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Title: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring day.
Post by: theolodian on 28 April 2007, 15:15:53
No one's around to answer questions when you get stuck!  :o

 :P

If I only had some beer for while I wait . . .  ::)
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: Dean on 28 April 2007, 16:01:25
I'm here.... been out for the sun now back in the shade!
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: theolodian on 28 April 2007, 16:35:19
Yeah, definitely a day worth enjoying.  Got there in the end I think.  About to lower it down and take it for a drive.  6hrs to adjust parking brake all told.  :-[
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: Admin on 28 April 2007, 20:09:22
Sorry, myself, Mark & Jaime were busy trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.  ;)

Also known as make the tractor run better!  ;D

We succeeded in making the gear changes nice and smooth, but there is little that could be done about making the engine not sound like a no.22 bus!  ;)
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 28 April 2007, 20:39:08
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Sorry, myself, Mark & Jaime were busy trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.  ;)

Also known as make the tractor run better!  ;D

We succeeded in making the gear changes nice and smooth, but there is little that could be done about making the engine not sound like a no.22 bus!  ;)

Any progress on the cooling?
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: TheBoy on 28 April 2007, 20:46:15
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We succeeded in making the gear changes nice and smooth, but there is little that could be done about making the engine not sound like a no.22 bus!  ;)
I know you and M_DTM are secretly jealous....    ....in fact, MDTM told me he desperately wants a 2.5TD, but is too shy to publically admit it  :P
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 28 April 2007, 21:31:15
Very embarrassing....

On the test drive I felt like I should be stopping at every bus stop....

Now convinced that the cooling issue is a big build up of crudd in the system as every thing else checks out ok...
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: TheBoy on 28 April 2007, 21:36:22
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Very embarrassing....

On the test drive I felt like I should be stopping at every bus stop....

Now convinced that the cooling issue is a big build up of crudd in the system as every thing else checks out ok...
I thought once you got used to the immense power, and was no longer scared of it, you quite enjoyed it....
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: theolodian on 28 April 2007, 21:42:35
That's OK.  I ended up having to strip it all apart even though the parts were all replaced last year.  I didn't get it adjusted quite right.  The shoes were dragging a bit, but after 10 miles they stopped.  :P

How well is the parking brake supposed to hold?  Yank it up, put it in drive, and it holds a small amount of throttle but creeps if you are more aggressive.
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: Markie on 29 April 2007, 11:26:56
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That's OK.  I ended up having to strip it all apart even though the parts were all replaced last year.  I didn't get it adjusted quite right.  The shoes were dragging a bit, but after 10 miles they stopped.  :P

How well is the parking brake supposed to hold?  Yank it up, put it in drive, and it holds a small amount of throttle but creeps if you are more aggressive.


to be honest that sounds like mine....and i was not over happy with mine.

But it very recently passed an MOT  :y
Title: Re: The downside of miggy repair on a nice spring
Post by: theolodian on 29 April 2007, 13:40:46
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How well is the parking brake supposed to hold?  Yank it up, put it in drive, and it holds a small amount of throttle but creeps if you are more aggressive.
to be honest that sounds like mine....and i was not over happy with mine.

But it very recently passed an MOT  :y
That's the important bit!

I haven't had drum brakes in a while.  I forgot how much worse they are than disc brakes.  And then these are tiny, so that's just how they are I suppose.