as was starting to get quite heavy at least 100 in there

I bought a drill grinding jig years ago but never tried it so after some googling and youtubing set it up on an old grinder i was given and gave it a go



Side of the wheel i know but thats how they are meant to be set up and with light passes you really are in no danger of digging in or the wheel exploding



very pleased with the result and was really easy on the jig not taking too long at all

I know people will say doing it by hand just as quick but it makes getting it consistent so easy

 

[bricol]

Set mine to run on the usual face - sharpen enough and you do wear the wheel

 

[droopsnoot]

I know people will say doing it by hand just as quick but it makes getting it consistent so easy

I do mine by hand, but they're never very good, and some of them are now very short because I have keep re-doing them. I've got one of those sharpeners, but only the holding bit, not the stand. I'll be looking at your photo in more detail at some point when I try to replicate that part.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Set mine to run on the usual face - sharpen enough and you do wear the wheel

by hand I always do it on the face but the instructions show the side

Full instructions here https://archive.org/details/drillgrindingattachmentform825556pg/mode/2up

 

[qwakers]

im replacing the gearbox in my new merc c220 due to its refusal to go into reverse or 2nd. a very common fault and the reason i got the car so cheap.

i found a rear main seal leak so i had to remove the clutch and flywheel to repair it.

so having removed a self adjusting clutch, i now have to reset it. and im not buying a £100+ tool just to reset 1 clutch. the tool resets the clutch by compressing the 'fingers' of the clutch until it is totally unloaded and then you just push the little sprung leavers back to the rest position. whilst holding it there you wind the pressure back off and hey presto, once reset clutch.

now how would i replicate that.....

one ladder clamp...

add a hole in the bench and a seal driver head...

all i then had to do is wind it down til these are free then push them into the position shown, take the pressure off and job done.

then clutch fitted...

gearbox fitted..

and a reminder left on the steering wheel.... just in case i forget...

just gotta reconnect the diff end of the prop, fill the gearbox, fit the undertray and job done.

 

[indy4x]

Not quite fixed but getting there

Jeep GC ZJ failed MOT on its handbrake. It's been parked up for a year and the handbrake was rubbish before it was parked up.

Fitted new handbrake shoes, springs, retainers and adjusters, set it all up but stupid me didn't test it and it failed


Bedded in the new shoes, adjusted and then back for retest and it failed again! My bad for not checking it's holding power

Old brake discs we not too shabby but I have 2 new pairs on the shelf so dug them out and sprayed the bells with some heat resistant enamel

Cooking nicely and yes, SWMBO is home but upstairs so not aware they are in the oven

 

[Olderisbetter]

Not today but very recently I have got back in the garage and removed all the rust from the beetle A post, I was stunned how much bodge and rust there had been in there so I cut every bit out

 

[DanZac]

Old brake discs we not too shabby but I have 2 new pairs on the shelf so dug them out and sprayed the bells with some heat resistant enamel

Cooking nicely and yes, SWMBO is home but upstairs so not aware they are in the oven

Whilst I'm impressed with your daring for slipping those in the oven whilst Mrs indy4x is within discovering distance. I'm even more impressed by how clean your oven is.