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Hi,Thanks Sandy; I'm pleased you find it of interest.Yes there are always different ways to do a job; like you though I used the same method of lapping cylinder heads whilst restoring my old motorcycles over 40 years ago; a glass door from an oven is perfect it being dead flat but I struggle for time in the workshop and haven't used the glass door for years so rather than spend time searching for it the bandsaw cast iron table was pressed into service for this mower; I found the 150g abrasive paper to be quick and do a decent job. Yes making gaskets is easy enough; I bet you've made gaskets from brown paper too tapping around with a small spanner to create a perfectly fitting gasket; I've made many such paper gaskets for timing covers.I too was most surprised to find a 5mm x 0.75 tap to exactly match the carb adjusting screw thread but it does being a perfect fit.I bought some sheet copper with the intention of making a new head gasket but as I say I struggle to spend time in the workshop hence I bought a new head gasket which was cheap anyway. I'll be making carb manifold gaskets though and have suitable gasket material to hand seen above. There used to be a stall at Rufforth Auto Jumble selling all kinds of gasket materials but I've not seen it for a long time?I wonder if you Sandy and I are talking a strange language because few these days will understand what we're discussing because it doesn't involve a mobile phone welded to an ear or football etc? Hi,After a weeding session earlier this morning I popped into the workshop for an hour and did a bit more work on this mower.
The clutch drum was looking sorry for itself so I cheered it up then I cleaned the four spacing bars for the frame sides; just an excuse really to play on my lathe.Kind regards, Colin.The clutch drum needing some TLC so it's come to the right place.Chucked in my Union Graduate lathe and made good using coarse grit abrasive paper.One of the spacing bars being made ready for paint.The four spacing bars nicely cleaned; any excuse to play with my lathes. I also hand sanded the air cleaner housing. I'm hopelessly colour blind so I asked Bron to please help out; The colour chosen is BS381C 221 Brilliant Green. Hi,Thanks Sandy; yes oh so true what you say; if it hasn't got a button to press on it these days many haven't a clue what it's used for; those of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties usually started off repairing push bikes; yes repairing them because mummy & daddy couldn't afford to buy us a new bike; then onto motorbikes and in later years onto old bangers again having to repair them.
Kids are stressed out these days not having legs with feet on the end due to mummy taking them to the school door in the latest monster 4X4.Castrol R brings back memories; it's many years since I smelled some; possibly the last time in Mick Grant's workshop in Middlestown; I gave Mick a lift down from the bench with his racing bike then he opened the workshop doors and fired the bike up; I can still hear and smell it. Happy memories; Mick took my new BMW R75/5 for a spin round the village.I'm sure you'll know what Linklife is Sandy; it's no longer sold but it has a replacement;I still use Solvol Autosol; I used Solvol over 40 years ago for polishing aluminium and it's still available today and still just as good.I wanted to cut the grass this afternoon but as usual Blackie's keeping the dust down so I'll just have to force myself to wander into the workshop.Kind regards, Colin. Click to expand.I'm of the same era as yourself and Sandy,. As a female raised in a family of males I had no chance of being brought up on the more feminine side of life. My late father and younger brother were/are mechanical engineers, my older brother a plumber and all with various hobbies. As a teenager you would find me now and again with my head under the bonnet of a car alongside my dad, but I didn't have the knowledge to tinker. I understand what you are doing and am aware of the parts you speak of but not the finer details of precision you use.
I find your thread fascinating especially with the interaction between you and.I remember sitting at the dinner table with my family (all six of us) and a discussion about something mechanical or diy going on. That table had and needed a formica top (remember that?) and by the end of our meal was partially covered in pencil drawings that my dad had made to explain something. He'd then disappear, pencil behind his ear, back to what we called his boat shed leaving my mum to remove the drawings with washing up liquid. Well you all know how old I am, 80 come December. Colin I have to say how much I have enjoyed this thread. Returning to those days, no hot water, WC in the garden, tin bath in front of the fire.
To us at the time, this was the norm. So the kettle sprung a leak. Today it would be chucked away. Then, a BA nut & bolt plus two washers and the hole was covered.put kettle on mum. Back to your mower. The Suffolk series were great, except for the problem you identified. This was an aspect of life back then.
More often than not, you came by whatever as a hand-down. Pennies were in short supply so you had to have a go and get things working again.Thankfully in those days items were really made and could be repaired. Nowadays we live in a throwaway world.
You mention motorcycles. Yes had my ups and downs there, also cars. In the police and being a traffic cop, we had to learn a lot about motors etc. So much so, that legislation bought about the need for all trafpols (traffic police) to undergo a City & Guilds course in motor mechanics. In simple terms. You could drive out of a MOT test with a pass and a trafpol could check your vehicle over and fail it.Just before leaving the police, I was issued with a Triumph 6T unmarked motor cycle, the only outward signs were, the fire extinguisher and the legshield pouch for the truncheon.
The two guys at workshops who took care of my bike were great.It was when having left the JOB I became a Dep. Supt on the LCC/GLC parks dept. One day one of the tractors required attention. A council van pulls into the yard and this fitter jumps out. Hey bloody hell, Mike.
I always wondered what had happened to you. He'd changed employers for whatever reason.
He was a wizard at his game. The other fiiter mentioned had been a RAF aircraft mechanic. I'm confident they could get a snail to do at least 10MPH.Back to times past. I considered from an early age. Stock & Dies were a must, as so easilly could threads be stripped. I still have a can of touch in cellulose paint with brush wonder what it's worth.
It's a throwaway world. Too much plastic and non serviceable parts. Even with your car or bike. You need a diagnostic computer. Come the end of the day. Here's you bill Sir.Many thank Colin for posting.
Great thread. Hi,Many thanks Sheal for your interesting story; yes in our days girls climbed trees and built dens with the best of us lads; handbags & makeup what were these used for? Your post made me think a little, as well as bring back a memory or two.Back in the '60's, Triumph made three different 650's. They were designated (if memory serves) as 6T which was the Thunderbird. TR6 which was the Trophy, and T120 which was the Bonneville. For the Police, initially they had a version of the Thunderbird, then later, a version of the Trophy, designated TR6P.
It was this one that was referred to as the Saint. I have a vague recollection that one of the Police versions used just one of the same cams the Bonneville did.Regarding your 750 BMW. I also used to have the same model and year. Linking to the above, it wasan ex-Swedish Police version.
It soon got the lengthened swinging arm that was fitted to the later versions though. That was because on the German autobahns, it did a very passable impression of a squirrel. I have fond memories of that bike, because after the change, I rode from Den Haag to here in 11 hours. That included two 1 hour ferry crossings.
Hi,Many thanks Sandy for your reminiscences; Triumphs did indeed make a number of 650cc models and another one is the T110; a friend owned one of these and it developed an unusual fault whereby it's gears wouldn't change so I was called in. Upon removing the gearbox outer cover I quickly found that a burr had been created around the gearbox mainshaft acting just like a circlip preventing the gears from sliding on the shaft; I removed the burr using a fine engineers file and all was well once again; I hadn't a clue what had caused the burr. With your bike knowledge Sandy you'll remember Triumphs 'Slick shift' gear change allowing gears to be changed by only using the gear lever. I rode many Triumphs including the 750cc Trident but I never did own a Triumph.
My cousins husband owned a Thunderbird the one with the bathtub rear fairing; a nice bike and we did many miles on it.Without doubt Sandy the BMW's were the best bikes I ever owned and in the early seventies anyone owning one of these were king of the road because they were so expensive; you must have been as mad as me in your biking days; I used to do Wakefield/London/Wakefield in a morning; our police were just starting to buy these R75/5's. It's highly unlikely I'll ever ride another motorcycle; five mates killed and me a coffin bearer for one; it was bad enough in the early seventies but biking these days is just lethal especially now those in cars who aren't drunk are on drugs just waiting to cause an accident?Blackie's just put more rain down on me so I've come indoors feeling too tired to wander into the workshop; I decided the time had come to remove yet another hedge; this to one side of the steps leading up to the bungalow. I managed to cut half down and carry it half way up the rear garden to where I do the shredding before Blackie joined in. Hi,Thanks for asking CarolineL; It's McKlords Rust Converter;I bought 2L a few years ago thinking it to be a rust preventative paint but it's actually as thin as water and goes a long long way;Did you enjoy lathe work and metal bashing? I've been doing both for the last 55 years and never become bored of them?Kind regards, Colin.There should be a law against retirement; now I'm retired I seem to get less time to play with my toys; another hedge taken down to ground level with the stumps/roots still to dig up.Our hedges are very old so it's not a simple task to remove them; here are a few stumps more like trees than hedge.
It's finally stopped raining but I'm now wet with sweat as I enjoy a mug of tea; I'll be full on shredding shortly. I'm looking forward to getting my hands dirty again on this mower. Hi,This morning I was determined to do a bit more work on this mower so I kept out of the gardens.Having got some of the larger components ready for painting I decided to paint them before they got messed up again. I used a rattle can of primer then after dinner brushed on a coat of machinery enamel; the enamel is Arcforce; Agricoat; Gloss enamel Colour BS221.
I asked Bron to please choose the colour because I'm hopelessly colour blind and looking at the original colour and new colour to me it could be either green or brown? I feel as though I'm now making positive progress.Kind regards, Colin.Rattle can primer.Machinery enamel gloss top coat; one coat has covered very well; I bought 1L of this enamel and the tin is still almost full so I'll have plenty paint for future garden items.