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Thwaites 2 Ton Two Cylinder Dumper Running On One Cylinder
seadog:
You realise that the more parts you paint, the more you'll need to paint. Bite the bullet and give it a full respray :thumbup:
Another interesting thread by the way.
awemawson:
... oddly enough it looks as though it's been that violent orange colour before, distinct shades of it were revealed as I sand blasted the stanchion :clap:
Seriously though I don't see the point of a complete re-spay. A quick blow over is '10 yards pretty', but close up looks terrible. To totally dismantle and do a 'proper job' is a major task that not only do I not have the time for, but frankly it's not worth it. It's next job is to move a pile of pig poo to the compost heap, followed by a load of saplings I'm grubbing out from a stream bank to plant up a hedge. Following those jobs it won't look very pretty even if it had been painted !
lordedmond:
Great resurrection job again Andrew
But please tell me where to buy the clock you use that can expand time to enable me to fit 50 hours of work into 24 :D
Mend this , look after the live stock , maintain the plant , maintain the cottages and house and keep the wife happy not for getting the viber's
Keep at it one day you may be able to put your feet up
If you need a chalange I would have sent you down my uncles Jersy bull ( killer , black head and black by nature ) we use to tie his ring to the front of the fordson major to get him out of the loose box , but if the cows were in the yard he would come though the door smashing the place up
Stuart
Stuart
awemawson:
It's not that relentless Stuart :clap:
However just as things seem to be going well, there's always a 'Gotcha' to come along and nibble your nether regions :bugeye:
Today the tracking data told me that ParcelForce were due to deliver the replacement centre link / pivot / bearing thingy, so I thought that the sensible thing to do would be to loosen the pair of 1" bolts that hold it on. A bit tight but my 3/4" socket set and a scaffold tube got them turning :thumbup: Then the HORRIBLE TRUTH dawned on me - the rear bolt has it's nut on the upper side, so the bolt has to come out DOWNWARDS. But the transfer gear box is in the way :bang: Whether this is by design or a mistake at original assembly I don't know - the front bolt (that is EASY to get at) is the other way up ! It does seem that there is room for the nut to be at the lower end.
Now the transfer box is held on by four bolts onto the chassis that are fairly hard to get at, and the three prop shaft flanges would need to be removed - not impossible, but definitely a pain in the rear.
Only alternative I can see at the moment is somehow to cut the head off the bolt in-situ, and install the new one the other way up, but cutting through a 1" bolt in a very cramped spot won't be easy.
I'd just cleaned my self up to type this when Adrian the ParcelForce man arrived with the new pivot bearings.
So any suggestions, or volunteers to drop the transfer box, are welcome - don't be shy
mattinker:
Andrew,
is the reason it's that way up so that you can get at the grease nipple? What ever, it has to come out, wouldn't it maybe wiggle pas the drive flange with the prop shaft off, or even with the output flange pulled?
I won't be over till the end of the month maybe a bit late to help!
Good luck! Regards, Matthew.
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