Unkel Kunkel
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Car went out today, well part of it did :
it’s longest it has travelled for a while
-nearly a full 3 yards.
But that was far enough to be spotted by a by a TSSC member !
Dave pb happened to be passing…Our paths had never crossed before so it was really great to meet another enthusiast and have a chat and exchange details.
Andrew
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That was Pete’s suggestion, not mine!
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There’s often a quite marked genetic element to migraine itself.
Some families will know nothing about about migraine but others will give a clear account of several generations of “migraineurs” and be familiar with every aspect of it.
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That is very interesting - has she always had what amounts to “hyperosmia” ?
Ocassionally people with this earn a very good living by having the rare ability to detect minute traces of smell - in the chemical industry -trace fragrances etc, and there has been some recent interest in how such folk can diagnose certain human conditions by “ smell” - some tumours and Parkinson's disease ( where, strangely an individual’s loss of sense of smell can be an early, almost diagnostic sign )
Sometimes this heightened sense of smell is associated with a tendency towards migraine.
I would think heavily fragranted laundry products and aerosol room sprays etc must be quite overpowering.
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On 05/08/2021 at 12:52, Jeffds1360 said:
I was just reversing off the drive to go for a run in the sun when my wife, returning from shopping, walked round the corner a hundred yards away. Naturally I stopped to speak with her
All she could say was "you can smell that car a mile away"
I interrogated her as to what she could smell..... all I got was ' exhaust fumes'. Not petrol, not oil not 'hot' just 'exhaust'.....
Is this an inherent thing with small triumphs or should I check my mixture again? (Plugs are chocolate brown, vacuum is 18, revs at 750, compression is 136+/- 2, oil is clean and I'm not loosing any)
Wimin!!!??? Sometimes a pain, sometimes useful
There are lots of possibilities, of course.
Before I would start dismantling too much( and with the greatest respect to your spouse) I would pause to consider if this could be “wife-speak”.
Accurate translation is never easy ,but it could be, “ I don’t think you should be going out in your car right now” or “I don’t like it “ “Why on earth did you buy that thing?”
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Teflon is better certainly than the original rubber but for wear resistance, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is probably the first choice according to American and Dutch websites and is probably better than Acetal ( Or Delrin as it is known in the States)
(As a complete aside, this mirrors orthopedic practice where Sir John Charnley’s first hip replacements using Teflon wore out after year or so but when he changed to UHMWPE they were very much more successful.This material, with slight changes, is still used for its wear resistance is various orthopaedic roles)
It is cheap, comes in bar, white and waxey- looking .Resistant to pretty much anything( apart from heat)
It is said to be “easily machinable” Not by me, - I had quite a little pile of failures along side the mini lathe, long stringy bits of white swarf, and all different thicknesses until I had a set that looked reasonable.
(The width of the spring with a 2 mm or so “bump” to fit the recess.
Haven’t tried them yet as body still off chassis.
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It’s an odd area, and I’m not really sure about it :
My Mk1V had never been previously dismantled and both sides were identical.No extra thick washer was present.
According to the the Practical Classics resto manual, it should:
Haynes manual confuses further with talk of “special “ washers - on both sides, (without saying what’s special about them) and I don’t think it is referring to a thick washer just on one side, otherwise it would say which side.
I bought a thick washer from Canleys, but using it made that side seem very tight indeed - contradicting note 12. above about being able “ revolve the lower mounting rubbers with the fingers “
- Puzzled, I left it out and just copied the original set up, rebuilding with new rubber mountings.
Perhaps if it does wears down on the nearside and starts clunking that is when it might prove useful to fit it?
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Variable speed is a feature that I value.
Certainly much of what angle grinders do best is done “full blast”, but there are lots of occasions when a more controlled, light approach is called for and being to select the most appropriate speed is useful.
Using a the various wire brush thingys, the job is more controllable and safer if you can select a speed for the job - and lessens the number and velocity of the little wire “arrows” that fly off.
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Thanks Ed and Colin -
There does not seem to be any definitive word on this except putting the alloy ones at the front seems consistent and alloy to the rear, but less so.
The body shell on mine has been fairly well braced whilst it acquired new floors, all sills and lower A posts and inner and outer rear wings, and the chassis has replacement front out-riggers,so realistically, the body will have altered a bit..
I think it will be alloy spacers to the front and probably alloy to the rear but I suspect it will be whatever fits best.
Just need to get some freed- up time to do it ..
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Thanks everyone, that’s very helpful.
The “A” and “D” are alloy, ie total of 4, Pete.
Hope it goes back as easily as it came off ( the only snag I recall was caused by me forgetting to undo the handbrake cable.The engine crane lifted the whole lot up before I realised what was going on - cable must be strong!)
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Getting close now to getting the Spitfire body back on the chassis.
It’s been a ( very ) long time since I removed it, but my brief notes suggest that an alloy spacers were on each front outriggers and 2 over the diff cross member like this: kitfrom ANG:
All the bits were in a bad state so I have bought the above kit.
But then I see other kits, like Paddocks only have 2 alloy spacers..
From reading various posts, I ‘m still very unclear if these were always fitted in the way the diag. suggests, or were they used more on a “custom built” basis to accommodate gaps on a “whatever fits best” basis with variation of spacers from one car to another.
I haven’t found any definite guide in any manual or book,
- so I’m seeking advice here, please!
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On 15/05/2021 at 11:50, Paul H said:
Currently on offer from Toolstation £20.99 . Draper WiFi Endoscope .
Simple to setup , download the app , switch on , open WiFi settings , choose “wifi check” . Open app and you are away . You can even take photos with it . I’m using an IPhone SE to view . Lots of pick up tools , side mirror , magnet , hook, all attach to the camera which is on a 3.5 metre flexi cable . Camera pic is acceptable .
For the money it’s ***** stars
Paul
I bought one.
It comes with a really microscopic instruction leaflet!
I had to photo copy and enlarge it - but then found a video on U -tube showing how to set it up which was really very good.
-so it was actually very easy set up, even for an “IT primitive” like me.
I was surprised by its capability (esp.for price)
Yes, it is quite impressive.
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On 11/05/2021 at 12:38, Badwolf said:
Tidy bench - Tidy mind
Cluttered bench - Cluttered mind
Empty bench - ?????????, Oh yes please.
I was always puzzled by such sayings - What is a “tidy mind” or a “cluttered mind “ ?
“Take some pride in your work, boy !”
“But doesn’t ‘pride come before a fall’, sir ?”
” Shut up”“Cleanliness is next to... ? “
” Goldilocks ?”
”Stupid boy!”
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6 hours ago, Paul H said:
Currently on offer from Toolstation £20.99 . Draper WiFi Endoscope .
Simple to setup , download the app , switch on , open WiFi settings , choose “wifi check” . Open app and you are away . You can even take photos with it . I’m using an IPhone SE to view . Lots of pick up tools , side mirror , magnet , hook, all attach to the camera which is on a 3.5 metre flexi cable . Camera pic is acceptable .
For the money it’s ***** stars
Paul
That Looks interesting, thanks
so I’ ve just bought one.
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5 minutes ago, mark powell said:
Nothing like a Fred Flintstone frame, unless it's a Fred Flintstone rotisserie..!
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Been out in the car?
It was nice and sunny yesterday.
Spitfire went out on a short journey... well part of it did..
About ten feet ... on the “Fred Flintstone frame”
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4 hours ago, JohnD said:
That, Colin, is why it takes ten years to train an obstetrician. That and persuading them that wearing a bowtie is trendy.
I went at it another way, estimated where the filling bung is, drilled a SMALL hole and peered through it, with bright torch underneath to see with. Adjusted the centre of the hole and redrilled with a hole saw. Now I know, the plug is in the middle of the hole!
Heard the story about the gynaecologist who re papered and decorated the entrance hall in his house ?
So what’s so impressive about that?
He did it through the letter box.-
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I went down the Triumph path rather than MG one for no other reason than I drove a friend’s Mk 2 GT6 one afternoon in mid 1974.
I was very impressed by the acceleration and the engines smoothness and it looked fantastic.
I was less impressed by the gearbox noise and when I opened the door to get out the loud “clack” from the door restrainer made me wince and apologise to him as I thought I must have broken something!
I suppose I might have as easily had a spin in an MG that afternoon, but I didn’t - and I ended up buying his GT6.
( which incidentally, he bought back from me three years later!)
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Certainly a strange one this..
gelatinous, yet homogenous - and surprisingly, rather clean- and not black.
I have suspicions this was contrived.
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Bfg, “Carrying it “ is clearly the important factor, here.
Over the years, I’ve acquired several jacks and a pair of hydraulic ramps which I would certainly avoid lugging around - so no point in mentioning those further.
For what you describe ,I would be turning to my little 2 ton Halfords trolley jack ( bought new in 1982! ) or my “new“ lighter, low profile, 2 ton trolley hack which has a ‘swivel action” connection to the pump which is handy in confined spaces ( Halfords again).These are really usefulthings for very light vehicles like Spitfires. Also a six ton bottle jack they can be very useful - a good quality one is fairly cheap.
Now whether these would give sufficient lift, in one “go” , to put a ramp under a wheel,I ‘m not sure.
I think I probably would have to do it “in stages”, using an axle stand(s)
Here are the jacks fully extended to give some idea.
In terms of weight, both can be carried one handed, the blue, older one is heavier.
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VW Eos 2.0 FSI :
Hadn’t used it for a few weeks....... Brakes fully stuck on!
Not just binding, car totally Immovable - with a hard, rigid brake pedal.
What to do?Can’t even move the b. thing an inch !
On - line forums full of dire stories of ABS Valves , pressure sensors, sticking servos, rusted internal parts of servos , electronic failures all sorts of things - all complicated and expensive.
But ..
Thank goodness for U tube !
Basically, the answer “slacken brake pedal pivot half a turn and lubricate”That sounded just far too easy and cheap.Things are never that simple !
- but decide , “Hey give it a go - it will cost nothing...”So, after a bit of a struggle getting to the bolt/ pivot ....half a turn, and “ let us spray..”with WD40...
A wonderful surprise it worked - instantly!
Apparently condensation/ damp ( these cars are certainly no stranger to that in the winter) rusts steel shims around brake pedal pivot and the bracket it fits in and it sticks ( i.e press down and stays down -very firmly )So pleasing to have a simple, quick solution to a problem.
( apparently this It can apply to others in the VW family too)
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6 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
Is that the same kind of oxygen tent thingy that Michael Jackson used to sleep in?
There are pictures of him in a hyperbaric chamber.
The pressure in these typically 1- 2 atmospheric pressure and higher than normal oxygen concentration
A “tent” is what it sounds like and not significantly pressured but increased oxygen concentration..- I don’t know if he had one of those.
Some athletes even use “altitude” training in a “tent “ by being in one of these for varying periods of time with reduced oxygen levels in the belief it will make their muscles utilise oxygen better and enhance their performance.
Don’t know if MJ slept in his chamber,but was quoted as saying it would make him live longer ( “a hundred and fifty tears”)
- well clearly that didn’t work out as he had hoped...
Taking various drugs and additionally getting a private doctor to give him propofol, an intravenous general anaesthetic without any monitoring, to help him get a good nights sleep, clearly had an adverse affect on his life expectancy.
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7 hours ago, PeteH said:
Interesting read:- https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg459.pdf
Also gives clues to the foregoing "hazards"
Pete
That’s comprehensive.
Amongst the “don’ts” it includes “ starting diesel engines “.
One can but only wonder what catastrophe prompted it’s inclusion.
About 20 years ago , Hyperbaric oxygen was seen by some as a panacea and life extender (not withstanding its legitimate roles in nitrogen narcosis ,carbon monoxide poisoning etc.)
There was a chap who rented a lock-up about half a mile from here.He installed his own DIY hyperbaric oxygen chamber /cylinder.
In an attempt to enhance his health and life,it all went disastrously wrong.
It wasn’t fully decided how it happened, but he died in a very ferocious conflagration unable to escape his hyperbaric cylinder..
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On 14/02/2021 at 12:40, JohnD said:
Thanks, Unkel! Gosh, that story got buried in the Covid furore - it would normally lead the front pages. And the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency rep knew of three incidents! So there is another!
The standard rack to hold such a transport cylinder upright is designed to hang on a bed. I've seen them in a sling, carried over the shoulder, more or less vertical, or a back pack, or attached to a wheel chair, but what are paramedics to do? Care for the patient impeded by the small but significant weight of the cylinder, or lay it down? AFAIK, there is no light sturdy stand for paramedics to support such a cylinder in an upright position in a patient's home.
Come on guys and gilrls! We're the innovative, amateur engineers! Can you design such a stand? It must be light. Plastic or even cardboard and even disposable, or in a light, folding metal form. A CD oxygen cylinder is 500m long, by 100mm in diameter and weighs 3.5kgs. Go to it!
John
I shouldn't have started this, John!
I am puzzled why there should be an issue about the cylinder being horizontal-and why “sparks” if not burning alloy or something?
I can understand where a gas is liquefied you could get a cold jet of liquefied gas or with a mixture of gases (like N2O and Oxygen as Entonox) it could “laminate “ at cool temp so you get more of one than t’other until turned warmed etc,
but this is oxygen, way above its critical temperature therefore is all gas -whether the valve is vertical, horizontal or upside down ?
Had car out and met TSSC member
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The “Flintstone Frame” - It just helps move it around.
It can be pushed fairly easily.Not tried it true “Fred” style from inside the car - legs too short.