gritineye

Marvelous! Well done indeed. :bow: It'll soon be time.....:drive:

The rules are simple, never borrow money on a depreciating asset, but as the loan is now paid off, these fine assets will now appreciate, you are now the sort of canny investor any upwardly mobile wife should be proud of......looking forward to the resto blog.

Cosrec may want a word with you, you're making it look too easy..

Chain saws have come on a bit since then haven't they? Interesting project, a Welbike is a very desirable thing..

By way of explaining my comment about the scotch cable angle, I have put together a little video I took last year. None of the three Explorers had the correct length cables, so we had a play to see what worked best, the ground was baked really hard so it was a good test. We all have working scotches now!

Depends on usage, one fitted to a crane can have the wedge loosened by hitting the ground, if it is not clipped it could work loose after a few hits. A dragline would should not suffer from this problem, depending on driver skills, :-D although a winch cable could suffer a few knocks.

Useful wedge socket info and a warning here: http://www.csao.org/uploadfiles/magazine/vol9no1/91wedge.htm

Very good, made me grin

I was told this same trick by a farmer, now sadly deceased, he was very fond of telling how he pulled three very stuck tractors and a trailer, all chained together, that had resisted all attempts at recovery all day. He pulled the lot out in one go with his Fordson Major, as each one came out sideways it joined in pulling and so on..

That'll do nicely Nick, thanks, the owner of this fine vehicle would like your CD but has no PC to view it.

Does anyone have a drawing, pictures or parts diagram of the twin tank piping arrangements for a 1940 Matador, with the governor on the chassis. Any help identifying a mixed heap of pipes would be appreciated...

As a Pioneer has no front brakes and you have removed the front scotches, surely damage resistance remains 4/6, also I'm thinking the angle of the cables to the crane would be too steep for the scotches to work effectively, or am I missing summat?

Thanks friend....

Very useful catalog here: http://www.dinexexhausts.com/data/attachments/38E77495-4219-4B71-96FD-BBF54C737F4B/EF9D256A-6BBD-4FA4-A92D-9D92F45F48C9.pdf

You most likely know this already, but the old way of bending tube by hand and keeping it round was to ram it full of dry sand, then cap/flatten the ends before bending..

Stollys are fun aren't they..thanks for the link.

Nice video Andy, notice as I alight from the cab, my muddy foot does a practice slip in preparation for the full stunt performance later on... Hang on!!! :shocked: Is Woody saying give the old man a round of applause at the end of that clip? :box: I suppose he could have been referring to my mate Forceful...

Well put croc...just keep posting cossyrec.

Prepared for almost anything Andy, even nasty old coal smoke!

Thanks Lee I'd seen it that's what worried me.... Sorry can't be done, birds so no dogs allowed, Gertie goes everywhere....except W+P :shake: So not too bad then, just got to mend the puncture in my NEW front tyre and fix the loose exhaust and see y'all there..

Been a bit worried about this myself m'lud, at Farming World we where put against the very busy road, not a peaceful weekend.. this new site is between M20 and A20, have not seen it myself but if it's that small I may not bother as it's a fair run from here..

Typhoon Going home from Eastbourne Airbourne no doubt, even noisier here... http://www.eastbourneairshow.com/thedms.aspx?dms=13&feature=7&venue=3401706&easi=true&f=raf

Interesting to know you also had a good result with the shaft repairer, did you use the same make? Could the the whine be caused by a previous rebuild with miss matched gears I wonder. Even if the UJs seem good, if the grease tightens them up for a while there must be some wear present however small, presumably you don't grease the sliding splines each time, if not that would prove Mike right and eliminate them as a problem. This just shows how the propshaft is at it's limit on an Explorer at sustained high speed.....I reckon they would last for ages at 20 mph though..

OK chaps I think I've got the hang of it now.....we should all be drivingly interconnected by a plurality of ballsh*t. by next week..:nut: A propeller shaft assembly includes a substantially cylindrical hollow propeller shaft, a stub shaft and a constant velocity joint having inner race and an outer race drivingly interconnected by a plurality of balls. The stub shaft has a first end fixed to the propeller shaft and a second end drivingly coupled to the inner race. The second end includes a portion positioned adjacent to the inner race that defines an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter defined by the interface between the inner race and the plurality of balls. The bending stiffness of a propeller shaft assembly is greatly influenced by the minimum diameter of the shaft and the length that the relatively small diameter extends from the loading points. Accordingly, the known forged stub shaft having a small diameter body may compromise the overall bending stiffness of the propeller shaft and, the longer the reduced body diameter extends, the lower the bending stiffness. It has been shown that the lower the bending stiffness, the more likely undesirable noise, vibration and harshness will be produced. Furthermore, existing propeller shaft assemblies may include a greater mass than necessary for transmitting rotary loads. Accordingly, it is desirable to reduce noise, vibration and harshness and reduce the weight of the propeller shaft assembly. Therefore, a need exists for an improved propeller shaft assembly having an increased bending stiffness and reduced mass. Read more: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090176587#ixzz0wWBOAuZO

I've heard a lot worse, you never know your luck, it may get quieter at higher speeds when warm...