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Post by quaysider on Oct 14, 2019 21:21:36 GMT
I'm hugely impressed by your indomitable spirit, resourcefulness and ingenuity quaysider ... but not the crocs Rog It's a "ginger thing".... eh stabby?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 21:34:11 GMT
Could be worse...
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Post by peterboat on Oct 14, 2019 23:19:11 GMT
Could be worse... I have done that repair on exercise on a generator, it worked! and the two part resin repair kit on a broken injector pipe worked as well...............
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Post by patty on Oct 15, 2019 5:31:19 GMT
I'm hugely impressed by your indomitable spirit, resourcefulness and ingenuity quaysider ... but not the crocs Rog My son's crocs are in a similar condition cept they have bitumen all over the soles..as they r his indoor wear I now have black spotty bits to scrape off the floor..this is in addition to the patches of glue where he's brought van conversion tasks indoors cos of the weather... Still a house is only a home when it has that lived in look
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Post by patty on Oct 15, 2019 5:33:40 GMT
NOT directly connected to the op but as we've gone on to dishwashers and gin, I feel it ok to share... My Auxiliary (175amp) alternator packed in on Thursday halfway down the Bingley 3... at the bottom, I took it off, took photos and tried to source a replacement... First call, Ian at Pennine (except he wasn't in and the girl I spoke to sent me a photo of 2 - one of which was a starter motor lol NO matter... point was she tried...)_ NEXT stop, RCR - who then "passed" me over to "contracting" - (their sister company who deals with non-emergencies... They quoted 695 quid (to include 5 hours labour!!! HOWEVER, by the time the quote had come in, I'd already taken said alternator off (about half an hour and that included the search for the spanners) so 5 hours "labour" to put it back on seemed a bit of a con . I got the train to Keighley and took it to an auto electrician... who phoned me back today and said they can fix it for 190 quid... (the canaline price for a new one is 450... ergo, I get the train back tomorrow to pick it up and should hopefully have it back on by bedtime. Meanwhile, I've cobbled together a temporary charging regime from the starter alternator (which I disconncect when the engine stops) and bought a cheamp 700 watt genny from screw fix (which can run the combi charger at about 40amp... The belt squeals a bit on low revs but it's doing the job and means I can set the heating to come on for the guests in the mornings... I may make a better lead and introduce a permanent (but isolcatesd) connection that can work both ways in case either alternator goes again... or rather for WHEN either goes again. I am very impressed by your take it to bits to have a go attitude and I hope it all goes back together without finding that a bolt or washer is missing and that it all then works..
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Post by JohnV on Oct 15, 2019 7:03:16 GMT
The belt squeals a bit on low revs but it's doing the job and means I can set the heating to come on for the guests in the mornings... I may make a better lead and introduce a permanent (but isolcatesd) connection that can work both ways in case either alternator goes again... or rather for WHEN either goes again. Well done !!! welcome to the world of "Bodgit & Scarper" That's the way to deal with these electrickery thingumies. Find where the magic smoke escaped from, plug the hole, buy a new thingumy full of fresh magic smoke and stick it in place !!! Seriously though .... nicely thought round (and stuff their 5 hours to install an alternator) It is surprising what you can rig up that will work in an emergency. you just have to jump around quickly ..... which is hard, wearing crocs s
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Post by quaysider on Oct 15, 2019 17:51:09 GMT
Hmmf - well today (when said part was supposed to be "back" at the shop, I got the train from skipton to keighley only to find they'd put it in the van but hadn't labelled it - hence it was sent back to the specialist... and the next delivery isnt until Friday - by which time we'll be up at Barrowford (or maybe even down in Nelson)...
It'll have to wait 10 days now until I come back this way - thank heavens for the temp charging regime ... I may get an isolator switch and make a more permanent connection in readiness for when it happens again....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 18:10:29 GMT
Irritating in the extreme, but I'm glad you're something of a ginger genius and can overcome these difficulties.
But crocs !
Rog
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