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AdeV:

--- Quote from: awemawson on December 11, 2019, 03:21:29 AM ---Anyone want 4 wheelbarrow loads of sawdust!

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...or to give it it's proper name: Spilt oil absorber...!

If I was more local to you than completely on the other end of the country, I'd take you up on that!

awemawson:
Probably too wet for that Ade.

At long last the plumbing bits for the diesel pump tail side have arrived, so I was able to fit them this morning and try the pump at last. Glad to say that it works splendidly, though I may fit a length of hard steel pipe to the end of the flexy hose, as the flexy tends to curl away from the bottom of the Jerry Can stopping it being fully emptied. I could go the whole hog and fit a foot valve and filter unit which would weigh it down, but I don't think that's justified unless I happen to have one kicking about (vague memory of one somewhere!)

mc:
Sawdust briquette press for your next project?

awemawson:
Too late Morray, it's on the compost heap with the piggy poo :clap:

awemawson:
At last progress with the exhaust system :thumbup:

My friend Johnny had kindly tigged up the flexy to my manifold adaptor a couple of weeks ago, but I've not been able to get on with it due to other commitments.

First off I assembled the various bits of plumbing and set it in place on a baulk of timber - it's not self supporting due to the flexy section. This allowed me to make some measurements and get a better idea of what was possible. Two 76 mm exhaust clamps are fitted round the inlet and outlet pipes, and their 8 mm threaded studs take 5 inch long hexagonal pillars tapped 8 mm female both ends. The lower ends of these pillars take anti-vibration mounts, also conveniently threaded 8 mm that fix on a 6 mm steel plate 760 mm long and 150 mm wide. This not only acts as a supporting member but will hopefully also act as a bit of a heat shield. The front part of this steel plate will be supported by a vertical 6 mm plate bolted to the shutter assembly, and the rear will be supported by a pair of 10 inch high hexagonal pillars fixed to the radiator cross bracing bar.

The block of wood that it was resting on got in the way so I had to find some way of supporting the silencer temporarily in mid air to allow me to assemble bits as I made them and hence measure up for the next bit as this is very bespoke!

Fortunately some time ago my friend Pete had given me some scrapped handrails that used 'Tube Clamps' which let me make up a temporary scaffold projecting a tube into the outlet of the silencer to stop it sagging.

I made up wooden mock ups of the supports to check sizes, and so far have made the 10" long threaded hexagonal pillars that support the rear, the Loctite on the male studs is setting as I type, but I wont cut and fix the front plate until they are in place, as things tend to move about a bit and sizes change!

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