What did you do to your Z this week?

[atomman]

I always assumed you worked in an engineering firm -- never assume!

I did my 'time' as Toolmaker and have worked in Engineering all my life , I was a Quality/methods engineer for Rolls Royce down in Goodwood then came back to Wales and worked for Connaught till there demise then ended up running a couple of engineering shops before I took the 'easy' life and went back into teaching the next generation on engineers. A lot less stressful than actually 'working' for a living

 

[jonbills]

thanks Peter, luckily I work in a University so we have some pretty kool prototype kit that I get to play with , I couldn't stretch to nearly a million pounds for one though, but in time they will come down in price like plastic 3d printers have,

Presumably you're chief advisor to the university for expensive tools they need to buy?

 

[atomman]

Presumably you're chief advisor to the university for expensive tools they need to buy?

Yes lol , I'm currently trying to persuade them they need a 5 Axis CNC miller

 

[jonbills]

Yes lol , I'm currently trying to persuade them they need a 5 Axis CNC miller

That's just basic isn't it? what kind of an education will the students get without one of them?

 

[datsfun]

Yes lol , I'm currently trying to persuade them they need a 5 Axis CNC miller

Which you will operate and the students can partake online

 

[TimFZ]

Well, got under the z this week and managed to get both the filler and drain plugs moving on the 5 speed box. Just waiting for oil to arrive now for new lubage and slick shifting.

Still can't move the rear axle filler plug, I may have to remove the support bar behind to get to it properly. Any tips on how to support it all whilst doing that?

 

[jonbills]

Well, got under the z this week and managed to get both the filler and drain plugs moving on the 5 speed box. Just waiting for oil to arrive now for new lubage and slick shifting.

Still can't move the rear axle filler plug, I may have to remove the support bar behind to get to it properly. Any tips on how to support it all whilst doing that?

axle stands under the front inner bush point (by the diff support) will be good enough.

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Well, got under the z this week and managed to get both the filler and drain plugs moving on the 5 speed box. Just waiting for oil to arrive now for new lubage and slick shifting.

Still can't move the rear axle filler plug, I may have to remove the support bar behind to get to it properly. Any tips on how to support it all whilst doing that?

I had to remove the support bar on a car but it was still tough to undo. Stilsons extended with a piece of tube did it.

 

[atomman]

Well, got under the z this week and managed to get both the filler and drain plugs moving on the 5 speed box. Just waiting for oil to arrive now for new lubage and slick shifting.

Still can't move the rear axle filler plug, I may have to remove the support bar behind to get to it properly. Any tips on how to support it all whilst doing that?

bit of heat usually works as the cover is ally and the plug steel so expand at different rates,

which oil you using in the gearbox ?
I used Red Line MT90 75w90 in my S14 box

 

[Rob Gaskin]

bit of heat usually works ....

Yep I used heat too. Nearly always does the trick.

I reckon the filler plug had never been 'moved' in 45 years!

 

[TimFZ]

Yep I used heat too. Nearly always does the trick.

I reckon the filler plug had never been 'moved' in 45 years!

Yes, seems about right. Not sure when oils were last changed in gb or ra so getting it done now as a precaution before I do any longer trips this year.

I in the UK, bit of a millers fan for classics so using Millers pistoneeze, gl4 in gearbox and gl5 in rear axle.

 

[Tony Mc]

Fuel tank taken off, not before time by the look of it. Off for the ReNu treatment.

 

[jonbills]

Fuel tank taken off, not before time by the look of it. Off for the ReNu treatment.

are you going to send it away somewhere or do it yourself Tony?

 

[Tony Mc]

are you going to send it away somewhere or do it yourself Tony?

Hi Jon, I had decided to send it off to Hartlepool Radiators for the ReNu, but now it is off I might do some research and have a go myself.

 

[andrew muir]

Heat and a breaker bar!!

 

[MaximG]

Right I’m going to ask a question that’s been burning away in my mind. With these tapered drain and fill plugs is there any reason why you couldn’t put a bit of PTFE tape on to stop is seizing?

 

[Turn & Burn]

Right I’m going to ask a question that’s been burning away in my mind. With these tapered drain and fill plugs is there any reason why you couldn’t put a bit of PTFE tape on to stop is seizing?

No reason that I can imagine, Liquid thread sealers like Loctite 577 are also good in these situations. You dont need to flog the plug back in again, but you need some curing time before you refill

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Right I’m going to ask a question that’s been burning away in my mind. With these tapered drain and fill plugs is there any reason why you couldn’t put a bit of PTFE tape on to stop is seizing?

I think that would be ok but in my experience once you've loosened them they are ok.

 

[MaximG]

Just wondered why no one had mentioned it before.

 

[240L31]

I took some new parts to the plater for a yellow zinc finish