Winter Project

[bjorge]

No you don't. Half a litre is 0.879877 of a pint in the UK.

 

You only get more drunk than Americans. :munching_out:

 

You're F¤#%&ing right ! Forgot about US vs IMP on pints, too!!! Well, another argument added to my list..... 

[fixitsan]

I heard that was the cause of one of the Space Shuttle crashes.  One supplying firm using (American) Imperial measurements and another using  Metric......?

 

 

I believe that's true, and it's been an issue with many joint projects, from shipbuilding to fighter aircraft

 

Well, I'm kinda lucky as I very rarely have to cope with other than metric units. It's mainly when communicating with you guys and most often MPG vs l/100km fuel consumption. Then I frequently meet the US Gallon vs IMP Gallon problem, and because the yankees regularily don't remember that other definitions of gallon exist (you're outnumbered, of course, but I suspect that's not the entire reason) this is a real PITA.

 

Norwegian also use a few odd measures, like "Favn" (2 meters high, 2 meters wide and length of 0.6 meters = 2.4m3) of wood (fuel) and....and.....and....no, I don't think there are any more 

 

...but of course, we have the ÆØÅ letters....

 

 

The gallon is easy, 10lbs of pure water at room temperature.

 





1 <a class="" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit" title="Imperial unit">imperial</a> gallon

= 160 imperial fluid ounces (fl. oz.) ** No longer officially used in the United Kingdom. **



 

= 8 imperial pints



 

= ¹â„₉ of a <a class="" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Firkin&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Firkin (not yet started)">firkin</a> (of beer)



 

= ¹â„₈ of an imperial bushel



 

= 4.54609 litres (exactly)



 

≈ 4¹â„₂ litres



 

≈ 1.20 U.S. wet gallons



 

≈ 1.03 U.S. dry gallons



 

= 10 pounds of pure water at room temperature

 

 

<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>"In 1783 the British <b>inventor</b> James Watt, who was having difficulties in communicating with German scientists, called for the creation of a global decimal measurement <b>system</b>, proposing a <b>system</b> which used the density of water to link length and mass..." Wiki.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

 

<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>So, not only are British measures universal but the metric system is British too. :oldgit:<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

 

 

 

it always was decimal.... volumetrically, a gallon is exactly 10lbs of pure water at room temperature

[bjorge]

The gallon is easy, 10lbs of pure water at room temperature.

 

1 imperial gallon = 160 imperial fluid ounces (fl. oz.) ** No longer officially used in the United Kingdom. **   = 8 imperial pints   = ¹â„₉ of a firkin (of beer)   = ¹â„₈ of an imperial bushel   = 4.54609 litres (exactly)   ≈ 4¹â„₂ litres   ≈ 1.20 U.S. wet gallons   ≈ 1.03 U.S. dry gallons   = 10 pounds of pure water at room temperature

 

Yeah, and lb is easy, defined as  
0.453592
<span style="margin-left:.25em;">37 kgs  </span> 


 

The problem with joint ventures, requiring conversions, will be noticably improved with Brexit  :pimp:
 

[fixitsan]

 

Yeah, and lb is easy, defined as  
0.45359237 kgs 
 


 

The problem with joint ventures, requiring conversions, will be noticably improved with Brexit  :pimp:
 

Easy answer - dont convert to SI units

[peter-may]

As my old dad said....a pint of clear water a pound and a quarter.....simples.

[dandywarhol]

That was the downfall of space shuttle Challenger - somebody shoved a 1/2 inch coupling onto a 13mm pipe - whooosh!

[coxylaad]

Good job I don't work at NASA

[curlylegend]

Anybody do work on late 70's Landrovers ?  That was a bag of shite if ever there was one !   You needed A/F spanners, Whitworth and B/A and a set of Metric....no wonder most farmers just resorted to hammer and chisel and a big monkey wrench 1

[dandywarhol]

Or a BL Maestro - Imperial engine mated to a VW metric gearbox FFS - no wonder they went down the tubes!

[coxylaad]

Job done. Drilled out and helicoiled. It was hell.
 
Back onto finishing the clean up operation
 

 

 
Engine is pretty much ready for paint. I plan to remove all the covers and paint them separately, then do the block.
 
Merry Christmas everyone

This post was last modified: 27-12-2018, 09:18 PM by coxylaad.

[fixitsan]

Proper job.  Hopefully the gaskets stay mostly intact when you take the side covers off, but they're cheap enough.

 

What have you used to degrease the underside ?

[wicklamulla]

Good job I don't work at NASA

 

 

FFS s'not rocket science Coxy...

[coxylaad]

long time of inactivity. 
 
I now have the frame back all cleaned and powder coated. They have done an excellent job. 


 
I've also had a stab at painting the engine. I have some bits to touch up but generally its gone pretty well also. 

[Studley Ramrod]

Lookin' good.

[coxylaad]

I cant remember whether or not I asked this but does anyone know where I can get a full TDM900 lockset from? 

Ideally it would include the petrol cap if possible. 

[coxylaad]

At long last I have finally managed to get a day in the garage to progress the 900 project. 
 
so, I finished painting the engine:
 

 
Did some more cleaning up of parts. 
 

 

 

 
whilst I was there I replaced the swing arm bearings and one of the bearings in the suspension linkage
 
started to build it all back up:
 

 
 
I had a rear wheel from a YZF750 kicking about from an old track bike I used to own, offered it up, and its a direct replacement! happy days, I can now run a 180 rear tyre. only drawback is that its pink! 
 

 
 
last thing I had a look at today turned out to be quite interesting. I was going to make a start on cleaning up the throttle bodies, they are a bit minging:
 

 
then just for the crack I decided to offer up the 42mm F800 throttle bodies on the engine:
They look so good. They may have to stay there!
 

 
I have the ignijet ecu so tuning it to the bigger throttle bodies will be a relatively straight forward process. Would be a shame not to do it now I have gone this far. 

[wicklamulla]

F800 injector bodies as in BMW?   Looks great so far Coxy.  Don't worry about the TDM900, pink rear rim, Coxylad is Gay comments as they are long gone by now!  I am keen to read your progress with the ignijet setup and resultant dyno runs.

[Studley Ramrod]

Looks like some parts have been cleaned for the first time, ever. lol. Likin' the engine, looks really good.

[dablik]

Leave it pink, it's pretty, good work so far, cupla questions though.

 

1. Looks like you left the headstock races in but covered with a big washer both ends, i always assumed they would need to come out for a powdercoat ! guess not.

 

2. What did you use to clean up the engine, cos it was really manky looking before hand, must of done a good clean as ya paint has stuck on

 

3. Which paint did you settle on for the engine, looks lubberley :good:

[dandywarhol]

You would know all about a pink rim Wicky.

 

What spin cycle do you use after washing the parts coxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxylaaaad?