New parts for old fire engines! - What's Broken Now Ep.34
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
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It's that time again to return to the Shed and see what we've been up to.
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00:00 Intro
00:25 A new front for Redruth,
04:30 Jupiter battery fix,
07:51 NX Valve cover refresh,
09:45 Viking new Hydraulic lines,
11:50 Monthly fire up.
A video featuring:
Lawrie - Tinkering with much and achieving little.
A video edited by Matt.
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Lawrie walks into a pub with his new battery charger round his neck ... bouncer says ' alright i'll let you in , but don't start anything '
oh , and if Topdon offer to send you anything else , ask for one of their Artidiag 600 or 800 OBD readers .. they are really good
Hahahahah that's brilliant
New old stock parts are amazing. I once knew a man who dealt in Packard parts in the early 2000s who had an original Packard V-8 engine from. 1955-56 still in a factory shipping crate.
At an old job I got handed a box full of war time new old stock prop feathering valves for Dakota/C-47 planes. After cleaning off the preservative we tested them and they were all go to use.
It's amazing what people have kicking around!
I mean when you think about it it's actually quite reasonable for that front end to have cost more than redruth seeing as it has more metal in it than she does 🤣
It's certainly more structural
Meeting men in laybys in the early hours, Lawrie your dedication know no bounds.
I did wonder if it was a wise move
You better put about 30 coats of paint on that new cab section! ;) You might want to also do bedliner paint/undercoat spray on the areas that no one actually sees :P
That's a very good idea
With the non working batteries if you make a big enough collection of them you may get some good money back for them when weighed in. Always useful for topping up the LMM fund.
Yes, we're amassing quite the pile
"Don't need to worry about the battery going flat, because I am the battery," he says. I am not convinced that this follows, especially given how nearly-flat he seems to go from the attempts to start it!
It's normally pretty good at starting...
I love the new overalls, even though they're a bit too smart n' shiny right now! Yet more potential merch? lol
They're good aren't they!
I'm stunned that a new front end for Redruth even exists. I still remember the collection caper for that one and how much therapy JayEmm needed afterwards 🤣
I'm stunned too! He still talks about it!
@@lmm That's what happens when a person suffers from trauma, they need to work through it lol
It's good to hear Redruth has had a bit of retail therapy! I'm going to have to go back and watch her 1st video now.
That was quite the adventure going to fetch her
What a great video by Lawrie. It is nice to see that you have got a new front end for Redruth the Fire Engine also for doing the engine start ups.
Thank you very much! Exciting times!
Thank you lawrie & I like to see more trains
More trains coming up!
I'd love to see Humpty finished up. If I remember right, it needed some rust holes in the dumper patched and some fresh paint, and then it would be basically finished.
Once I've got the tractor back together again, that's what I want to sort
Hi Lawrie . Clean battery terminals with sand paper clean inside of clamps faces and BLATHER VASALINE on terminals before reassembly and then BLATHER all over the outside faces of terminal and clamp . Protects from the atmosphere and acidic fumes from battery . Trust me it helped loads on my batteries on my Mini. rgds Don
I'll give them a clean, but they did have battery grease on to try and protect
Thank you Lawrie, this is what I was hoping for! Redruth has needed some love, and I'm glad to see it's coming along somewhat.
It's progress! Which is exciting
I too use a lazy Susan to paint parts. Found it in the trash 🗑️. Great for painting wheels. No need to reach or walk around the parts. Just give it a spin! 😃😃
Great idea isn't it!
Hearing that 1986 is almost vintage is a bit alarming considering I'm an '86 model myself.
It's a little scary isn't it!
What's worse is I'm from 1961 and I could use a few suspension parts😂
Nice one team. 👍
Thank you
Always great to see things humming along. Whatever became of Jeb?
It's parked up awaiting completion of the 35
careful hooking those battery clamps to your ears. not supposed to put a charger on a dead short :D Great to hear the digger and Jupiter are back up and running. Very odd issue with the terminal going melty. I wonder if there is not some type of parasitic draw on the system. And a new face for Redruth !! that is excellent. I was out doing spring starts on my fleet yesterday. the only thing that was cranky starting up was my 1941 farmall H the old 6 volt battery needed a good charging up. I have about 15 garden tractors most from the 60's 70's 4 motorcycles 3 large tractors 3 pickup trucks a 3 wheeler and a snowmobile. so only one being cranky starting is pretty good odds :D
Ooof! Your collection sounds better than mine!
Good that you start them up.. modern fuels leave a lot of sediment when they dry off and that can stuff up the injectors/carbs/pumps
Things don't like to sit!
Jupiter battery - I maybe completely wrong, but has Jupiter battery got 'reverse polarity' issues. I think I read that when a battery gets really low on charge, this can happen (which continues if battery then recharged), which is why your leads are affected?
Thanks for the general update Lawrie!
Oh really? I frankly have no idea. It was like that when I got it, so I'll just leave it alone 😂
@@lmm I think this is why better battery jump packs have 'reverse polarity' detectors.
Well done when I saw the front of red Ruth I can't wait to see her up and running so when do you think you have her running again
In a few years probably.
I want to get some other projects completed then attack that
where was the monthly startup of the Ruston? That's what got me into this channel, I'd love to see more of it
That's a point!
There will be a big announcement over the Ruston coming soon!
Time for Redruth to get a facelift, it seems.
Ba bum tish
Personally, I would make templates of the complicated bits of the good frontend for Redruth, incase it gets damages or rust or something again. At least then you know how it should be.
That's a very good idea
Nice NOS part. Good value for money that.
Amazing to find it!
While you have the bare dodge front you might want someone to make a cad model of it just incase, doubt theres few references as correct as that panel
Oh that would be a wise idea
19:41 You've just added another page to their health and safety pamphlet/catalogue :)
Without doubt!
thanks for the great video !
You're most welcome!
First of all, I decided to plug in the sound bar of my lap-top (so I could hear you better, not working, due to me plugging in a external hard drive)!! Great to find the newish cab front Two arms and a leg, might save Mat a bit of time with his welder! We used to get a glass/fiber compound with bits of metal to enable a rotten part to pass a MOT !!! least said the better, so out of aall the shed projects, which might or could be finished first?
It's an amazing thing to find!
Hopefully the tractor will come together soon
Only recently found your channel, really liking your variety of projects. My LDV seems to have been a RAF fire tender, it has some odd little additions as a result, now I need to learn to weld...
That sounds like it's got a very interesting history
@@lmm I have been trying to find out more, unfortunately the LDV SVO records do not seem to be available.
I wasn't as concerned about the price, but more wondering just where the hell you were going to source a windscreen with a huge dip in it! 😲
Ah it'll be fine 😂
@@lmm I admire your resolve! 🙂
To cheer you up with redroot's front. As far as I know the last replacement cab Mercedes had in stock for their Unimogs was sold for over 15.000€ a few years ago.
Even rusted out cabs with nothing left go for 3000€.
Replacement metal parts for vintage heavy equipment is always expensive, even more so if it's original. The volume is probably to low, but for things like VW buses they are so cheap.
Wow! Yes, I feel much better now!
At least Redruth has some new steel
It'll make a big difference!
It really boggles the mind that NOS parts like this still exist, who holds on to this stuff for 30 years?
I've seen the strangest things. At work, someone recently dug up a box of ten ca.-1980 plastic storage cases for 7" tape reels, unopened original packaging including the bulk shipping box. I also once had the pleasure of touring a hoarder's shed just before it was demolished. Contents included NOS circuit breakers from the second half of the 1960s and around 30 lengths (3 m each) of a type of electrical conduit that hasn't been manufactured since about 1960. I also once saw an online ad for hundreds and hundreds of NOS sockets and light switches from the same era, including free giveaways, a wine cork with a plastic handle shaped like a mains plug in each box of 10 sockets. Quite a few people never clear out their shops and sheds, unless they massively run out of space. Or pass away.
@@Ragnar8504 Good point, maybe it's more surprising then that somebody like that would actually part with one of there treasures.
@@johnnason7019 Might have been forced to downsize or even passed away. Or a garage closed and they needed to get rid of everything. Sometimes collectors even come to their senses and realise they won't ever need something again and sell it or give it away (ask me how I know 😀)
@@Ragnar8504 I know the phrase 'but I might need it someday' and 'they don't make them like that anymore' all too well myself.
It's just mad isn't it!
You could just use a large corded drill to start the dumptruck
i'd like to see that....have seen an old Benford twin dumper start backwards after hitting compression spinning the starting handle like a whirling dervish for 10 minutes before anyone could stop it, I reckon using a big drill will certainly end in tears.
The comment above is excatly my fear!
Great video, although I look on at the space you have for vehicles in envy
We're so lucky to have it
gee...new sub here...interesting vid, always like to see how different yet the same your vehicles run and work...the only that gets me is you drive on the wrong side...
Hope you keep enjoying what we're doing!
im surprised you havent made something to use on a drill to start humpty
Most of the time it just goes, so I don't feel the need!
will we get whats broken now spotlight on jeb? also yes redruth also your hair when firing the little cute dumper is amazing forgot the name already xd also dont keep your batteries on concrete floor it kills your batteries lay a piece of wood or something over a inch thick
Oh because it gets cold? Good shout.
Jeb will feature again once the 35 is out the way.
@@lmm concrete just drains batteries from when they have full crage because of how cold it gets yes, even hot concrete does it.
thanks for the video! for humpty or the little dump truck 2 questions... 1 can you adjust the timing on it ,,,if so try advancing it a few degrees, 2 have you done a compression test on it or will it fire up infinitely more easily if you add a few drops of heavy oil to the cylinders before attempting starting? bonus question can you get a replacement spark plug and have you read the plug thats in it to see if its running lean /rich or just right? i suspect if you try the oil trick you will discover it really needs a top end job as it has worn over its service life.. possibly just new rings but im thinking rings and valves and a fresh timing system
Answer to the bonus question: No, he can not. It is a diesel...
humpty is diesel , so reading the spark plugs could be tricky .. being unable to detect that does cast doubt on your opinion re piston rings to me
@@888johnmac tricky indeed ...and it also would throw out the timing option . it shouldnt be that hard to start though , being diesel it needs compression and fuel and thats it , the oil trick is still valid it will help to seal rings to cylinder walls for a few revolutions ...long enough to see if it starts easier. being diesel its getting its fuel under pressure probably through an injector which would be my second place to look into hard starting.
@@allanlundin9420 ya that would make it hard to do wouldnt it lol
@@mobiousenigma I do think the injection pump is timed to the crank but you can't adjust that.
Larger construction equipment with petrol engines is pretty rare in post-WWII Europe, some German lunatics even built things as small as 500cc diesel engines. Small items like compactors and generators up to about 5 kW do run the usual small Briggs or Honda and handheld equipment is often two-stroke but anything larger is diesel-powered.
That being said, I don't think Humpty is particularly hard to start for a one-cylinder diesel engine. The one thing these needed were more revs than an average person on the handle can easily manage. Bumping them is a lot easier than using the handle, which is why the farm I spent my summer holidays on as a kid always parked their 50s tractor on the top of a slight slope when the battery was flat again. Using the handle was a two-person job because it was quite hard to reach the decompression lever while cranking and accessing the starter switch to engage the glow plug (the battery usually wasn't THAT flat) was impossible. And yes, singular. 18 horsepower single-cylinder engine.
That's another thing: Humpty doesn't have a glow plug, which makes starting in cold weather even harder.
Lovely! i wonder if something can be dones about the dumper, can i ask what engine is it it? a Lister?
It's a Petter!
When will old Ruth be running again hopefully soon
Drill holes in bottom of the ventilation box so the water can drain?
That's a good shout
I would love that Dodge front, check out my lorries.
It's quite the find!
Hello@@lmm
Way past time there was some activity on Redruth......
Wasn't it just!
Are the lmm overalls going to become available to buy?
They might do if people want them!
Make sure you do some serious rust prevention treatment Lawrie 🤣.
Copper grease on your battery terminals?
That I shall! It had copper grease before!
Nx gearbox or the lotus?
It's for the nx
please show us the ruston
There will be a big update with that soon
Who's playing the bagpipes?
It just drifts down from the mountains
😎👍👍
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She’s a bit bent on the window frame. 😂
Better than mine!
At least you tried putting the clamps on your ears...
The most sensible thing
🤣 only the British could make black positive and red negative
It was done at some point of its operational life, when privately owned.
It has led to many issues
@@lmm :Oh. Yeah, private owners doing repairs are far worse even than British electricals designers.
Finaly an update on Redruth! I almost forgot about the tractors how are they going?
I need to finish painting the 35!