Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[Willdat?]

1 minute ago, cletus said:

If you can get to the back side, put a washer on for the rivet to grip onto 

Unfortunately can't get to the back side. Also now not sure how much is bodge, and how much is NZ made 'bespoke'...

[Bling]

Id be tempted to look at wall anchors used in the likes of gib. Lack of access behind makes it a pain. Rivnut won't have much grip I wouldn't think. If there is space for wall anchors they open up nicely behind so should be pretty solid. Might get away with just two instead of needing all three holes as some have pretty large anchors behind wall.

[Willdat?]

8 minutes ago, Bling said:

Id be tempted to look at wall anchors used in the likes of gib. Lack of access behind makes it a pain. Rivnut won't have much grip I wouldn't think. If there is space for wall anchors they open up nicely behind so should be pretty solid. Might get away with just two instead of needing all three holes as some have pretty large anchors behind wall.

Good out of the box thinking. Will have a Bunnings peruse....

[Early jap nuter]

Have a look at plus nuts, like a rivnut but when they pull up like a wall anchor. use to fitt to fiberglass stuff to tucks and hold a bit of weight. Top ones a plus nut bottom riv nut

[Willdat?]

24 minutes ago, Early jap nuter said:

Have a look at plus nuts, like a rivnut but when they pull up like a wall anchor. use to fitt to fiberglass stuff to tucks and hold a bit of weight. Top ones a plus nut bottom riv nut

Bit the bullet and drilled the rivets out, this was the treat underneath. Will try repair the damaged material, then find some of those!

[Bling]

That looks pretty rotten. I'd cut it out and put some flat bar, epoxied to the structure in place of that rotten area. Then depending on motivation levels, chuck some fibreglass / boat repair kit at it to bring it back up level. Then redrill it and chuck some nice long rivets back in. Would maybe predrill the flatbar and chuck nails in the holes while doing repairs so you don't risk dislodging the flatbar after all finished. Epoxy should hold it ok though if underside of that area is clean.

There will be cheaper / easier ways to sort if not wanting to invest much in it though.

[Willdat?]

17 minutes ago, Bling said:

That looks pretty rotten. I'd cut it out and put some flat bar, epoxied to the structure in place of that rotten area. Then depending on motivation levels, chuck some fibreglass / boat repair kit at it to bring it back up level. Then redrill it and chuck some nice long rivets back in. Would maybe predrill the flatbar and chuck nails in the holes while doing repairs so you don't risk dislodging the flatbar after all finished. Epoxy should hold it ok though if underside of that area is clean.

There will be cheaper / easier ways to sort if not wanting to invest much in it though.

Yeah I haven't had a huge amount of experience in the past 20 years of fibreglassing. Will try and do a decent job, flat bar should help pull the front straight too which will help with alignment. Good thing Kings Birthday is coming up!

[smokin'joe]

drill and tap said flat bar ?

[rusty360]

Any cad monkeys out there got a good font to use were you don't have to draw the links into the letters to stop the round bits falling out? Want to name some laser cut brackets.

[NickJ]

What cad are you running? Pretty sure fusion has a stencil font

[rusty360]

18 hours ago, NickJ said:

What cad are you running? Pretty sure fusion has a stencil font

Fusion 360 - ill take a looky thanks!

[cubastreet]

can you change a valve stem without removing the tyre?

[smokin'joe]

29 minutes ago, cubastreet said:

can you change a valve stem without removing the tyre?

yes, but still have to break bead on one sidewall

[tortron]

You can do it without removing the tyre at all

One i saw they just Hammer th3 old stem and leave it bouncing around inside lol,

 

 

 

[GregT]

Wet and murky on QE2 drive this am. MX5 going the other way with park lights on - and light pods up. There was a ring of LED's around the main light glass - but red.  I was under the impression no forward facing red lights were allowed.

[AllTorque]

You are correct 

[kws]

1 hour ago, GregT said:

Wet and murky on QE2 drive this am. MX5 going the other way with park lights on - and light pods up. There was a ring of LED's around the main light glass - but red.  I was under the impression no forward facing red lights were allowed.

Seeing heaps of this shit these days. Red, pink, green or blue forward facing DRL/Park lights. Even saw a car with flashing blue led tyre valve cap things. 

And here I am, getting told by the police that my cold white Park lights are too blue and to remove them. 

[440bbm]

is it much different to all these fuckwits hooning around on moto x bikes no helmets with no chance of licences lights indicators or reg/ wof.

its the law abiding citizens that get fucked over for simple stuff 

[Carsnz123]

80s Toyota digital dash. Has anyone every fitted one to another model car or know how they function?  I've got one out of a GA61 that I've had silly thoughts about fitting to my MS117. I suspect getting a face lift MS112 digi dash would be easier but that's some rocking horse shit spec parts. And even then I suspect electrically ill be in for some fun. The speedo is just a mechanical cable. I guess the tacho, temp, fuel runs off a signal fairly similar to the analog dials. 

[gibbon]

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