large Godwin pump part 5,nearly there now.

hi all..
at last ive finished the large Godwin water pump....it taken me a lot longer than normal,must be getting old..







now all i have to do is sell it and start on something else....
regards,mike..

Thats looking the dogs danglies thast is Mike, Well don mate!!!

regards

Mart.

looks really good,lots of polishing on the alloy and i suspect a lot of work inside too

my only thought would be that it may be prone to tip with a drive belt on it, i think i would have made a trolley that was in line with the pulley and mounted the pump on 2 cross pieces.

neville

Looks good Mike but I'm with Nev on this, as I have one of these pumps I would be worried about it being pulled over on such a narrow wheel base.

BRASSO wrote:That's looking the dogs danglies that is Mike, Well don mate!!!

regards

Mart.

thanks mart..
it took me bloody long enough to do..trouble is with my back the way it is its taking me longer and longer to do these days..
now its done its time to get on with the international LB now,then that will be sold.....
thanks for your comments mate..regards,mike..

hob wrote:looks really good,lots of polishing on the alloy and i suspect a lot of work inside too

my only thought would be that it may be prone to tip with a drive belt on it, i think i would have made a trolley that was in line with the pulley and mounted the pump on 2 cross pieces.

Neville

thanks for that Neville..
the only thing is the pump is very tall now,i did make it so that it was the way you said but then it was sat far to high,so that why it sat the way it is..
the mounting holes are quite close together,so you need to put more cross members in to be able to sit that way.this pump has sat in the bottom of a well in somerset from the day it was purchased,so it didn't need top be sat on a trolley...but if i was to break it up for scrap it would make a far bit of money.but i didn't want to do this as it seems a shame to do so,as theres not many of these big bad boys on the rally field...
mind you it a labour of love,as i never seem to get much profit out of the things i sell.but i don't do it for the money,i do it to try a preserve these item and i enjoy it...
thanks again for your comments kind regards..mike...

Villiers wrote:Looks good Mike but I'm with Nev on this, as I have one of these pumps I would be worried about it being pulled over on such a narrow wheel base.

thanks for the comments..ive answered Neville on this one....
you have shown me you on,did you ever get round to making a clear front for it???
regards,mike..

I got a cover cut but have never gotten round to doing anything with it!

Great job Mike, bout time I know what you mean about your back, just have to keep plodding on and catch the dry days to do it.

Stu.

Villiers wrote:I got a cover cut but have never gotten round to doing anything with it!

you will have to get round to it,i think it would look nice seeing all the bits working inside .....
what did you get it cut out from?????
regards,mike..

stationary stu wrote:Great job Mike, bout time I know what you mean about your back, just have to keep plodding on and catch the dry days to do it.

Stu.

yes mate your spot on there....its a bit of a bugger because years ago i would have done it in no time,but now have to pace myself like you do...
its a pity they cant transplant spines,we would be ok then...mind you it would be a bit complicated.....
i expect in years to come they will come up with a way of doing it.....will be to late for us by then..
regards,mike...

mike d wrote:

stationary stu wrote:Great job Mike, bout time I know what you mean about your back, just have to keep plodding on and catch the dry days to do it.

Stu.

yes mate your spot on there....its a bit of a bugger because years ago i would have done it in no time,but now have to pace myself like you do...
its a pity they cant transplant spines,we would be ok then...mind you it would be a bit complicated.....
i expect in years to come they will come up with a way of doing it.....will be to late for us by then..
regards,mike...

Mike just talking to my missus last night about the same thing I'm wondering if they could fuse the broken discs together to see if that would help, I know I couldn't bend over, well can't bend much now anyways but not sure about sitting if that would be a problem. They built the six million dollar man years ago I'm sure they could knock up a couple of new spines in the shed at the back of the operating theatre

Stu.

ive already got 3 of my lower discs fused together with metal plates....
if you can do a new million dollar man,
i will rite to the new 161 million pounds lotto winners and see if they could give me a few million to fund it for us both..
after all there £1000 a week in interest..they wont begrudge to old fellers a new lease of life surly..
regards,mike..

They would say sod that them 2 old coffin dodgers get into enough trouble the way we are without the new lease of life

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:They would say sod that them 2 old coffin dodgers get into enough trouble the way we are without the new lease of life

Stu.

Stu..that sounds about rite mate....
why give the silly old fools another start,they didn't get it rite the first time....
regards,mike..