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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 15, 2018 21:50:56 GMT
A few weeks ago, after a sunny afternoon bumbling around the lanes in the Standard, I went to put it in the garage and couldn't get the clutch to disengage. Fortunately, whatever had decided to let go had waited until I was back home before setting itself free. Last week I got around to to investigating, which is relatively easy in a car of this age, since I can remove the wooden floor boards, remove the prop shaft and remove the gearbox and bell housing from inside the car.  Being a 1930's design it has an older style of clutch release mechanism, different to the diaphragm spring setup in more modern cars. A bolt securing one of the three operating levers had, after 86 years of hard work, disintegrated into several pieces. Fortunately a rummage through the various tins of old bolts I inherited from my dad's garage produced a replacement of exactly the same size and vintage BSF thread, so I was able to re-assemble without too much bother. My brother came over today to help me lift the gearbox back into position and the car is mostly back together again. One 'feature' of vintage cars is that they tend to leak oil and grease from everywhere, so everything I touched had a nice rust-proof coating of oily goo. It took me back to my farming days when I realised that I would have to take the tub of Swarfega into the shower with me... |
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 15, 2018 22:38:27 GMT
As has been mentioned before, there is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained by fixing things yourself.  Pity it's not (so) easy to do so on modern machinery. |
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 16, 2018 6:55:57 GMT
As has been mentioned before, there is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained by fixing things yourself. Pity it's not (so) easy to do so on modern machinery. Indeed; as the saying goes (and it's dated a bit too with the decline of one of the organisations quoted), "In the old days when you broke down, you called the AA.... nowadays you call IBM".
Did you change the other 2 similar bolts, or did they look perfectly OK?
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 16, 2018 7:41:52 GMT
As has been mentioned before, there is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained by fixing things yourself. Pity it's not (so) easy to do so on modern machinery. Indeed; as the saying goes (and it's dated a bit too with the decline of one of the organisations quoted), "In the old days when you broke down, you called the AA.... nowadays you call IBM".
Did you change the other 2 similar bolts, or did they look perfectly OK?
They looked OK and would have been difficult to remove, so I left them alone. |
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 16, 2018 7:44:02 GMT
Great stuff. I really like simple mechanicals.
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Post by Blarno on Jul 17, 2018 9:06:52 GMT
Love it. I've not done anything properly oily since my head gasket change nearly 2 years ago. I need to get back into it and do some foreigners to scratch the itch.
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Post by Tim on Jul 17, 2018 11:18:53 GMT
I need to get back into it and do some foreigners to scratch the itch.
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Post by johnc on Jul 17, 2018 11:47:35 GMT
I need to get back into it and do some foreigners to scratch the itch.
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You'd get plenty of itches if you did some of the foreigners around here! |
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Post by Blarno on Jul 17, 2018 13:13:39 GMT
Surely I can't be the only person who uses the term 'foreigners' for off the books jobs?
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Post by cbeaks1 on Jul 17, 2018 13:16:12 GMT
You might well be. I’ve never heard that before.
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 17, 2018 13:18:35 GMT
Surely I can't be the only person who uses the term 'foreigners' for off the books jobs? I knew what you meant. |
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Post by Tim on Jul 17, 2018 13:35:20 GMT
Never heard that before!
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Post by Blarno on Jul 17, 2018 14:14:59 GMT
Must be a North Western thing then.
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Post by johnc on Jul 17, 2018 14:51:11 GMT
They have always been "Homers" to me. Maybe it's a Brexit thing!
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 17, 2018 18:21:53 GMT
They have always been "Homers" to me. Maybe it's a Brexit thing! And me, but heard of the "foreigners" term too; when I lived in the Isle of Man I think. |
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 17, 2018 18:51:54 GMT
I knew what it meant too.
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Post by Martin on Jul 17, 2018 19:00:53 GMT
I understood as well
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Post by bryan on Jul 17, 2018 20:52:21 GMT
I knew what it meant but would have used a 'side' job
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 17, 2018 21:01:12 GMT
As has been mentioned before, there is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained by fixing things yourself. Pity it's not (so) easy to do so on modern machinery. I spent a very useful hour or so tonight stripping down the wing of one of my models; it snapped in half last year (entirely my own fault!) and I've only recently found the motivation to actually fix it! The results so far .. .. ..  Not very oily, granted, but satisfying (and kind of relaxing) all the same. |
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Post by johnc on Jul 18, 2018 11:04:04 GMT
That's quite a model if the wing stretches 2 and a bit wheelie bins! Does it have two of those or is the body attached in the middle?
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Post by Tim on Jul 18, 2018 11:17:47 GMT
BBC could start using that measurement for smaller things!
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 18, 2018 18:03:29 GMT
That's quite a model if the wing stretches 2 and a bit wheelie bins! Does it have two of those or is the body attached in the middle? Just a basic, original Mk1 Wot4 wing John. Span of this is 52", whereas the trainer wing is 65" and has a dihedral to it that this one lacks. What that means is, a model with the trainer wing is much easier to keep - or get - level, but will stay aloft pretty much forever if you let it! Incidentally, the fuselage dimensions for both types are roughly the same. My Wot4 wing has no dihedral at all, which makes it much easier to roll, loop etc, and a lot quicker too; I think mine, with its 46-sized glow motor will do around 60-65 mph safely, more in a dive (obviously!) Great fun!!  Just heading out to scrape the rest of that covering off, then arrange to go for a masterclass in how to re-cover ~ properly! |
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 18, 2018 20:13:38 GMT
Tonights efforts.   Some more sanding with finer stuff tomorrow, then start (trying to ) the re-covering. |
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Post by Tim on Jul 19, 2018 9:54:23 GMT
Is that a green 935 turbo model in the background?
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 19, 2018 12:03:30 GMT
Is that a green 935 turbo model in the background? Well spotted! It's a Tamiya r/c car dating from about 1979/80, running (when it did!) on a 27Mhz set up.
The original scheme was Martini, but when that got too scraped up to be recognisable I rattle-canned it with ~ well, you tell me the colour, if you can ~ and stuck some spare Jagermeister decals on. It looked pretty good . .. .. for a while anyway!
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Post by Tim on Jul 19, 2018 13:11:37 GMT
Looks like the colour of some Vauxhall Chevettes.
I love 935s.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 19, 2018 14:27:33 GMT
Looks like the colour of some Vauxhall Chevettes. I love 935s. It's Fords' Jade Green of the early 90's variety. |
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 19, 2018 21:48:10 GMT
Tonights efforts. Looks good I reckon, even the bits I did! Only the one aileron and centre strip to do, but aching knees stopped play.  Will finish it at the weekend, getting the top surface done too - that should be a LOT easier. Then I can go fly it again - can't wait!  |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 20, 2018 5:32:17 GMT
You’re not fooling anyone here, that’s a spoiler for your new Skoda...
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 20, 2018 5:39:53 GMT
You’re not fooling anyone here, that’s a spoiler for your new Skoda... Damn . . . rumbled! |
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Pity it's not (so) easy to do so on modern machinery. 
