😊 ~ I remember seeing one of those in use as a child, we live in Gordon Hill, Enfield, London, and at the end of our garden there used to be a cricket green owned by the cricket club and the Hertford loop line railway. I can’t remember what happened, but the railway re-bought the land and sold it to a developer who wanted to build ‘flats’ on the upper half, and the cricket club have the lower half as a sports centre for the flat owners. The builders moved in and demolished the club buildings and turned the land into brown-field, and then, as our house was halfway-up the hill the part backing onto our garden became the building site for the flats 😠🙄 ~ we had to put-up with the noise for 3/4 years = one of the sounds was a vintage compactor-plate similar to the one in this video, but it had been spray-painted cherry/lipstick red all-over, and I went to the back fence and first saw it next to the pile of landscaping materials, I could see it was a hand-crank started and looked old, then had the “delight” of watching a workmen go to it, get the crank-handle > insert it in the spigot hole and release the compression and crank the engine ~ when it started some diesel particulates blew out the muffler, and the worker took it to an area that I assume needed compacting? and then he turned it off and left it. Later I saw a workman on a ride-on twin roller smoothing what looked like the foundation for a road and then saw another worker start the compactor-plate and walking along with it behind the roller as if he was smoothing where the roller had missed? quite amusing seeing both in use in the same area.
That does sound odd but maybe they used the little one to smash small bumps flat the big one missed? I mean this thing wasn’t far from Enfield there’s always a slim chance this was that one. Unlikely but not entirely impossible.
It should stay down and any pressure in the inlet manifold will push the ball up and seal it. Not sure where inlet pressure would come from mind. Maybe it was stuck. Seems OK now and that's what matters.
Great video. Continue following from Norway👍🏼👌
Thanks for watching!
Nice work. That air pre filter is ripe for 3D printing if they are asking for silly money for it. I could easily design and make one.
Now that’s not a bad shout. And I may come back to you on that, because that’d be much better than paying the enormous price these apparently command.
Ah nice save once again! Very useful machine
Indeed, I’ve never had one that reverses before
😊 ~ I remember seeing one of those in use as a child, we live in Gordon Hill, Enfield, London, and at the end of our garden there used to be a cricket green owned by the cricket club and the Hertford loop line railway. I can’t remember what happened, but the railway re-bought the land and sold it to a developer who wanted to build ‘flats’ on the upper half, and the cricket club have the lower half as a sports centre for the flat owners. The builders moved in and demolished the club buildings and turned the land into brown-field, and then, as our house was halfway-up the hill the part backing onto our garden became the building site for the flats 😠🙄 ~ we had to put-up with the noise for 3/4 years = one of the sounds was a vintage compactor-plate similar to the one in this video, but it had been spray-painted cherry/lipstick red all-over, and I went to the back fence and first saw it next to the pile of landscaping materials, I could see it was a hand-crank started and looked old, then had the “delight” of watching a workmen go to it, get the crank-handle > insert it in the spigot hole and release the compression and crank the engine ~ when it started some diesel particulates blew out the muffler, and the worker took it to an area that I assume needed compacting? and then he turned it off and left it. Later I saw a workman on a ride-on twin roller smoothing what looked like the foundation for a road and then saw another worker start the compactor-plate and walking along with it behind the roller as if he was smoothing where the roller had missed? quite amusing seeing both in use in the same area.
That does sound odd but maybe they used the little one to smash small bumps flat the big one missed? I mean this thing wasn’t far from Enfield there’s always a slim chance this was that one. Unlikely but not entirely impossible.
Looks like the breather valve was stuck upwards creating to much pressure,i think that ball valve stays down and with vacuum it pops up🤔
It should stay down and any pressure in the inlet manifold will push the ball up and seal it. Not sure where inlet pressure would come from mind. Maybe it was stuck. Seems OK now and that's what matters.
You could plastic weld the dust catcher because its plastic or abs plastic
I may try that, I’ve never done plastic welding before until I repaired a canoe a few weeks ago. Probably worth a try.
The cracks you can use super glue and baking soda
I had to google that because it sounded made up.
Too bad you don't have a pressure washer. It sorely needs a good cleanup, for sure! Would be easier to work on then, don't you think? :)
I do have one but blasting oil residue onto my lawn seems a bad idea, so I only use it for mud and grime not oily mess.