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[Philhod]

aresoles to you!! Gotcha

[Vanny]

I got big arseholes had up for £10 a shot, and frankly i can't tell the difference. Though i was spraying whole panels, or able to completely hide the joins.

[mat_the_cat]

I've seen Vanny's spraying on Jazz, and I'm impressed full stop, let alone from a can. IME the nozzle fitted to the arsehole makes a big difference to the finish I can get - I've never been able to achieve an orange peel free surface from a Carplan can.

[Way2go]

IME the nozzle fitted to the arsehole makes a big difference to the finish I can get

You would need a big nozzle to get the pebbledash effect after eating peanuts!

[Philhod]

Well I always use manufacturers paint to match best. Also, I know you all heard it before, but you really do need to shake the can for a full 3 mins or so to atomise the paint correctly.
It really does make a difference to the shade you get.

[Vanny]

but you really do need to shake the can for a full 3 mins or so to atomise the paint correctly.

Can't agree more there Phil, i've only ever done touch ups on farm vehicles and the like so never really shook them up much. The man in the shop was quite expressive in making sure it was well shook up. First go i didnt, second go i did, and the colour change was very noticeable.

But it is an arm knackering ball ache!

[Philhod]

But it is an arm knackering ball ache!

99 - 100, change hands!!

[mat_the_cat]

Funnily enough I'm quite OK with any repetitive arm exercise lasting up to about 3 minutes!

[Vanny]

Both arms or do you prefer a particular arm?

[mat_the_cat]

Right arm, unless I want to pretend it's someone else. Unfortunately I'm not well endowed enough to have to use both arms.

[docchevron132]

I am, one for thr microscope, one for the tweezers!

[Philhod]

I got rid of the microscope, too clumsy. Got a magnifying glass instead

[docchevron132]

I tend to use hubble these days...

[Way2go]

I tend to use hubble these days...

Are they those smoking things that the turkish "caffs" have where they suck on a snake like thing that comes out of them?

[docchevron132]

no mate, it's a big fuck off telescope in space!

[Philhod]

Back ot.

I'm sat here, full of beer, thinking what a good day I've had today.

This is a longish story, so bear with me.

Lasst Friday, Gregzee stuffed his Corsa into the back of another car. Pissed up woman staggers into road, just set off from lights, Guy slams on ....fender bender!!
Not much damage, bumper bonnet, headlights and air con rad.
He rings insurer, well send someone on Monday. Monday comes, phonecall, It's not worth sending an engineer we'll write it off. Bear in mind it's a low mileage late 02 model.

You will have to pay £650 excess £ 200 of which is in very small print. the offer for the car left him £750 still outstanding on his finance and he would have to keep paying the £2000 odd insurance they robbed him of to start with and he's no car.
They just get away with ripping kids off it's no wonder so many just don't bother.

Having a bit of experience in this area, I got on the phone and struck a better deal.
They repair the 3 rd party. We keep the car, it goes unrecorded and he keeps his no claims.
We repair the car and that's the end of it.

Been out today. Got a bonnet 2 headlamps (and nicked the lower slam panel) for £100.
Found an air con parts company on the net, new rad £71 delivered next day free. (Vauxhall wanted £261) so all parts got for under £200. +There's 3 cast brackets that hold the rad for £14

I had time left so I got under K39, stripped and fitted the new rubber bellows to the rear sus cylinder, replaced it and put the last bit of exhaust back on.

So like I said, sitting thinking, good days work when I just visualise the cylinder to sphere seal.......................... STILL ON THE FUCKING SHELF WHERE I LEFT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[docchevron132]

bad times, good recovery though!
At least the sphere seal is easy to pop in, it would be an utter ballache to say, rebuild a front strut, put it on the car and wonder why the neoprene seal was still in the packet...

[Philhod]

Got several T shirts at that

[docchevron132]

I've had some massive EPIC Phails in the past. Especially with buses.. The first Gardner LX engine I rebuilt went really well during build up, until I'd finished the whole thing and then found the pump delivery feed pipe on the floor..
as anyone who knows anything about Gardners will know, they have t come apart, and go back together in a set order, forget one thing, and it's an epic strip down again.. In this case, the injection pump, timing case, rear head (which of course means you HAVE to take the front head off first ) etc etc.. impressed I was not. Lovely bit of engineering though..

[Philhod]

sorry! My mate Gordon that died a couple of years ago, worked in the drawing office at Gardners.

When rebuilding the main cylinder, drain and gland on a steam hammer, again you have a sequence build. I've left off the little drain connector block inside the bottom(exhaust) end of the cylinder.
The strip down required the removal of the top and bottom hammer blocks to reveal the tube beneath the bottom block, that the piston and pin had to drop into to allow it's removal from the cylinder.

Note:-
The bottom block assembly weighed 5 tons and the piston and pin weigh 2 tons.
The gland has to be unpacked and re packed by hand, with waxed cotton rope and takes 2 hours for each op.

After the 3rd time it was missed (this time not by me, the apprentice) I removed the block and fitted it with 2 dowels and 6 set bolts to the outside. Thus making sure it didn't happen again.
The suggestions scheme gave me a fiver for my efforts, but better still I got points towards apprentice of the year '62, which I won, gaining a 2 week trip to France going round large manufacturing plants.