All quiet, on the 3c front because the tig is out of action after I melted the power conductor in the torch when the watercooler went wrong and I noticed too late... Parts should be here shortly though.
So bit on the forklift while I have chance. Replaced fuel sender with a generic gauge kit sender off amazon for 30e for gauge and sender. Bit better than the price of the oem part which I got quoted at 468e. Reused the mount but fitted the variable resistor + float from the new one, works fine.
Also now I have a shiny new alternator, no oil leaks, I thought I better fix the brakes. To do this apparently you have to pop the wheel off then remove the wheel bearing then the brake drum. A top tip I was given was to bolt the driveshaft on backwards and use it as a giant lever to remove the drums instead of hitting the outsides of the drums with hammers or trying to lever them off. Worked great.
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Left side all fine, removed the pads to check everything free, bit of copper slip where it needed it for the future and back together.
Right side, drum and shoes have fine film of oil, we have the culprit.
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Strip the assembly, and yes, diagnosis confirmed. One side of the cylinder is leaking under pressure.
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The bore isnt the worst I've ever seen, but I can get a complete wheel cylinder for 50e, so that's what I'll do as it looks a little like this may have been honed in the recent past anyway.
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So now I have to wait on the parts for the forktruck too. But I have plenty of other things to get sorted anyway.
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