Ceres Hardi

Many years ago, maybe 10 or so I aquired a new to me farm ute
A Kia Ceres 4x4 diesel 5 speed overdrive tipping tray 

 

 

Miss Molly the border collie is tad skinner there 

Anyway life changes a bit and it hasn't been used for year's 
threw a battery in it and first piston to the top we were running 



Anyway a few weeks ago I bought a ute back boom spray jigger at a clearing sale 

 

 

Paul

 

So like most junk I buy the spray rig needs work
been as Cobba fixes motors and things I thought why not have ago at getting Delta going

  

 

Delta is the brand of motor that runs the spray rig

So it had spark, petrol and compression, it should work

Well pull pull pull, nothing so plan b

Grabbed another motor, shifted things about and drilled holes etc 

Bingo a the Chineseium honda copy motor fired right up

 

The Delta is now ready for the return trip to Asia, sorry Cobba I don't have the staying power to fix these things

Paul

Oh Paul.
with the 3 basics it has to run. At least one of them is wrong. Pull the plug throw some fuel down the hole n try it. If it starts then blocked carby.
If not check the jeyway under the flywheel. Sometimes they can partly sheer throwing out the timing. Check for leaking valves. Also, always try another spark plug.
So before it goes on an overseas trip, have a go fella.

Cobba I might have a go but summer weeds are pretty high on the list of must do's, Bathurst bur, heliotrope and dock are needing a good dose of disencouragement

Anyway, were was I upto

 the Chinesium Honda is mounted and runs, probably no better than Delta Dawn

 

Next, the boom.was 10 feet wide when folded and the 3pl spray rig was under 8 feet when folded so the simpelest plan was to swap the wings and leave the center section

Both booms are 8 meter booms, yes I am only a small time two bob farmer but the booms sort of fatigue over the years, a lotta swinging at distance I guess



So some serious cocky doo doo and a quick touch up with some foreign spray stuff and she was deemed good to go 

 

Paul

FFS, reply up and left me, I can see the frustration people face posting on here

This is a challenge 

I think I  am up to about here, I dunno as you can't see your previous post while posting

Anyway onwards and upwards, yeah take it as positive feed back 

So the boom was repaired and bolted back on and all put back together, a not easy job on your own 

But the boom was a reassembled and now fits under 8 feet wide 

 

I'll post this before the forum has BF again






 

That Kia's basically an E-series Mazda?

Jarrod.

So with only a 400 litre tank it means I can only cover 2 hectares or 5 acres at a time

I have another 3pl spray rig that donated it's boom for this project so I  feel it also needs to donate it's tank

The 3pl tank is about 4 inches or so taller, this means I have to mount the ute back unit about 4 inches off the tray 
so I make frame out of RHS that the ute back spray unit sits on and the 3pl tank sits in 

So I have to lift the tank of the 3pl unit up into newly made frame
the MF backhoe decides it's starter motor no longer needs to spin the engine

 

So I get the little MF garden tractor with it's little loader and a ratchet strap and break all the safety rules and strap the tank to the loader as it doesn't lift very high

 

 

And end up end with it all looking like this, one tank on the frame and one in it

 

Paul

asw120 wrote:

That Kia's basically an E-series Mazda?

Jarrod.


Mate I don't think so but I really don't know 

I think only the motor is common 

Paul
 

Great story and plenty of pics too, thanks Paul.

I had a bit to do with those Delta engines, they were a cheap copy of a Robin engine and sold well due to the price. Unfortunately the valve spring retainers were made from mild steel and didn't last very long then the customers chose another brand of engine.

The Chonda is a wonderful engine as long as it's full of oil.

To me they look like a Robin motor but I dunno much about small motors except when they work they are great and when they don't they give me great frustration 

Not full remembering were I got up to yesterday I'll have crack at filling in the blanks

So trying to work out how to mount things that are safe and stable and actually work without been to invasive is always the challenge 
As the years roll by I some times change my mind and need to undo what I had done years byeare, as such I try to mount things without drilling holes everywhere amd welding permanent into place 

So I  made up the rest of the frame for the second spray tank

Then welded up some brackets to hold the linkage arm lower lift points to the frame

Then promptly found out that with all my carefulll measurements I had drilled the holes to big to tap the thread
So welded the holes back up and re drilled and tapped the threads
The box section is blind, as in I cant get the spanner inside to hold a nut

I then made the brackets to hold the rear of the second tank and also quickly discovered I had made them the mirror image of what was needed 
So a cool drink of water and the second time around was much more fruitful 

So pulled it all apart as a storm was rolling in, Miss Molly the border collie is scared of thunder and as such I had a obstacle on the little tractor

 

 

Then with the aid of the little tractor and some non load rated ratchet straps I carried the frame around under cover for welding up fully, I  try and build things so water can't and sit inside things 

So apart from a few hours of welding and some tabs to bolt it all to I think the frame is about done

Have 8 holes to drill for some hobbs hoists I still need to make

I might even get enthused and paint it 

 

 

Not really a lot to show for a full day of work and stuff ups

Paul