quick fixes, bodges and creations

[Dave W]

Perkins 1000 series engine out of sanderson, 10000hrs on it working well but leaking oil from every were so new sump and timing case gaskets etc etc etc.

Thought i will just take rocker cover off and adjust the valves as bound to be well worn! and sure enough they were well worn at least 3 or 4 x times the gap they should be but then found the spring of the inlet valve on number 2 cylinder was broken!
And it was running fine like this! (2 springs per valve was the big outer spring that broke)

Bloodly lucky it didn't drop the valve and feck it all up!

Really didn't want to spend any more time than necessary on this old 10000 hrs engine cause it was border line on droping in a full refurbed unit if i went any deeper!
So quick scratch around to find some bar and bolt nuts and washers etc and mig them all together, bit of old rebar for the handle and bobs your uncle can now change all the valve springs and stem seals with out taking head off and creating more work on an already well run in engine!

Just got to make sure i don't drop a collit down the push rod holes! New springs etc coming tomorrow only a few quid something like £25 or so for 16 springs, 8 seals, and pack of 10 rubber olives for the rocker shaft (only needed 1 rubber)

Professional Bodgery

I'd be impressed had you not taken the engine out first.

 

[ACEngineering]

The next logical question, how do you know when No2 or No3 is at the top .................

With the injectors still in place and the rocker shaft on the ground?

Easy set number 1 or number 4 so valve are on the rock.
Pistons 2 and 3 have to be on top dead then. Then do same in reverse for rest.

 

[ACEngineering]

I'd be impressed had you not taken the engine out first.

I only found broken spring by accident. Was fitting new sump as it had a big hole in it plus another hole from a past repair by a main dealer using a pop rivot and some glue!

 

[Mursal]

Easy set number 1 or number 4 so valve are on the rock.
Pistons 2 and 3 have to be on top dead then. Then do same in reverse for rest.

1 and 4 are moving up and down together (companion cylinders). So when 4 is rocking the valves (piston at the top) No.1 is about to fire, so is also at the top. But how does that help with 2 and 3 ................

 

[Lincsman]

1 and 4 are moving up and down together (companion cylinders). So when 4 is rocking the valves (piston at the top) No.1 is about to fire, so is also at the top. But how does that help with 2 and 3 ................

You do those 2 cylinders and then turn the crank until the other 2 are at the top

 

[C.J]

2 and 3 will be opposite 1 and 4 , so just turn crank 180 degrees.

 

[ACEngineering]

1 and 4 are moving up and down together (companion cylinders). So when 4 is rocking the valves (piston at the top) No.1 is about to fire, so is also at the top. But how does that help with 2 and 3 ................

You can compress the valves by hand and feel it hit the pistons anyway the springs are that weak

 

[Mursal]

Good idea ...............
We put a spacer (heavy washer) under the spring/guide to tension the springs. Saves the piston having to drive the valve back up onto its seat ......
But you mightn't get away with that on the Perkins?

Have you come across any engines filling the combustion chamber with carbon? Leaves the piston hitting the inside of the head/valves? Have one at the minute and over a period of time it starts knocking, gradually gets worse, until the carbon is scraped off. Not burning excessive oil and starting on the button without heat?

 

[clbarclay]

A long fix would be to create a propper sticker that didn't just tell you to check wheel nuts and tyre pressures, but also the important information what they should be. So I think this classes as a quick bodge with a marker pen.

I wounder whether my father will switch the pressure guage to metric for checking the rear tyres

 

[itsalwaysme]

A long fix would be to create a propper sticker that didn't just tell you to check wheel nuts and tyre pressures, but also the important information what they should be. So I think this classes as a quick bodge with a marker pen.

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I wounder whether my father will switch the pressure guage to metric for checking the rear tyres

Hope he doesn't put 41 bar in

 

[Mursal]

Proper tidy handwriting ................

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Handle snapped on 1 of my clamps so knocked up a new metal 1

 

[clbarclay]

Hope he doesn't put 41 bar in

The only pump here that could achive that is a stirrup pump for the air rifle. I would like to see someone try getting 4.1 bar in a super sinlge with one of those, let alone 41 bar. A larger decimal point might help though.

 

[milkloss]

I only found broken spring by accident. Was fitting new sump as it had a big hole in it plus another hole from a past repair by a main dealer using a pop rivot and some glue!

Pop rivet and liquid metal. That's a proper bodge!

 

[Mursal]

4Bar1 like the professional write it, not that I know any ................

 

[clbarclay]

4Bar1 sounds like an instruction to stop every fifth person entering.

The last time I saw writing the pressures above the wheels done professionally was on an ex-navy series III, which they hadn't sullied with funny foreign units or even the imperial units, just two numbers. I will try the bar in the middle though on the remaing trailers.

 

[ACEngineering]

Good idea ...............
We put a spacer (heavy washer) under the spring/guide to tension the springs. Saves the piston having to drive the valve back up onto its seat ......
But you mightn't get away with that on the Perkins?

Have you come across any engines filling the combustion chamber with carbon? Leaves the piston hitting the inside of the head/valves? Have one at the minute and over a period of time it starts knocking, gradually gets worse, until the carbon is scraped off. Not burning excessive oil and starting on the button without heat?

No sounds like needs new injectors and pump.

 

[ACEngineering]

Pop rivet and liquid metal. That's a proper bodge!

Was some sort of yellow gold coloured liquid metal glue stuff. Rock hard and stuck to the steel really well much better than anything I have used before.
Was done by local dealer turneys many years ago.

 

[RWG Contracts]

Not very clear but made a make shift bearing puller to take bearing of end of west spreader rotor

 

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