(03-15-2022, 05:46 AM)Bazbro_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 05:14 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 04:57 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol when it comes to wrenching my limitations are quite high. You folks that can take things apart and put them back together again amaze and impress me.

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" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

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" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

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We've all been there...

(03-15-2022, 05:14 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 04:57 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol when it comes to wrenching my limitations are quite high. You folks that can take things apart and put them back together again amaze and impress me.

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" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

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" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

My best one was after I changed the clutch on my Range Rover. Last job, topping up the oil via a small dipstick hole, I squeezed the bottle a bit too hard and the nylon nozzle shot off the end of the bottle and disappeared down the hole into the gearbox innards! I was distraught!!

I noticed on a cutaway drawing in the Workshop Manual, a cast-in rib, with a small inspection plate almost next to it. I hoped and prayed...

Yup! After undoing the plate, I could JUST get a couple of fingers in and around the bit of tibe, and everso g-e-n-t-l-y eased it out...

"Home mechanics"... you've gotta love it!

(03-15-2022, 07:14 AM)PowerDubs_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 05:46 AM)Bazbro_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 05:14 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 04:57 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol when it comes to wrenching my limitations are quite high. You folks that can take things apart and put them back together again amaze and impress me.

(+1)

" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

(+1)

" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

.

We've all been there...

(03-15-2022, 05:14 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 04:57 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol when it comes to wrenching my limitations are quite high. You folks that can take things apart and put them back together again amaze and impress me.

(+1)

" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

(+1)

" ... dang. ... I dropped a set screw into the engine block ... "


" ... again. "

My best one was after I changed the clutch on my Range Rover. Last job, topping up the oil via a small dipstick hole, I squeezed the bottle a bit too hard and the nylon nozzle shot off the end of the bottle and disappeared down the hole into the gearbox innards! I was distraught!!

I noticed on a cutaway drawing in the Workshop Manual, a cast-in rib, with a small inspection plate almost next to it. I hoped and prayed...

Yup! After undoing the plate, I could JUST get a couple of fingers in and around the bit of tibe, and everso g-e-n-t-l-y eased it out...

"Home mechanics"... you've gotta love it!

Well- a shop mech would have put the fill cap on and went on to start the next job.

Not that you probably would have ever had an issue or noticed either way- but do NOT ever confuse paying a shop, even a 'factory service' to put the same care, attention to detail or time that someone would on their own product.

(03-19-2022, 01:32 AM)Bazbro_imp Wrote: The final fit of the modified CB750 front mudguard...

The excess of the brackets were cut off, buffed and shaped.  I decided to paint the brackets because of this scarring of the chrome.  But... silver or black paint??

The first coat of red oxide primer, ensuring that it gets into all the nooks and crannies where the brackets attach to the mudguard and where rust would otherwise form...





I decided,  while I was about it, to paint all the seams round the edge, underneath the m/guard, to properly rust proof it.  By not bothering to mask all of the underside, overspray will get all over the underneath of the m/guard, but I'm not worried about appearance - it's those cracks and seams where rust starts, that I need to cover and protect with paint.



Don't forget the cable guide that was cut off the strut... that needs the red oxide rust preventer, followed by a topcoat too.



Silver it is!  I have some 'Truck Bed Liner' spray, but that's a bit over-the-top, I think.  So a couple of passes of spray silver it is, maybe followed by a couple of coats of clear matte lacquer to make the brackets look nice.



The finished job...