Ian

Once the engine starts to rev a bit they settle down and dance a bit less... It's still a better dancer than me Don't forget to video your engine starting Mark.. Oh, and don't forget to check for hidden debris I check the timing by comparing the debris flying out is in time with the woodpeckers head butting the trees.. You have to times the woodpeckers banging by at least 100 of course

Hi Paul, I'm no engine expert by any means, but pressing the guides in seems the sensible way to do it.. As you say i would give a constant pressure.. I don't know if you can shrink fit valve guides in, you know put them in the freezer for a few hours to let the cold shrink them.. It should make them drop in easier.. Just don't let your wife know your putting engine parts in the freezer

Evening chaps, a bit of a progress report.. The bit of time I had yesterday was spent trying to work out how to make the trim/strengthening strips.. Despite numerous attempts I couldn't get them right.. Eventually I realized that the insides of the hood do not go straight down (or up if the hoods the right way up), but curve, which makes them impossible for me to make out of one bit of steel which I had been hoping to!! Not sure what to do about that.. Maybe make an inner and out part, clamp them to the hood and weld them together... Any thoughts on this guys? This is all that remained of the hood mounting bracket! After a quick blast in the cabinet. Best break out some more steel, a little bit thicker this time.. The new MIG welder did well on this thicker stuff, I'm still struggling a bit with the thinner stuff though.. It will come in time The refurbed mounting bracket.. The outer edges need to be shaped to match the curves of the hood.. Can you spot something strange going on with the hood shape??? I don't know why I haven't spotted this before.. The left side is slightly taller then the right!! Not by much but it's there all the same! After a lot of looking, hammering, looking again, hammering some more, yet more looking, and more hammering I think I have it sorted now... What do you think Guy's, have I got it right now or do I need to hammer some more? Out of interest I thought I'd run a wire cup brush on a grinder to see how the surface rust came up.. I quite like it... If it were mine I'd be tempted to leave it as is and wipe some oil over it once in a while

Happy Birthday Tom, here's hoping you get all the WH bits you need :thumbs:

Thanks Paul. Hi Neil, Your right it won't take much to get it running nicely.. Next time I fire it up it will be fully wired (including key start ) and charging system.. Fixing the fuel leak from the tap will help a bit as well.. I might even bolt the engine down Ah yes, the clock.... Your have to ask Pete on that as it was nothing to do with me... I think Pete had a bit of a clock fetish that day.. Maybe I should warn he's wife

Ouch!! It's a bit like catching that hidden large lump of rock when snowplowing!! You only want to do it once as the feeling of being launched over the wheel isn't that nice

That looks a fun way of spending a few hours I have to ask... How many times did you get the rake caught behind trees?

No real news on these repairs I'm afraid.. Lot's of visitors over the past few days has stopped me from getting much done.. But I have spent a bit of time today finding lots of ways of not making the hood trim/strengthening strips correctly!! But I think I have it worked out now.. Photo's to come when I take them..

Pete and I thought it would be fun to try and start the Kohler engine I bought that used to live under a saw bench.... You might say it was interesting

That's a rather nice paint finish, she's going to look great when your finished

A nice find Paul, your not hanging about if parts are arriving already!

Your right, the gearbox does look interesting

Thanks guy's.. A bit of a quite one yesterday, it was nice to have a day of doing nothing for a change.. Watched loads of episodes of Roadkill during the day on YouTube..... If you have never seen Roadkill it's well worth a look.. Just a couple of guy's farting about with cars and doing mad road trips.. A relaxed program with none of the normal "If he doesn't get that part on 100% right the car will explode" sort of stuff.. Oh and the evening was spent watching 24.. We are watching them all right from series 1 to 8, by then series 9 should be on tv

That's just fantastic, love the attention to detail... Just up your street Richard

No idea I'm afraid Mark... It looks like a substantial bit of kit... How wide is is? what's your plans for it?

Thanks Mark Thanks Norm... It was nice to get out and about for a change...

Thanks Neil, yep it's all going on video Thanks Kenny. Thanks mate. Thanks Norm... What's up with your old work mates, it's only metal after all! Nope, it's a bit too cold for me up north.. Better Wheel Horse shopping down south as well Thank you very much, loads more to come.. This is not part of the repairs but I thought I'd show you all anyway.. I thought I would have a bash as seeing how much double curvature I could create without having to cut and weld which is how I did the lower corners of the hood.. It gives me hope that should I ever have to remake top corners of a hood they shouldn't be too bad to shape

Your welcome Kenny. It may not be a professional job but it ain't bad

I've just rechecked the photo's in case it had been through my doors also The wonky decal says it has not!!

Another awesome dude

No pressure at all Neil Oh no... Not another one Morning Nigel, you just knew I was going to repair it my way.. We all have our own way of doing things Thanks Mark. Fresh steel is over rated.. All the base of the hood needed was a quick squirt with primer to make it as good as new Ok, maybe not. But the primer did give me a surface I could see pencil marks on.. Very handy as I was about to mark this corner out for cutting. Gulp 1.. The patch is very close to the shape it needs to be. Gulp 2.. The rest comes off after welding on the first patch. Two corners on.. Nope the masking tape isn't a bodge, it's a good way of making templates.. Ta-daa The lip this end of the bottom grill holes needs a little tweak, but I'm reasonably happy with how it's going.

Thanks Mark, though I'm not sure about being a fast worker even when fit... To be honest it's only playing with Wh's that's keeping me going at the mo... In so much pain, but welding etc takes the mind off it.. At the back out of reach That's my most used odds n sods of metal... It could do with going somewhere else but I've just not got the space! Thanks Neil, I like the challenge I'm guessing Kenny is going for the restored look... Please step in and tell us Kenny.. I got a bit more done today.. The long patch on the side of the hood is fully welded on and ground back... The final straightening of the edges can wait until all the welding is done and the hood has been through the E-tank... The welds showing on the insides will get a good tidying up as well. A lot of time has been spent working out how best to remake the lower part of the hood front.. In the end as is my style I just grabbed a bit of flat steel and went for it The corner patches are over sized at the mo and the shape is almost there.. I won't be able to do the final shaping until I've cut the rotten corners away.... Gulp!

Having finally got the GT's 3 point finished Monday, I wanted a relaxed but fun day Tuesday before I started on some serious rust repairs yesterday.. So Pete and I decided to go for a little drive on the GT to have a look for good places that would be a challenge for my 6x6 and Nigel's Noddy Holder.. The looking didn't last too long as it was such a nice restful place down in the valley, lot's of wild flowers, the sounds of birds chattering and a babbling stream.. I love it down there Sorry about the quality of these first four photo's, my video camera is much better at video than stills.. It's a shame that the orchids around here grow blurred! And then suddenly an idea I have had floating around for a long time popped into my head!! So back to base for a quick bit of lunch, and then back on the GT for another drive in the opposite direction this time armed with a good camera So welcome to the first 3 of my "Clocks out of context" series.. This ones called "A crack in time".. "Time for a hanging" The next two are simply called "Don't jump" 1 and 2 As an added bonus here's "Don't jump with colour" I love the colours on the bricks, lump of rock and the tree root. A beautiful spot with the sun shining on the stream. Have a couple of the bridge brickwork.. My area is well known for clay pits and brick making, so I guess there bricks are slowly returning back to nature.. I'm not sure Pete would of driven over the bridge had known of the big crack in it at the time And that was my relaxed fun day.... Fun eh

Though I'd add this... Nigel enjoying a drive on the GT..... After he churned my lawn up with the 6x6

Not yet Charlie. D: I guess everything may or may not have a price