[Home-made Tools and those you've adapted or modified. And also "tips and tricks".]

2 hours ago, Peter Truman said:

My son did an apprenticeship as a Aircraft Mechanic and obviously he had to get good quality tools usually purchased from the local mobile "Snap on Tools" truck, one of his purchases was this stubby screwdriver set with a ratchet style torque lever, Pic1. The lever doesn't have a ratchet mechanism but what looks like a needle roller bearing which obviously has a mechanism that lets the needles lock onto the screwdriver 1/4in shaft pic2, the tightening or undoing simply occurring by rotating the spanner over 180 degrees.

I've had this tool around 10 years and as a screwdriver only used it 3 times, but always thought that it could be modified or extended to use on small 1/4in drive sockets. Well yesterday having put the rebuilt Sprint HS6 carbs back on I couldn't get to or adjust the choke adjustment screw and my usual rotating wheel ratchet couldn't fit SO I got an old cheap 1/4in extension rod cut it down to 1in long then put it into by drill chuck and turned the shaft down from 0.32in to an accurate 0.25in shaft dia using an old bastard & finer files, then smoothed it off with emery and after some fine trimming it worked, Pic3. The advantage of this needle bearing non ratchet wrench is it doesn't rely on having to move at least one cog but you can just move the nut a fraction of a rotation less than 1 degree if necessary. It was easy to fit and hold onto the adjusting screw and 2 min all fixed.

I haven't seen a mechanism like this before it obviously relies on the shaft dia being very accurate at 1/4in, but it's a dream to use and locks well and gives good purchase.

these are really good, it's one of those tools in the series of "when you need it, you need it" but probably won't use for another 10 years.

[Home-made Tools and those you've adapted or modified. And also "tips and tricks".]

not triumph related but just general. we all have loose batteries laying around but they fit perfectly into these boxes.

 

[curved edge flap discs]

i don't know if i'm late to these or they are new but these things are brilliant, used edge on especially for knocking down welds without touching the metal around it.

paul

[Teflon Spring buttons]

On 18/07/2021 at 17:02, Alex Lowe said:

Ah nice one are they happy to ship to the UK?

yes they were, before brexit, no hassle.

 

paul

[Angle grinder buying advice]

i've always found the easiest to use are the ones that have the on/off switch on the bottom, i.e. where you're fingers naturally grip. i have a Silverline for heavy duty work and one that's branded Moss for general stuff.

[body mounting kit]

i ended up buying a TR6 body mount kit as it has more of everything included and you end up with alot of spares.

[Markyate Cell for sale]

the new triumph HQ, the rugs should be good for mopping up oil....

[ballast resistor or no ballast resistor, that is the question...]

thanks to everyone.

i'll probably go without the ballast resistor, i'm not worried about cold starting.

new wiring means new everything else as well so i can build the system from scratch.

 

cheers paul

[ballast resistor or no ballast resistor, that is the question...]

Hi all,

At some point i will be changing all the wiring on my 72 gt6.

This means that i can go WITH or WITHOUT the ballast resistor, i am leaning towards no resistor...

Any opinions?

[My VW Camper - An epic story of human misery & suffering....]

looks great, should be a great runner for someone.

[gearbox cover to tunnel gap filler?]

i'm sure i mentioned this somewhere before but i'm going to use D ring dzus fasteners on mine

[My VW Camper - An epic story of human misery & suffering....]

i read the first line of the 1st post and started smiling, i knew what was coming.....

it's the reason there are so many rotting heaps for sale.

fair play for trying to sort it out, i bet you want to keep it now 😉

[Petrol tank again !!!!]

maybe have a word with one of the car stripping companies like envirostrip to see if they will chemically strip the whole tank, then you can re coat the inside...

 

paul

[Wiring for Dummies (me) a bigger fuse box...]

Hi all,

If there's one thing i'm really not good at it's wiring, i can follow diagrams and trace faults but that's about it.

But i would like to separate out the GT6 wiring into different circuits or at least give each wire a fuse..

I have the old loom to practice on before i get a new one.

Is it just a case of separating the 11 wires going into the back of the old fusebox and giving each one a terminal ? which ones would be ground etc?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

paul

 

 

[Timkin GT6 bearings]

the last update and for future ref.

all the Timken wheel bearing sets for a ROTO gt6

 

paul

[Timkin GT6 bearings]

On 29/03/2021 at 12:00, Cookie said:

I posted about front Timpkin ones for GT6/Vitesse a few months back, Chris Witor was by far the cheapest for them, a quarter of the price of some of the other suppliers, GHB101D for the front inner, GHB102D for the front outer.

i put an order in for the front bearings, cheers

[Timkin GT6 bearings]

4 hours ago, Cookie said:

I posted about front Timpkin ones for GT6/Vitesse a few months back, Chris Witor was by far the cheapest for them, a quarter of the price of some of the other suppliers, GHB101D for the front inner, GHB102D for the front outer.

spot on cheers, it was probably you're post i was thinking about.

paul

[T.S.S.C. FORUM FURRY FRIENDS THREAD]

this is Kat, often follows me to the garage and sits outside while i make noise.

[Jo Field RIP]

sad news

[Timkin GT6 bearings]

Hi all,

someone put the timkin bearing numbers on here fairly recently but i can't find it now.

i'm looking for all the timkin bearings used on the gt6, front and rear.

 

cheers paul

[gt6 rear shocks]

26 minutes ago, clive said:

Indeed that is exactly what I have on my CV shafted(?!) spitfire. Works fine.

thanks clive, just checking before ordering parts.

[Dirty books]

13 minutes ago, Chris A said:

 

Ah, but how do you get them into Europe in the first place.

damn..... you found the one flaw in my plan.... i know we'll send them to you and you can keep them all !

[Dirty books]

5 hours ago, dougbgt6 said:

Are we still allowed Intereurope manuals? 

Doug

you can only use them in europe and you have to leave them at the port when returning......

[gt6 rear shocks]

A quick question, if there is such a thing.... Are the rear shocks on a spitfire that mount off the frame suitable for a GT6 that is having the rotoflex donuts removed?

[LED Lamps Illegal on Classic's]

16 hours ago, dougbgt6 said:

My niece's 107,  side lights and indicators stopped working. Garage said "Faulty passenger side indicator unit, £250 please". Brother took a look, replaced number plate bulb, all fixed. We never could figure out why.

Doug

same theory as christmas tree lights!