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Just saying.....Ferk if Rory gets hold of that eye ball pic![]()
Just saying.....Ferk if Rory gets hold of that eye ball pic![]()
Just you wait to see what Mog's bringing for you.
I love the idea but already have too many unfinished scrapyard ‘projects’ here!!!here you go Dan - dare to be different ...... used to be a few of them knocking about this area and the Portaro Pampas too
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might be a new 'collectable' ------ one day
could be next decade's Austin GypsyI love the idea but already have too many unfinished scrapyard ‘projects’ here!!!
I`ve got a couple of similar here, but files too large to upload.been meaning to chuck this in here for a while ..... I'm sure a lot will find this a useful addition to their reference files ... took a bit of finding![]()
had to drag my sorry arse into action these last couple of days .... exchange and completion looms on Vicki's new hutch shortly and time to start getting funds where I want them, instead of spread about in various places ...
into town Monday for some money juggling and a CHAPS to the solicitor dealing with Vicki's new house ...

Good to see you up and kicking againas said else where ..... been to Simon's brother's place today ..... try and sort a 'bit of a problem' with his little Deutz traccy .... top link mount (which I welded back together a few years back) had snapped two studs holding it on and was looking very nadgered .. 14mm stepped studs down to 12mm ... ridiculous size for what they were doing.
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Simon'd had a go at the one and'd failed to get the damned thing out, capped off by ending up off centreView attachment 52425
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so got him to strip all the extraneous bits an' bobs off it and loaded up a load of gear and headed over there this morning. Bucket full of #1MT, 14mm drills of varying lengths, some 18s and 19s, five new 14mm broaches and mount, couple of #3MT chucks, taps, wrenches etc. and plenty of Rocol........plus of course me Magtron and tranny.
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View attachment 52433 bloody broach mount didn't give me enough travel with the drill offset by 50mil on the plate so, had to cheat a bit and grab it in the 20m chuck I'd fortunately taken with me ..... once I'd gotten enough depth with that I could then swap to a 14mil drill, to give me a centre for a pilot hole, then back to the 14 mil drill to get the full depth .... a right p*ss about but got there in the end ......
then it was a case of very carefully repeat the process on the one Simon'd been 'at'
got there in the end with that too - eventually ...
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taking the holes in the bracket out to 18 was another saga in itself ..... the bracket's spring steel ..... one drilled out sweet as ...... t'other one was a right bas**rd ...
out of oxy so could get some selective heat into where I wanted to drill .. Plumber's little gas blow torch was like p*ssing in the wind ... must've sharpened the drill 30-40 time over the course of a couple of hours trying and eventually gave up ... coming to mine in the morning and I'll open the hole out either with some proper heat and a drill or simply wash it out with the torch ... got a 2mm deep guide to work to (which took a couple of hours to achieve)took longer peeing about with that one hole than all the rest of it combined ... 's one bloody hard piece of spring steel
the 'offending' item getting repaired with some 299s a while back .. can't quite see the holes in question in the last pic ........ repair has held well for the last 18 months, considering the top link hangs on that spring
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cheers LL ... could not have done it a fortnight ago, for sureGood to see you up and kicking again![]()
to be continued![]()
Weather good here todayso much for the forecast nice day ... got set up ready to sort the 19 mil hole for Simon, when he arrived and it pee-ed down and has been doing more of the same most of the day .. glorious start - 'til I wanted to do anything outside
had to lift the lump of UB out from where it was with lil' Jake ... could used to pick it up and put it where I wanted itnot anymore
View attachment 52450 must've gotten a rain drop on the lens... what you can't see is Simon stood holding the 4ft umbrella, keeping us and the drill dry
good old TC masonry drill ground to a scraper edge ... flew through the spring steel, with plenty of rain water cooling from the full tins sat around on the bench
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Simon was impressed ..... and overjoyed to have a second hole in a matter of minutes
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left here for his brother's place to go finish re-assembling the little Deutz ..... should put an even bigger grin on his brother Richard's face .... was like an 82 year old Cheshire cat yesterday, looking at the two new M16 bolts protruding from the back of his little traccy's arse end
Have known the pair of 'em since the late 70s and it's frightening just how fast the time goes by .. Si is starting to look old at 69, pushing 70 shortly ... and Richard has suddenly started to look his 82 years..... old bugger still skis two or three times a year though, fair play to him.
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I took the boy-child to the Isle of Man fishing today - weather’s been ace!Weather good here today
Nice. Boat from Liverpool?I took the boy-child to the Isle of Man fishing today - weather’s been ace!
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