P38A EAS, WHAT ELSE....AGAIN

[Grrrrrr]

Refurb them and keep them as spares to swap out when needed

There's a man after my own heart. I ran out of space to keep parts I was planning to refurb in the shed so now they're in cupboards, on the wardrobe, under the wardrobe and bed and there not much clearance between my mattress and the ceiling.

 

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............................. there not much clearance between my mattress and the ceiling.

Well, I'm suitably impressed, but I can't help but wonder if any of our colleagues on here will contribute more imaginative observations.

 

[oakey]

I would refurb and keep as spare.
Depends how long you keep car but if longer than a month then definitely keep them

 

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Thanks for pointing me to Marty's website. I have just downloaded his first-rate 19-page instruction manual.
Now that I can see exactly what is involved I will definitely be ordering his repair widget. I plan to repair the original control panel so that when I've done it, I can swap them over quickly, without any risk of extended down-time, and then perhaps repair the second one. Makes one wonder why LR couldn't have used this sort of thing in the first place.

 

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MartyUK has a repair kit on his webshop with idiot-proof instructions.

Thanks for pointing me to Marty's website. I have just downloaded his first-rate 19-page instruction manual.
Now that I can see exactly what is involved I will definitely be ordering his repair widget. I plan to repair the original control panel so that when I've done it, I can swap them over quickly, without any risk of extended down-time, and then perhaps repair the second one. Makes one wonder why LR couldn't have used this sort of thing in the first place.

 

[Pression de Gonflage]

I would refurb and keep as spare.
Depends how long you keep car but if longer than a month then definitely keep them

I think I had already reached the conclusion about keeping as spares, but your pessimism (realism?) about 1 month made me smile.

 

[oakey]

More like optimism
If bits are from Kurt then you will be fine

 

[brianp38dse]

There's a man after my own heart. I ran out of space to keep parts I was planning to refurb in the shed so now they're in cupboards, on the wardrobe, under the wardrobe and bed and there not much clearance between my mattress and the ceiling.

I am getting quite a collection of parts in the shed, in the garage, in the loft, in the lounge and my sons spare car and in the p38
i am waiting to put another shed up as a workshop for my lathe and mill

 

[Grrrrrr]

Thanks for pointing me to Marty's website. I have just downloaded his first-rate 19-page instruction manual.
Now that I can see exactly what is involved I will definitely be ordering his repair widget. I plan to repair the original control panel so that when I've done it, I can swap them over quickly, without any risk of extended down-time, and then perhaps repair the second one. Makes one wonder why LR couldn't have used this sort of thing in the first place.

Might be worth just checking @martyuk has them in stock. Last I heard he was in NZ. Normally he has someone covering orders when he's away but these aren't normal times.

 

[Grrrrrr]

I am getting quite a collection of parts in the shed, in the garage, in the loft, in the lounge and my sons spare car and in the p38
i am waiting to put another shed up as a workshop for my lathe and mill

I cannot remember if I had the lathe refurbished when you were here but it is now operational!

 

[brianp38dse]

I cannot remember if I had the lathe refurbished when you were here but it is now operational!

I cant remember seeing a lathe , they are useful, mine only a small vintage one, i dont need anything bigger i have access to complete workshops

 

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More like optimism
If bits are from Kurt then you will be fine

Kurt ?

 

[oakey]

@kurtjohnson10 I think his name is but he is the guru for EAS bits and can supply them VERY reasonably.and they work

 

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Might be worth just checking @martyuk has them in stock. Last I heard he was in NZ. Normally he has someone covering orders when he's away but these aren't normal times.

Thanks for the thought. As I'm in no great hurry to sort this, I'll probably order and say so. In our normal summer temperatures I just press the down buton until nothing further happens. Then turn the fan knob 3 or 4 full turns and leave it at that. Then if it gets a bit chilly I open a window for a few seconds. Advanced stuff this hevac.

The other bit of advanced technology which I beg leave to pass on, is for when it stops blowing cold and I find that the clutch isn't kicking in. The special tool I use is the rubber handled wheel wrench which lives in my door pocket. A quick tap and it engages. Then when home I add half a litre of WD40 and it ea es it.

 

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@kurtjohnson10 I think his name is but he is the guru for EAS bits and can supply them VERY reasonably.and they work

Thank you. I'll certainly add him to my growing collection

 

[romanrob]

Thanks for the thought. As I'm in no great hurry to sort this, I'll probably order and say so. In our normal summer temperatures I just press the down buton until nothing further happens. Then turn the fan knob 3 or 4 full turns and leave it at that. Then if it gets a bit chilly I open a window for a few seconds. Advanced stuff this hevac.

The other bit of advanced technology which I beg leave to pass on, is for when it stops blowing cold and I find that the clutch isn't kicking in. The special tool I use is the rubber handled wheel wrench which lives in my door pocket. A quick tap and it engages. Then when home I add half a litre of WD40 and it ea es it.

PdeG - try a bit of home brew filter paper between the clutch plates - there's probably all sorts of sh*te in there... and if that doesn't work, take the clutch plate off and see if you have a shim in there. Your clutch is magnetising ok, by the sounds of it.

 

[Grrrrrr]

I cant remember seeing a lathe , they are useful, mine only a small vintage one, i dont need anything bigger i have access to complete workshops

Ah, might have acquired it later on. It was a bit of a rusty lump when I got it but it has cleaned up well. It is a South Bend lathe from about 1941, supplied to the MoD for the war effort. Presumably someone bought it as surplus after the war. I rescued it from the remains of a shed before it went in a skip.

 

[brianp38dse]

Ah, might have acquired it later on. It was a bit of a rusty lump when I got it but it has cleaned up well. It is a South Bend lathe from about 1941, supplied to the MoD for the war effort. Presumably someone bought it as surplus after the war. I rescued it from the remains of a shed before it went in a skip.

Thats older than my lathe, and will be a good solid lump better than these modern ones that flex, may not nave all the fancy stuff of a new one but will never wear out

 

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PdeG - try a bit of home brew filter paper between the clutch plates - there's probably all sorts of sh*te in there... and if that doesn't work, take the clutch plate off and see if you have a shim in there. Your clutch is magnetising ok, by the sounds of it.

Sorry, I should have said that this was/is only a quick (very quick) get-you-home solution and takes but a few seconds. More often than not, the "fix" would last days or even weeks before I lost cooling again. I should also have mentioned that you need to tap the assembly while it is actually running. Very easy to forget or ignore a problem when it seems to have gone away. Eventually I did as you have suggested l Ladled in the WD, left it for a while and then ran filter paper or similar in the gap and now the problem seems to have permanently gone. Well, at least til next time...

 

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Ah, might have acquired it later on. It was a bit of a rusty lump when I got it but it has cleaned up well. It is a South Bend lathe from about 1941, supplied to the MoD for the war effort. Presumably someone bought it as surplus after the war. I rescued it from the remains of a shed before it went in a skip.

I love this type of old kit that is usually so heavy it doesn't need bolting down. A photo would be nice.