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  1. colinthefox

    Why does my van overheat?

    It could be due to this fixing screw........ It's right over the instrument voltage regulator, which is mounted on the return panel behind. If the fascia fixing screw is a bit too long, it can go right into the voltage regulator casing like this....... .........and destroy the internal...
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    Head gasket types

    I'm after a bit of advice...... As you know, I don't generally do petrol at all, (apart from garden machinery :)) but I fitted a new head gasket to the Cub's 1725 iron head engine and it has the very slightest coolant leak from the front of the head, presumably due to less than perfect surface...
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    Stiff Handbrake Cable

    The Cub's handbrake cable was very stiff but otherwise OK, and wouldn't return under the spring tension. All that hardened grease over 50 years had taken its toll. Due to the lack of availability, I thought I'd try to sort it. I took it off (obviously) and put it in the bottom oven of the AGA...
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    Jennings

    At the West Somerset Rally this weekend, (hot and dry!) I parked alongside this ERF truck.......... That's a coachbuilt cab by Jennings of Sandbach. So I had a good look around, and a long chat with the owner. He wants to do some research on the Jennings Company, so I invited him to turn...
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    2700HP

    No, not a Commer. I've been volunteering at the local heritage railway, and we're restoring this............ It's got two 1350HP turbo diesel engines and will do 100MPH plus............ I've been welding the bodywork for best part of a year now. Well, after a Commer anything else is a...
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    Don't look up!

    Has anyone here seen "Don't Look Up!" on Netflix? Without spoiling the plot, it's a film about the powers-that-be trying to persuade the masses not to look up cos if they did they might notice that there's a big lump of rusty iron up there which will cause mayhem if it's not tackled straight...
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    Jack repair

    Servicing the brakes today I used the suicide jack to get the wheels off. Lifting was more difficult than it should have been. Stiff, and a half-a-turn backlash in the handle. So it was time to have a look at it. I drilled out the 5 rivets holding the top on the gearbox. Inside there is a worm...
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    Lockdown 3 project

    Linky Edited to repair broken link.
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    2nd Lockdown Project

    During the first lockdown I was lucky enough to have a major building project going on here, but that's finished. Seeing a second lockdown looming over the horizon, I felt another project was in order to avoid going stir crazy. First clue The eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that...
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    Armstrong lever shockers. New oil seals

    The Armstrong lever shock absorbers on my Karrier Bantam truck have been leaking tiny amounts of oil around the spindles for years. I have been moving building materials with it, and the leaks had got to the point where I felt I had to do something. The units were fine apart from the leak, with...
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    Staying Cool

    Took the van to South Wales at the weekend to meet up with the family. All went well except the fridge wouldn't work at all. Not good for beery evenings. Both the elements were OK but no cooling at all. A tip I picked up from "the dark side" is to take the fridge out and turn it upside down for...
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    Welding lessons

    The hinge for the back seat on my old Volvo 850 got detached from the inner wing, and the seat back is the seat belt anchorage, so a small repair was needed. Soooo......................... On removing the plastic wheel arch "protector", there was 22 years of damp muck behind it which had of...
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    Changing an air filter.

    If you've got 5 mins of your life you don't want back, watch this perfectly serious video of how to change the air filter on a BMW 118D. It will make you laugh. That's why I posted it in the commerdy section. The bit we're interested in is from 2mins 26 onwards. Link to video He didn't have the...
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    What's lurking under the garden?

    Found this under the back garden today.
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    Replacement master cylinder (and other nuisance springs)

    I'm sure many of us are aware what a PITA it is replacing a master cylinder, mainly due to the pedal return spring working against you all the time. So, I just done my clutch slave, and here's my top tip for the job................... Compress the spring in a vice, and secure with a couple...
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    Another oil drum project

    I needed a dust extract for my bandsaw. My old extract was one of those with a polythene bag and a bag filter on top. It used to fill the workshop with the finest dust that got through the filter. So I cadged an empty oil drum off the local garage, as the basis for a cyclone. Step aside Mr...
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    Diff oil seal. Can anyone shed light please...

    I want to change my diff oil seal on a standard back axle (as far as i know) because it is leaking. I can't think why I didn't change it when I had the axle out. I have here a 9102107 from Speedy Spares, which has a size marking embossed on it of 2.75 housing, 1.68 shaft, 0.50 thickness. I have...
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    Show us yer garage.

    Well, seeing as you asked............ Four years ago we bought a house with a semi-derelict barn. The roof was falling in and it had an earth floor. You can see the main roof timbers broken at the lower purlins. Going in the barn was proper scary, even without Eddy. The rest of the...
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    Meet Eddy..............

    ......................the Eagle. He hovers just inside my barn door to deter small birds from flying in. He's made out of thin scrap aluminium sheet, and rotates and flaps his wings (sort of) in the breeze. He doesn't look very real to me, but the little birdies do seem wary of him!;) So far...
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