Saving classic cars
Creative repairs, tips and tricks (& a few laughs along the way). I restore cars, and I will give you a unique insight into the workings of certain jobs, and what I discover.
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Saving classic cars
Want to know a secret?
Shhhhh.....
The car market (in the UK at least) is heading for complete control by the government.
Q. How?
A. Pushing an agenda of green energy and EVs.
Are you sure Indi? You sound like a fool!
A. EVs have tech on them that allows autonomous features and also limiting control features too. It also has the ability to report.
Add these up, and you have yourself a digital tax man.
No more real freedom.
Pay per mile
Locked into a payment plan for both car and tax......
Sky high insurance.
Make people forget how to drive manual cars.
Spearhead a generation of mechanical fitters Vs mechanics.
That's how
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I challenge anyone to remove the RH cylinder bank's valve cover without any special tooling. The vehicle is a Mercedes W124.036 (E500)
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This is what awaits me behind almost every wheel on the 190E!
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New video coming in 7 days!
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When 1 AMG vehicle isn't enough, find another that has the same engine!
ML55 AMG, and a CL55 AMG. Both 2002 registered and both black. What are the chances of that?
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So I got a new print bed for my 3d printer. The supplied one from ender was giving me many issues with non level bed surfaces. After a thorough investigation, the magnetic sheet was found to be deforming under temp. The surface was also adhering too much to PETG, causing damage when removing parts. I've updated this to a G10 layer. So far, it's super easy to remove parts! Another issue was the E steps for the extruder motor being off by more than a factor of 2! No wonder all my parts were experiencing under extrusion, leading me to modify the settings on each print.
The factory E steps were 93 steps / mm. I had to calculate (after measuring the actual extruded amount of filament) that the new figure should be 232.5!!!
Well, now the prints are turning out very different.
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So I promised an update if the 3d printed cylinder jaws were a success or not. I'm happy to say, they did the job they were designed for without breaking!
I used a 60% infill, using PLA+ by Sunlu.
I'm now making the same item out of PETG for testing, and if it's to my standards, it will become part of a cylinder reseal kit.
#3dprint
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I repaired a customer's window motor housing and replaced the regulator. I wish they would just listen and buy the parts I ask for in the first instance. Guesswork means I have to get creative with repairs. Yes, it costs them more.
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Our work for today: a Vauxhall Carlton 2.6 Diplomat!
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So we spent a few hours in the Nigerian Nail today. We managed to strip away some of the layers and get back to steel on the rear quarter. There were many layers! The front wings and bonnet seem to have been painted with an additional 4-5 layers over the original print. It was thick! Check out the debris from me chipping away at the bonnet alone!
#porsche #911 #project #classic #aircooled #classicresto
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