Posts for Hydref, 2020
Honey & Cinnamon Roast Parsnips 21 Hydref 2020Simple-ish to make, wanted to share with somefolks! # Honey & Cinnamon Roast Parsnips Serves: Some ## Ingredients * Several parsnips, topped & tailed. Cut into approx 1" lengths. (Split larger parsnip chunks in half lengthways.)
Read more…Posts for Medi, 2020
Charlie's Echo (16) 20 Medi 2020Okay, so it's been a while since I've updated... Haven't particularly had a chance to come down from Panic Status 1, with having just getting set up in the new unit and getting an email from the agent saying that the landlord doesn't like me having my truck parked in the bay for that unit. 
Their chief complaints are that it sticks out too much (It's 5 feet out from the fence because the tenant next door has a bunch of curse word dumped in the back of the bay, that the agent has already said they'd been previously told to move.), and that they don't want me
Posts for Ebrill, 2020
State of the Cat 11 Ebrill 2020Hey, not quite a year this time! Go me! So, let's lead off with something I didn't mention at any point on here since it happened: I don't work for the truck-building company any more. Had enough of their bullshit, flipped my shit, left. Just before Christmas 2018.
Read more…Posts for Mawrth, 2020
Charlie's Echo (15) 30 Mawrth 2020So I started some paint/rust stripping, and priming inside the cab. 
I was going to just use the grey primer I have, but I had some of the etch primer already out and left over from giving the front wings another coat. The floors have since got a little red-oxide because, again, I had some of that out from painting other things. The grey primer would be more ideal, since I plan on the inside of the cab
Charlie's Echo (14) 15 Mawrth 2020
# Engine Teardown continues Right, where was I? Ah, yes, just tearing into the engine and making some wild-ass guesses. Anyway, it turns out that the 'B' and 'Y' stamped in the top of the piston are the "piston grade", or the size to fit the liner in that cylinder.
Read more…Posts for Tachwedd, 2019
Charlie's Echo (13) 29 Tachwedd 2019## 29 Nov 2019 Today's progress on the Bedford was messy (The underside of the pistons filled up with oil, from having the engine sat upside down.) but interesting. Rod bearings look absolutely brand new:
Charlie's Echo (12) 16 Tachwedd 2019
## 16 Nov 2019 Freed the clutch, and I must say I've seen much worse drive into the workshop. 
Posts for Hydref, 2019
Charlie's Echo (11) 18 Hydref 2019## 18 Oct 2019 And so, a nice week of pottering about mostly after work has seen the tow... beam... thing removed. It's bent/twisted, and the mounting brackets aren't really up to much as far as I'm concerned. (Though, admittedly they've held so far! Really not a fan of how it's put together, though. Looks like they sat their mounting blocks on, put bolts through, then welded the I-beam to it in place along the one
Read more…| Piston Grade | Piston Size | Liner Bore Diameter |
|---|---|---|
| R | 3.8715 to 3.8720in | 3.8735 to 3.8740in |
| B | 3.8720 to 3.8725in | 3.8740 to 3.8745in |