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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2020 10:18:38 GMT
not what I've done but what my 5 children have been up to in recent weeks for my 60th birthday present. To cut a long story short a few weeks ago my eldest son Richard took my car away to fix a leaking hatch seal, alas this seal is still stuck at Porsche which shut down due to the current situation after they had received most parts from germany but were awaiting one more clip, so the jobs relating to those parts were put on hold until the parts are delivered... These jobs BTW are a majour, removing the entire dash being just one of them... However, the plans they had were far more involved than they had told me...a mini Car SOS so to speak... here's what else has been done.. All new belts new fuel lines over the exhaust manifold new 82.5 lb injectors New 044 competition fuel pump re-positioned the MAF and air filter Stripped/polished the inlet manifold and main boost pipes which were then made ultra-smooth and sprayed in chrome paint replaced the rear brake disks rebuilt the callipers fixed my driver's door handle stripped and repainted the area below the windshield under the dust cover. Evidently, this had gained some surface rust due to the tree it's been parked under. In fact, son number two turned up tonight to cut it down... I persuaded him to leave it for now as there are two types of birds nesting in it... To match the new injectors the Vitesse ECU board jumper switches have been changed to the first setting for the larger injectors....er.. you know I said it was fast... haha.. that was nothing to what it is now and I still have two settings to retard the ignition further. This thing is now crazy fast and drives like new. He also did a little work on the map to remove a flat spot just when pulling off. He stripped and rebuilt the power steering pump, I don't recall the steering ever being this light or precise before? I now can't wait for this crisis to be over so that I can get out on the road and enjoy the car to it's full.. according to my son, it's a rocket ship.. well, it was before but he's been driving it at over 7krpm revs while adjusting the MAP, taking it to the redline in some gears, something I never do. Hope he didn't do that in 5th as that's way north of 180mph... I once hit 7,134 rpm when missing a gear and out of interest put that figure into GearCalc to see what speed that would have been in top.. IIRC my data log registered a throttle position of 92.3% and Gearcalc showed a top speed at that RPM using my final drive ratio and with only a 92% throttle setting of 196mph....did I ever say how fast my car is?... and now she has much bigger injectors and retarded ignition with perfect fueling... I dread to think how quick she is now... Pete
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Post by stevep on Apr 6, 2020 10:37:11 GMT
Looks very pretty.
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Post by steamer5 on Apr 6, 2020 22:42:06 GMT
Hi Pete, Who’s a lucky lad then?
Hope you are saving your pennies in lockdown, I think you and Mr Plod will be having some road side discussions after lockdown!
Cheers Kerrin
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2020 22:59:41 GMT
Hi Pete, Who’s a lucky lad then? Hope you are saving your pennies in lockdown, I think you and Mr Plod will be having some road side discussions after lockdown! Cheers Kerrin Hi Kerrin Re, being lucky, yes very much so.... we have never had real money, no pennies to save but we do feel blessed. Our first child was borm before my 21st birthday...not being born with a silver spoon we have had it pretty tough bringing up 5 children from a very young age. Would we change things if we could start again?... not a chance...we have 5 wonderful children, all work hard, all on the right side of the law ((although god help anyone who hurt one of them as the others would make sure the culprit would never hurt anyone again) I can say this from past experience when one of my sons tracked down 3 thugs who hit his sister, got each one of them alone, they didn't go near here again) so yes, right side of the law but close at times when evil has visited. And today I have 8 beautiful grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren and 2 step great grandchildren. You don't really appreciate how important family are until you get to having grandchildren, this alone makes all that hardship worth every second... I am indeed a very lucky man Pete
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Post by jma1009 on Apr 6, 2020 23:47:07 GMT
Talking about members, I notice Julian hasn't logged in for a couple of weeks which is quite unlike him. Does anyone know if he's OK? Regards, Steve Hi Steve, Thank you for your post. I'm quite ok here and following everything even if I don't log in that much! Told to go home from work on 20th March for 12 weeks on full pay, but now back in work from last Friday as a 'key worker' due to a change in policy. From the lovely Sirhowy Valley and river adjacent to my back garden, or what is left of it after 'Storm Dennis'! Challenging and troubling times for us all currently, and hope you are all keeping well and safe! Cheers, Julian
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Post by delaplume on Apr 7, 2020 4:31:04 GMT
To-day I bought a new Boiler...........at 12" to the foot scale !!
Alas not for rail traction but Central Heating.......The original Potterton Netaheat finally gave up the ghost after some 35 years service, the last 5 being supported by my tender administrations and the App. known as a Birmingham Screwdriver !!......The genteel use of "Resonance induced by impaction" being particularly successfull !!
The Installation Engineer talked me through all the Tech. Details but turned quite pale when I asked if it was superheated and had been shell tested to 2 x it's WP..
For those in the know it's a Combi Boiler system in place of the old gravity feed tank in the loft and hot water tank in the airing cupboard....I'm told that the radiator water will be flushed and inhibited, with a new circulating pump and gas flue vents etc fitted...I've asked for a small radiator to be fitted in the airing cupboard so I can still dry my painted items overnight --- oh and the clothes as well I suppose --LoL !!
At £2.5K all-in it seems good value ( out of 4 companies quoted ) and it's a well known local firm so no problems there I think..... but no more 5" gauge "goodies" for Alan in 2020......sigh !!
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Post by ettingtonliam on Apr 7, 2020 9:30:47 GMT
Grr! I was boring an iron casting, aiming for about 0.748", to be a nice running fit on an existing steel shaft. Due to rank carelessness on my part, I arrived at 0.760", an unacceptably sloppy fit. Gritting my teeth, I carried on boring it out to 1.000", to take a cast iron bush. Made the bush from a stub of cast iron I found in the scrap box, reamed it with a 3/4" reamer, and pressed it into the casting. I was intending to use locset, but I managed to get a good press fit, so settled for that. Successful result in the end.
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Post by Tony K on Apr 7, 2020 11:24:16 GMT
To-day I bought a new Boiler...........at 12" to the foot scale !! Alas not for rail traction but Central Heating.......The original Potterton Netaheat finally gave up the ghost after some 35 years service, the last 5 being supported by my tender administrations and the App. known as a Birmingham Screwdriver !!......The genteel use of "Resonance induced by impaction" being particularly successfull !! The Installation Engineer talked me through all the Tech. Details but turned quite pale when I asked if it was superheated and had been shell tested to 2 x it's WP.. For those in the know it's a Combi Boiler system in place of the old gravity feed tank in the loft and hot water tank in the airing cupboard....I'm told that the radiator water will be flushed and inhibited, with a new circulating pump and gas flue vents etc fitted...I've asked for a small radiator to be fitted in the airing cupboard so I can still dry my painted items overnight --- oh and the clothes as well I suppose --LoL !! At £2.5K all-in it seems good value ( out of 4 companies quoted ) and it's a well known local firm so no problems there I think..... but no more 5" gauge "goodies" for Alan in 2020......sigh !! ...And the extra radiators in the workshop?
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Post by delaplume on Apr 7, 2020 12:11:17 GMT
To-day I bought a new Boiler...........at 12" to the foot scale !! Alas not for rail traction but Central Heating.......The original Potterton Netaheat finally gave up the ghost after some 35 years service, the last 5 being supported by my tender administrations and the App. known as a Birmingham Screwdriver !!......The genteel use of "Resonance induced by impaction" being particularly successfull !! The Installation Engineer talked me through all the Tech. Details but turned quite pale when I asked if it was superheated and had been shell tested to 2 x it's WP.. For those in the know it's a Combi Boiler system in place of the old gravity feed tank in the loft and hot water tank in the airing cupboard....I'm told that the radiator water will be flushed and inhibited, with a new circulating pump and gas flue vents etc fitted...I've asked for a small radiator to be fitted in the airing cupboard so I can still dry my painted items overnight --- oh and the clothes as well I suppose --LoL !! At £2.5K all-in it seems good value ( out of 4 companies quoted ) and it's a well known local firm so no problems there I think..... but no more 5" gauge "goodies" for Alan in 2020......sigh !! ...And the extra radiators in the workshop? Ah, now there's an ironic twist here. When I first moved in ( some 25 years ago ) the previous owner.. a self-employed plumber ... had fitted a twin panel, 6ft long radiator right next to the up-and-over garage door....The garage is built directly onto the side of the house and keeps warm naturally, so I had the radiator removed and fitted at the bottom of the stairs where it heats both the hallway, stairs and landing in one go...The garage became the Workshop with the car staying outside under a full length porch...
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Post by ettingtonliam on Apr 7, 2020 13:42:26 GMT
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Post by springcrocus on Apr 7, 2020 14:51:05 GMT
The flash appears to obscuring the high quality of your work, Richard. I don't know what sort of camera you are using but I have found turning off the "Auto flash" function on mine gives me a much better photo. Just a thought.
Regards, Steve
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Post by ettingtonliam on Apr 7, 2020 15:52:50 GMT
Its only an elderly Nokia mobile phone. Its kind of you to say so, but I fear the flash my well be obscuring some of the rougher qualities of my work.
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Post by steamer5 on Apr 7, 2020 21:16:25 GMT
Very nice work! There’s been a lot of time put into those. As to the rougher qualities....... the originals were likely built by a black smith, so any marks are “faithful representations of the original builders work”
Cheers Kerrin
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Post by dscott on Apr 7, 2020 22:35:48 GMT
Digging out a Grand Staircase down to the workshop. Must have walked almost 2 miles with the number of buckets of subsoil. These got smaller as the day heated up. At least the walk through the double garage and utility room was cool. Double in line! Length of the house! Just after dinner I did extra and a 2 Yard skip was full to level. I ordered a new one for tomorrow. Earth expands loosened in spite of being walked down every level. So few people out I could have done it naked!!!
I bought one of these new hammer drills, the ones that have a very fine blow but very high speed. Superb at loosening stoney ground almost like cutting cheese. Great for mortar on Bricks as well. I splashed out on a wide chisel which was also angled as I have some plaster to remove inside the house.
Regards from.
David and Lily.
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Post by ettingtonliam on Apr 7, 2020 23:49:49 GMT
Very nice work! There’s been a lot of time put into those. As to the rougher qualities....... the originals were likely built by a black smith, so any marks are “faithful representations of the original builders work” Cheers Kerrin My thoughts exactly, Kerrin
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Post by glynmar on Apr 10, 2020 23:29:53 GMT
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Post by Midland on Apr 11, 2020 9:37:46 GMT
Made an amazing discovery, I have a workshop! Yes I remember it from last year and just to top that off I have brough my two lovely red (Crimson Lake) beauties back home from the container at the track. Spent the day cleaning the Princess of Wales, god she was dirty, and descaled the boiler with citric acid crystals. And now for my next .... The Princess Royal will come out of her box and receive back the injector Julian kindly repaired for me and then a quick fire up to see how well it works. The following step will be an accumulation test at the track, anyone's guess when, and a run to see how she goes and then think about where she will end up. There is not room for three red locos, and like naughty children they start to squabble!!!! Cheers David
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Post by JonL on Apr 11, 2020 17:11:01 GMT
Installed my lathe in the new workshop, a little dismayed at how crazed the paint finish is, but at least its time in a wooden shed hasn't resulted in the dreaded rust.
Fell over in the garden earlier when my false leg failed to be where I expected as I stepped forward; that rather cooled my enthusiasm for more work today so now I'm being lazy for the first time since I've been off.
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Post by andyhigham on Apr 11, 2020 18:51:45 GMT
Installed my lathe in the new workshop, a little dismayed at how crazed the paint finish is, but at least its time in a wooden shed hasn't resulted in the dreaded rust. Fell over in the garden earlier when my false leg failed to be where I expected as I stepped forward; that rather cooled my enthusiasm for more work today so now I'm being lazy for the first time since I've been off. I have had that happen to me, when my beer legs failed to be where I expected them to be
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Post by JonL on Apr 11, 2020 19:06:48 GMT
Installed my lathe in the new workshop, a little dismayed at how crazed the paint finish is, but at least its time in a wooden shed hasn't resulted in the dreaded rust. Fell over in the garden earlier when my false leg failed to be where I expected as I stepped forward; that rather cooled my enthusiasm for more work today so now I'm being lazy for the first time since I've been off. I have had that happen to me, when my beer legs failed to be where I expected them to be I really put off having a few beers post amputation as I thought walking would be a problem. Turns out its easier than when sober; you don't overthink it so much...
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