I have mixed feelings regarding this week. Firstly our second stage presentation was due in. Although we had some good theory information to present; the lack of practical work still made me feel as if we haven't progressed much. I believe practical is an important part of this project, and yet so far we haven't done any. But things were about to change.
We met up with Anura on Thursday and he suggested that we do a metal hardness test on an existing exhaust brake flap. He kindly sourced one out for us from a Mercedes Benz truck. Materials being Jone's subject we went to him for guidance on how to do a hardness test. To our surprise Jone seemed clue less on how to use the hardness tester. He suggested that we take is back to Anura and let him guide us. I am really suspicious as to if Jone is dumb or just plain lazy. Anyways Anura guided us through the test and we finally had some practical work done.
As mentioned on an earlier weeks post, we have a Mercedes Benz common rail diesel engine to use. We had a technician look at it an install a prob behind the turbo exhaust housing. This meant that we were now able to use a manometer and do some pressure testing. Id say this has been a good week!
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