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Title: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2010, 09:11:52
Tunnie's Sky mates: "What did you do on New Years Eve"
Tunnie: "Helped a fat bloke change an exhaust"

6 hours. 6 rather hours  >:(

Needless to say, all bolt bolts sheared. Knew they would. 3 drilled out reasonably OK, 4th - where I got a snapped drill bit stuck - must have taken about 3hrs. Reckon I left Tunnie with a pile of around 20 broken drill bits, and a heap of blunt ones. What a pig of a job.

Cheers Tunnie :y


I was cold, tired, and back was killing me.  Got home just in time - she'd done ribs :D. Watched the Top Gear Bolivia, then tucked up in bed by 10:30. Just got up now :o
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: tunnie on 01 January 2010, 09:14:16
I did quite well out of the evening, found a pack of those magic sockets in my car, finders keepers  ;D

I was in bed by 11, up at 6am for work  :(
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2010, 09:18:51
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I did quite well out of the evening, found a pack of those magic sockets in my car, finders keepers  ;D

I was in bed by 11, up at 6am for work  :(
And one of my files....

...we'll sort out ownership in the carpark ;)
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: tunnie on 01 January 2010, 09:39:21
when you got a sec, i would not mind borrowing that gas powered soldering iron, really want to get that auto-dipping mirror fitted  :)
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 January 2010, 09:55:51
Been buying cheap drill bits again!
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: Chris_H on 01 January 2010, 10:20:19
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Tunnie's Sky mates: "What did you do on New Years Eve"
Tunnie: "Helped a fat bloke change an exhaust"

6 hours. 6 rather hours  >:(

Needless to say, all bolt bolts sheared. Knew they would. 3 drilled out reasonably OK, 4th - where I got a snapped drill bit stuck - must have taken about 3hrs. Reckon I left Tunnie with a pile of around 20 broken drill bits, and a heap of blunt ones. What a pig of a job.

Cheers Tunnie :y


I was cold, tired, and back was killing me.  Got home just in time - she'd done ribs :D. Watched the Top Gear Bolivia, then tucked up in bed by 10:30. Just got up now :o
I seem to recall breaking a bit off when drilling out the seized bolts.  It doesn't half add to the time it takes! And in the cold; and on a day when it's nice to be tucked up warm.
You get a sense of achievement nonetheless?
Well done both.
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: tunnie on 01 January 2010, 10:29:13
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Tunnie's Sky mates: "What did you do on New Years Eve"
Tunnie: "Helped a fat bloke change an exhaust"

6 hours. 6 rather hours  >:(

Needless to say, all bolt bolts sheared. Knew they would. 3 drilled out reasonably OK, 4th - where I got a snapped drill bit stuck - must have taken about 3hrs. Reckon I left Tunnie with a pile of around 20 broken drill bits, and a heap of blunt ones. What a pig of a job.

Cheers Tunnie :y


I was cold, tired, and back was killing me.  Got home just in time - she'd done ribs :D. Watched the Top Gear Bolivia, then tucked up in bed by 10:30. Just got up now :o
I seem to recall breaking a bit off when drilling out the seized bolts.  It doesn't half add to the time it takes! And in the cold; and on a day when it's nice to be tucked up warm.
You get a sense of achievement nonetheless?
Well done both.

In the sense i got rid of the fat bloke from my garage  ;D

Decent drill bits did make big differance!

Once they were out, the replacement went on within half an hour.

Hopefully its settled a bit, was a tad noisey on start up
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2010, 10:29:50
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Been buying cheap drill bits again!
Yeah, went into the box of cheapies once I'd exhausted my supply of better ones.  Did try one of tunnie's, but that only lasted a few seconds before having no tip left.

Reckon it was having to drill down the length of a snapped bit that did the damage.
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: sparkyw666. on 01 January 2010, 13:29:53
know how you feel guys it taking me round about the same time to do mine as you say a pig of a job :y
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: tunnie on 01 January 2010, 13:36:54
if he had a 4 pot, we would have been done by 4  :P
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: iggy21uk on 01 January 2010, 13:53:27
Heated mine up with portable Oxy Gas torch came off easy.   :)
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: Shackeng on 01 January 2010, 14:06:12
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Tunnie's Sky mates: "What did you do on New Years Eve"
Tunnie: "Helped a fat bloke change an exhaust"

6 hours. 6 rather hours  >:(

Needless to say, all bolt bolts sheared. Knew they would. 3 drilled out reasonably OK, 4th - where I got a snapped drill bit stuck - must have taken about 3hrs. Reckon I left Tunnie with a pile of around 20 broken drill bits, and a heap of blunt ones. What a pig of a job.

Cheers Tunnie :y


I was cold, tired, and back was killing me.  Got home just in time - she'd done ribs :D. Watched the Top Gear Bolivia, then tucked up in bed by 10:30. Just got up now :o

Exactly why it is one job I always pay someone else to do, also avoids rust flecks in the eyes. V. painful IIRC ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: Chris_H on 01 January 2010, 15:18:36
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Tunnie's Sky mates: "What did you do on New Years Eve"
Tunnie: "Helped a fat bloke change an exhaust"

6 hours. 6 rather hours >:(

Needless to say, all bolt bolts sheared. Knew they would. 3 drilled out reasonably OK, 4th - where I got a snapped drill bit stuck - must have taken about 3hrs. Reckon I left Tunnie with a pile of around 20 broken drill bits, and a heap of blunt ones. What a pig of a job.

Cheers Tunnie :y


I was cold, tired, and back was killing me.  Got home just in time - she'd done ribs :D. Watched the Top Gear Bolivia, then tucked up in bed by 10:30. Just got up now :o

Exactly why it is one job I always pay someone else to do, also avoids rust flecks in the eyes. V. painful IIRC ;D ;D ;D
Not to mention punching yourself under the chin because no spanner will fit the corroded nuts!
Title: Re: Flippin' 'eck, run out of drillbits
Post by: unlucky mark mv6 on 01 January 2010, 16:40:33
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Tunnie's Sky mates: "What did you do on New Years Eve"
Tunnie: "Helped a fat bloke change an exhaust"

6 hours. 6 rather hours  >:(

Needless to say, all bolt bolts sheared. Knew they would. 3 drilled out reasonably OK, 4th - where I got a snapped drill bit stuck - must have taken about 3hrs. Reckon I left Tunnie with a pile of around 20 broken drill bits, and a heap of blunt ones. What a pig of a job.

Cheers Tunnie :y


I was cold, tired, and back was killing me.  Got home just in time - she'd done ribs :D. Watched the Top Gear Bolivia, then tucked up in bed by 10:30. Just got up now :o
Doesent that just piss you off,when the bit snaps,then try and drill it back out with another,and that snaps,especially in the cold when your fingers are stinging. >:(