Lebro Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Talking of which, any sign of Project Binky recently ? Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stillp Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 39 minutes ago, Lebro said: Talking of which, any sign of Project Binky recently ? Bob. Haven't seen anything from them since they gave their Citroen racer away. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 11 hours ago, JohnC said: I'm loving this story. It's like a (good) series on TV - I'm hanging on for the next episode. No way I could ever attempt it, but I am getting vicarious pleasure from it. Kind of the opposite of schadenfreude John Hi John, thank you for your laud. Please tell me about you get to the word Schadenfreude. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) Started early in the weekend today, had a phone call to the prop shaft maker, after checking the dimensions the cross bar is in the TR again and the gb fixed, the speedo drive spin is the same like on the TR gearbox, the new crossmember is also finished. This should be solid enough now. Don't worry, there is space enough to the exhaust pipe on my TR4A, I tested it before I bended it. Tomorrow it will go on my engine / gearbox trolley to check the space for the angle drive. Ciao, Marco Edited March 12, 2021 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnC Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Z320 said: Please tell me about you get to the word Schadenfreude. Oops! I hope I used it correctly. I understand it to mean “enjoying the pain of others”. In this case, I’m enjoying the success of others (you), so it seems the opposite... John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hi John, the meaning is more to enjoy the failing of others or damage on items of others and I understand you absolutely right. You enjoy I'm not failing and not have to kick the hole project in the bin. But there are so lovely words at Germany like Autobahn, Bratwurst, Volksfest, schunkeln, Kindergarten, Wanderslust.... Where from do you know the negative Schadenfreude. If you don't want to tell - that's OK. Ciao, Marco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Vincent Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Schadenfreude is a Word That has found its way into reasonably common usage in the English language. Just like a lot of English words have found their way into German. Rgds Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) WHAT A SHAME for us Germans! Edited January 30, 2021 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Vincent Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 38 minutes ago, Z320 said: WHAT A SHAME for us Germans! Is that a German joke Marco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Z320 said: But there are so lovely words at Germany like Autobahn, Bratwurst, Volksfest, schunkeln, Kindergarten, Wanderslust.... I like the words auspuff (exhaust) and ausfahrt (turnoff) - they appeal to the juvenile part of my mind but sadly they haven't been assumed into English yet. Schunklen was a new one - I had to look that up but the others you mention do sometimes occur in English usage too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Two english phrases, not used at Germany, always make my wife and me smile: "baby changing" - give away your dirty one and get a clean one back! "free range eggs" - eggs running out on the fields while the chicken are chilling in their shed! Give me five! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnC Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Z320 said: Where from do you know the negative Schadenfreude My daughter speaks German. She delights in using German words she thinks are more appropriate than the English ones available. She is particularly fond of anything ending in -zeug; to her it's an example of the word explaining the thing. My favourite is werkzeug . But yes, Ian is right, I've heard Shadenfreude used in English conversation here in Australia... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) I'm looking since some time for a english therm for - fitzefatze (kidding for need or useless but very contemptuous) - pillepalle (about the same) - Jeck (local from the Rheinland, "your are a Jeck!", "each Jeck is different ") it is spoken like Yeck, not like check Perhaps she knows? Edited January 30, 2021 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Sounds like fitzefatze and pillepalle are rhyming-nonsense words, a bit like our use of 'tittle-tattle' for gossip or 'argy-bargy' for an argument so perhaps there is no easy translation? I can think of the modern term 'Wallying about'? Jeck seems to translate as 'fool' or perhaps 'knave' according to one dictionary. English sometimes uses 'Jack' in a similar sort of way so maybe that's it? Nowadays people might use the more modern word 'Wally' instead, as above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Rob, you are quite right! I love argy-bargy! Back to our TRs a hole sentence could be: "He du Jeck du! What fitzefatze (Zeug) do you do with your TR?!?" The way you say it "the Jeck" can be your friend but more likely hi is not (anymore) ..... Edited January 30, 2021 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Back to the Mazda gearbox, "the bridge" and the new made crossmember fit lovely. The knurled nut is where the speedo angle drive has to be connected. This was my first wooden model to check the space I have for it, MUCH too solid! Step by step down About 20 mm when I want to fit it after fixing the crossmember, 26 mm when I fit it before, luckily I constructed it that way. This will be a thing to have some thoughts about. Ciao, Marco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnC Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 10:14 PM, Z320 said: - fitzefatze (kidding for need or useless but very contemptuous) - pillepalle (about the same) Bertie can't help, but I wonder if "fiddle-faddle" comes close? An apparent action that is actually pointless and a waste of energy. Or thereabouts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 18 hours ago, Z320 said: Back to the Mazda gearbox, "the bridge" and the new made crossmember fit lovely. The knurled nut is where the speedo angle drive has to be connected. This was my first wooden model to check the space I have for it, MUCH too solid! Step by step down About 20 mm when I want to fit it after fixing the crossmember, 26 mm when I fit it before, luckily I constructed it that way. This will be a thing to have some thoughts about. Ciao, Marco Exhaust clearance beneath the newly reinforced replacement cross member? On a Side screen car it would probably be an issue. Peter W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted January 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Hi Peter, yes, I've seen the photos on the currently posts about the Overdrive cross member. Fortunately the exhaust pipe on my "push wheel" TR4A is mostly under the frames arm, only a minimum under the crossmember. After checking the length of the prop shaft again (the crossmeber on the trolley and in the TR is my reference point) I made a "small parcel" ready today for my prop shaft builder. Looking forward the priece he will tell me, but I don't want to glue that with Loctite 638.... Edited February 1, 2021 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted February 1, 2021 Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 14 hours ago, Z320 said: Hi Peter, yes, I've seen the photos on the currently posts about the Overdrive cross member. Fortunately the exhaust pipe on my "push wheel" TR4A is mostly under the frames arm, only a minimum under the crossmember. After checking the length of the prop shaft again (the crossmeber on the trolley and in the TR is my reference point) I made a "small parcel" ready today for my prop shaft builder. Looking forward the priece he will tell me, but I don't want to glue that with Loctite 638.... Bit of a tease here. GKN Carbon Fiber Composite Propeller Shaft Technology Bond the existing couplings/flanges and UJ to a carbon fibre tube. Works for the racing world. https://www.brighthubengineering.com/manufacturing-technology/76524-gkn-technology-for-propeller-shafts/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 There is always more than one way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Currently I'm waiting for the probshaft (some problems...) and I give some thought on how to make a different "angle drive", I don't trust the crown wheel and pinion. Edited February 13, 2021 by Z320 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Hi everybody, the issue with the speedo cable is 1st: the very limited space to the right side of the gearbox, 2nd: I want to use an original speedo cable to safe money - and 3rd: I have to speed up the spins by about factor 1.5326 (my calculation). I stopped the idea to make a angle drive with 25 tooth crown and 16 tooth pinion (factor 1.56) because of my limited possibilities. So my idea is "to loop" the spin down through under the gearbox to the left side. This is my wooden model to check the dimensions. Inside there will be 2 printer timing pulleys 30 and 20 tooth (factor 1.5), a 180 mm long GT2 toothed printer belt for the distance, also two POM cogs to inverse the spin, some bearings, axles, other stuff, some standard parts from eBay. I have no idea if this works and how durable it will be. I will see.... Ciao, Marco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 Won't it rotate in the wrong direction ? Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Z320 Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 Hi Bob, thank you for your question. Yes but no, I will show you after a final check tomorrow. Ciao, Marco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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