My first job involved fabrication to a flatbed semi-trailer. Someone had taken all the stops out that prevented the winches from traveling. Therefore as it goes down the road they would travel and end up over the tires. The load would bear down the trailer and make the winches rub against the tires ruining them. I had to take out the two remaining stops (just a bolt preventing the winches from sliding off), add a few winches, and space them out proportionally across the trailer. Then I put in new stops where they were taken out by using a grade 8 bolt, two flat washers, and a locknut for vibration. The fabrication came in for the two winches I actually bolted directly onto the trailer and not the rail the rest slide along. I scribed two 3/8" holes, drilled them about 1 1/4" in from the outside, marked the trailer with a paint pen, and drilled two holes to bolt them onto the trailer with.
Flushed an engine by draining the coolant, closing the peacock, and filling it with water. Started the engine, opened the peacock, and had a garden hose so there was about the same amount of water going in as there was coming out. Engine has to be running for it to be done properly or else you have all the dirty coolant sitting in the block.
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This isn't the flatbed I did it on, but this is what it looked like.
You can see the winches along the rail, and notice how they're
NOT over the tires. The ones I drilled for were on the end by
the tail lights, and on the opposite end as well. |
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| Drain and fill for the differential. It's full when it's dribbling out the top. |
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Here's a slack adjuster that looks pretty typical.
They're all dirty and greasy, but this one looks like it's on it's way out. |
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| 80-90 gear lube used in a differential. |
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Tapped the headbolt holes in Squire's engine.
Sucked out the shavings with a vaccuum and blew it out with an air gun. |
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| The engine Squire is current'y working on. |
