Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[bob2]

I will try and convince my dishwasher in doing these bits and pieces but I dont think she'll accept

[Marksmini]

at last some pictures,

its not as tidy and as clean as some of the pics in here already but heres mine.

but in about 4/5 weeks time i will have something new, as ive bought my self a 5 by 6 meter log cabin garage and a matching summer house to go next to it, so im 4/5 weeks time i will be kitting out my new garage, and this time with more storage space i think




with all 3 cars in there its abit tight!

[Marksmini]

[Marksmini]

O look ive found one of it abit tidier!



This is my other workshop.

ok so its not mine but it is sort of. Im a technical trainer for Renault uk and this is my work shop i train out of, There are 6 other trainers who share this with me so its not all mine but we can do prity much as we wish.

[buzzy bee]

Hi

I like both your sheds, You think yours were untidy, I will dig some pics out for you, If I can find them, as the photo cuboard is a mess too! hehe

I have a old "Wireless" for music, and it plays such things as the Arches, and has a loveley smell as the valves warm up.

I see you have them exhaust extractors in the renault garage, We managed to melt a number of them, hehe Hence not with a car!

Cheers

Dave

[Penman]

Hi
My father and I used to work for Drummond Bros in Gulidford, at that time, '40s through to early '60s, they were manufacturing allsorts of lathes, gear cutters and gear hobbers for various of the motor industry production lines.
I was in the offices about 1962-65 but my father was on the shop floor from1938-1965.

[Marksmini]

Yeah the exhaust extractors arnt used much. infact the workshops are only used for training purposes so we dont have much need for the extractors, depending on of course what training course we are teaching that week.

[buzzy bee]

[Marksmini]

electrical test boards, there baiscly a renault clio on a board.
but with this board it has a box of tricks which i can stwitch and put loads of differant faults, eg you put the inders on and the brake light starts to flash too or we can even make the inders flash slower etc, and the people on the course would have to carry out the testing needed to locate and advise on the corrct repair etc... (down side is they cost more than the car its self would cost)

[buzzy bee]

Hi

I see!

I was being tested on pneumatics once at college, we built a curcuit and then the examiner moved some pipes around, we had to find the faults. I did them in a record time, as I put all of the supply pipes in blue and the return in red pipes, it was so obvious, but it made my life easy, saw the changed pipes, moved them back, and it worked fine. Not that that is cheating, just being resourcefull in my book! hehe

Sounds like we could have done with some boards like you have!

Cheers

Dave

[Peter_L]

[47p2]

[Marksmini]

yes not recomended. i do need an engine lift! lifting it up there was ok as i didnt mind banging it around but ligting it off on my own well! filp, \i forgot how heavey the thing was. i did get it off the bench ok but yeah it dropped quicker than i would have hoped!

[buzzy bee]

You shouldn't be lifting anything, you said you train students don't you, get them to come back and do the lifting! hehe

Thre of us lifted a transit van engine into a pickup once, boyu that was heavy enough!

Lifting my Drummond lathe and stand off a truck was the heaviest thing I have ever done, and I couldn't straighten up for a week or two!

Cheers

Dave

[pigtin]

I used to work with an ex motor mechanic who served his time in in the 50s. I remember him telling me the test of manhood was to lift a Morris Minor engine off the stores counter.

Think of what health and safety would say about it today? the lawyers would make a fortune.