[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

 

[Mike Osbourne]

Are you going to paint the plylining in the van Tony? Wish I had done mine before I put the TM in.

You can't take too many pics with digital.

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Mike look at the first pictures m8 will lend you my glasses i used chlorinated rubber paint

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[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

  Mouse hand getting cramp

[Mike Osbourne]

  It's Mr Charles to you.

Like the way your accumulator is set up. Wanted a plastic T like that for mine but couldn't find one. Also what's holding it on the bracket?

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

  Wondered why the auto pump out didn't work it DOES NOW !!!!!! re wired it and a new float switch pump just needed a clean out and new filter mesh BINGO

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Mike V&M mounting bracket

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Believe it or not this machine was still out every day earning money What the vacuum was like i don't know the filters where blocked and just look at the wast tank seals

[derek west]

so come on, the details, how much initially, how much spent, how much time. and then could you make a new carreer out of buying old TM's and doing them up. looks wise, i'd say absolutely but cost wise, thats your shout.
derek

[Mike Osbourne]

Cheers Tony. Also I have my pump up the other way 

[Len Gribble]

Tony

Restoration is not for the faint-hearted , a well thought-out project razing the machine/ reel and leaving enough room to access the blower nice job

Len

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I think it's been a well worth project for Tony he obviously knows his way around restoration it's not just the cost it's the satisfaction knowing the machine inside out will be invaluable when it goes wrong (which they all do) I just wished all TM manufacturers would think out the installation and space saving like this, Alltec come close to this but Tony is miles infront IMO.

Tony I applaud you.

Shaun

[derek west]

just in case your getting withdrawel syptoms tony heres another project for ya.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercedes-208-D-SWB-with-Truckmount-Carpet-Cleaner_W0QQitemZ150372478475QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA?hash=item2302e5ee0b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

go on, treat ya self

derek

[Simon Gerrard]

Tony,

It looks great, well done.

Only one problem. The frame you have mounted it on looks far too flimsy to keep the machine in place in case of a serious accident. Neither do the bolts holding the machine to the frame and the frame to the floor. There's the best part of a ton of machinery sitting on that frame and by the looks of it very little holding it in place. If you had a heavy frontal impact that machine would be in the cab and you would be dead.
You insurance may also be invalid if the machine were to break free.

Sorry to be negative.

Simon

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Simon.
The frame is heavy gauge 2" box section steel and was worked out for me by a steel fabrication company the unit actually weighs just over half a ton the waste tank is mounted on a separate frame if you look closley but you are wright about the bolts these are only temporary and are to be replaced with high tensile bolts. 

Cheers Tony

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Total outlay very little satisfaction IMMENSE Shhhh but i think i have found another one tucked away in a garage fingers crossed if the price is wright.

Thank for all you comments I thought it would be good to share my project.

Regards Tony

[Simon Gerrard]

Tony,

The left hand side of the machine needs to have a support leg directly beneath it and similar legs all along the left side of the machine otherwise the whole frame will collapse in an impact. As it's is nothing short of suicidal. You really need to think about this. The forces exerted on the machine and its fixings in a collision are enormous. If I were you I'd do away with the frame, which after all is just some extra storage area gained at the risk of serious injury, even death if you do have a big impact.

Sorry to be so negative when you've done such a goof job on the restoration.

Simon

[Derek_Walker]

Nice work Tony, you have certainly put alot of time and effort into it and the finished item looks great. Hose reel looks great in there mate Are you going to use the solution reel as well?