by "MM54" (mm54mk2)
Published 11/20/2017 at 23:07
by "MM54" (mm54mk2)
Published 11/20/2017 at 23:07
Tags: Houselopnik
STARS: 10
A friend of mine recently sold his MGB, and like every other person with a British car, had a bunch of spare parts laying around. For lack of being able to get rid of it, he gave me a dismantled transmission. After work today he stopped by and dropped off the case, one thing lead to another, and now it’s a lamp.
We were able to secure the post of a broken lamp to the output bearing with some washers/nuts and feed the cord out through the clutch fork opening. The rest is just normal transmission/lamp stuff. Need to get some rubber or felt feet to put on it so I can set it directly on the tile floor in the basement.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/20/2017 at 23:15, STARS: 1
You should make it such that the gear stick controls the intensity of the light and it’s off when in neutral
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/20/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 2
He doesn’t have any spare shifters left (has sold off just about the rest of the parts) or we discussed making it a 3-way bulb controlled by gear position.
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
11/20/2017 at 23:19, STARS: 2
Hey wait, not all british car owners have... *checks garage, british car; checks shelf, lots of spare parts* hmmm. Well admittedly I don’t have a spare transmission for my MG, but I have a spare trans and two spare engines for my old Buick...
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/20/2017 at 23:19, STARS: 0
nice
"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
11/20/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 2
How many lumens can an MG transmission hold up under? How does that compare to a TH400?
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
11/20/2017 at 23:38, STARS: 0
I mean, better some parts than whole spare cars?
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/21/2017 at 05:42, STARS: 2
I do hope you call it ‘Lucas’.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/21/2017 at 07:01, STARS: 1
This is good lamplopnik.
"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
11/21/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 1
Awesome!
Though, now I have songs by “The Fixx” stuck in my head...so, uh, thanks I guess...
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
11/21/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 0
Yeah, I certainly know of a few MG guys who keep entire spare cars. The metal is so thin if they are left outside to rot, they go really fast...
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/21/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 0
Risky (I’d like it to keep working) but clever!
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/21/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 1
If my 1000W halogen shop light breaks and I find a spare TH400 case laying around, I’ll let you know.