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I was wondering about that.
Ribbed drive belts have an inceased surface contact and
are very durable.
Only thing they hate is a small gibber or bolt stuck under them.
I have a full new set of them under the rhf seat with some spare
radiator hoses.
Seen a few blown motors because a mechanic was too lazy to
hunt down a 10 mm cover bolt that suddenly went missing.
Sat under the timing belt. :skull: :skull:
Ribbed drive belts have an inceased surface contact and
are very durable.
Only thing they hate is a small gibber or bolt stuck under them.
I have a full new set of them under the rhf seat with some spare
radiator hoses.
Seen a few blown motors because a mechanic was too lazy to
hunt down a 10 mm cover bolt that suddenly went missing.
Sat under the timing belt. :skull: :skull:
Moneybox said:Tathradj said:Is there going to be enough wrap on the pinion pully. ?
That is a mighty long timing belt.
Love your craftmans ship Moneybox.
If you can't buy it, Build it yourself.
And generally works out better in the long run if you
use common parts.
Yes from a drive grip point of view the 6V belt is an overkill. I went to a big belt because it spans quite a distance and the big belt might not flap about too badly. It's 5385mm in length but it simplifies the drive to use a single belt for several shafts and I'm hoping it has a very long life.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
When I first started serious travelling back in the seventy's with my mother and brother we packed a few spares as advised. After the first perhaps 20-30,000km we came to realise that if you carried it you never needed it. Spare parts in a motor vehicle are a waste of space although I have been in a difficult situation where I ran out of spare wheels. That was when we were travelling across low shrub and sand dunes trying to get to the Zytdorp ship wreck from steep point in 1977. We stuffed the Subaru's tyre with any bit of vegetation we could fit in several times and made it back to Useless Loop.
We travelled several times around the country over the next few years, usually in the Subaru and the FJ55 Land Cruiser. On one occasion Merv lost the exhaust in a huge hole on the Great Northern Hwy between Kununurra and Halls Creek and I destroyed what was left of it when I crashed through the cloud of dust. Another time we snapped a tailshaft trying to climb to the top of a huge Gypsum pile on the island off Useless Loop. We split several CV boots on the Subaru over the years and knocked the sump guard off on a kangaroo.
Years later in 1982 I moved my new family here to WA and for the first six or eight years travelled back home to Brisbane for holidays. Unfortunately the trips have got less and less over the years but we've travelled those highways up, down, east and west dozens of times and the closest we've had to a breakdown was the loss of a windscreen in the HK Holden near Camooweal. We had to clean the grass hoppers off the inside of the rear glass when we got out to the Queensland coast.
Apart from tyres I've never broken a part that stopped a vehicle on the road so I don't carry any spares but I always have a handful of tools.
Short memory. We broke down in the T3500 ex-Needac aboriginal school bus on it's maiden voyage to Exmouth when the big-end bearings flogged out. I got bearings sent from Melbourne and changed them in a truckstop. The crankshaft was stuffed so we managed to get about 30km further before it failed again. We bought an old Falcon panel van for $1000 in Exmouth for the trip home and the bus returned on transport. After replacing the engine we travelled more than 100,000km in that bus without incident.
We travelled several times around the country over the next few years, usually in the Subaru and the FJ55 Land Cruiser. On one occasion Merv lost the exhaust in a huge hole on the Great Northern Hwy between Kununurra and Halls Creek and I destroyed what was left of it when I crashed through the cloud of dust. Another time we snapped a tailshaft trying to climb to the top of a huge Gypsum pile on the island off Useless Loop. We split several CV boots on the Subaru over the years and knocked the sump guard off on a kangaroo.
Years later in 1982 I moved my new family here to WA and for the first six or eight years travelled back home to Brisbane for holidays. Unfortunately the trips have got less and less over the years but we've travelled those highways up, down, east and west dozens of times and the closest we've had to a breakdown was the loss of a windscreen in the HK Holden near Camooweal. We had to clean the grass hoppers off the inside of the rear glass when we got out to the Queensland coast.
Apart from tyres I've never broken a part that stopped a vehicle on the road so I don't carry any spares but I always have a handful of tools.
Short memory. We broke down in the T3500 ex-Needac aboriginal school bus on it's maiden voyage to Exmouth when the big-end bearings flogged out. I got bearings sent from Melbourne and changed them in a truckstop. The crankshaft was stuffed so we managed to get about 30km further before it failed again. We bought an old Falcon panel van for $1000 in Exmouth for the trip home and the bus returned on transport. After replacing the engine we travelled more than 100,000km in that bus without incident.
Mate of mine that he and his brother in law spun a
bearing in a grey motor out in the middle of no where.
Got underneath and pulled the sump off to find it.
Used a piece of leather of his belt as a bearing.
Ran fine untill they got home.
I have used tape on hoses when they expectantly sprung a leak.
Quite a few fences missing bits of wire used for a Cobb and Co twitch.
Put a few holes in a radiator from an altercation with a wombat one night
on the way back from the Monaro camping once.
Girl friend was a bit disgruntled about being stuck out no where.
Squeezed the broken cores shut and drove home with the car smelling very
strongly of black pepper. LOL Also stunk like crazy of rotten eggs when I opened it
all up a few days later. Yep. 4 of them went in.
Did not loose a drop either. LOL
bearing in a grey motor out in the middle of no where.
Got underneath and pulled the sump off to find it.
Used a piece of leather of his belt as a bearing.
Ran fine untill they got home.
I have used tape on hoses when they expectantly sprung a leak.
Quite a few fences missing bits of wire used for a Cobb and Co twitch.
Put a few holes in a radiator from an altercation with a wombat one night
on the way back from the Monaro camping once.
Girl friend was a bit disgruntled about being stuck out no where.
Squeezed the broken cores shut and drove home with the car smelling very
strongly of black pepper. LOL Also stunk like crazy of rotten eggs when I opened it
all up a few days later. Yep. 4 of them went in.
Did not loose a drop either. LOL
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
Tathradj said:
Yes that's my point. You would never carry bearings or a radiator. Perhaps you'd have the hose but these times hoses don't break unless they are very old and the vehicle very poorly maintained. A few fixit tools and odds and ends will usually look after emergency repairs. Spare parts are unnecessary.
Not meaning to derail your thread,
Yes, I do carry a very comprhensive set of toools and my
vechiles are very well maintained to stop being,
" Stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a funny look on your face. "
And finally, There is some tie wire as well. LOL
Yes, I do carry a very comprhensive set of toools and my
vechiles are very well maintained to stop being,
" Stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a funny look on your face. "
And finally, There is some tie wire as well. LOL
Tathradj said:
Hope this doesn't disrupt your interesting thread MB. Following with great interest.
That brings back old memories, travelling back from Perth to Geraldton after Fitting & Turning tech training. We used the same on an old Austin. Travelled about 300k but unfortunately only 10K from home it let go and poked a hole in the block.
My uncle was on Kimberley Downs Station when a stock buyer poked a hole in the sump of his ute and lost all the oil. He was over a days walk away from the homestead. He managed to shoot a beast, used the skin to line the sump pan, melted fat and tipped it into the engine and drove to the homestead. **True story**
Another buyer lost his life when he got bogged in a sandy creek. A windmill was only a mile away. The authorities lowered the pressure on his tyres and drove the vehicle out.
Then there was the one where a bloke knocked a hole in his Honda 90's sump.
Grabbed a Goanna and boiled him down,
Shoved a bit of Mulga in the hole.
Filled it up again with the Goanna oil.
When he got home, The dogs barked at him and the bloody bike went up the nearest tree. :lol:
Bit worried we are derailing Moneybox's thread but a small intermission of humour, :lol:
Mean While, back in Moneybox,s workshop in WA,
Grabbed a Goanna and boiled him down,
Shoved a bit of Mulga in the hole.
Filled it up again with the Goanna oil.
When he got home, The dogs barked at him and the bloody bike went up the nearest tree. :lol:
Bit worried we are derailing Moneybox's thread but a small intermission of humour, :lol:
Mean While, back in Moneybox,s workshop in WA,
I'm seeing a whole new thread developing here: "Mulga Gum & #8 Wire"
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Snagged a rear brake line on my landrover over on the top of the range on frazer... just undone the line and inserted a tapered screw to seal that wheel section off... sort of as good as new (cept the rear 'left rose up if you needed to brake hard)
Can't wait to see your chunky ribbons of gold once you get everything sorted n up n running Moneybox. :Y:
Can't wait to see your chunky ribbons of gold once you get everything sorted n up n running Moneybox. :Y:
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
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Yes we did a similar thing on the old Shark Bay road. Took out a few feral sheep with the FJ55 and the rusty LH rear brake pipe split. We cut the end off a 22 bullet, slipped in into the end of the brake pipe union and locked it up. It stayed that way for the rest of it's life.
I can't wait to get this thing done. I've been on it almost continually for months but I can see some light at the end of the tunnel now. Yesterday I replaced one of the steering ram pins and bushes (spherical bearings) on the CAT and found my way into the AC evaporator. The evaporator needs the fins cleaned out but accessing it has not been easy.
I spent the morning trying to work out the mounting dimensions for the Honda. There are no clear instructions even in the manual so after careful marking out and rechecking I drilled four holes in the wrong spot. I'm sure Honda's dimensions are about 12mm out to one side on the 6:1 reduction version. I'm not happy :argh:
I finished last night mounting the 30mm bearing on the end of the wobble shaft then while lying in bed I realised the bin will go up about 20mm when the mounts are installed so now I'm out there with the little excavator trying to lift the bin to sit it on its rubber mounts then I'll fix the bearing mounting. In fact I'm changing from a 30mm pillow block bearing to a Falcon 30mm centre bearing because the rubber bearing mounting will absorb some of the shakes and rattles.
silver said:Snagged a rear brake line on my landrover over on the top of the range on frazer... just undone the line and inserted a tapered screw to seal that wheel section off... sort of as good as new (cept the rear 'left rose up if you needed to brake hard)
Can't wait to see your chunky ribbons of gold once you get everything sorted n up n running Moneybox. :Y:
Yes we did a similar thing on the old Shark Bay road. Took out a few feral sheep with the FJ55 and the rusty LH rear brake pipe split. We cut the end off a 22 bullet, slipped in into the end of the brake pipe union and locked it up. It stayed that way for the rest of it's life.
I can't wait to get this thing done. I've been on it almost continually for months but I can see some light at the end of the tunnel now. Yesterday I replaced one of the steering ram pins and bushes (spherical bearings) on the CAT and found my way into the AC evaporator. The evaporator needs the fins cleaned out but accessing it has not been easy.
I spent the morning trying to work out the mounting dimensions for the Honda. There are no clear instructions even in the manual so after careful marking out and rechecking I drilled four holes in the wrong spot. I'm sure Honda's dimensions are about 12mm out to one side on the 6:1 reduction version. I'm not happy :argh:
I finished last night mounting the 30mm bearing on the end of the wobble shaft then while lying in bed I realised the bin will go up about 20mm when the mounts are installed so now I'm out there with the little excavator trying to lift the bin to sit it on its rubber mounts then I'll fix the bearing mounting. In fact I'm changing from a 30mm pillow block bearing to a Falcon 30mm centre bearing because the rubber bearing mounting will absorb some of the shakes and rattles.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
We've had a bit of a messy week. Mrs M finished off her wind break on the front fence.
She been on at me for weeks to put these screens up along the chain wire fence but I managed to dodge it long enough
I've been busy doing a few repairs on the new/old loader. These steering ram pins looked due for replacement.
I started out as a mechanic's apprentice in 1969. You'd think by now I'd be used to grease but I still hate it. I really don't like getting my hands dirty but some jobs are just messy and I've never liked working on them.
I don't like rust either but I find it easier to tackle a bit of metal work than the greasy jobs. I had to rebuild the bottom of the cab entry door.
Meanwhile Mrs M has been struggling to find enough pieces to fit the sky in her latest puzzle.
At last she got there. It's been a while this time with so much sky it was difficult.
She been on at me for weeks to put these screens up along the chain wire fence but I managed to dodge it long enough
I've been busy doing a few repairs on the new/old loader. These steering ram pins looked due for replacement.
I started out as a mechanic's apprentice in 1969. You'd think by now I'd be used to grease but I still hate it. I really don't like getting my hands dirty but some jobs are just messy and I've never liked working on them.
I don't like rust either but I find it easier to tackle a bit of metal work than the greasy jobs. I had to rebuild the bottom of the cab entry door.
Meanwhile Mrs M has been struggling to find enough pieces to fit the sky in her latest puzzle.
At last she got there. It's been a while this time with so much sky it was difficult.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
My friend on the neighboring lease dropped 300g into my hand to give me a bit of encouragement.
I hate rework but last week when Mrs M started to paint I spotted a heap of cracked mig welds. The only cure was to grind the cracked welds out and run around with the stick welder. That really stuffs up a paint job but it's done now.
I went ahead and pulled the job apart and started giving it a lick of paint.
Of course I never purchased enough paint so it'll have to have another squirt after it's all back together.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
It's raining out there so I'm finding it a bit hard to get started this morning, off course you'd know that because I'm here sitting in front of the computer :8
Last time we were in Perth Mrs M helped me fold up these riffles. I've been avoiding the job but I really need to get started.
I'll start with the tubular frame and then space the riffles out down the tray. I made some with a lip on the top because I see no good reason for them to be all the same. If one type doesn't work then perhaps the gold will stop on the next one.
The decision then is "where do I place them"?
It seems like the ones with the extra lip on the top go down the bottom, but why?
Gary, my friend dryblowing next door says to place them at the top. If we expect to top few riffles to catch most of the gold then this makes sense to me.
Last time we were in Perth Mrs M helped me fold up these riffles. I've been avoiding the job but I really need to get started.
I'll start with the tubular frame and then space the riffles out down the tray. I made some with a lip on the top because I see no good reason for them to be all the same. If one type doesn't work then perhaps the gold will stop on the next one.
The decision then is "where do I place them"?
It seems like the ones with the extra lip on the top go down the bottom, but why?
Gary, my friend dryblowing next door says to place them at the top. If we expect to top few riffles to catch most of the gold then this makes sense to me.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
Anyway I'm too distracted to do well this morning. I just called the hospital to check on Mrs M.
She normally has very low blood pressure but yesterday I heard her hint for some chocolate. Me being the good attentive husband went out and got some. Within a few minutes of having the chocolate so complained of neck pain, upper back pain, pain down the right side of her face and chest, not good. Her blood pressure had spiked to an all time high too. We don't have a doctor in town and the nursing post is only manned from 8-5 so what do you do?
I called 112 because I thought that took you through to the nearest emergency help. It seems to be just the same as a 000 call. I took her blood pressure at 9:30pm and it too till about 9:45 to get some help. At that time I gave her an asprin, something she's not allowd to have with her other medication but you've just got to do the best you can. At 9:58 I got a call back to say that they couldn't put an ambulance crew together and asked if I could get her down to the nursing station. Then he asked for the number of the nursing station so that he could have a nurse meet us there.
We arrived there at about 10:15 and impatiently waited...and waited and eventually the ambulance rolled in at just after 10:45pm. Fortunately some of the pain had subsided. They loaded her up on a stretcher and took her in out of the rain and at that point I left them to sort her out for the trip 115km north to Meekatharra. I've not got any information yet but hopefully the doctor will see her soon.....
She normally has very low blood pressure but yesterday I heard her hint for some chocolate. Me being the good attentive husband
went out and got some. Within a few minutes of having the chocolate so complained of neck pain, upper back pain, pain down the right side of her face and chest, not good. Her blood pressure had spiked to an all time high too. We don't have a doctor in town and the nursing post is only manned from 8-5 so what do you do?
I called 112 because I thought that took you through to the nearest emergency help. It seems to be just the same as a 000 call. I took her blood pressure at 9:30pm and it too till about 9:45 to get some help. At that time I gave her an asprin, something she's not allowd to have with her other medication but you've just got to do the best you can. At 9:58 I got a call back to say that they couldn't put an ambulance crew together and asked if I could get her down to the nursing station. Then he asked for the number of the nursing station so that he could have a nurse meet us there.
We arrived there at about 10:15 and impatiently waited...and waited and eventually the ambulance rolled in at just after 10:45pm. Fortunately some of the pain had subsided. They loaded her up on a stretcher and took her in out of the rain and at that point I left them to sort her out for the trip 115km north to Meekatharra. I've not got any information yet but hopefully the doctor will see her soon.....
Gees mate that's not good . Hope the Doc can sort things out for Sandra and quickly.
Mackka
Mackka
All the best to Mrs M,Phil.
I hope the Hospital can sort things out for her...
I hope the Hospital can sort things out for her...
Please wish Sandra well Phil.
Carolyn and Jack. :flowers:
Carolyn and Jack.
:flowers:
