Strong workSpent a day today avoiding going hedge trimming.
18x38 MF rims with ripped out centres. These stand me at less than nothing.View attachment 721806
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NH bolt in centres almost fit in holes for wheel weights. @phil t
8 holes in inserts. 6 holes for MF wheel weights so only 2 bolts (almost) line up.
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Measured with a proper tape measure and then mag drilled other 6 holes through. Fitted bolts, then removed first 2 and drilled them through at 20mm.
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Fitted 600 65 38 tyres from @Flat 10
I hope to stick these on drill tractor but how my back feels tonight after this afternoon, I'll need a hand.
Once I've checked they fit and are central then it will be valves out and weld the back side of the inserts.
Possibly a rub down and paint in white if I feel posh.
Not Quite Farm Engineering or a Quick Bodge.
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Larel
Member
How did you manage to rip out the centres?Spent a day today avoiding going hedge trimming.
18x38 MF rims with ripped out centres. These stand me at less than nothing.View attachment 721806
View attachment 721808
NH bolt in centres almost fit in holes for wheel weights. @phil t
8 holes in inserts. 6 holes for MF wheel weights so only 2 bolts (almost) line up.
View attachment 721810
Measured with a proper tape measure and then mag drilled other 6 holes through. Fitted bolts, then removed first 2 and drilled them through at 20mm.
View attachment 721812
Fitted 600 65 38 tyres from @Flat 10
I hope to stick these on drill tractor but how my back feels tonight after this afternoon, I'll need a hand.
Once I've checked they fit and are central then it will be valves out and weld the back side of the inserts.
Possibly a rub down and paint in white if I feel posh.
- Location
- Near Colchester
I am amazed how you managed to get a magdrill to stick on the wavey surface of a wheel centre.
Good job though.
Good job though.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
It seems it was a fault on mf centres of a certain age.
The bolt in centres are flat.
- Location
- Near Colchester
Oh, of course, you put the drill on them and drilled through.
- Location
- Suffolk
Todays entry is an adaptor for the airline.
Suddenly realised my car was 5 weeks overdue for an MOT and got one booked for 1pm. I noticed one of the fronts looked a bit flat. This was 12.15. Then the compressor wouldn't go, checked the obvious trip, fuse board etc and no luck. I know I thinks, we have a small compressor round the house for tyres etc, I'll use that. Cant find the tyre inflator for it now and being a cheapo one it has different fittings to the workshop stuff. I found the blow gun for it and thought I'd unscrew the male fitting from that and put into the workshop tyre inflator-simple!.
Take it out and they were different threads, 1/4 bsp and M10 x 1 as it turns out. So I finds me a short bit of threaded 1/4" pipe in the oddments box and drilled and tapped it to M10 x 1 (I hoard taps and dies) and made an adaptor. So I thought I'd screw that straight into the tyre inflator port but then remembered that that thread was bit ropey (fathers, aluminium housing, determination and inevitable crossed threads) and was held in with masses of PTFE and didn't fancy taking it out.
I know, I'll put a female air coupling on my new adaptor as an adaptor between cheapo compressor and the already bodged tyre inflator and could then only find female couplings with a male thread. So I used a 1/4" tee with two female couplers in, one to use and one as bung on the extra outlet as my oddments box of fittings let me down when I searched it 5 times thinking a straight female/female 1/4" would magically appear.
Checked front tyre and pressure was fine.
Got to MOT bang on time even though I had to turn round once because of a closed road and it passed fine--------just needed two new front tyres fitting.
Gave up and went home.
Went back to the garage because I'd left my phone in the waiting area.
Went home again.
Suddenly realised my car was 5 weeks overdue for an MOT and got one booked for 1pm. I noticed one of the fronts looked a bit flat. This was 12.15. Then the compressor wouldn't go, checked the obvious trip, fuse board etc and no luck. I know I thinks, we have a small compressor round the house for tyres etc, I'll use that. Cant find the tyre inflator for it now and being a cheapo one it has different fittings to the workshop stuff. I found the blow gun for it and thought I'd unscrew the male fitting from that and put into the workshop tyre inflator-simple!.
Take it out and they were different threads, 1/4 bsp and M10 x 1 as it turns out. So I finds me a short bit of threaded 1/4" pipe in the oddments box and drilled and tapped it to M10 x 1 (I hoard taps and dies) and made an adaptor. So I thought I'd screw that straight into the tyre inflator port but then remembered that that thread was bit ropey (fathers, aluminium housing, determination and inevitable crossed threads) and was held in with masses of PTFE and didn't fancy taking it out.
I know, I'll put a female air coupling on my new adaptor as an adaptor between cheapo compressor and the already bodged tyre inflator and could then only find female couplings with a male thread. So I used a 1/4" tee with two female couplers in, one to use and one as bung on the extra outlet as my oddments box of fittings let me down when I searched it 5 times thinking a straight female/female 1/4" would magically appear.
Checked front tyre and pressure was fine.
Got to MOT bang on time even though I had to turn round once because of a closed road and it passed fine--------just needed two new front tyres fitting.
Gave up and went home.
Went back to the garage because I'd left my phone in the waiting area.
Went home again.
Dave W
Member
- Location
- chesterfield
I think I could work for you. That sounds like one of my normal days
- Location
- Suffolk
Have you mastered the art of being busy all day and achieving f@@k all?
If yes, when can you start?
If no, when can you start and are you wiling to learn?
Dave W
Member
- Location
- chesterfield
Mastered it?? Feel like I invented it. I can spend hours looking for the thing I just put down
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
When does it stop being premature senility?
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Is that the royal we?
My Mrs finds it hilarious at the amount of times I'm walking up and down the yard retracing my steps looking for something I've just had
fermerboy
Member
- Location
- Banffshire
That's me, can't get anything done for doing stuff!
Dave W
Member
- Location
- chesterfield
Needed a 4mm Allen key this afternoon to call at my mates on way home to rob some Bowden cables.
Spent an hour trawling the workshop cursing myself for not putting it away properly.
Eventually gave up and got in van to go home where I found said Allen key in cup holder. Where I'd put it this morning so I wouldn't forget to take it home ffs
Spent an hour trawling the workshop cursing myself for not putting it away properly.
Eventually gave up and got in van to go home where I found said Allen key in cup holder. Where I'd put it this morning so I wouldn't forget to take it home ffs
- Location
- Near Colchester
It gets worse as you become more mature.
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Try having your whole workshop temporarily moved out for rebuilding
NOTHING is where you think it should be
It's almost as bad as letting your wife tidy the workshop
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Try having your whole workshop temporarily moved out for rebuilding
NOTHING is where you think it should be
It's almost as bad as letting your wife tidy the workshop
So relieved I'm not the only one that has a wife like that!
She still hasn't found any of my 13mm spanners though!
Hookwood
Member
- Location
- Ruinerwold, The Netherlands
That sounds familiair to me.....
- Location
- Near Colchester
13mm spanners go and live on a planet out there somewhere near the one with all the biros and odd socks on it.