The Morbidmobile Blog

[Dippydog]

Good to see you're making progress and hopefully you'll have it back roadworthy soon.It looks so much better with those wheels on it than the awful things it had when you bought it.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Simmy

i dont think any companys dump concrete any more. they make huge blocks like concrete lego .used to build retaining walls .

Are you referring to breeze blocks? Or suggesting a huge slab is poured to be later transported as a pre-fabricated retaining wall?

Both ideas have large flaws in, i can't remember the facts and figures and to be honest, i only knew a few of them (i didn't really need to know, i was just fixing/installing the equipment that made it) but in a pre-mix concrete plant there are so many different recipes for concrete depending on the final use that it's mind-boggling. Then there might be add-mix solutions added to the mix to retard or advance the setting characteristics, others alter the final top finish and so on. None of that would be suitable for a retaining wall.

In concrete block plants, again there are several recipes for the concrete used to make the blocks depending on the final application. The concrete is mixed, deposited into the formers/moulds for the concrete blocks which are then vibrated to make it settle and then transferred to a kiln to dry. The only heat in this kiln is from the concrete drying and believe me, it can get pretty hot in there!

As i'm sure you can see, even with this very basic explanation, there are too many external factors to be able to just pour a retaining wall from a rejected load of concrete. The wall still has to pass muster as a retaining wall so the strength and composition of the concrete is still important.

[griston64]

This is the type of block Simmy is referring to https://hub-4.com/news/interlocking-...all-structures

[TomSaintJames]

For the driveway and patio, we have been getting quotes from campanies that specialise in concrete surfaces etc, with all else that I have to do paying a professional to sort it is the easier option just now! Also there are regulations that state water impermeable driveways require drainage, definitely leave that to the pro's!

Are there supposed to be brake disc shields on the fronts aswell? At the moment there aren't!

Dave, these are pics of the rear caliper retaining bolts. One cleaned up ready for threadlock and insertion, the other as it was with the old red threadlock still in place. I did the same with the fronts of course

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by griston64

This is the type of block Simmy is referring to https://hub-4.com/news/interlocking-...all-structures

Thanks Mark, useful information there and a product i wasn't aware of. This is a quote from that article about them "Interlocking concrete ‘’lego’’ style blocks (provided they are cast in accordance with BS EN 15258:2008) " which to my way of thinking would still specify what mix the concrete would need to be for them.

Also if concrete has been sat in the back of a mixer truck for an hour or more, by the time it got up to the mixing area in a concrete block factory it would probably be close to setting so wouldn't make strong building blocks.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by TomSaintJames

For the driveway and patio, we have been getting quotes from campanies that specialise in concrete surfaces etc, with all else that I have to do paying a professional to sort it is the easier option just now! Also there are regulations that state water impermeable driveways require drainage, definitely leave that to the pro's!

Are there supposed to be brake disc shields on the fronts aswell? At the moment there aren't!

Dave, these are pics of the rear caliper retaining bolts. One cleaned up ready for threadlock and insertion, the other as it was with the old red threadlock still in place. I did the same with the fronts of course

Good call on getting quotes for your drive Tom! If memory erves from your pics earlier in the thread, your driveway has a slope on it so unless you have a level driveway with a ramp built into the end of it, it would be more or less self-draining. However there may be environmental regulations at play that would alter my opinion so take that as an idea only!

Nice one on the bolts too, just don't overtighten them this time!

[griston64]

It should really go into a drainage channel Dave. Like ACO Drain or similar. It's all to do with SUDS ( sustainable Urban Drainage ) to stop eccess surface water ending up all over the place. You have probably seen SUDS ponds on your travels

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by griston64

It should really go into a drainage channel Dave. Like ACO Drain or similar. It's all to do with SUDS ( sustainable Urban Drainage ) to stop eccess surface water ending up all over the place. You have probably seen SUDS ponds on your travels

Thanks Mark, i was thinking back to what i remember of the pics of Toms drive, fairly sure it sloped down to the road (no pavement) and the road is on a slight hill with a left hand bend not far from the drive so wouldn't have had independent drainage for the original drive. However because it's being done now, it will have to adhere to whatever the current regs etc are, whatever they may be!

To be honest i don't think i'd recognise a Sustainable Urban Drainage Pond if i fell in it up to my ankles head first. Probably never seen one as i tend to avoid urban areas where possible!

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Thanks Mark, i was thinking back to what i remember of the pics of Toms drive, fairly sure it sloped down to the road (no pavement) and the road is on a slight hill with a left hand bend not far from the drive so wouldn't have had independent drainage for the original drive. However because it's being done now, it will have to adhere to whatever the current regs etc are, whatever they may be!

To be honest i don't think i'd recognise a Sustainable Urban Drainage Pond if i fell in it up to my ankles head first. Probably never seen one as i tend to avoid urban areas where possible!

Urban drainage just means general housing rather than city centre.

[TomSaintJames]

Wheels off and nuts torques to 85NM, brake discs 262mm by 22mm. Am i right in think these are the smallest that were fitted to 740's, the bigger being 287mm but still 22mm thickness?

The simplest upgrade seems to be the 940 280mm*26mm discs and matching calipers, i've read the extra thickness helps prevent warped discs which I can't remember if the hearse currently has or not!