Ulysses

maverick wrote: That floor looks like it needs some attention

If it was my garage then it would be sorted out. Im renting the space. That bit was dug up for an archaeologist to inspect whats under the garage when someone was going to build on it a few years ago. The guy I rent it from keeps his car in there and potters on with things too, but isnt fussy about the knackered concrete unfortunately. Also he wont sell it to me and will likley kick me out at some point when he starts to build on the site.

Pity you can't buy it Riccy.... between your house and the pub, perfect......

sniper

Been a busy few days wiring up a temporary hospital in Whitehaven sports centre, but back at the important stuff today

stripped off the wheels, mudguards and various reflectors and spent the morning going over it with the wire brush attachment on the grinder then some paint. My favourite combo of Buzzweld rust encapsulator and top coat of black Raptor. Got the trailer and most of the little bits done today before I heard the call of beer...

Primer:


Raptor:




More painting tomorrow probably, then leave to dry and reassemble.

Oh, and in case anyone is wondering what a temporary hospital ward looks like...

from a sports hall:


to a 60 bed space plus nurses facilities in 4 days:





I would suggest that following the advice of 'not going out' is wise. I wouldnt want to end my days here

Yeah, well done on both jobs mate

Thanks for the kind words

Trailer finished off today. Bit more paint early on then took apart the old trailer board and robbed the lights & wiring. Fitted them up using the pipe and box bracket I had welded in earlier. Should have painted the wiring box (or got a black one at least!)







Pretty happy with how its turned out. Garage landlord has ordered me another red tarpaulin to match the one on the car to finish it off.


Booked in for the throttle bodies dyno tune next week still hopefully Getting excited isnt the word...

That trailer is ace and has a mini Sankey look about it. Totally amazing work and an enjoyable thread to read, thanks for taking the time to post.
Mike

Scimike wrote: That trailer is ace and has a mini Sankey look about it.

LOL - took the words right out of my mouth fingertips - it reminds me of the military trailers we used to tow around when I was on 33Sqn Puma helicopters

As said above, I do enjoy this thread. There's always great images to accompany good, detailed logs of what you have been up to.

The trailer looks brilliant - getting ideas for the future!

Trailer looks mint!

Throttle body time

Yesterday was spent mocking it up on a spare engine (again) and double checking measurements and clearances. I then spent the afternoon cursing suzuki for various things to do with wiring diagrams and wire colours (who puts two wires the same colour in the same plug, but in different terminals??). Upside is I now have all the wires at the ECU labelled with little flags from the label printer:





This morning was fiddling about making a vent catch can. This is a way of dealing with the rocker cover breather and PCV valve. My new manifold doesnt allow for them (and the EGR valve will be going too, so no need for the PCV valve any more). I used an old welding gas cylinder to make my own catch can to suit the two pipes I am left with to vent. Inside the pipes bend down and stop before the mesh floor. There is a drain plug and a vent at the top which will suit the breater filter I have ordered. There is a couple of tappings on the sides which will have a clear pipe between to use as a level guage (when it needs emptied). 2 hrs and some scrap stuff was worth it. Forgot to take a pic of the outside of it tho...



Then this afternoon it was off to JDM dyno to start putting the new goodies onto Ulysses. Just got it stripped down and the new one on loosely so far. Port sizes are a lot larger on the new setup





More tomorrow...