Snagger Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 It’s like dirty Tetris… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 2 hours ago, Snagger said: It’s like dirty Tetris… Well there's a phrase I'm never going to google 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, FridgeFreezer said: Well there's a phrase I'm never going to google I’m sure you don’t need to…😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Arse! But she's had a wash in anticipation of getting a fresh engine in. Even the engine bay Who needs a JCB anyway When the engine came out I though, I'd better make some pallet forks for the little tractor who's main purpose was mowing lawns. Then realised I already had a 3 point frame from an old duck plucker I built. Since the JCB headstock is a pair of hooks a scaffold bar welded to the A frame meant I could pick up the JCB pallet forks I made, and also the bucket. Decided to undo a hydraulic line and push in the pins on the quick hitch to take off the bucket rather than break another wrist climbing over it. At a guess that's about quarter of a tonne as the front wheels were just off the ground when the bucket was on the pallet forks. When I moved some cement bags 10x 25kg bags just picked the wheels off the ground. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 16 hours ago, Ed Poore said: 20 gallons 🫣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 16 hours ago, Ed Poore said: There's a solution to this: get all the engines where they belong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Only one engine to find a home for... Admittedly another one to wire up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Well more this afternoons project but with the help of this from a neighbour We got the engine in Just torque converter bolts, engine mount nuts, cooling things (hydraulic, transmission and rad) to do, and fill it with several hundred quids worth of oil... Then cross fingers, toes and everything else possible... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Looks Good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ed Poore Posted July 20 Popular Post Share Posted July 20 It's moved! There weren't too many issues getting it going. Firstly when filling it with water the thermostat housing started leaking - the O ring had collapsed. Luckily the rebuild kit had an appropriate gasket if not O ring so leaving the old O ring in there, some goop and the gasket sealed it back up. Also a very slight leak of water from the hydraulic cooler - just a badly seated jubilee clip. Needed a battery and jump to get it cranking over nicely but given it was a more or less completely new engine (new liners, pistons, gudgeon pins, crank bearings, little end bushes) that's not that surprising. Once she fired there was a bit of oil out of the exhaust but we think that must have been some left over from when it pooped itself still left sat in the muffler. Final minor issue was an airlock in the hydraulic pump but slackening off the output allowed that to bleed. The main issue with this set up is everything looks nice and accessible until you actually try and undo something. You only get a 1/4 turn on a spanner if you're lucky. Case in point with the muffler on (I wasn't going to try and split it off the manifold) you have to juggle both inlet and exhaust manifolds in simultaneously whilst not dropping a handful of gaskets with about 3mm of clearance. All I will say is that the M12 ratchet is an absolute godsend for a machine like this, there's quite a few nuts and bolts you can get your fingers on but don't quite have the strength to wind them off and a normal ratchet takes forever or doesn't work because there's not quite enough friction. First job after leaving her run at a fast idle (well ~1100 rpm) to sort out bearings was she moved the cherry picker off the lawn so I can finally mow properly underneath it. Now actually in to some "digging" loading the last 5 or 6 tonnes of sand from building work into bulk bags on pallets so I can use the space for storing stuff for the wedding. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 One infuriating design of these machines are the dipsticks, both the engine oil and transmissions are basically long springs with a dipstick on the end. It's almost impossible to insert them without getting oil in the spring which then corrupts the reading at the bottom. That and after a couple of hours running now the engine oil is still eerily clean. Bloody impossible to see where it is on the dipstick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 23 hours ago, Ed Poore said: It's moved! There weren't too many issues getting it going. Very satisfying! Well done Ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Davies Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Bet your pleased to have that back in use, great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 It's lovely having something back that doesn't bat an eyelid at lifting a couple of tonnes. Although everytime I hear a knock now I'm getting paranoid. The wee tractor did sterling service in its absence but 250kg was about it's limit on the 3 point links. Case in point 500kg of Perkins and it can drag it about, just glad it's a miniature "proper" tractor with 4WD, diff lock and independent rear brakes as the front wheels were useless in this scenario. Those are actually the JCB pallet forks I made being used on the tractor - given the quick hitch is a pair of hooks on top a scaffold bar welded to an A frame made it easy to use the JCB front attachments on the tractor. By comparison the 2CX can lift at full extension on the back actor what the tractor can lift on the 3 point. Yesterday afternoon was spent bagging up the sand and dumping it all over the place on pallets. Once the area has been tidied up and I've disposed of the DPM that protected the sand I can stack things tidily in it's space. Now when I get some spare time , it's time to start wiring up the custom made ECU in the vehicle behind... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Good Progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Well a week later or so she's still running well and completed her most important job. The picnic bench is finally back on the patio! Yes I know I have some random scaffolding poles attached to the house. Only just come in from dismantling 1/3rd of the scaffolding at the front so I could reuse it to finish the final lift up the east side of the house. Final window masked up and ready for spraying the limewash on tomorrow evening when it cools down a bit and the sun won't be on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ed Poore Posted July 30 Popular Post Share Posted July 30 And the reason the picnic bench usually sits where it is 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 It's true, sunrise was beautiful this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I would post my view over an industrial unit in Basingstoke but I wouldn't want to make you jealous old chap 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Sunset rather than sunrise Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 46 minutes ago, Ed Poore said: Sunset rather than sunrise Pete You know as I came back I was wondering this.... but equally lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 Just about make these blind folded now....lol Guy at work been waiting patiently for quite a while and not giving me any grief, so knocked one up over the last couple of mornings, think he will be chuffed regards Stephen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I really, really hope to come up North and hopefully you'll have one of those for me ! They are so nice And useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 14 minutes ago, Arjan said: I really, really hope to come up North and hopefully you'll have one of those for me ! They are so nice And useful Just give me decent notice Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Many Thanks Stephen. I will. How long you think you are from Penicuik by car ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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