Fings wot broke

[woody paul]

E clip missing when chain got thrown off topping a conifer hedge today with only 5 yard to finish and no other saw, i now always take back up.

Had a look in tool box and found spring the right size so cut a ring out and then cut a washer out of a shin for landy amazing what you keep but came in handy. 

Finished job.. 

[billpierce]

E clip missing when chain got thrown off topping a conifer hedge today with only 5 yard to finish and no other saw, i now always take back up.
Had a look in tool box and found spring the right size so cut a ring out and then cut a washer out of a shin for landy amazing what you keep but came in handy. 
Finished job.. 

Must have satisfying to cobble that together

[aspenarb]

Clutch is slipping on the Ranger Bob

 

[htb]

Suprised they noticed the minor fault

[Conor Wright]

It's been a week of it. Last weekend
The oil light came on in the car, easy fix really, was just full of sludge. A few hours cleaning, new oil and filters and all is good.
It is a common issue with that model. Not too bad, I'll go to work Tuesday..

Then the digger finally decided to die, it had been unwell for some time now and in preparation for it's demise I had found a low hours second-hand engine. Better fit it, im always using the digger, ill go to work thursday..
The old engine had really destroyed the engine bay in oil and crap over it's last few weeks, making it a dirtier job than I had intended. Next time it's steam clean first. Lesson learned. Recon starter and alternator, 're cored the radiator, new thermostat and water pump and new oils and filters all round, it's like a new machine!

By now it's Friday evening, ill have to do something productive this week, put the processor on the mog and have an easy weekend on the controls.. sounds good!

Decided to have a look at the mog as it seemed to have a mild vibration in one wheel.. ( honest, it was barely noticible). No oil in the hub. No bearings either. Chewed up bits of metal everywhere.. just checked the far side and it's not far behind. Really looking forward to paying for that[emoji15]

Right. I'll go do an hour on the woodmizer for some therapy. First cut and the drive belt comes off, put it back on, tension it and seconds later and it tears itself into flitters and ceases to be a belt.

Third week of the year and already a fortnight behind!

[dig-dug-dan]

Fair play taking on replacing that engine. That looks a ball ache, even without oil everywhere!

[LeeGray]

1 hour ago, Conor Wright said:

It's been a week of it. Last weekend
The oil light came on in the car, easy fix really, was just full of sludge. A few hours cleaning, new oil and filters and all is good.
It is a common issue with that model. Not too bad, I'll go to work Tuesday..

Then the digger finally decided to die, it had been unwell for some time now and in preparation for it's demise I had found a low hours second-hand engine. Better fit it, im always using the digger, ill go to work thursday..
The old engine had really destroyed the engine bay in oil and crap over it's last few weeks, making it a dirtier job than I had intended. Next time it's steam clean first. Lesson learned. Recon starter and alternator, 're cored the radiator, new thermostat and water pump and new oils and filters all round, it's like a new machine!

By now it's Friday evening, ill have to do something productive this week, put the processor on the mog and have an easy weekend on the controls.. sounds good!

Decided to have a look at the mog as it seemed to have a mild vibration in one wheel.. ( honest, it was barely noticible). No oil in the hub. No bearings either. Chewed up bits of metal everywhere.. just checked the far side and it's not far behind. Really looking forward to paying for that

Right. I'll go do an hour on the woodmizer for some therapy. First cut and the drive belt comes off, put it back on, tension it and seconds later and it tears itself into flitters and ceases to be a belt.

Third week of the year and already a fortnight behind!

That’s a hell of a week Conor! It’s shite when it all comes at once. 

 

Handy having a pit pit for working on the mog I bet, wouldn’t fancy getting that on a two post lift.

[Conor Wright]

2 hours ago, dig-dug-dan said:

Fair play taking on replacing that engine. That looks a ball ache, even without oil everywhere!

Thanks! I'm far from a mechanic but it had to be done. The closer it came to completion the trickier things became. Very fiddly! Hardest bit was refitting the radiator with the engine already back in place, simply because I had to wait for the radiator and was being impatient. Hopefully she's good for another 8000hours!

[Conor Wright]

1 hour ago, LeeGray said:

That’s a hell of a week Conor! It’s shite when it all comes at once. 

 

Handy having a pit pit for working on the mog I bet, wouldn’t fancy getting that on a two post lift.

The pits not mine! One is on the cards though, it belongs to a friend of mine who is a hgv fitter, has a pit at home, luckily he is a classic Merc enthusiast! The photos of the digger are in my shed, was going to put a pit in it but decided better to keep the woodwork and mechinicals separate, dust and whatnot

[william127]

That really is a week of it!

I was just looking through some of my photos and it feels like I've only been doing mechanicals for the last month!

In no particular order:

New bushes, anti roll bars, drive flanges, calipers, pads and discs on defender.

Front prop, power steering pipe, mot on discovery

200tdi engine and mk3 gearbox out of the hilux tipper, mk4 engine and gear box to go in!

Stump grinder, lots of tightening up and adjusting.

Various small tool repairs. 

Service digger.

Various repairs on mates defenders.

Obviously the list is nowhere near done! 

And I need to get the quad bike fired up tomorrow, for the first time in a year!!