New TVR still under wraps! (Vol. 2)
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baconsarney said:
Yo Puchfit, if it’s any help I’m a health and safety professional and always here if you need help/advice/someone to unload on etc 
I didn’t do a H&S Plan with a Risk Assessment when I was 18 or get an F10 into the HSE in my 21st Birthday that’s the problem. As a result I’m a walking example of non-compliance with CDM 2015. phazed said:
Ouch!
Yesterday afternoon my son was giving me a hand to remove the bottom swivel that is a press fit in the cast-iron axle ends of my P38 Range Rover., (Rubber boot was perished and will be an MOT failure ). The main body of the swivel joint is about 2 inches in diameter, solid steel and a push fit in the axle end. The swivel threaded end pokes out from below and is about 3 inches long eggs 5/8“ diameter. The thought was to heat up the surrounding cast-iron yolk and belt it out as a specialist press tool was not available, (can’t take out the axle and put it in my standing press). We were merrily heating away with two propane blowtorches to get it very hot standing about 3 foot apart with the car on the ramp. Suddenly there was a sound like a proper gun going off and the threaded section short out downwards at a great velocity, made a half inch dent in the concrete floor, ricocheted off inbetween our heads, hit the roof and landed on the floor. We literally dodged a bullet! If that had hit one of our feet on the way down, that would’ve been a hospital job. If it had hit the underside of our chins or heads generally I’m sure that would’ve been death! Who would have thought that that would have happened! Lesson learnt.
The ringing in our ears lasted for 2–3 hours from the “shot”!
After I had closed the barn door and watched the horse cantering away I ordered the special tool online which should be delivered later today!
Christ on a bike that could have been nasty. What provided the oomph to it was it on a taper? Yesterday afternoon my son was giving me a hand to remove the bottom swivel that is a press fit in the cast-iron axle ends of my P38 Range Rover., (Rubber boot was perished and will be an MOT failure ). The main body of the swivel joint is about 2 inches in diameter, solid steel and a push fit in the axle end. The swivel threaded end pokes out from below and is about 3 inches long eggs 5/8“ diameter. The thought was to heat up the surrounding cast-iron yolk and belt it out as a specialist press tool was not available, (can’t take out the axle and put it in my standing press). We were merrily heating away with two propane blowtorches to get it very hot standing about 3 foot apart with the car on the ramp. Suddenly there was a sound like a proper gun going off and the threaded section short out downwards at a great velocity, made a half inch dent in the concrete floor, ricocheted off inbetween our heads, hit the roof and landed on the floor. We literally dodged a bullet! If that had hit one of our feet on the way down, that would’ve been a hospital job. If it had hit the underside of our chins or heads generally I’m sure that would’ve been death! Who would have thought that that would have happened! Lesson learnt.
The ringing in our ears lasted for 2–3 hours from the “shot”!
After I had closed the barn door and watched the horse cantering away I ordered the special tool online which should be delivered later today!
Absolutely no idea. The end of the swivel joint itself was spherical in design and fitted in the cup in the steel housing. Maybe through heating it to a high temperature it developed a gas behind it which fired it out when the pressure got too much. Very, very strange.
It is the lower swivel joint in this photograph. I had removed the swivel hub and was working on the lower swivel joint.
Hard to see but dent/hole in concrete floor!
It is the lower swivel joint in this photograph. I had removed the swivel hub and was working on the lower swivel joint.
Hard to see but dent/hole in concrete floor!
phazed said:
Absolutely no idea. The end of the swivel joint itself was spherical in design and fitted in the cup in the steel housing. Maybe through heating it to a high temperature it developed a gas behind it which fired it out when the pressure got too much. Very, very strange.
It is the lower swivel joint in this photograph. I had removed the swivel hub and was working on the lower swivel joint.
Hard to see but dent/hole in concrete floor!
It’s called stored energy It is the lower swivel joint in this photograph. I had removed the swivel hub and was working on the lower swivel joint.
Hard to see but dent/hole in concrete floor!
phazed said:
Absolutely no idea. The end of the swivel joint itself was spherical in design and fitted in the cup in the steel housing. Maybe through heating it to a high temperature it developed a gas behind it which fired it out when the pressure got too much. Very, very strange.
It is the lower swivel joint in this photograph. I had removed the swivel hub and was working on the lower swivel joint.
Hard to see but dent/hole in concrete floor!
Jeeeees!!!It is the lower swivel joint in this photograph. I had removed the swivel hub and was working on the lower swivel joint.
Hard to see but dent/hole in concrete floor!
TVR Italy, Dutch airpower company, they developed a van driving on air:
https://topgear.nl/autonieuws/rijden-op-lucht-met-...
https://www.anthosairpower.com/equipe/vito-gianfra...
https://topgear.nl/autonieuws/rijden-op-lucht-met-...
https://www.anthosairpower.com/equipe/vito-gianfra...
ephemera said:
TVR Italy, Dutch airpower company, they developed a van driving on air:
https://topgear.nl/autonieuws/rijden-op-lucht-met-...
https://www.anthosairpower.com/equipe/vito-gianfra...
So the 4 stroke engine becomes a 2 stroke. Classic Chim will be excited. https://topgear.nl/autonieuws/rijden-op-lucht-met-...
https://www.anthosairpower.com/equipe/vito-gianfra...
Truglia was a design engineer at Blackpool too.
This one drives on air, the new car is up in the air.
If it looks like this one once you remove it from the bike, this video might help. Start at 2 mins 22 secs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZCnoeeOiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZCnoeeOiE
Ta very much. Not quite the same maybe but very similar once you have the glass off.
I simply want to clean and re seal it.
Thanks.
Ok just spoke with an MZ guru, yes It is infact similar to the video above.
Prise the pressed ring off from below.
Tip, apply some pressure to glass to relieve pressure off the ring and same again when installing so to make a good seal on the rubber gasket.
Press drill works well apparently.
Learn something new every day.
Beats working on farm machinery like Peter’s car
footnote]Edited by Classic Chim on Tuesday 6th July 09:43[/footnote]
I simply want to clean and re seal it.
Thanks.
Ok just spoke with an MZ guru, yes It is infact similar to the video above.
Prise the pressed ring off from below.
Tip, apply some pressure to glass to relieve pressure off the ring and same again when installing so to make a good seal on the rubber gasket.
Press drill works well apparently.
Learn something new every day.
Beats working on farm machinery like Peter’s car
footnote]Edited by Classic Chim on Tuesday 6th July 09:43[/footnote]
Edited by Classic Chim on Tuesday 6th July 09:45
Edited by Classic Chim on Tuesday 6th July 09:46
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