Sandwich Windmill

Good progress this Sunday, the pictures pretty much tell the story....
The tank was seperated from the bund which was cleaned out (smelly) & contained a surprising number of snails (why would they want to live in there?). What little oil was left in the tank was pumped out & photos were taken of the damage with a view to getting it repaired.

This later turned out to be far from cost-effective!
We are now back to thinking round the problem further, one only hopes the thieves have spent the few pounds they would have recieved from the oil they stole wisely? I would hate to think that we've been put to all this trouble for nothing!!!

The hoist in the workshop proved really useful again as we seperated the tanks...

The camera inside the tank (above), the blue hose is from the pump

Later in the morning materials for the repair of the cap were delivered, two pieces of Elm, cut for the ribs or curb & one piece of oak. The winch was used again!

Honda NTV650

We found another project so cheap & so close it would almost have been rude not to buy it!
An early 90's Honda NTV650, with what looks like light front end damage. It runs, needs a headlamp, clutch lever, speedo, a couple of indicators & possibly new handlebars...

As if we haven't got enough projects!

We've been half looking for the parts to get this bike back on the road at minimal cost so that it can be used as a spare run-around...
Useful work done so far; cleaned & painted rear carrier, straightened handlebars, replaced headlamp, footrest & damaged indicators. The speedo was proving difficult to find cheap, so we found one from a Revere, this is similar except for the layout of the warning lights & the position of the mounting bolts. It was relatively simple to make an "adapter plate" to mount the Revere clocks on the NTV forks...