You might remember my summer of 2020 project: the oil change in my tractor that got slightly out of hand? Well, I tried to finish up the job, as the annual inspection is closing in on me again. But much to my dismay, when I wanted to address the valve issue, I found out that I had a more pressing issue with the head gasket! Again, what started as a rather "simple" repair ended up in a series of rabbit holes. Sheesh! 0:00 Intro / Flashback and Scope Description 1:56 Disassembly and Hydraulic Cylinders 3:54 Open Engine Bay / Exhaust / Air Intake 4:35 Rockers / Push Rods / Head Bolts 5:25 Head Removal / Head Gasket Problem 6:36 Valves / Valve Seat Cutters 7:45 Cutting Valves, Lapping and Head Mounting 9:12 Ball Joints 11:00 Torquing Headbolts / Temporary Mounting of Rockers 12:00 Warm Up / Coolant Issue #2 / New Gasket! 13:08 Injector Removal / Flattening Head 13:54 New Gaske and Revelation / Injector Issue / Adjusting Injectors 15:40 Mounting Head, #2 / Trial Run 16:52 Final Result / Test Drive / Summary / Credits / Outtakes Donate a few bucks for some coffee (or some equipment upgrades): https://ko-fi.com/atkelar Music: My Train's A Comin' Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMl5dxKN_Pw

Pawpets In Black - of course it's an MIB spoof - this video shows four of the more severe (as in funny) pitfalls a new agent can come across. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsfNSSBqa8s

Finally - after quite some time of teasing, here's the camera restoration episode. It features a Praktica FX2 - a 35mm film camera, intruduced by an East Germany company in 1956. Which means that it is alomost as old as my parents.... I did take it apart as far as I could without removing any rivets and I also kept the actual glass of the lens together. The lens has multiple layers (groups) that need to be properly aligned to each other. I don't have the means to adjust that. I also had to be very careful about the springs, at least one of them broke and I had to bend it back into shape. Still works, despite missing a turn of the coil. Note. The video is mostly made to illustrate the process and might be too fast for reference. If you have a concrete question, comment and ask! I have about 20 hours of footage... slightly too long for a YouTube upload :) Links: Information about the camera: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Praktica_F.X_2 What is a "rolling shutter": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter Donate a few bucks for some coffee (or some equipment upgrades): https://ko-fi.com/atkelar Music: My Train's A Comin'Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08RiOcCtpTk

This is another one of my Tinkering with Atkelar videos! Yay! The video at hand is about the setup and first tryout of my woodturning lathe. I always wanted one of those, it makes several tasks so much easier if not possible to begin with! As you might have realized by now, I try to keep these in certain categories: Restorations, Builds and now "Workshop Projects". I hope that these title additions make it easier to navigate and eventually will form individual playlists. I may have a fourth category - "Repairs" - for anything that is not a restoration, either because it is too new or it is more of a "can you get this working for me?" request. On the technical side, I did use a new (used) camera for some but not all of the shots, but had improved lightning all over. Feedback welcome as usual! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAl2dlF_uMk