Car D.I.Y.

[gbb]

We had an oil drain vessel. It would elongate so you could get close and then when it was full, it required connection to an air hose and then through this facility, you could empty it into the waste oil storage tank...
Muggins, at his first attempt, followed the procedure to the letter but there was some sort of air lock towards the last say... gallon(?) and a black volcano erupted upwards all over the service bay. All over the ceiling and the resultant black 'rain' on me.
I was there a while cleaning up but to his credit, the foreman said 'happens to the best of us'.

In engineering teams, such an event would bring so much p1ss taking, oh, everyone would love that
I can see it now, all stood, arms folded, watching laughing...'you dont wanna do it like that'

 

[raleighnut]

We had an oil drain vessel. It would elongate so you could get close and then when it was full, it required connection to an air hose and then through this facility, you could empty it into the waste oil storage tank...
Muggins, at his first attempt, followed the procedure to the letter but there was some sort of air lock towards the last say... gallon(?) and a black volcano erupted upwards all over the service bay. All over the ceiling and the resultant black 'rain' on me.
I was there a while cleaning up but to his credit, the foreman said 'happens to the best of us'.

We had a similar system at the garage I worked at after I got sacked (for not 'babysitting' for the works manager) the job fell to Simon who was lazy.................The waste oil tank was above the tea room/kitchen/ loo and he'd failed to check how full it was so it overflowed, for the next 2 years it was dripping through the ceiling.

 

[Pinno718]

Galvafroid... my usual goto but so expensive. Any of you guys used POR-15, Buzzweld C102 or Isopon Zinc 102?
Cheers.

 

[Fastpedaller]

I did a bit of DIY today, but first, a little background story.....
My Wife's Ka+ had gone around to 117k miles in 10 years, so I decided to get the local garage to do a cam belt and water pump change. The belt had some visible cracks, so it was IMHO due the change. TBC I didn't know the cracks were there until after the replacement - it's not simple to just remove the cam belt cover to check it. My Daughter has the same model and age of car, although only done 77k, but as the replacement is a mileage/age whichever comes first, it also seemed prudent to get her car done as well. The original belt they removed looked like new, which was a bit of a surprise, being the same age. My Fiesta- based kit car hasn't had its cam belt replaced (17 years use, but low miles), so I thought it was worth a look, so here comes the DIY....... I removed the cam belt cover, for which the access was a bit tight, and having removed the spark plugs I turned the engine over with a spanner on the crank pulley bolt. It all looked good, no cracks or frays, so I put the cover back and may tackle it after the upcoming kit car show at Malvern. So from the 'small sample results' it would appear mileage is the major factor, and age decay may be minor. As an aside, the tensioner from Daughter's car seemed just like new and I did a very rough calculation which suggested it had done 400 million revolutions!

 

[Pinno718]

I did a bit of DIY today, but first, a little background story.....
My Wife's Ka+ had gone around to 117k miles in 10 years, so I decided to get the local garage to do a cam belt and water pump change. The belt had some visible cracks, so it was IMHO due the change. TBC I didn't know the cracks were there until after the replacement - it's not simple to just remove the cam belt cover to check it. My Daughter has the same model and age of car, although only done 77k, but as the replacement is a mileage/age whichever comes first, it also seemed prudent to get her car done as well. The original belt they removed looked like new, which was a bit of a surprise, being the same age. My Fiesta- based kit car hasn't had its cam belt replaced (17 years use, but low miles), so I thought it was worth a look, so here comes the DIY....... I removed the cam belt cover, for which the access was a bit tight, and having removed the spark plugs I turned the engine over with a spanner on the crank pulley bolt. It all looked good, no cracks or frays, so I put the cover back and may tackle it after the upcoming kit car show at Malvern. So from the 'small sample results' it would appear mileage is the major factor, and age decay may be minor. As an aside, the tensioner from Daughter's car seemed just like new and I did a very rough calculation which suggested it had done 400 million revolutions!

The belt 'rubber' just gets more brittle with age. My Porker is every 5 years or 45,000 miles.
What's the kit car? Pics please.

 

[Fastpedaller]

The belt 'rubber' just gets more brittle with age. My Porker is every 5 years or 45,000 miles.
What's the kit car? Pics please.

It's a Quantum saloon, and was the last one from the moulds.... I call it "last chance saloon"
here it is with the GRP folding caravan I made for it.