Ray Hogben (hillsider)

I don’t wish to upset you here but the housing shown in image 3 appears to have severe wastage of the Aluminium casting, some of those pitted areas must be near or over 50% of their original thickness and given the nature of the decay I would be wondering if there is enough strength left in the housing to support the blade when under load.

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You are correct about using Okum and Pitch to caulk timbers but don’t think it would be much use as an anti seize paste.

Probably not allowed to use it now as at least one of the ingredients is banned but we used to use White Lead and Tallow for sealing and preventing corrosion on stern tube bearings and rudder bearings and Hull fittings etc. This or Red Lead mixed up into a paste with linseed oil was also used on Dock gate seals and other areas that were prone to…[Read more]

Like our colleague wristpin I must hold my hand up as someone who has used Copper based anti seize compounds on Aluminium threads and has never noticed any ill effects. I see that Molyslip provide a product named Alumslip for jobs where the presence copper is not wanted but they don’t specify when that might be.
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http://www.forktruckspares.com/index.php

While looking for a company in Wales that I used to source pallet truck parts from I stumbled across the company above they look more promising as a source of parts/info than the company that I was looking for.

ray

The forum will go quiet this evening then if we are all watching James May’s Toy Story.

Happy new year to all from Kent.

I have seen these mowers advertised before and there is no denying the standards that they are restored to, but I can’t help wondering if they have actually sold any mowers at these prices?

Think this may be the tool you describe, it is used to spread the links of the older style rubber and canvas link belt. Otherwise known as Brammer belt if I remember correctly.
Driving a simple cooling fan on your Dennis is a good example of an application for link belt, not too much load to make it stretch but often difficult to fit a new belt…[Read more]

http://www.asap-supplies.com/marine/link-belts-v-belts-vee-belts-polyvee-belts

The link above will let you see what link belting looks like, it is known as Nu-T-Link belt and it locks together using T shaped rivets that can be turned 90 degrees to lock or release the individual links. If I remember correctly this type of belt is directional when…[Read more]

Best wishes to you also Rob.
Ray.

There was indeed a County Seahorse tractor that made the channel crossing in 1963. I don’t know if it landed in here Dover or just along the coast at St Margarets Bay I seem to think it may have been the latter of the two.

I would like second Paul’s proposal of good wishes to one and all, especially the forum admin team for all of their work behind the scenes.
Ray.

I think the adjustment info that you seek is on the text page following the exploded engine drawings.

Was that HMS Alliance? We took the kids there some years ago not long after the Submarine Museum at Gosport was opened up. As you say very cramped no good at all for us six footers to go to sea with, certainly would not want to do liners and pistons on the main engines!

Re the Sub in the mud I fear you would need more than a Wheelhorse to reach…[Read more]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/u-boat–10491/

I think this what John has seen, it was on our local news a few days ago

Now John that would pose a challenge to restore it to your normal standards.

Ray.

Worry ye not we are still hanging on tight down here in the South East (Dover). The way the weather has been today hibernating sounds a good idea!

Is that the little mower about the size of a carpet sweeper? The cylinder was a two or three blade affair with a spring loaded bottom blade and a belt drive.
The name Concord was very apt for the one that lived next door to us, the old chap used to cut his grass every day taking several minutes over the each area of grass, the mower used to sound…[Read more]

A bit late to help in this case but here is the company that I have used few times, enter your bearing number in the search box on their site to see the bearing that you are looking for.

http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/

The materials used were certainly better quality than some some of those in use today, this is the second Seagull that I have returned to good health this year.
It made a change from the normal diet of small engines, it was a long time since I had last worked on a Seagull, we used them at work many moons ago on work boats around the Port and of…[Read more]