Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Momentous day for my Mini Mayfair yesterday, it moved under its own power for the first time in in 25 years

[dollywobbler]

12 hours ago, richardmorris said:

How depressingly unadvanced.

Says the owner of a car that was in production until 1990, has kingpins, a feeble attempt at a heater and the crash protection of a wet paper bag. 😉

[dollywobbler]

10 hours ago, Talbot said:

I did briefly look at the front 4-bar-chain wiper and wonder if there was any chance of it working.  Then realised it's completely siezed.... so that'll be a "no" then.

First thing it could do with is some working brakes.  Piloting something that big and heavy that can do quite as much damage as it can with no working brakes to speak of is mildly worrying.

Yes, I have tried that wiper myself. Sad times.

My 11-year old stepson didn't have an issue with the lack of brakes. 😉

[Six-cylinder]

12 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I had a 1995 Citroën AX which had a 4-speed 'box.

You are right, I was still selling them in 1996 after Saxo launch.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, dollywobbler said:

Yes, I have tried that wiper myself. Sad times.

You have missed my birthday so I guess I need a go fund me page to get a wiper of my digger!

[Talbot]

3 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

My 11-year old stepson didn't have an issue with the lack of brakes. 😉

Could that be due to his lack of appreciation of the utter carnage that thing could do if it fails to stop when needed to?    circa 7 tonnes with two large spikes sticking out the front and zero braking scares the willies out of me, and I'm not one to normally get all "H&S" about anything.  Those forks would go straight through anyone or anything in it's way.  I drove it in 2nd/3rd gear at barely above idle (IE walking pace), with my hand on the lever ready to shove the forks into the ground as an impromptu anchor, just in case it all went wrong.

The lack of any directional accuracy due to the front wheel nuts being about 1/2" loose (and siezed in position) just adds to the hilarity* of driving it.

[worldofceri]

I think most adult tractor/digger operators have a lack of appreciation of the utter carnage they could cause if they fail to stop when needed.

See OMG epic construction fails on Teh Internet for details.

[dollywobbler]

To be fair, we were driving it very slowly around the main field. I have driven it through that tight section though, and it does focus the mind.

[Mrs6C]

Mostly the JCB sports a front bucket rather than forks; they were put on for the scrap Gamma loading episode, I think.

It certainly wouldn't hurt it to have working brakes. We have the right size die now to get the wheel studs cleaned up and a socket of the correct size for the wheelnuts, so the front hubs can get some TLC in due course.

[wuvvum]

Brakes are overrated.  The tractor doesn't really have any brakes either and nobody's crashed that yet.

[beko1987]

23 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Brakes are overrated.  The tractor doesn't really have any brakes either and nobody's crashed that yet.

If they let one of the tyres go flat it'll brake itself 🤔

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

Mostly the JCB sports a front bucket rather than forks; they were put on for the scrap Gamma loading episode, I think.

It certainly wouldn't hurt it to have working brakes. We have the right size die now to get the wheel studs cleaned up and a socket of the correct size for the wheelnuts, so the front hubs can get some TLC in due course.

Sounds like a job for next year, when your done using it to help with the barn build spend a fod weekend getting it up on sleepers then the next 3 fod weekends overhauling it. Then a 5th to lower it. 

We could all bring a jack, 33 2ton Jack's should lift it easily... 

[Mrs6C]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Brakes are overrated.  The tractor doesn't really have any brakes either and nobody's crashed that yet.

It has one fully working brake! What more do you need? 🙂

[Mrs6C]

4 hours ago, Talbot said:

I drove it in 2nd/3rd gear at barely above idle (IE walking pace), with my hand on the lever ready to shove the forks into the ground as an impromptu anchor, just in case it all went wrong.

It was an excellent bit of parking. No building blocks, Xantias, nuns nor kittens were even worried about the outcome.

[catsinthewelder]

With a bit of luck the hydraulics might be able to lift it up so we just need sleepers and brave shitters to place them.

I wonder if we can use the hydralic power to undo the wheel nuts by lifting it up and letting it down onto a breaker bar?

[High Jetter]

A very slow way of ploughing the field...

[Talbot]

9 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

nuns nor kittens were even worried

The scene from "A matter of loaf and death", Wallace and Gromit I mentioned.

[beko1987]

7 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

With a bit of luck the hydraulics might be able to lift it up so we just need sleepers and brave shitters to place them.

I wonder if we can use the hydralic power to undo the wheel nuts by lifting it up and letting it down onto a breaker bar?

I volunteer @hairnet

[wuvvum]

51 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I volunteer @hairnet

As a sleeper?

[beko1987]

7 hours ago, wuvvum said:

As a sleeper?

Well he always goes to bed early so I guess either... 

[Talbot]

16 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

I wonder if we can use the hydralic power to undo the wheel nuts by lifting it up and letting it down onto a breaker bar?

*snap*

Good news:  the wheel is off.

Bad news:  and so it shall remain until we either get replacement studs and nuts, or weld it back on.

I recon with a die nut to clean up the visible threads, then copious amounts of release fluid, some heat and a rattle gun to work the nuts back and forth, they'll come undone.  Will take a fair while though I recon.

[hairnet]

8 hours ago, wuvvum said:

As a sleeper?

 

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Well he always goes to bed early so I guess either... 

listening to daves  stories - surprise??? :P

[2cvspecial]

On 9/14/2020 at 6:57 PM, richardmorris said:

Autoshite Wurzels- I’ve got a brand new working dumper truck.

and i snapped the key  , pored cider in fuel tank

Edited November 29, 2020 by 2cvspecial
spelling mistake (pored ) - Poured

[Talbot]

7 hours ago, 2cvspecial said:

and i snapped the key  , pored cider in fuel tank

"cider".

😏

[wuvvum]

I wonder if the dumper would go faster with a tankful of Mrs6C's finest?

[LightBulbFun]

22 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I wonder if the dumper would go faster with a tankful of Mrs6C's finest?

if the dumper does not, then the Model 70's should do

it says right on the bonnet "2 Star Only" and im pretty sure most shitters rated @Mrs6C's finest at far more then 2 stars!

[2cvspecial]

10 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I wonder if the dumper would go faster with a tankful of Mrs6C's finest?

yes i hope so

[Six-cylinder]

The Milk float got a run out today, well 10 yards on the end of a rope to allow a water pipe to be trenched in. We are still looking for a set of affordable batteries for it.

The tyre on the JCB has held up.

I looked at the wiper motor on the JCB and did not recognise it, anybody know of any other applications?

I am sure there is somebody who would rush from Wales to fit it if I could find one!

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

We are still looking for a set of affordable batteries for it.

find another suitable 60V milk float motor, strap it to an XUD engine, install the lot in the bed of the float, connect the output of the now 60V Generator to the battery terminals in the float

and bam your very own diesel electric locomotive!

[dollywobbler]

Hybrid FTW.

[LightBulbFun]

was just thinking if you replace the XUD with a Commer knocker TS3 then bam MicroDeltic! 

(disappointed I did not think of that for my original  comment LOL)