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sciclone Part of things Posts: 896	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back sciclone @sciclone
	May 14, 2020 22:07:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I love how you just repair random stuff. I did the same thing with a Samsung 24" monitor about 7 years ago. Work was going to chuck it out because it wouldn't turn on. $20 of capacitors and an imaging unit later (I previously repaired game consoles) and it worked well. It's starting to go bad now, but given it's 10yo, not really worth repairing a second time. Also picked up a decent laptop for free that just needed a power supply ($45) and always on the lookout for when friends are throwing things out as "broken" or "too old" etc.


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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	May 16, 2020 5:50:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 14, 2020 22:07:48 GMT sciclone said: I love how you just repair random stuff. I did the same thing with a Samsung 24" monitor about 7 years ago. Work was going to chuck it out because it wouldn't turn on. $20 of capacitors and an imaging unit later (I previously repaired game consoles) and it worked well. It's starting to go bad now, but given it's 10yo, not really worth repairing a second time. Also picked up a decent laptop for free that just needed a power supply ($45) and always on the lookout for when friends are throwing things out as "broken" or "too old" etc. Nice work, capacitors are such a common failure point on older electronics. At my previous workplace repairing PC's we frequently got one type in that almost always had 10 blown caps in a line and it was the same for monitors that nearly always came in not turning on because a few caps had blown. So much stuff is repairable with a little thought, thats not to say i havnt sent my fair share of stuff out the door into the skip though
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	May 20, 2020 21:40:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Speaking of Capacitors i got an email the other week from an mr2 club member requesting help. The mk2 turbo ecu's are fairly well known for failed capacitors and this one was no different. He had the capacitors changed by someone but when refitting it found it worked worse than it did before having them replaced and subsequently contacted me. In my opinion taking a none working ecu and making it work less intriegued me so i got him to send it over. The ecu arrived and i had a quick look The old capacitors leak and it eats into the copper, the previous "repairer" didnt notice all the missing copper and just fitted the new caps. I suspect anyone who has worked in electronics has been there before a bit over their head and you end up causing more damage than there was before you start. I certainly know i pulled a few vias though over the years being impatiant. There was also damage to the back where the pad had been pulled off. Which i replaced, i use self adhesive copper tape to replace to circuit tracks. Front repair was a bit more awkward but i got there Before After looking around for further damage i also noticed issues on a resistor just below the main affected area. One of the legs had seperated from the body So a new one got put on order In the mean time i refitted the cap over the repaired area and moved onto one of the others that had leaked previously and been replaced No serious damage, i originally though it had gone through one of the tracks below it but cleaning back and testing with the meter shows they are all ok. There was a slight gap between the through hole pad and the rest of the track But i can bridge a small gap with solder so that wasnt a problem. Any bigger gap and i would have probably added some copper. The replacement resistor arrived and got fitted, again a small solder bridge required to connect to the track fully. Then i re-lacquered the board to protect it as much as possible and sent it on its way. Fingers crossed i found and fixed all the issues.
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mortcars Posted a lot Posts: 1,650	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back mortcars @mortcars
	May 21, 2020 9:18:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Great Work! ive had a lot of luck with those pcb repair pens too for when the fix needs more than solder but less than a full copper repair
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	May 21, 2020 12:06:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 21, 2020 9:18:09 GMT mortcars said: Great Work! ive had a lot of luck with those pcb repair pens too for when the fix needs more than solder but less than a full copper repair Never got around to getting one of them to try. I have done alot with thin bits of wire hammered flat to remake traces though. A pen does sound alot easier though so I think I'll have to treat myself to a new toy.
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jimi Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,219	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back jimi @jimil
	May 22, 2020 0:28:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nice job, is that Andy's ECU ? Be great if it's working now
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	May 22, 2020 6:39:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 22, 2020 0:28:50 GMT jimi said: Nice job, is that Andy's ECU ? Be great if it's working now It is indeed. He should hopefully have it back in a day or so and we can find out if it was all for nought.
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gtviva Posted a lot Posts: 1,702	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back gtviva @gtviva
	May 22, 2020 16:24:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I was going to pick your brains on a failed digi box recorder thing, didn't want to bin it has loads of recorded stuff but I fixed it!! It ws the batteries in the remote, what a dick!!


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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	May 24, 2020 6:19:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 22, 2020 16:24:20 GMT gtviva said: I was going to pick your brains on a failed digi box recorder thing, didn't want to bin it has loads of recorded stuff but I fixed it!! It ws the batteries in the remote, what a dick!! thats brilliant. I have done that sort of thing before where you go for a facepalm for over complicating something with a simple solutions
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bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 14,968 Club RR Member Number: 71	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back bstardchild @bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member 71
	May 24, 2020 9:49:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Mar 12, 2020 20:14:29 GMT martin42006 said: It does seem very good. Although it does have a bit of blade chatter now so I suspect it's getting a bit blunt since we have had it quite a while. New blade is only £20 so a new one is on the way. Let me know how you get on with a new blade - mine has the same chatter when cutting steel it was previously used for a lot of wood


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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	May 24, 2020 20:06:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 24, 2020 9:49:20 GMT bstardchild said: Mar 12, 2020 20:14:29 GMT martin42006 said: It does seem very good. Although it does have a bit of blade chatter now so I suspect it's getting a bit blunt since we have had it quite a while. New blade is only £20 so a new one is on the way. Let me know how you get on with a new blade - mine has the same chatter when cutting steel it was previously used for a lot of wood Well i probably should have said prior to now but the new blade reduced the chatter a bit and then went dull on me. I swapped back to the original which also then went dull on me. i have since bougt another blade which again still has chatter, I'm starting to wonder it the head bearing have worn a bit. I found after going through 2 blades that even though it says its good to cut 6mm steel it does not like 5mm 50x50 angle iron. Keep it thin and its great but it doesnt like being pushed, on a plus side the blades don't cost much on amazon so its not the end of the world if you mess one up.
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bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 14,968 Club RR Member Number: 71	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back bstardchild @bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member 71
	May 24, 2020 21:19:00 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 24, 2020 20:06:27 GMT martin42006 said: May 24, 2020 9:49:20 GMT bstardchild said: Let me know how you get on with a new blade - mine has the same chatter when cutting steel it was previously used for a lot of wood Well i probably should have said prior to now but the new blade reduced the chatter a bit and then went dull on me. I swapped back to the original which also then went dull on me. i have since bougt another blade which again still has chatter, I'm starting to wonder it the head bearing have worn a bit. I found after going through 2 blades that even though it says its good to cut 6mm steel it does not like 5mm 50x50 angle iron. Keep it thin and its great but it doesnt like being pushed, on a plus side the blades don't cost much on amazon so its not the end of the world if you mess one up. OK well mine is still cutting fine I just go slow and let the blade do the work and I get a little less chatter


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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 4, 2020 18:22:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	So i have been neglecting you lot recently. don't worry its nothing personal. I picked up a new toy to go with my so called vintage drawer stack. Its an embossing tape printer It even came with all the extras to make rubber stamps For what i payed I'm pretty chuffed, although since i payed less than a pack of beers then i would take some dissapointing. It makes very nice and age accurate labels I'm doing my best not to go overboard with it but In other news i have been busy channeling my inner Johnny Bravo and making some stamping dies. don't worry my humble offerings pose no risk to his quality of work Its a little crude but it only has to make these And another one to make a different bracket. I decided to test out the arc welding on my tig. The machine is a beauty to use but I'm not so good and I'm starting to remember why i stick to mig. It does these curved ones Welding the studs in was a Canine of the female persuasion. I am using zinc plated studs so the threads are protected once the bracket is made but unfortunatly if you don't get all the zinc off first be prepared to be regrinding your tungstone alot. I should say i most definatly havnt sent it for a swim but rather the zinc boils and comes up to meet it. Eventually i got there but each stud has to have the head thoroughly blasted before trying to weld it in. Oh and we found out the 7.5ton horse box is rotten. Its a 20ft Glasonite box which has had alot of leaks over the last 20 years and has now turned to Weatabix. Originally we priced up a replacement side for it and after recovering from the shock we decided to get another box. So after stripping everything out we had to lift the old box off. lifted onto wooden blocks at the back and then a combination of engine crane and digger at the front lets the chassis drive out from underneath And onto the ground The chassis is in surprisingly good condition so that will be getting stripped, blasted and epoxied. A new box was sourced which was the right price (less than 1 new side of grp) but was unfortunatly at quite a distance away. We hired a trailer and went and got it, in style of course. There was some stability issues as we rejoined the M5 but it got home in the end. Tip: Hire a tri axle or take a load of ballast with you to throw in the front of the trailer. Off the trailer it comes and ready to be lifted on when the chassis is done. Note to self: rebuild your blasted engine crane before doing any more heavy lifting. It was going down nearly as fast as i was pumping it up when it has 1/2 ton of box on it. Waiting on some bits to arrive before i can setup the blaster to do the chassis
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 10, 2020 21:50:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I decided to take a punt and ordered a wet blasting kit. I have no neighbour issues but i suspect if i clouded them in blasting dust for several days that would change so normal dry blaster wasnt the way to go. So you can get these things that go on your pressure washer and you push the hose into a bucket of sand. They are pretty well known for been useless. and i new that before i bought one. So why did i buy one? Well in the immortal words of Baldrik "I have a cunning plan" Take one pressure bot blaster keeping the pressure low the media flow can be set to whatever you find works best. valve to the input on the pressure wand and get blasting. Its simple but makes such a massive difference, the water keeps the dust down and stops the media going everywhere so it can just be shoveled up later and disposed of. Slow but effective A few more days of this and the chassis has the worst knocked off it but it has also knocked alot out of the wand so another one is on its way so i can get finished. Of course because I'm wetblasting and doing it in the rain since the sun has sodded off it is starting to rust again but i will be giving it another go over on a slightly nicer day just before painting. A slightly brighter day arrived along with a new nozzle so we gave it one more blasting then went over everything with heatguns, towels and compressed air to try and remove all the water from the blasting. Its not perfect and there are areas that could heva been better but its a truck it doesnt have to be immaculate. so we mix up some paint, We are using rustbuster zinc epoxy primer Its heavy, like incredibly heavy Thought i was just spraying molten lead to begin with. On it goes Seems to have gone well and not a bad finish. The next day we went over it with black epoxy, it has taken 2 coats and is looking good. There will be a third coat but it went dark after the second and the next day it has been raining all day, luckily the paint is dry enough to withstand the rain and i should have a couple of days to do another coat before it has fully cured. Since it was raining i got on with one of the other pressing issues, brakes damn big ones they need a small amount of work as one of the sliders on the LH one have seized and they are rather crusty so a strip down is required. I got the spring and plunger off the back of the caliper, these are air brakes and not your usual hydraulic systems. The caliper isnt much different when you get down to it though Things then ground to a halt when i snapped my 3/8" adaptor attempting to undo the slider bolts. They are 14mm internal hex and i didnt have a 1/2" hex driver in that size. One is now on order So i left the caliper soaking in plusgas and got the flooring pulled up in the new box. yep we are now tearing up the replacement box. Ok not so much tearing, these floor sheest will be going back down. Why do i hear you ask? Well mostly just for access but also it had a few areas of imminent rust so now is the best chance I'm going to get to sort it all ou before it becomes a problem. Oh and the drain from the yard has collapsed in the field so thats shouting for attention too. One day i might be allowed get some progress done on the mr2 . . . No your right, i doubt it too.
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bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 14,968 Club RR Member Number: 71	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back bstardchild @bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member 71
	Jun 10, 2020 22:14:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That "wet blaster" was amazingly effective (even if a short life span)


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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 11, 2020 7:43:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jun 10, 2020 22:14:50 GMT bstardchild said: That "wet blaster" was amazingly effective (even if a short life span) Its pretty effective but really slow. There was a few days on and off with it to get there. Would definitely use it again though
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 12, 2020 21:21:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	While waiting for the new tool to arrive for the callipers i got on with another bit that needed some attention. The wagon is a tilting cab so it has a basic hydraulic system with a ram. The issue is the ram bent some years ago, we never sat down and figured out why i just assumed it was not man enough to lift the cab. I really should have taken a photo of it on the truck but i forgot. The real issue became apparent when i was tying to remove it. The lower mounting point is a pivot. Or rather isnt a pivot Its seized solid hence the bent ram. So i took it off with the bracket got it in the vice tried percussion and a big cheater bar but it wasnt budging so heat it is. Heated up the pivot point and with enough turn managed to get it free enough to tap out. I think that will be getting a grove cut in the pin and a grease nipple in the outer sleeve before it goes back together Now its off i can have a look at the bend see the interesting thing is it still worked so the seals must be ok inside. So i put it in the press on some blocks of wood so we didnt damage the ram and gave it a bit of a straighten alot better even if i say so myself. Anyway callipers My new 14mm hex bit arrived, this time with a 1/2" drive on it. Into the vice I'm really glad i got such a big vice now, its a full stretch here Apart they come and the reason for a stuck slider on one of them its a bit crusty new rebuild kits including sliders and bolts are on order to be here on monday. Should be enough time to get these cleaned up then. I'm not putting them in the blasting cabinet as they are so i mixed up some electrolyte and dug out a couple of battery chargers Left in there all day and cleaned off with the pressure washer they are looking pretty good well alot better anyway a little tapping with a hammer should remove the rest. Guess i have got some blasting to do tomorrow.
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 13, 2020 20:50:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I promised some blasting so guess what . . Yep i did some blasting They took a bit of doing as they are rather large comparison photo next to an mr2 rear caliper And into the cabinet they went Making progress. Each piece once blasted gets zinc etch primer. Its pretty essential if you want powder coating to last. So what colour did we go for? well nothing too exciting. when powdercoating you get quite alot of overspray which i tap out of the box of and it all gets mixed together for times like this when I'm really not bothered about the colour Its a bit different The first part of the air chambers also got cleaned back and prepped. Just in primer for tonight and they will be getting done in black tomorrow. Still got the other caliper to do. My poor compressor was getting hot after a full day running the blast cabinate just for one of them.
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 15, 2020 22:52:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Today i got sidetracked, A quick 300m drive this morning to pick up a new toy, narrowly avoiding an accident on the M1 due to a stationary tanker and noone giving me room to move over even though they had an extra clear lane to move into and i gave plenty of warning, in the end they moved because if they didnt i was going over them, a 3.5ton LWB van will come off best against your little hatchback. Wouldnt have been a problem if there was a damn hard shoulder. Anyway minor rant over, Take a gander at this beauty Yup i finally got a lathe. I have been looking for a while and this one came up for the right price. Its a Myford MF74 Bit of an uncommon one as only 500 were made and since they were made around 1940 its got a bit of character to it. I got a few boxes of bits including the change wheels, ect, I'm not sure on the motor mounting as it has no tensioner, its just using the motor weight which works but it just doesnt seem right I had a quick play and started finding niggles First off the Cross slide The dial just does what it wants due to a missing grub screw Aside from that the cros slide also has a bit of play. Ok maybe a tad more than a bit 28 thou of play, about 0.75mm for all the modern thinkers The screw for it is a bit worn which you can see here. The top slide is the same but not as bad maybe only 20 thou on that. Next we have a distinct lack of oil cups and the holes were full of curse word The head stock is very tight on play ~ 3 thou which is nice but since it had no oilers on i have to wonder if thats because someone has just tightened up the bearings. Tightening up the bearings is fine aslong as they havnt removed the shims and over tightened it which can over stress the casting. Up next on the gripe list This cover was fitted backwards so it fouled the drive belt shield Its a daft little thing but flipping it round the correct way does make a difference to the look of it The tensioner for the drive belt doesnt lock, I'm not sure why yet. The tumbler gears for reversing the leadscrew are a little rattly but I'm not sure there is much i can do for them right now, maybe reamed out and a slightly bigger screw fitted since thats what they spin on. Bed wise its not bad, there is wear at the front end which has been taken out of the gib strips but that has made it a little tight at the back The lathe itself is very quiet which is nice. So do i have a grand master plan? yes Does it involve a full strip down and recomissioning worthy of such a bit of kit? no The current plan is to use it, there is of course one or 2 small bits to sort out first but I need to learn so i will learn to deal with the characteristics of an old lathe for now and once I'm comfortable with it i'll see about doing a bit more work to it. I reckon with a bit of thought i can probably turn some new cross slide and top slide screws, even if i have to make some that are bit better that i can fit so i can make some even better ones. Its a nice piece of kit though so i think i can have some fun with it. There are a few small bits of damage so i see a need to learn cast iron welding on the cards. More work was done on the wagon back yesterday and today while i was off galavanting after machinery but ill save that for another day another post.
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martin42006 Part of things Posts: 540	Random Projects & other Shenanigans - The big cat's back martin42006 @martin42006
	Jun 17, 2020 21:00:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	As promised more work on the wagon, So when i left you last the callipers had been stripped, blasted, primed and powder coated. the drums were awaiting the powder. So i got them done and whacked into the oven. They came out well. So time to start putting everything together The calliper rebuild kits arrived on Monday. And despite specifically asking the supplier if the kits included the sliders to which he answered in the affirmative there were no sliders in the kits. sigh. ring them again and hes now confirming that there is no sliders included in the kits. Argh So i spoke to another company and yes they can provide a kit that included the sliders hurrah, but it doesnt include the end cap gasket or bolts. Grr getting annoyed now I'm going to have to use 2 rebuild kits to have enough parts to put the callipers back together and have some duplicate parts. Maybe i can use the spare bits and give the fronts a quick overhaul too The callipers are a bit like your normal car callipers but the bit we are working on is purely mechanical rather than the conventional hydraulic system. The seals are about the same as usual though they just don't have to hold fluid they are only really dust boots. End cap gets a new adjuster seal tapped in. and the calliper body gets new slider bushes pressed in and new slider and piston seals fitted. All back together New disks arrived so the old ones came off and the hubs got a clean up. All back on in zinc primer And calliper back on Other side got the same and then the hub got a bit of black epoxy brushed on In other news remember the ram? Well i put a groove in the bracket and gave it a blasting and coating Drilled out the ram and fitted a grease nipple Is it necessary? No probably not! Will it ever get greased? Again probably not! But its there now so ill sleep better knowing that its my fault if it seizes again. So back together it goes And it works. Testing the pump i bled it out and used it to lift the cab, it lifted it fine. it took no extra push to get the cab up which is nice. Wheels back on and the wagon pushed back off the yard for now so we could clear up the yard Nice to see it coming back together Next up the replacement fuel tank needs fitting, new air tanks need fitting and then we can start work on the box.
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