P38A EAS, WHAT ELSE....AGAIN

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brianp38dse said:
Refurb them and keep them as spares to swap out when needed:D
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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.
 
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.
 
Grrrrrr said:
MartyUK has a repair kit on his webshop with idiot-proof instructions.
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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.
 
Grrrrrr said:
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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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 :D
i am waiting to put another shed up as a workshop for my lathe and mill:)
 
Pression de Gonflage said:
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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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 said:
I cannot remember if I had the lathe refurbished when you were here but it is now operational!
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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:D
 
Grrrrrr said:
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.
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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.
 
Pression de Gonflage said:
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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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.
 
brianp38dse said:
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:D
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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.
 
Grrrrrr said:
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.
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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:)
 
romanrob said:
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.
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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...
 
Grrrrrr said:
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.
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I love this type of old kit that is usually so heavy it doesn't need bolting down. A photo would be nice.
 
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