stevietuck
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tineca To be honest mate this is not the first time it's happened. This is maybe the fourth time it's happened, but the only time I've not managed to get her going with the technique you suggest. So the starter has probably been on its way out for a while. I have ordered a secondhand starter off ebay ( once again its happened a few days before payday!) but I'm not sure when it will get here. Man flu is still making me feel wibblepoo so I can't see me doing much about it for a few days anyway. Cheers steve.
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stevietuck
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Feb 18, 2016 17:45:06 GMT
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Well my new starter motor arrived on Monday. I was still feeling really wibblepoo dispite a week in bed, but the sooner it was fitted, the sooner I could stop walking everywhere. Anyway once you have removed the air filter housing, there is really good access to the starter. Three bolts and two connections later and it was out, and as Mr Haynes would say, refitting is the reverse of removal. First turn of the key and she fired straight up, good little girl that she is  Also with the air box out of the way, there was good access to the clutch cable adjustment, so I adjusted it, as since Iv'e had her the clutch has always only operated on the last couple of inches of pedal travel. It feels much better now its working properly. Here is an exciting picture of a second hand starter motor, fitted to an old peugeot! ....  It was lovely getting back into her because she was still lovely and clean, since she had sat for a week unused. Today, since I am feeling much better, even if I am still coughing up baby jellyfish! I decided to do a few wee jobs that I have been meaning to do for ages. First was to take the steering wheel of and refit it straight, easy, job done. Next was to check the seat bolts, as both the front seats seemed a little lose. No wonder they were lose, a few of the bolts were nearly falling out. This job was a right pain because you can only get to them with the seats tipped forwards to just the right angle, so trying to keep them at that angle and do up bolts at the same time isn't easy. Anyway its done now, job done. Next was the heated rear window. The spade connector kept dropping off when you opened and closed the hatch. A wee squeeze with the pliers had it fitting nice and tight again. Job done. Last job was to sort this out...  That is the drivers side rear speaker cable. A few weeks ago as I was pulling in to a parking spot, the steering tightened up to the point that I could hardly move it, then all of a sudden, there was a snapping noise and it freed off back to normal. The speaker cable had wrapped its self round the steering column and then snapped. Again easy to fix, job done. It took less than an hour to sort these wee niggles, wish I had done them sooner! Thanks for reading, steve. |
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stevietuck
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One of the meds I take for my mental health is called Quetiapine link.Turns out I had been taking it in the slow release form. When I had my bi monthly appointment with the shrink the other day, she suggested I change to the standard release and to take them at night. Well on Monday night I took my first dose. Tuesday morning I woke up feeling like I had slept well for the first time in a long time, and even better I didn't feel like a zombie all day. I have so much more get up and go. Just as well really because I was about to embark on a welding adventure! So Tuesday morning feeling great I packed Dorris' boot with tools boilersuit and all the usual stuff, and headed for Inverness ( about 25 miles ) To my good mate Ricky's. Ricky loves trees and wood lol!, he works with wood both in the cutting down of trees ( and climbing them ) , but he also has a woodworking workshop in his garage where he makes all sorts of stuff, from bespoke staircases with carvings to furniture. Why am I telling you all this? well Ricky recently bought an old landrover, so obviously he also had to buy a welder! A few months ago I asked him to teach me to weld. I have always wanted to learn, but after poking a hole in the sill a while back when washing Doris, I needed to learn. I was secretly hoping that I would have a natural affinity with metal and I'd make it look easy. I didn't and I made it look very very difficult  I quickly came to the conclusion that poor Doris would rot away to nothing in the time it would take me to get anywhere near good enough. At this point I'm going to say I can not thank Ricky enough, both for letting me talk him in to doing the welding, but also for not walking away when the 50p sized hole in the sill kept growing! |
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Right so here is a 50p sized hole after a bit of a poke!   By the time we found good metal the hole was this big...  Oh that inner sill looks a bit frilly, so cut that out too...  Also the edge of the floor...  Ricky bashing some metal in to shape...  Ricky welding said metal to doris...   First bit in...   Inner sill...   Thats about as far as we got on Tuesday before I had to head home, so we gave Doris some go faster action....  Checker duck tape lol! Wednesdays instalment shortly. Cheers steve. |
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Wednesday started with the realization that the sill cut I had got a few months back, was now too small. I had only cut the shape of the sill and not the lip at the bottom,so Ricky set about shaping some steel....    Here is the man himself ....  Turns out he's just as good with metal, as he is with wood....  So we gave it a coat of primmer ...  Then welded it in ...  Gave it a tidy up and coated it with primmer...  And thats about it. It still needs a good grind down and will need some filler and paint, but it was freezing the last few days, and trying to snow, so it can wait till its a bit walmer. Big huge massive thanks again to Ricky, you are a star mate Thanks for looking steve. |
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Ha ha! I have just noticed all the bristles stuck in the primmer in the pic above. The dam thing was just coming apart as I was painting !
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Feb 25, 2016 10:08:37 GMT
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Good job right there, handy mate to have! Welding is what usually causes me the most expensive issues...
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stevietuck
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Feb 25, 2016 10:24:12 GMT
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Yeah he's a really good mate eh. I'm going to return the favor by doing a few days on his land rover.
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Feb 25, 2016 11:53:39 GMT
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That's a sweet job mate. He's a keeper friend hahaha
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stevietuck
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Feb 25, 2016 12:37:47 GMT
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jonxs He was a keeper anyway, but now he can weld even more so!
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gazjon
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Feb 25, 2016 22:33:32 GMT
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More positive progress! Looks like fun was had to
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Mk2 Cavalier saloon
Mk4 Astra Van z20let
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Feb 26, 2016 15:52:07 GMT
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run out of shielding gas by the looks of the welds
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stevietuck
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gazjon Cheers mate. darrenh Cheers mate I will mention it to Ricky. Will the welds still be ok? I have no idea about these things lol!
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Feb 29, 2016 20:38:57 GMT
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well it will certainly stick metal to metal, but the welds are porous (distinctive rough looking finish like pumice stone) and therefore a bit weaker.
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Last Edit: Feb 29, 2016 20:39:32 GMT by darrenh
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I'd cut that out and start again tbh. Porous welds and once ground down it looks like they'll be pinholes between the tacks, so will start bubbling soon, fillers or not. Needs a decent bead of weld or stacked tacks, that way it'll smooth of nice and you'll need far less filler
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stevietuck
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Its weird because I mentioned it to Ricky, and he checked the gas bottle and it still has gas in it. I know the gas was turned on while he was welding because it was me that was turning the welder and gas on and off.
I'm not planning on doing anything with it till the weather warms up a bit, so I think once it does I will grind it down and see how it looks then.
Cheers steve.
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might just have been a bit breezy. i normally go up tp 8-12 Lpm outside for good welds, which unfortunately will spank one of those disposables in a handfull of minutes
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Ah well that could be it then. There was a cold wind that was cutting right through me all day!
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If it's outside - you'll be fighting a losing battle with gas. Swap the wire out for gasless wire, and whilst it'll spatter quite a bit more, you'll end up with a much better weld  Gasless wire is also cheaper than another bottle of gas! Always worth keeping a small reel handy for when you have to weld in even a gentle breeze |
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chairchild Thanks for the advice mate, I'm sure this wont be the only bit of welding that needs doing lol!
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Also with the air box out of the way, there was good access to the clutch cable adjustment, so I adjusted it, as since Iv'e had her the clutch has always only operated on the last couple of inches of pedal travel. It feels much better now its working properly.
