Pickup restoration part three

[mogbob]

David
Helpful suggestions from the guys.Perfect re-positioning David.
Les.. the "ridge" indent in the clamp is designed to "sit " in the groove in the outer sheath coil, thereby preventing back and forth movement.
I wouldn't entertain put a set in the cable, unless the cable was old and the action sloppy.
Bob

[davidmiles]

Thanks Fellas, some helpful advice. Today was re-covering the workshop roof day, I'm getting fed up with positioning buckets and bowls under the drips, first up was a sweeping of the gathered debris and cutting back the evergreen that overhangs the workshop roof.[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

taking garden clippings to the tip has never been more convenient, with a tarp covering my precious painted floor of course, and luckily I pass Wicks on the way back. So carrying the long roll of roofing felt was easy too.[frame][/frame]

[mogbob]

David

Go on then David...show us a picture of you, in your lumberjack shirt !!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Bob

[davidmiles]

I got tar all over my Lumberjack shirt and ruined it, should have rolled up my sleeves, (but Bob how did you know?)
The workshop roof is dry as a bone, great news for my tools and bits like this kidney panel trim, that survived the april showers, but only just. Anyone advise what material I can use to re fab these?[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

I'll spend a few hours tommorow clearing out and tidying up my nice dry workshop, might even sand down the workbench, I'll make sure the sitting (or crawling) tennents are looked after, even if Boris here doesn't pay any rent.[frame][/frame]

[green123]

i used some mdf a nice thin off cut from the local would yard works a treat

[davidmiles]

Nice long trip out today to Dorset, on the way back popped into Arundel to check out a Indian curry house we're going to tonight to say fairwell to some colleagues, stopped at the gates of the castle.[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

looks good from any angle, and the castles' ok as well[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

Having completed her first 1000 miles, it's time for a oil change, the engine oil has been changed several times over the period but the gearbox and rear diff oil are unchanged since before the MOT. I'm leaving it to drip as I don't need the pickup for the next 24 hours. Is there something I could flush it through with?...[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

this shot, through the open filler hole of the gearbox, shows small fragments of either oil residue or swarf, hope its the former. Metal fragments could be far more wearing on the gearbox.[frame][/frame]

[Matt Tomkins]

Having completed her first 1000 miles, it's time for a oil change, the engine oil has been changed several times over the period but the gearbox and rear diff oil are unchanged since before the MOT. I'm leaving it to drip as I don't need the pickup for the next 24 hours. Is there something I could flush it through with?...[frame][/frame]

paraffin?

[drivewasher]

TBH I wouldn't flush gearbox or the diff with anything. When you add new oil to the level req any residue of the old oil will be so diluted it won't matter. I wouldn't worry about the tiny glistening bits in the old oil some gearboxes have a magnet in them or on the drain plug to keep them in 1 place.
Parrafin residue in any gearing like boxes and diffs will lessen the designed lubricating properties of the new oil, it's ok to use on stripped down gears etc as it can be rinced or blown off. You can't tell how much residue lurks inside the assembled casings

[davidmiles]

Thanks, thats a useful piece of information on the magnet in the drain plug, didn't know that, here's a close up of it, that swarf is about 10mm deep, had to dig it all out with a electrical screwdriver[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

with new,fresh oil in the gearbox and Differential driving home tonight through the dark,wet streets, the transmission worked smooth as silk. Plus I tightened up the fan belt a tad, that makes such a difference too.[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

Garage floor musings, oil spillage a plenty. and those exhaust marks on the left are a sign of my emissions levels. I may get her fine tuned by a specialist, she is running a bit hot,and could do with her oil and waterways cleaned out[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

my spare fuel pump, I may fit as the present one is clicking quite noisily[frame][/frame]

[Fingolfin]

I think they're supposed to click loudly. But Mog has got an aftermarket Facet brand pump, so I really can't be sure. Glad to see you're still at it!

[davidmiles]

Yes Fin, still at it, though on a slower rate of work, the pump was distractingly loud, so swapped them over and took off for a test drive, the replacement pump didn't get me far, just the fuel in the float chamber, the pump never pumped at all. so I walked home, retrived tools and original pump and swapped them over at the side of the road, after a long Morris Minor chat with a passing couple, she started right away, and whats more the clicking is less audible but steady.very pleased.[frame][/frame]

[LouiseM]

Sounds like it was just fuel vaporisation caused by the hot weather David, so no need to have changed the pump. See here for details: http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... porisation

Hope you didn't have too long a walk home, especially in this heat!