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Dec 19, 2016 18:25:35 GMT
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Monday 19 December........ it's almost two years since I pulled the truck off the road. My life has hit a few speed humps that have certainly slowed me down this year. Anyway, today I took a day leave, as did my mate CraigRK of 47 and 49 Chevy fame. His car: retrorides.proboards.com/thread/190311/chevy-fleetline-aerosedan-stoppers-paintHis Wife's car: (Well, Truck) retrorides.proboards.com/thread/193435/1949-chevy-pickup-surprise-arrivalThe plan was to wrap up on the rebuild with new parts of my trucks four corners and brakes. After getting the new shoes brought in from the USA via Ireland. So we had cofffee and a chat when he got here at 10.00 as he needed to avoid the M25 morning rush, he had also brought fresh cheese rolls, three meats and and some spreading cheese to have for lunch. After this we went to the garage, pulled the truck out, onto axle stands and took off the wheels and hubs again. Multiple photos of the brakes from all angles to use as reference for reassembly. The other clever thing to do is only one side at a time, keeping the other side as a reference. Dismantled. Next up wire brushes, petrol and more brushes to the internals and all the bits that get reused. One of the reasons Craig came over was that he had this special tool that his dad had given him........ Perfect for pulling and removing as well,as refitting all the highly sprung, springs in the brake system. There are a total of 9 springs per corner on the rear brakes to disassemble and then get back together, so some logic and some photos does help. After two relatively easy changes of the rear, it was all done. New, new new and more new brakes. Very pleased. Looking at the brake shoes that I have removed, it again reiterated the fact that one needs to sometimes just get on and spend some money and get stuff replaced. Then dropped the rear and started on the front end after rolling the chassis back into the garage. Once the front was done, I started to reassemble it and tightened the wheel down again............. Just then C wig came around and said to me "Do you thnk you will be needing the brake drum for the new shoes to kick into to stop the truck?" Aaaaaaarrrrrgghhh!! Disassemble, refit brake drum and back on with the wheel. Nuts tightened. Then Craig laughed historically again...... and I knew that something had gone amiss again. Bugggeerrrrr....!! There is a little kickback spring on the outer periphery that pushes a plate back once you hit the brake, to release the brake shoe. He had it n his hand. Guess what? Yup, on reassembly it had ended up in the box with the old springs. One more time and we were done. The rest all went fine and the truck was back on its wheels, all four corners now with me brake parts, brake lines and fuel line. Last job before shutting shop and heading back indoors at 2.30 was to add in the new part I had made up a couple of weeks ago for the rear brake line. Using a screwdriver handle, I bent the adapter into a 90' bend to join the chassis joint of the brake line. This wrapped up the brakes. To me the chassis and wheels are now done. Only needs the new wheels and tyres once the body work is done. In closing, a photo took on the Paris Metro over the weekend. Can you see what is wrong? Thank you for checking in.
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Last Edit: Dec 19, 2016 18:41:17 GMT by grizz
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Dec 19, 2016 19:03:35 GMT
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It was a great day, good to see you again. Once the front was done, I started to reassemble it and tightened the wheel down again............. Just then C wig came around and said to me "Do you thnk you will be needing the brake drum for the new shoes to kick into to stop the truck?" Aaaaaaarrrrrgghhh!! Disassemble, refit brake drum and back on with the wheel. Nuts tightened. Then Craig laughed historically again...... and I knew that something had gone amiss again. Bugggeerrrrr....!! There is a little kickback spring on the outer periphery that pushes a plate back once you hit the brake, to release the brake shoe. He had it n his hand. Guess what? Yup, on reassembly it had ended up in the box with the old springs. One more time and we were done. Hoe lag ek nou so lekker!!!
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The brake tool that Craigrk has are brake spring pliers, I have a pair as well. Immensely useful, I bought mine after battling with the brakes on my Charger a few years ago. It took longer to open the parcel they were delivered in than it did to finish the brake rebuild with them! Frost sell them www.frost.co.uk/brake-spring-pliers.html
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1968 Dodge Charger 1985 Chevrolet Camaro 1993 Toyota Hilux Surf 2001 Ford Mondeo
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The brake tool that Craigrk has are brake spring pliers, I have a pair as well. Immensely useful, I bought mine after battling with the brakes on my Charger a few years ago. It took longer to open the parcel they were delivered in than it did to finish the brake rebuild with them! Frost sell them www.frost.co.uk/brake-spring-pliers.htmlCool, nice to see they're still available and cheap. My father gave me two. He had a habit of having spares of everything as down time during a customer job cost him more in lost earnings than spare tools. I reckon mine are probably from the '80s.
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My late father in law ran a specialist aircooled VW and Porsche garage in South Africa. I did my first apprenticeship there. When he passed away and we closed it down,I kept a lot of the tools. I had three pairs of those pliers made either by Stahlwille or Hazet. I figured it was unlikely I would be doing brakeshoes again,as I had moved into the toolmaking game,so I gave them away to people who would make use of them. I don't know if Craig's pair are the same,but on the ones I had,one handle on them had a little steel bucket on it. Great for pushing and turning the formed washers Onto the pins that hold the brakeshoes onto the backing plate.
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My late father in law ran a specialist aircooled VW and Porsche garage in South Africa. I did my first apprenticeship there. When he passed away and we closed it down,I kept a lot of the tools. I had three pairs of those pliers made either by Stahlwille or Hazet. I figured it was unlikely I would be doing brakeshoes again,as I had moved into the toolmaking game,so I gave them away to people who would make use of them. I don't know if Craig's pair are the same,but on the ones I had,one handle on them had a little steel bucket on it. Great for pushing and turning the formed washers Onto the pins that hold the brakeshoes onto the backing plate. It's a small world JB, my dad was a VW specialist in PE (South Africa) from 1972 through 2004 when he retired (turned out Grizz was a one time customer of his). He sold the business as a going concern, but as he had so many extra tools he he kept the spare ones which I now have a bunch of. On the bucket on the end of the handle. Grizz and I looked at it and didn't know what it was for, and if there was one thing we struggled with it was those bliksemse little formed washers. Whilst I learnt a lot from helping my dad as a kid, he wanted me to do more than he did, so I studied Mechanical Engineering, but landed up in IT. But the draw of old cars means that I'm tinkering with them in my spare time, and probably figuring out stuff that dad forgot many years ago, but at least he is still on the other end of WhatsApp, sending advice! OK, back on topic! PS: Aren't you meant to be sleeping?
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Last Edit: Dec 21, 2016 5:02:02 GMT by craigrk
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^^ Sleep? What's that? At work already as half my crew are sick, the other half lame..Guess that makes me lazy...😂
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The brake tool that Craigrk has are brake spring pliers, I have a pair as well. Immensely useful, I bought mine after battling with the brakes on my Charger a few years ago. It took longer to open the parcel they were delivered in than it did to finish the brake rebuild with them! Frost sell them www.frost.co.uk/brake-spring-pliers.htmlAnd this...,.... Is why I love RR's so much, someone will always know something you did not. Thanks for posting up mate. The brake tool that Craigrk has are brake spring pliers, I have a pair as well. Immensely useful, I bought mine after battling with the brakes on my Charger a few years ago. It took longer to open the parcel they were delivered in than it did to finish the brake rebuild with them! Frost sell them www.frost.co.uk/brake-spring-pliers.htmlCool, nice to see they're still available and cheap. My father gave me two. He had a habit of having spares of everything as down time during a customer job cost him more in lost earnings than spare tools. I reckon mine are probably from the '80s. Often is tha case. The right tool does make a huge difference. My late father in law ran a specialist aircooled VW and Porsche garage in South Africa. I did my first apprenticeship there. When he passed away and we closed it down,I kept a lot of the tools. I had three pairs of those pliers made either by Stahlwille or Hazet. I figured it was unlikely I would be doing brakeshoes again,as I had moved into the toolmaking game,so I gave them away to people who would make use of them. I don't know if Craig's pair are the same,but on the ones I had,one handle on them had a little steel bucket on it. Great for pushing and turning the formed washers Onto the pins that hold the brakeshoes onto the backing plate. That's so funny, see comments be Ow of course. My late father in law ran a specialist aircooled VW and Porsche garage in South Africa. I did my first apprenticeship there. When he passed away and we closed it down,I kept a lot of the tools. I had three pairs of those pliers made either by Stahlwille or Hazet. I figured it was unlikely I would be doing brakeshoes again,as I had moved into the toolmaking game,so I gave them away to people who would make use of them. I don't know if Craig's pair are the same,but on the ones I had,one handle on them had a little steel bucket on it. Great for pushing and turning the formed washers Onto the pins that hold the brakeshoes onto the backing plate. It's a small world JB, my dad was a VW specialist in PE (South Africa) from 1972 through 2004 when he retired (turned out Grizz was a one time customer of his). He sold the business as a going concern, but as he had so many extra tools he he kept the spare ones which I now have a bunch of. On the bucket on the end of the handle. Grizz and I looked at it and didn't know what it was for, and if there was one thing we struggled with it was those bliksemse little formed washers. Whilst I learnt a lot from helping my dad as a kid, he wanted me to do more than he did, so I studied Mechanical Engineering, but landed up in IT. But the draw of old cars means that I'm tinkering with them in my spare time, and probably figuring out stuff that dad forgot many years ago, but at least he is still on the other end of WhatsApp, sending advice! OK, back on topic! PS: Aren't you meant to be sleeping? I was wondering what you were doing up at 04.00 as well Craig. ^^ Sleep? What's that? At work already as half my crew are sick, the other half lame..Guess that makes me lazy...😂 Looks like we all have demons that keep us awake. Last day at the day job today, so in London till 2.30 then home, admin and shut down till new year. May just get a few random bits done around the house that needs doing. Thanks for the explanation on the washer pusher JB. Back to work.
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And this...,.... Is why I love RR's so much, someone will always know something you did not. Thanks for posting up mate. Ditto ^^ Sleep? What's that? At work already as half my crew are sick, the other half lame..Guess that makes me lazy...😂 Looks like we all have demons that keep us awake. Don't we just. Today I managed some last minute Christmas shopping and signed the lease renewal on the house, then managed a snooze again! Last day at the day job today, so in London till 2.30 then home, admin and shut down till new year. May just get a few random bits done around the house that needs doing. Thanks for the explanation on the washer pusher JB. Back to work. Make the best of the last day of work, hopefully we can get some more truck/car time in over the break, I'm working till Friday.
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Dec 21, 2016 11:19:05 GMT
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Last minute shopping? Is it six o'clock on Christmas Eve already?
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Dec 21, 2016 18:27:11 GMT
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Last minute shopping? Is it six o'clock on Christmas Eve already? Bahhh Humbug !! I say screw a commercial Christmas. To me every day should be Christmas, with kindness, generosity and people generally getting on.
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Dec 22, 2016 20:10:47 GMT
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Today I had the day off, as well as tomorrow. Typically there were not enough hours to satisfy my planned schedule........ read that I did not get close to what I had planned to do, which was some shifting stuff around the garage. Unfortunately home ownership includes a lot of yard work, and selected other tasks that I cannot delegate. So just needs to be done. Today, after a long wait, I removed a massive multi trunked Buddleja, or Buddleia /ˈbʌdliːə/, commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. I have hated it since we moved here at end of 2010 and like the creeper on the garage walls, I had to wait for Nicola to leave and not be protecting it. They are messy, invasive and like Medusa, the more you attack it the more it comes back. So I cut all the branches up to about 1.4 meters from the ground and chopped it all into very small parts with my trust hedge trimmer that my brother had bought me as a wedding present in 2010. Cut down, then chopped, keeping the thicker stems as firewood for the fireplace that is yet to be used this year. With me ramming it into the wheels bins, I filled two to the brim. At around 13.00 my friend Dave "Muckyhelmet" who had lent me his Trade card when I rebuilt the kitchen, netting me an over 50% saving on the kitchen. Crazy, but true. He had found three packs of 1.2x1.8 meters of high density foam flooring. Perfect to have on the floor in winter. The cold is a killer. He stayed for a while and chatted, checked out the garage and gave advice, then went off to,donate blood. Always a good thing to do. Tomorrow I hope to cut down the rest of the stems and paint it with some brutal plant killer so as to prevent regrow the. The plan is to replace it with two evergreen and fast growing shrubs to fill the big hole I created in my horizon Maybe I will get some time to start moving stuff around in the garage and start planning where next with the truck. I need to set up my welder as well as there is so much welding coming up. That's it for today, thanks for checking in.
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Can you see what is wrong? Too many fingers?
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Dec 23, 2016 11:51:53 GMT
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"Tomorrow I hope to cut down the rest of the stems and paint it with some brutal plant killer so as to prevent regrowth." Drill down the cut stem and pour the weed killer into the 'well' neat .. and just leave it to absorb, really stubborn branches might need a second (or third) dose
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Dec 23, 2016 11:56:21 GMT
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Copper nails also work.... Well it got rid of a neighbours tree that blocked out all the light into my garden and used to fill my garden with leaves. 😉
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Dec 23, 2016 11:57:10 GMT
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"Tomorrow I hope to cut down the rest of the stems and paint it with some brutal plant killer so as to prevent regrowth." Drill down the cut stem and pour the weed killer into the 'well' neat .. and just leave it to absorb, really stubborn branches might need a second (or third) dose Done. Update later. Shower and shops now Then go see my buddy Darren Hardy on the Isle of webbed feet.
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Dec 23, 2016 12:23:08 GMT
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Glad you got some time off, Grizz.....
those mats are great in the winter, summer or spring if you are standing at a workbench for any length of time. I have several squares around the shop and basement that move to wherever the project is! really saves the heels and knees, hips, etc.....
the butterfly bush attack is well understood....I have to cut back our "decorative" trees little by little or the wife will notice......always in the way in my opinion! (The yard maintenance crew, aka ME in this case, always has a different opinion on decorative plantings around the yard).....
I just resurrected a basket case wood chipper shredder and man does that thing work great!....(even though it needs an engine overhaul...new rings mostly...I already did the valves and other work to get it going....but its still a beast) Makes wood chips out all my yard debris....
Christmas all year round?....what a great concept...maybe we can get the idea to go viral...
Happy Holidays everyone!
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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Dec 23, 2016 17:16:11 GMT
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Thanks JP.
Yes, just imagine if people gave a toss about the homeless for the other 358 days of the year and not just all over the radio and telly the week of Christmas.
Bigots often are the first to believe their own gospels
Anyway, in my own little way, I try to share a smile, or generate one.
Here's a thing to try next time you go into McDonalds or a variety of other shops where the question is also "Would you like anything else sir?" That gets asked when you order your goods.
You will be amazed at the reactions you get when you ask for a smile, and of course you need to be ready with one, which is easy as you will be sitting on one, knowing you are going to first stump them and then make their day by giving them the biggest smile they are liable to see all day.
Just try it.
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Dec 23, 2016 17:57:50 GMT
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So after a short nights sleep, filled with three lots of Ibuprofen and paracetamol before, during and after, I went back out to complete the job I started yesterday. Last night I had two hot water bottles in succession on my lower back between 6-10pm last night, they made a huge difference. Anyway, after breakfast I pulled the tools out. I also optimistically fetched the chainsaw from deep inside the garage where I stored it about three years ago if I recall correctly. Now being a Stihl, I know it is a decent bit of kit. But I expected to be pulling and pulling and pulling and swearing for some time....... However, seriously, it started on the third pull, without the choke. What a shock. So I cut back some branches by hand, then followed the stump side with the chainsaw. What a pleasure. Getting them all out, and then the branches from yesterday as well. Done. More there than it looks. Cleaned up, will pack them away on Monday. After cleaning up and packing the tools away, I got my faithful cordless drill that Craig gave me and and a 13mm bit, plus a bottle of concentrated Roundup weedkiller. Resulting in this........ Covered it all over n an old rubber car mat and plonked a concrete ornament on top of it. That's me done then for now. A Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all who check in on this thread daily, weekly, regularly.
Have a wonderful Festive season and let's make 2017 another good year.Even though it's still a few hours before prezzie time.
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Dec 23, 2016 18:27:00 GMT
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