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she moved out of Hamilton 

compressor ran good, except it seemed to be rigged to cut out at some stratospheric PSI. manual was in italian so I was trying to look up the pressure adjustment and it was like a night at the opera. got there in the end though 

I'm going to start bonging wires together as soon as I r finished this coffee so I hope not. the old motor had a triangle on the dataplate so delta I guess 

Its all three phase... there was a manual with the new one but books are for dorks. perhaps I should read it (like a nerd)

wires and shit, plz help 

change of subject, I've just finished replacing our 90 year old American compressor with a brand new Italian one. Got to the wiring and much like a guy at his first orgy I have got no idea what's supposed to go where

7 hours ago, 440bbm said:

Slab 40k?  my 108m2 shed floor i getting quotes for is between 8 and 12k. so much be a big concrete pad!

The slab would be about 20x5m so probably about the same area as yours although I was allowing 10mm plus depth, at least in one patch where I'd want to put up my hoist. I pulled 40k out of my ass, good to hear it can be done much cheaper, we already have compacted gravel on the site so that probably helps too. 

But given that I already have the containers, that 8-12k money for the slab would probably cover the costs for getting them gutted and joined, and of course they already come with a floor!

Thought about the canvas archgola thing but I've only got a 6x20 site to play with. It's basically going to be a lean-to on the side of the workshop, I already pay lease on the gravel patch so kinda dumb to do nothing with it 

anybody have any experience chopping up shipping containers? I've got two 40ft containers sitting next to each other, I had a fever dream about cutting the walls out between them and turning the whole thing into a giant paint booth or something. Maybe raising the roof too? Basically I want more workshop space but a slab alone is like 40 grand

looking at buying a new water trap / regulator for our paint gun at work, anything I should look out for? some of the fancier looking rigs have auto-oilers for air tools, I suppose you can just leave that off?

when I pulled the head on the starion I found that the head gasket has a couple of holes in it that don't line up with anything. thanks to these holes, coolant (or rather, straight water by the looks of it) has been allowed to sit against the head and has started eating into it. in fact the whole area around it looks a bit corroded and I think I'll condemn this head

I pulled the head off a spare engine and found the same gasket, same corrosion, same problem (but significantly less bad). the corrosion pit is pretty gnarly but isn't anywhere near anything, probably a good 10mm from the gasket fire ring so I think it's OK to run again? just wondering if there's anything I should/could do to prevent it getting any worse. A blob of silicone to close up the hole in the gasket?

this is the old head:

I think you need some angles to trig it out... or sketch a full size mockup on the floor. or yeah CAD 

many of us squeeze a year out of our 6 month wofs 

I'll have a spot in a hangar at the airfield (Whangarei) after next week. Under cover and pretty secure but you'll need to give notice to get it in or out 

supposedly more predictable clamping force, probably pretty important on the bleeding edge of automotive performance, probably less so in an 80s mitsi donk 

ah, I think I probably do... I just saw "sohc 4g63" and figured it was the old model but of course they probably kept building them forever. 

Oh well now i have a set of new TTY bolts on the way, I suppose I'll use them - the engine was rebuilt not that long ago, can't be sure that the head bolts that went in at that time weren't TTY too 

stuff it, a whole replacement set is like 80 bucks lol. cheap insurance

edit: $40 bucks through Segedins

hmm I've found a manual too and it doesn't say replace, but the torque figure is 20NM plus 180 degrees, isn't that a hallmark of torque to yield bolts?

quick question, are the rod and head bolts on the old 4G63 reusable or one and done? @fuel @bigfoot

the red is ATF floating uselessly on a layer of water I guess 

meanwhile in the cylinder bores

On 03/03/2024 at 16:37, bigfoot said:

I have a complete dash motor and just about every wire from a gsrx sigma taking up room in my sheds. Also have some starion front caliper kits if you want to give them a go

man I think I've got real problems now, the bottom end is locked solid, I think I've disturbed the throttle body at some point and it's dumped the contents of the coolant jacket into the inlet manifold/cylinders. borescope tomorrow, FML 

sorry all I can do is avgas and jet a1. and you have to pretend to be a thirsty aeroplane to even get that 

I bought some bushes for the wife's march and has no problems with them. actually had the stock, most places just tried to sell me the whole control arm 

it's pickled in brine, is this likely to cause issues?