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30th March 2011, 03:50 PM #46SENIOR MEMBER
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NOS tank, maybe an old soda bulb
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30th March 2011, 08:53 PM #47
Thanks Artme, Crowie & Brian,
Soda bulb is a great idea & could work well, will have to look and see if i've got any. Been playing around with steering for past week trying to get it to work, i've weld it, brassed it, silver soldiered it, steel epoxy it and it still broke so looks like it wont be steering. Tonight i made a braket and mounted to side of radiator and get the otherside made and mounted in the next day or so.
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31st March 2011, 08:17 AM #48SENIOR MEMBER
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If you know any cyclists the may use these, particularly road cyclists. Used as compressed air to pump tyres.
Attachment 165830
About 90mm x 20mm.
They are worth about $6 each. Your local bike shop might be able to scrounge a few empties.
For your steering maybe a link of old bicycle chain if you attach the outer link plates to the stub axle and drill a hole in the end of the axle, the pin from the chain will hold up to a lot of stress Hopefully this picture gives a bit of an idea of what i mean
Attachment 165831
You would probably need a chain breaker, Attachment 165832
Other parts that might be useful, brake cable for braided fuel lines, spokes for steering rods etc. Spokes also have threaded ends and matching nuts. Your local bike shop probably has a rubbish bin full of goodies
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1st April 2011, 10:25 PM #49
Thanks Brian ,
Theirs a few great ideas there , today i got the other bracket glued to the side of the radiator, then i was wondering what to use for radiator hoses when i remembered i had some 8mm hose giving to me years ago(as they say you'll use it one day)so i dug it out and it will worked a treat. I then found some 6.5mm dia rod that fitted the internal dia of the hose. Out of that 6.5 rod i bent up the top hose housing and mounted it to the motor. I also got the crankshaft and tension pulley epoxied in postion. There is a pic of the bracket im having trouble to mount i will most probally give it another go later after i get over it not working.
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1st April 2011, 10:41 PM #50
Hi Scot,
It's sure testing your patience but it should be a winner.
RegardsHugh
Enough is enough, more than enough is too much.
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1st April 2011, 11:20 PM #51
Wow!!!!
Just found this, great work Scotty. Can't beleive that you are doing it off the top of your head with the amount of detail that you are going into.
Excellent work, keep it up
Tony
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2nd April 2011, 08:55 AM #52
G'Day Scotty,
You are continuing to dazzle & amaze me with such detail.
Another well done.
Cheers, Crowie
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2nd April 2011, 11:12 PM #53
Thanks Tony & Crowie,
Today i drilled and mounted the top & bottom hose outlets to the radiator and drilled and tapped the chassis then screwed radiator to chassis. I still have to fabricate a water pump to mount the bottom hose too.
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6th April 2011, 09:53 AM #54
Scotty
Amazing work
I should have tuned in earlier, I'll take a seat and watch now
I see you get or got your steel from Bunnies - why not go to Edcon they are happy to sell odd lengths etcregards
Nick
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7th April 2011, 09:03 PM #55
Thanks for your comments Nick and thanks for the tip, i haven't heard of them before i looked them up and there's one at Revesby so not to far away. To update on rod i took to work and showed the guys the progress i've made since they seen the side body panels cut on water jet. I went to my paint supplies and picked up a new glue that spose to stick metal together so i brought some and i have tried to glue the steering arm together, i will let dry for a few days before trying to see if it worked or not.
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9th April 2011, 09:58 PM #56
Well i tried it and it failed again so now the steer will be fixed. Today i reglued them back on so i will still be mounting a steering arm but not turning. Next i started on the water pump forming it up and glueing in position. next i bent, drilled, tapped and mounted the rear uni joint to the tail shaft. Also i finished the mount on the gearbox bracket.
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9th April 2011, 10:13 PM #57
G'Day Scotty,
Sorry for your frustration.
Looks like you've used something like "ThreeBond 5504 - Metal Repair",
a two in one metal filler adhesive epoxy we used to use at a plant I used to work at.
We used it to repair a bearing that had spun in the housing, sometimes as a permanent fix.
Anyways, your "ROD" is still extremely impressive.
Cheers, Crowie
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9th April 2011, 10:42 PM #58
thanks crowie, ones JB Weld a two part epoxy from hobby shop and the others new on marked called q-bond which is basically super glue with a filler you add to it, One filler is for metal the other for plastic.
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10th April 2011, 10:38 AM #59Skwair2rownd
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Scotty, IIRC EUTECTIC makes a metal glue.
Good progress BTW>
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13th April 2011, 11:27 AM #60SENIOR MEMBER
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For your steering arm, how about removing the bottom plate for the pivot and replace it with one piece of flat bar, with a bend and the sides ground down to make the steering arm
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