What did you do to your rig today?

Please feel free to describe your motorhome, campervan or caravan. (make, model, length etc)
User avatar
jon_d
Posts: 4681
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:37 pm
Location: bedford
Has thanked: 43 times
Been thanked: 37 times

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by jon_d »

Bagmaker,

If you wanted straight, you should have bought an IKEA bus and not a Volvo. :shock:


My COMAIR Bedford is a straight as an aeroplane. :roll:
Mrcoolabah1au
Posts: 2699
Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:36 pm
Location: Tocumwal on the Murray river

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by Mrcoolabah1au »

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Coolabah1au
Wayne nini
User avatar
T1 Terry
Posts: 15974
Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:44 pm
Location: Mannum South Australia by the beautiful Murray River
Has thanked: 51 times
Been thanked: 30 times

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by T1 Terry »

jon_d wrote:wrong thread, sorry, maybe here.

what's the engine Terry?
a 380 deisel?

http://www.waggatractorparts.com/ecomme ... 39-wpm3502

Maybe give Simon a ring at Wagga tractors.
This pump has 3 cast inlet pipes and one has a 1" tapped hole for the water pump elbow and 7 bolts hold it on. It is near an abstract art item by the shape of it, I can understand why no one tried to make after market copies :lol: With a bit of luck I'll be able to modify this universal fit water pump brg and seal to di the job, just hope the cast impeller holds up to being machined out to 3/4" and then presses on without fracturing....... just thinking about it I've decided to turn the shaft down to 5/8"instead so the impeller remains original, I can always get another brg but an impeller would be the death of the project
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
Mrcoolabah1au
Posts: 2699
Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:36 pm
Location: Tocumwal on the Murray river

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by Mrcoolabah1au »

Maybe a bit of blue tac will help :roll: :lol: :roll:
Coolabah1au
Wayne nini
User avatar
supersparky
Posts: 8788
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:00 pm
Location: Home on the beautiful Gold Coast for a while.
Has thanked: 83 times
Been thanked: 66 times

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by supersparky »

T1 Terry wrote:\
...............................................
With a bit of luck I'll be able to modify this universal fit water pump brg and seal to di the job, just hope the cast impeller holds up to being machined out to 3/4" and then presses on without fracturing....... just thinking about it I've decided to turn the shaft down to 5/8"instead so the impeller remains original, I can always get another brg but an impeller would be the death of the project
Now you're thinking. I can't understand why manufacturers build stuff then don't supply spare parts, seriously how many people replace water pumps from time to time. Yes, maybe all of us. Good luck mate.

Wayne, blue tac won't help.
Cheers
David

David and Terrie
2006 Winnebago Alpine
Not all who wander are lost.
bagmaker
Posts: 886
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:56 pm
Location: Victoria

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by bagmaker »

jon_d wrote:Bagmaker,

If you wanted straight, you should have bought an IKEA bus and not a Volvo. :shock:


My COMAIR Bedford is a straight as an aeroplane. :roll:
Ha, I wish.
Roof is domed, ceiling/ first floor is domed, bottom floor is flat but with a walkway. Sides belly in the middle (2m off the ground) and everything is made of soft aluminium. Ahh well, the joys of building :lol:
User avatar
jon_d
Posts: 4681
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:37 pm
Location: bedford
Has thanked: 43 times
Been thanked: 37 times

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by jon_d »

My sides go out about 3 inches in the middle and then upto a curved corner and then to a curved ceiling.

Everything is tin, painted green, tarred and or gal or both.... and riveted.
User avatar
T1 Terry
Posts: 15974
Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:44 pm
Location: Mannum South Australia by the beautiful Murray River
Has thanked: 51 times
Been thanked: 30 times

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by T1 Terry »

supersparky wrote:
T1 Terry wrote:\
...............................................
With a bit of luck I'll be able to modify this universal fit water pump brg and seal to di the job, just hope the cast impeller holds up to being machined out to 3/4" and then presses on without fracturing....... just thinking about it I've decided to turn the shaft down to 5/8"instead so the impeller remains original, I can always get another brg but an impeller would be the death of the project
Now you're thinking. I can't understand why manufacturers build stuff then don't supply spare parts, seriously how many people replace water pumps from time to time. Yes, maybe all of us. Good luck mate.

Wayne, blue tac won't help.
No idea where the last reply went, probably powering the ether or something.
Spent the day looking for a different water pump seal, one for a 5/8"shaft rather than a 3/4"shaft. Can't find anything relating to the part number on the old seal, the 2 replacements are either too long with all the bits combined or not quite the size to seal on the shaft properly or seal in the housing properly. So another day I didn't have to spare lost, it will just have to back together MacGyver style to get us over to the Lake and back, then I'll have more time to look for a better seal. The silicon squeezed up into the leak hole worked good enough to get here so with a new brg it should get us there and back :? hopefully :lol:
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
Mrcoolabah1au
Posts: 2699
Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:36 pm
Location: Tocumwal on the Murray river

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by Mrcoolabah1au »

Just use super glue it will hold altogether for the next 1000km :lol: :lol: :lol:
Coolabah1au
Wayne nini
User avatar
Greynomad
Posts: 9025
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:16 pm
Location: Rutherglen, Vic.
Has thanked: 28 times
Been thanked: 61 times

Re: What did you do to your rig today?

Post by Greynomad »

Drove it a very, very long way! :D
Regards & God bless,
Ray
--
"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"

"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields

Return to “About your outfit”