Stuff you have fixed today

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Part 2

Fitted, but not seen is the cork gasket, this stops any fuel slooping out when the stove is moved.

This is how the lifting handls should be fitted. I see so many "Restored" stoves with them fitted wrong.

The Mica window is important for a clean and even burn.

 

[qwakers]

lots of things fixed today..

first i fixed the old quad by watching it go off to its new home..

then i made new air tank straps for dads horsebox... this is slightly more work than it looks, as i started with a sheet of 1.2mm steel, not flat bar....

and lastly i fixed the very limited camera view for my doorbell by fitting the 3d printed standoff that ive had sat at the bottom of the stairs for the past 6 months...

before

after

also re swept sand into the block paving to refill the bits that settled. all in all a productive day.

 

[Nomad]

1990s Nissan headlight switch now 90% fixed - headlights would both flash on but only one turned off afterwards Now both turn off - sometimes.

Ignoring The “No user serviceable part inside” sticker found a sticky slider unit. It’s better but not 100%. Ideally the worn white nylon actuating finger would be replaced but unobtabium …



Next question: how to remove 1/2lb of sediment / dust from the fuel tank (tank is still in-situ and can’t be removed easily, great access from above when the pump / sender unlit is removed)

 

[Turbo]

1990s Nissan headlight switch now 90% fixed - headlights would both flash on but only one turned off afterwards Now both turn off - sometimes.

Ignoring The “No user serviceable part inside” sticker found a sticky slider unit. It’s better but not 100%. Ideally the worn white nylon actuating finger would be replaced but unobtabium …

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Next question: how to remove 1/2lb of sediment / dust from the fuel tank (tank is still in-situ and can’t be removed easily, great access from above when the pump / sender unlit is removed)

Vacuum oil extractor is great for that.

 

[Seadog]

Ideally the worn white nylon actuating finger would be replaced but unobtabium …

You need a 3D printer, then

 

[prepman]

Update on chinese belt sander....refitted a latching contactor (to stop it's starting plug in), it's mandatory in EU but not in the UK or rest of the world. 3rd etc,,, They have saved pennies?

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Blobber]

Thrown a bit more money in the ground, about 120 ton of hardcore in and trampled, should make it loads easier now turning trailers and storing the implements

 

[Nomad]

90s Nissan. The rebuilt Frankenstein carb is good - the new problem is fuel starvation

I bit the bullet and removed the tank. It had fine dust (dry mud?) inside & out, also 1/2lb of rust chunks in the bottom
Results from 2nd flush in the photo, 1st was worse !


The fine filter on the pickup in tank has also disintegrated (letting debris & air bubbles into the fuel line) so I’ll get a new one before refit.

It’s another quick job that’s taken a whole afternoon to get this far

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

New front brake discs on the golf today, old ones were 22mm after 110k miles, new ones 25mm.

Also flushed through new brake fluid on each side. Now why did I wait for 40 year before buying one of these bleed bottles. One of my best buys, no more faffing with bits of tube and milk bottles.

 

[Seadog]

The last tube in my bathroom mirror gave up the ghost a few days ago.

Since I intend remodelling the bathroom, and the kitchen -

in fact the whole flat, I made use of some LEDs that I had kicking around.

It's a bodge, but I couldn't be arsed spending too much time on it.
It'll do until D-Day

It's definitely better than the one tube tgat was down to.

 

[gaz1]

first off the neighbours trees are getting too tall to hand trim and so is the councils and i need to trim some branches back to the boundary

both of them will not maintain there trees by trimming them back to there boundary and im sick of the leaves ( i wish i could return the lot back onto there property and let them sort out there own waste as its not mine ) same as the fruit law

so i need a pole saw and im not paying for one

however i do have an extending painters pole so make a holder for the saw to fit on it

 

[qwakers]

getting near mot time for dads horsebox again. a spot of 'i should fix that as mots are expensive' lead to replacing the leaf spring buffers on the rear springs and removing and repainting the air tanks.

jack up under axle (i love the air jack), put massive axle stands under chassis, lower axle to full droop, hammer cold chisel into spring pack in leau of my portapower, cut old rotten buffers off, fit new...

i always double axle stand this, but couldnt this time as i didnt have enough cribbing.

 

[JOEPRO]

A few days ago but got this Stihl 041 running (was likely a couple decades since this 70s saw last ran)

 

[Geoffm]

Warning, contains farmer welding. People who actually know how to tig weld or of a delicate disposition are warned...
My office chair, which was a comfy leather item that served my father for several years and then my porky butt for another 12 years started moving much more than expected. Turns out the base had cracked and once it started to move, it ripped more and more. Surprised it didn't dump me.
I bought a new chair while it was in pieces but it is fake leather from Chinese plastic cows and feels wrong. Off to the workshop then instead of doing my taxes as it is much more fun.
Sanded back the paint and welded it - after I bought a new welder because the old one died - and a squirt of spray paint and together today. Feels much better and I suspect it had been getting worse for some time.

 

[dobbslc]

fake leather from Chinese plastic cows

 

[qwakers]

due to a slip with a drill bit i needed to replace the radiator in my race car.. slight issue is its custom made. (by me) and the base rad i started with is no longer available. that is a real shame because it was cheap, well made and fit (a standard car) perfectly.

the one i ended up buying was equally cheap, but a slightly thinner core and fitment was less accurate.


the two major issues where the ac mounting studs where too shallow so i ended up using spacers and longer bolts and where in the wrong place (only a few mm out so it still works), and the little angled brackets you attach the top mounts to where too short so you cannot get a nut in, so i ended up slotting the holes to make it possible. lastly and not a big issue, the fan mounting holes like the ac mounting studs where also slightly out of place. again it works, but the bolts only just go in.

nothing un-workable (at this stage) but annoying.


all welded up and pressure tested... then welded again to get rid of a boat load of pin holes and repeat until sealed...

and back in the car.

as you can see i also took the opportunity to heat wrap the intake pipework. i haven't had any iat issues, but no reason not to, at this point, especially as i had it.

i would like to know how people do this, especially on pipes with bends, without getting loads of creases in it....

 

[Blobber]

The last tube in my bathroom mirror gave up the ghost a few days ago.
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Since I intend remodelling the bathroom, and the kitchen -View attachment 487280 in fact the whole flat, I made use of some LEDs that I had kicking around.

It's a bodge, but I couldn't be arsed spending too much time on it.
It'll do until D-Day
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It's definitely better than the one tube tgat was down to.

Did you want some tubes? ive a box of them somewhere, cant remember what size they were though

 

[badabec]

i would like to know how people do this, especially on pipes with bends, without getting loads of creases in it....

I never could. I used to use plenty of stainless steel lock wire and a pair of Cubby Checkers (wire twister pliers). I put the loops about every inch. Still looked poor, but with the bonnet shut...

 

[Seadog]

Did you want some tubes? ive a box of them somewhere, cant remember what size they were though

A very kind offer, but I'll make do with this environmentally friendly setup for now.

Thanks

 

[Am333rcr]

I got the diesel space heater . Next door neighbour . I need it gone. It was work.

A new air pipe and fuel pipe. She started first time