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Zed
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Posted: March 05 2019 at 1:24pm |
Pukka, as requested! a few photos from my work. Photo1: DB4 in foreground and DBS on the lift. Photo2: Engine out of a One-77. This was a very big job just to replace some leaking cam cover gaskets! Photo3: Vanquish transmission replacement and to set up of the shifter system (paddle type gear shift) |
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
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Canuck
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Nice clean shop! Cleanliness usually signifies quality craftsmanship.
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Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually
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Honkytonk
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When I see things like that and the work required to get to a small repair, I sometimes feel like strangling the engineer. When I worked, we had huge turbo machinery. The work required to fix a shaft seal leak... unbelievable! We were compressing hydrogen to #2500, so an oil leak is a big deal. Pretty glad my wife prepared us for Freedom 55!
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Pukka Bundook
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Wow, That is serious stuff, Zed!
As in, I don't recognise anything LOL! Thanks Very much for the photos my friend!! V good of you! All best, Pukka.
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A square 10
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me either - except i like what i see in that DB4 , i want one of those ..............
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hoadie
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Soon as I win the lottery...
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Pukka Bundook
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I remember the DB7 being tested on "Top Gear" and wanted one of those as well!
( the proper "Top Gear" that is, not that watered down this side of the pond product) :-)
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MotorRacingBruce1980
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That brings back some memories from when I was lucky enough to work on E-types and a lovely DB6 where I did my apprenticeship.
That is indeed a lovely workshop. |
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Zed
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This were I started, working in my Dad's garage when I was about 10; during holiday's and Saturday morning's. I'm on the right; leaning on the Roll's Royce headlamp. I'm not sure of the exact date; but probably 1974. |
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42rocker
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Nice workshop. Nice family shop. Later 42rocker
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A square 10
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ahhh yes , the beginnings , who knew where we might be today ? in 74 i was out of college and starting a career i had though nothing of when i started , i was still lamenting not getting to woodstock - even though we made it half way before the car breakdown , i still had long hair - ok it was still dark - now its long and all white ,
the changes in mechanical knowledge , you might never have imagined then , i know i did not , who knew that computers were going to run the future of mechanics back then ?
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Zed
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The young guy's I work with today have no clue how to tune a carburettor!
come to think of it; some don't know much about electricity either! |
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Pukka Bundook
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I remember my dad in the 70's tuning twin 40's using a stethoscope.
He got it right as well. Grandfather was a motor engineer as well as farmer.
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Shamu
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Anyone remember the see through spark plugs? They had a fused quartz insulator & you tuned by watching the flame color. That & the "U" shaped aquarium hose with a little colored water for balancing multi-carb setups?
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Honkytonk
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We used to use the same set up (clear hose, coloured methyl hydrate to prevent freezing) to calculate loss of product because of leaks. Manometer I believe the Engineer called this rig.
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Shamu
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Yes thats the gizmo. I'll be . . . The Colourtune is still being made! |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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