The grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Not being able to sleep because you need the bog every 9 minutes is wearing thin.

 

 

What was that?  I couldn't hear you over all the flatulence...

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I’m a chronic insomniac and get by on 3 hours a night anyway. But I’m knackered now.

[drum]

[Richard]

Ball bearing? Wipe it off, delete the picture and pretend you didn't see it. What is the plug from?

[Guest Hooli]

I never have flu jabs either, they don't protect you from this years flu & they do kill you for a week.

[loserone]

Ah crap, that doesn't look good

[bub2006]

Forgive me if I'm mistaken but that looks eerily like a sump plug.......

[GrumpiusMaximus]

That is a sump plug. Oh dear. Big end gone?

[DodgeRover]

I can't immediately think where that ball could have come from without catastrophic failure being evident?

How long since you changed the oil?

[Richard]

It could be a gearbox drain plug or sump and gearbox if it's the Allegro's. I hope it's not the new Volvo.

[Tamworthbay]

The only ball like that I can think of is the oil pressure relief valve on some cars, but now that would find its way into the sump is another matter.

[bub2006]

Either way,a ball bearing attached to the magnet is a bit worrying!

[loserone]

It could be a gearbox drain plug or sump and gearbox if it's the Allegro's. I hope it's not the new Volvo.

I equally hope it's not the Volvo, though it may be that the Volvo is the most disposable of the fleet so it might be for the best if it is.

 

I thought the gearboxes were sealed for life and thus no drainage plug though.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

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Allegro 1100 is an A Series, and the only ball bearings are on the gearbox first and third motion shaft plus the diff bearings - and they are all much bigger than that. There are small ball bearings in the syncro hubs but they cannot escape. Weird. 

[drum]

Sorry, I've been busy or I would have clarified earlier.

 

It's the sump plug from my hymac digger.

It died on me last weekend so today I investigated.

I had put new oil in when I got it a couple of years ago. Be surprised if it's done 100 hours in that time.

 

It's always been a smokey, gutless thing so an engine rebuild was on the cards. Good starter though so the compression can't be too bad.

 

Anyway, last week it needed an awful lot of amps to get it started. Like tge starter motor was on the way out or a bad earth. I even had the Oldsmobile hooked up with its twin BFO batteries. 5 minutes after starting, it died while running. Didn't stall, just ground to a halt.

 

The oil level was high and thin, so today I drained it. Thought maybe diesel diluting it.

 

Then... balls

[bub2006]

My expert knowledge says it's kippered

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It's fucking fucked mate, big time.

[drum]

I tend to agree.

Given that it's a leyland 4/98 engine, anyone want to hazard a guess where these ball bearings have come from?

 

Big end bearings will be shells. Will the crank itself run in a roller bearing ?

 

I'm now thinking the slow winding wasn't the starter motor, but because the engine was eating itself.

[panhard65]

Unlikely to be engine bearings but could be injection pump if it is gear driven off the crank

[drum]

Could that allow diesel into the sump as well?

[Richard]

If it's been "making" oil I'd suggest it might be the bearing that the fuel pump shaft runs in. 

 

There used to be a huge collection of Leyland tractors near you, there might still be, their owner would be able to help with advice and/or parts I'm sure. They were at one of the farms where George F stored his lorries, he should be able to tell you who they belonged to or even give you some advice himself.

[panhard65]

Could that allow diesel into the sump as well?

I expect so I haven't played with plant engines in years but the pumps are pretty basic, the last one I played with was a Belarus tractor.

[Richard]

Could that allow diesel into the sump as well?

 

If the fuel pump is driven by the timing chain (I don't actually know, but I think it must be), then there is potential for it to leak fuel into the sump. It would also become very hard to turn if the bearing was collapsing.

 

What you need is a New JCB On Finance.

[drum]

If it's been "making" oil I'd suggest it might be the bearing that the fuel pump shaft runs in. 

 

There used to be a huge collection of Leyland tractors near you, there might still be, their owner would be able to help with advice and/or parts I'm sure. They were at one of the farms where George F stored his lorries, he should be able to tell you who they belonged to or even give you some advice himself.

Yep, that's Graham H. I've already sent him a text.

[drum]

Graham reckons steering pump idler gear is usually the culprit for bearings in sump.

That doesn't explain the engine stopping though, or the 'making oil'.

 

He has another engine.

 

I'll need to decide whether it's worth fixing or disassemble the whole thing with the gas axe and weigh it in. Might make a couple of log splitters out if it and flog them.

 

Annoyingly, I'm not quite finished needing it yet.

[Rod/b]

Motorway services

 

I only had about 90 miles of diesel in to get 100 miles home yesterday from Bristol. It was either battle with rush hour traffic to come off the M32 and use Sainsbury's, or stop on the motorway and pay a few* pence more.

 

Supermarket would have been 131.9

Gloucester services? 155.9

 

FUCK YOU. You literally have the best delivery network possible and a guaranteed audience. You could probably charge less than a supermarket in a city centre and make it work. How expensive can a delivery be when you're literally being passed by hundreds of tankers a day?

 

Sausage roll, £2.95. Bottle of Coke, £2. Snickers, £1.09

 

FUCK YOU AGAIN.

It’s almost as if they’re in business to make a profit or something

[beko1987]

Just been out for a lovely 100 mile trip for vacuum cleaner related shenanigans. That's not the grump.

 

Coming back through Winkfield, I saw signs for lapland. Though that could be quite cool, looked a bit small but might be a fun day out.

 

Got home, looked on the website... £100 a fucking person, including children!

 

Fuck. That

[clayts450]

Took the Cruiser out for it's weekly run out - it takes me to Sainsbury's, I reward it by giving it a good old hoon around some back lanes between Nuthall, Watnall and Hucknall, and then back to Bulwell - usually a couple of good straights where I can give it the beans. Today was superb, every road was clear of numpties, so 60* was achieved easily.

 

Upon coming to a stop in Bulwell noted smoke coming from under the bonnet. Popped open the bonnet - diesel squirting freely out of a split in one of the leak off pipes. Ah well, least it's an easy fix, but that's 2 out of 3 off the road now

[chaseracer]

 

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Olly Murrs.

 

We live in a society where there is a place for the likes of him and his aural wallpaper.

 

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