One of my other hobbies and some sad news.
I loved my '63! Body 5083 off the line. I could absolutely see the rust in the rocker panels. Oh well.We also had an '63 MGB with straight cut gears in first
Holes in the floor boards. Rusted rocker panels. The A Arms in the front end had slots rather than holes. I fixed the front end. Rebuilt the engine and transmission. Never did do the bodywork. White convertible top instead of black. Probably put another 50K miles on it before we let it rust away in the back yard. The body just wasn't repairable and now dangerous.I loved my '63! Body 5083 off the line. I could absolutely see the rust in the rocker panels. Oh well.
Remember how it had two 6V batteries behind the seats under the panel? And positive ground.The only major thing I did on mine was flip the ring gear on the starter/transmission interface. The teeth were stepped (to reduce weight, I assume), with the teeth cut away around half the thickness of the ring. Some clever previous mechanic had put it on backwards, so the pinion from the starter motor just *barely* engaged. Enough to start it, but also enough to wear away the teeth at top-dead-center. Until I fixed it you put it in 4th, gave it a good bump to rotate the shaft and then you could start.
More amusing is that fixing an electrical problem just before my wedding is what gained approval from my soon-to-be father-in-law. My turn signals were all wonky - double-speed flashing left, changing when I applied the brake, etc. Jimmy was poking all over the thing, and I was standing at the side with the wiring diagram, and I exclaimed "right side tail light ground!". Yep, pulled it, cleaned the crud, greased it back together and everything was fixed. He shook his head and called it magic.
Yeah. Totally annoying! All the assumptions we make now when we stick a voltmeter in there were borked.Remember how it had two 6V batteries behind the seats under the panel? And positive ground.
Nice, did you model that yourself?The little bubble level arrived from AliExpress this afternoon. It snapped right into place. Whew. Worried I'd maybe ordered the wrong part.
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Nope. Found it online. I thought I had bought a package of 5 levels but it was, as it turns out, only one.Nice, did you model that yourself?
The other day when I was mowing with the garden tractor and the new non-mulching blades the suction was enough to pull up and chop up the plastic sewer access cover.
What did you paint it with & do you have any prior experience how the PLA is holding up?Painted because PLA won't handle long term sunlight
It doesn't do well in the heat of sunlight and I may find that I will have to reprint this in some other material. What is needed is a much denser infill.What did you paint it with & do you have any prior experience how the PLA is holding up?
It doesn't do well in the heat of sunlight
I'm feeling a bit bugged out now. All that work to make the fence etc to keep the rabbits out and maybe the deer and what happens. Insects. The beans have been devastated and I only planted them outside yesterday.
No Idea. When the septic tank was removed this was the point where the connection was made to the house. This is a clean out T. Further down by the road there's another one right above the sewer line. It also had a cover like that which was stolen within a week. Now there's a large rock sitting at that spot.You have a pipe and cover inside a pipe and cover? Is that a requirement?