Zed Shed Antics - Something will happen!

[ATTAK Z]

@glrnet

 

Where have you been for the last 2 years Graham ? 

[The G Man]

Mostly following up complaints o me posting in Scottish 

[Keyser]

Welcome back @glrnet long time no speak mate

 

I've been waiting for you to mentioned the war but I had to wait for @The G Man to make a passing reference and use that as an excuse!

Which leads me nicely on to todays caption competition after @ATTAK Z superb entry yesterday

 

 

Meanwhile back at the "Shed" I have some very poor pics of the repair I did on the Go-Kart seat

 

 

Bit tatty and a hole in the bottom so add some fibre glass

 

 

 

I relined the inside as it had loads of holes from mounting and was cracked in one place

 

 

 

Applied the resin

 

 

Let it dry and sanded it down.

 

The end result

 

 

 

 

 

Just need a bit of foam padding and then get Mrs Keyser to make me a new cover and it will be good to go

 

 

I know I posted somewhere else, the work in this update was done a while ago just not had time to bore you lot with it, however at around the same time 2 new toys arrived

 

Firstly -

 

 

@Beb found this on FB Market place at a silly low price as it was no longer a runner the previous owner had only had it a few days, the V5 hadn't come back in his name yet anyway it broke and he just wanted to move it on - we obliged and went halves on it as a new project/toy, it is waiting to get into the Zed Shed for a strip down to see what has broken, it's something in the back axle

 

My new toy was also delivered -

 

 

Beb decided not to go halves on that though

 

I have only done one mod on it so far, I'll post pics soon.

 

BE SAFE!

 

Keyser - One Man Alone in his shed!!!!!        (Some say he didnt have friends before social distancing )

 

[gg2040uk]

new toy 

[Keyser]

Gooooood Morning - Hope you lot are keeping well???

 

So some more from the Zed Shed II - this time it's current I was on this yesterday

 

I decided that I would investigate what was causing "The Bug" to not go forwards and backwards - well it does but it clunks and grinds and ocasionally locks the back axle so ......................

 

 

On the ramp - it's not wide enough for both

 

 

Start stripping the back end down one bearing fell apart

 

 

 

 

Not terminal it can be re-assembled and greased up

 

Next challenge was to get the "reverse assembly" out - I have no idea what muppet came up with the design but you can't slide the assembly far enough right to clear the drive shaft, it took me an hour to work out how to do.

 

Check the drive shaft

 

 

Had to get this off by moving to the right

 

 

 

Good game good game - But I did it

 

Drained the oil

 

 

and took it apart

 

 

Found the problem

 

 

Just need to find a replacment, thats fun as the factory that makes them closed 8 years ago

 

 

More soon

 

Keyser - The Hermit.

[andy james]

I recon you have enough equipment in that garage of yours to make that cog! Lol

[ATTAK Z]

On 02/04/2020 at 08:21, Keyser said:

Which leads me nicely on to todays caption competition after @ATTAK Z superb entry yesterday

 

 

Can't think of one for that I'm afraid ... can we have another please (the one with the helicopter gunship maybe)

[Keyser]

@ATTAK Z at your behest

 

 

 

 

 

 

I look so cool

[ATTAK Z]

1 minute ago, Keyser said:

@ATTAK Z at your behest

 

 

 

 

 

 

I look so cool

OK got it ..... 

 

 

 

 

..... wait for it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh No! my willy's gone black !!!!   

[andybp]

7 minutes ago, Keyser said:

@ATTAK Z at your behest

 

 

 

 

 

 

I look so cool

what went wrong 

[ATTAK Z]

@Keyser Here's one of me (yellow Suzi) for you to get your own back  

[Keyser]

I have no response to that @ATTAK Z - Except why did you not keep your brolly instead of giving it away?

 

No Caption Competition today just a little side project or two -

 

So first thing on the list was to tidy the Zed Shed

 

 

and the Machine Shop

 

 

 

Much better

 

Now find some metal laying around on the pile of bits I keep for "projects"

 

 

Perfect

 

A few measurments and a chop saw to give me these (after a quick cleanup)

 

 

Start welding

 

 

bit of drilling and some more welding

 

 

 

added an extra bar underneath

 

 

 

I was going to add these but decided they were not needed

 

 

But wheels were

 

 

and we have a trolley to move the heater around the garage

 

 

Next .............

 

Some old stainless that I also have on the pile -

 

 

Bit of work on the mill

 

 

 

and the lathe

 

 

 

Saw some bits up

 

 

 

Action shot on the mill

 

 

 

 

Bit of stainless TiG welding (I need the practice )

 

 

We have ...................

 

 

 

They were supposed to be mounts to go above the washing machine in the utility room to hold a pole for drying jumper etc that can not be tumble dried, in my defence Mrs Keyser just asked if I could make something that would take a spare wooden curtain rail and hold it far enough off the wall to hang coat hangers on. After I accepted the challenge and made them I took a proper look at what she wanted and said a stainles bar would be better so cut 2 of them up and re-used them to make this -

 

 

Still it does what is needed and I had fun fabricating, it's all from my large "scrap" pile so had some welding and machining practice and keeps me from wanting to go out

 

 

More Soon when we start working are way through the short!!?? MOT failure list for "The Bug"

 

 

 

Just a few more things to keep me busy

 

 

Keyser - One Man Alone (but very happy) In His Shed.     

 

 

Be Safe Guys n Gals!

[Keyser]

Right while I have a captive audience under house arrest and bored enough to read my drivel, I'll post some more of it to maybe give you something to do for 5 minutes.

@andybp You just look at the pretty pictures mate

 

So where are we at, I made a buggy for "The Bug"

 

 

Now it fits on both the ramps and I can move it around

 

Next I removed the seats

 

 

needs a  clean but so do the seats

 

 

Qucik hose down in the garden

 

 

Good enough for now, everything will be cleaned properly later or before re-assembly

 

It now sat like this

 

 

So I removed some more bits

 

 

To get easier access to the electrics

 

Starting from the MOT Failure list it lists amongst other things

 

Stop lamp(s) all not working

Position lamp niot working Nearside Rear

Position lamp niot working Offside Rear

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of a single lap or all lamps Rear

 

So lets take a look

 

Nearside Rear light

 

 

Offside Rear light

 

 

It took a while but I may see why these failed

 

Number plate light

 

 

Not sure if this is a clear light painted black or just old

 

Anyway I got the multimeter out and the electrics don't supply and power to the lights so the missing bulbs are not the only issue, I started stripping back the wiring loom

 

 

and the dash came out

 

 

Coffee was needed! I keep finding "modificatins" to the loom like -

 

 

So far apart from the broken lights I have found;

 

1 x Damaged headlamp internal wiring (bent connectors shorting out or not making contact)

1 x Knackered relay

1 x Knackered headlamp switch

 

I'm also having an issue with the indicators as I'm swaping out the rears for LED units, I am well aware of the known relay issue and hyperblink when putting LED's in to the indicators but I have the resistors and when bench tested it works perfectly, it just stops working when I fit it onto The Bug

 

O well more investigation and a lot of rewiring, intrstingly the MOT failure states -

"Rear Fog Lamp not working"

But it dosn't have one, there is also no wiring or switch anywhere to be found, The law is it must have one from what I have read so fine I'll add one but how did it pass previous MOT's? Bit strange but there you go.

 

I asked the mad scientis @Beb if he minded me modifying a few things as it is our project but due to social distancing and the lockdown I'm just getting on with it by myself, he stupidly said yes whatever you think - Stand by for scope creep

 

Budget is a thing on this project as we intend to keep the cost down to £1000 which is less than it would cost if we had bought one with an MOT, I'll post up spending if anyone is intrested However I have a lot of bits laying around from other projects which I class as free and time is currently on my side so if I don't put a cost oion the time or the bits I have access to I can do a lot of mods for free and I'm doing some of themm because they are needed IMHO the rest I'm doing just  because I can and I want to

 

More soon.

 

Stay Safe

 

Keyser -  All by myself Don't wanna be All by myself Anymore .........................  (Yer thanks Celine )

 

 

Edited April 8, 2020 by Keyser

[andybp]

21 minutes ago, Keyser said:

Right while I have a captive audience under house arrest and bored enough to read my drivel, I'll post some more of it to maybe give you something to do for 5 minutes.

@andybp You just look at the pretty pictures mate

 

So where are we at, I made a buggy for "The Bug"

 

 

Now it fits on both the ramps and I can move it around

 

Next I removed the seats

 

 

needs a  clean but so do the seats

 

 

Qucik hose down in the garden

 

 

Good enough for now, everything will be cleaned properly later or before re-assembly

 

It now sat like this

 

 

So I removed some more bits

 

 

To get easier access to the electrics

 

Starting from the MOT Failure list it lists amongst other things

 

Stop lamp(s) all not working

Position lamp niot working Nearside Rear

Position lamp niot working Offside Rear

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of a single lap or all lamps Rear

 

So lets take a look

 

Nearside Rear light

 

 

Offside Rear light

 

 

It took a while but I may see why these failed

 

Number plate light

 

 

Not sure if this is a clear light painted black or just old

 

Anyway I got the multimeter out and the electrics don't supply and power to the lights so the missing bulbs are not the only issue, I started stripping back the wiring loom

 

 

and the dash came out

 

 

Coffee was needed! I keep finding "modificatins" to the loom like -

 

 

So far apart from the broken lights I have found;

 

1 x Damaged headlamp internal wiring (bent connectors shorting out or not making contact)

1 x Knackered relay

1 x Knackered headlamp switch

 

I'm also having an issue with the indicators as I'm swaping out the rears for LED units, I am well aware of the known relay issue and hyperblink when putting LED's in to the indicators but I have the resistors and when bench tested it works perfectly, it just stops working when I fit it onto The Bug

 

O well more investigation and a lot of rewiring, intrstingly the MOT failure states -

"Rear Fog Lamp not working"

But it dosn't have one, there is also no wiring or switch anywhere to be found, The law is it must have one from what I have read so fine I'll add one but how did it pass previous MOT's? Bit strange but there you go.

 

I asked the mad scientis @Beb if he minded me modifying a few things as it is our project but due to social distancing and the lockdown I'm just getting on with it by myself, he stupidly said yes whatever you think - Stand by for scope creep

 

Budget is a thing on this project as we intend to keep the cost down to £1000 which is less than it would cost if we had bought one with an MOT, I'll post up spending if anyone is intrested However I have a lot of bits laying around from other projects which I class as free and time is currently on my side so if I don't put a cost oion the time or the bits I have access to I can do a lot of mods for free and I'm doing some of themm because they are needed IMHO the rest I'm doing just  because I can and I want to

 

More soon.

 

Stay Safe

 

Keyser -  All by myself Don't wanna be All by myself Anymore .........................  (Yer thanks Celine )

 

 

I tried to just look at the pictures as suggested but a plethora of spelling mistakes just kept jumping out at me 

Have you replaced poor spelling with bad photography? 

Edited April 8, 2020 by andybp

[Keyser]

1 hour ago, andybp said:

I tried to just look at the pictures as suggested but a plethora of spelling mistakes just kept jumping out at me 

Have you replaced poor spelling with bad photography? 

You mean bad photography with bad spelling don't you -  You can't even insult me properly any more! Slacking Andy SLACKING!!!

 

 

 

Hope your feeling better mate

 

 

EDIT - Did it ever occur to you why I didn't want you to read it!?

 

 

Edited April 8, 2020 by Keyser

[Stutopia]

Chris your photography skills have gone fully professional recently; everything is in focus, no digits. Another string to your bow - niiiiiice.

[andybp]

2 hours ago, Keyser said:

You mean bad photography with bad spelling don't you -  You can't even insult me properly any more! Slacking Andy SLACKING!!!

 

 

 

Hope your feeling better mate

 

 

EDIT - Did it ever occur to you why I didn't want you to read it!?

 

 

Yes you are correct I'm definitely slipping but in my defence I did it from my phone because I'm at work not sitting at home playing with my toys 

Yes you're right I'm just jealous 

[Keyser]

1 hour ago, SuperStu said:

Chris your photography skills have gone fully professional recently; everything is in focus, no digits. Another string to your bow - niiiiiice.

That will be the new iPhone 11 camera

 

Now to work on my speliing

 

 

 

[ATTAK Z]

Great thread Chris ... be warned though ! I did a bit of fettling on the TR6 today. I might start my own thread. Ha Ha

[Keyser]

10 hours ago, ATTAK Z said:

Great thread Chris ... be warned though ! I did a bit of fettling on the TR6 today. I might start my own thread. Ha Ha

I'd love to hear what you've been up to on the TR6 

 

 

[Keyser]

Good Morning to all my readers (yes both of you) and my favourite critic @andybp

 

So, nothing interesting on The Bug just yet, spent a bit more time on the wiring yesterday which anyone who has chased electrical faults round a car will know is boring and monotonous, it’s just tracing wires and testing components. I do love the way they change wire colours at any connector randomly, there never seems to be any reason to do it, I also can’t find (or can’t be bothered to look hard enough) a wiring diagram although they are never that good anyway in my experience.

As my thread covers EVERYTHING a here are a few pictures of not cars, instead I invite you to join me on a trip down nostalgia lane for those who are really REALLY bored!

 

So grab a drink and off we go-

My dad who passed a few years back built a table when I was a but a young man, he may have even built it before I was born, I remember it from as far back as I can which would make me about 5 or 6 years old, that table moved with the family until I joined the army in 1988. Then, when my parents moved to a town house the table disappeared.

 

I never thought much about it back then to be honest but I noticed it one day stored in my dads garage, this would be around 2006/6 it just so happened that we (by now I was married with my own children) needed a dining room table so I asked if I could have it, dad was happy to pass it on but storage had taken it’s toll. One end was rotten from standing on a concrete floor and both sides had wood worm.

 

I trimmed about 6 inches of the length and about 2 inches of each side then sanded it down varnished it and we have been using it ever since. When my parents passed, we inherited an oak dining table one of those extendable ones, a modern one and nothing spectacular. As it was a bit bigger Mrs Keyser decided we would use the oak table and the other one became her sewing table for a while. But she hates the oak table as you can’t put 6 chairs under it as they hit the legs and it messes with her OCD to have 2 chairs “out”

 

We (read Mrs Keyser) recently did a make over and redecorated the kitchen-diner and the subject of the table came up, Mrs Keyser wanted to buy a new one!  

I complained and said get the old one out, it has huge sentimental value to me, Mrs Keyser said she loves the table but it’s too narrow as it had to be cut down when we first got it. You can seat 6 but it’s hard top get all the food down the middle at Christmas ask @buster

 

So the point to all this inane rambling is when my dad originally built the table he made it with 3 benches 1 full length for one side and 2 half lengths for the other side (they were never that comfortable) the legs were rotten after storage but the seat parts were stored in my dad’s garage loft for years and I got them with the table and put them in my loft, I suggested to Mrs K I widen the table by using the long bench – same wood same age etc it would be good. Mrs Keyser agreed to see what it came out like and would consider using it instead of buying a new table.

 

 I therfore started by cutting the tabletop in half and lined it up with the old bench top

 

 

Planed the bench to the same thickness as it was a bit thicker (you can see how much lenght was cut of a few years back)

 

 

 

Glued it together

 

 

Squared the legs up – 50-year-old wood was a little warped

 

Before

 

 

After

 

 

After some sanding, wood stain and varnish it is now back in the dining room

 

That’s 50 years in the family, built by my dad and refurbished twice by me - a lot of memories from around this table!

And here it is ………………..

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the story if not that’s 10 minutes of your life you will never get back  

 

More on The Bug coming soon .................

 

PS -Mrs Keyser loves it.

 

 

Keyser - I'm just a lonely boy, Lonely and blue, I'm all alone, with nothing to do (ha Donny I have a Zed Shed = plenty to do)

Edited April 9, 2020 by Keyser

[Beb]

Surprised it's not stainless steel, given how everything else is rated to industrial usage levels 

[DoogyRev]

Looks awesome Chris, good work, I bet your dad would be chuffed its still going strong and in use 

[ATTAK Z]

15 hours ago, ATTAK Z said:

Great thread Chris ... be warned though ! I did a bit of fettling on the TR6 today. I might start my own thread. Ha Ha

 

5 hours ago, Keyser said:

I'd love to hear what you've been up to on the TR6 

 

 

Well, with your permission Chris, I'll start a new thread. My idea is that, being the good guy that you are, you'll be more than happy to help and advise on all things mechanical engineering to us guys who don't have your skills. So here we go ...

 

[andybp]

I would normally Critique your work but having lost my dad not so long ago I can empathize with you and  your reasoning for the effort others would consider not worth while 

Nice job Chris