Motorising a Zone 2

[bmitie]

That was a little joke!! bigger always better.

 

[weimaraner95]

@The Guvnor , or @Ferret. which Zone 2 dish was used in your pics aand additional bracket , which ones do I need , may try this out too as old sky dish in the shed ,

 

[Ferret.]

@The Guvnor , or @Ferret. which Zone 2 dish was used in your pics aand additional bracket , which ones do I need , may try this out too as old sky dish in the shed ,

I think its the Mk2 dish.

Just find one that matches the pics.

 

[The Guvnor]

@The Guvnor , or @Ferret. which Zone 2 dish was used in your pics aand additional bracket , which ones do I need , may try this out too as old sky dish in the shed ,

Try and find one with a pole mount. If it has the 4 nuts on the rear mount you’re good.

I think the only dish with a different rear mount is the Triax which has a horizontal bar across the back which you mount to a pole.

 

[weimaraner95]

You need to bolt 50mm clamp on to the rear of that

Like this View attachment 98702

Then you clamp it to your motor stub with another clamp and coach bolts.

I'll dig out my slightly rusty zone 2 not sure if it's a MK2 or a 4. How you attaching the 2 jaw clamps to the dish

 

[Ferret.]

I'll dig out my slightly rusty zone 2 not sure if it's a MK2 or a 4. How you attaching the 2 jaw clamps to the dish

See the first pic here
Motorising a Zone 2

Remove the ubolts use the 4 holes in the mount to mount the 50mm clamps.

Drilling required.

 

[weimaraner95]

Neighbour has said I can have his to. Is this suitable

Couldn't find mine , must have binned it.

 

[Ferret.]

Would not use that pile of iron oxide anyway

 

[Drox]

I would use that if the neighbour let me keep it on their wall

 

[Drox]

Neighbour has said I can have his to. Is this suitable

Couldn't find mine , must have binned it.

Might be worth making an offer for this if its near you

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[weimaraner95]

Right I may have sourced a zone2 as pic #7#8 @Ferret. Just need the clamps, only spares I have is off my old tm2300 they are 4" and don't actually want to drill them even if suitable. You got a link to buy them thanks and coach bolts M8 90mm ,? These ok or like cheese Coach Bolt & Nut

Thanks

 

[bmitie]

Why not get a nice 65cm triax in black and even looks better than a sky mk2? Save you lots of fiddling around. Only a thought. I am waiting to see it working.

 

[Ferret.]

Right I may have sourced a zone2 as pic #7#8 @Ferret. Just need the clamps, only spares I have is off my old tm2300 they are 4" and don't actually want to drill them even if suitable. You got a link to buy them thanks and coach bolts M8 90mm ,? These ok or like cheese Coach Bolt & Nut

Thanks

Trawl ebay screwfix and the like mate.

If i can find the info for where i got them ill post a link.

 

[Drox]

Right I may have sourced a zone2 as pic #7#8 @Ferret. Just need the clamps, only spares I have is off my old tm2300 they are 4" and don't actually want to drill them even if suitable. You got a link to buy them thanks and coach bolts M8 90mm ,? These ok or like cheese Coach Bolt & Nut

Thanks

Maclean MCTV-922 Double Antenna Mast Clamp V Jaw Galvanised Steel Corrosion Resistant

 

[Ferret.]

Right I may have sourced a zone2 as pic #7#8 @Ferret. Just need the clamps, only spares I have is off my old tm2300 they are 4" and don't actually want to drill them even if suitable. You got a link to buy them thanks and coach bolts M8 90mm ,? These ok or like cheese Coach Bolt & Nut

Thanks

The clamp may be 4 inch wide in total but the jaws only need to be 2 inch 50mm.

 

[weimaraner95]

Yeah that's true, but motor clamps are hard to get hold of , last time I looked and needed replacements,

Just after generic ones. Bought in the past got wrong size 😗 I could get the MacLean ones ,
Ty he coach bolts ok I listed

 

[Ferret.]

Coach bolts are plenty long enough at 90mm and m8

 

[The Guvnor]

Here's a pic of mine which @ferret helped me with it was eventually replaced with a 1m

View attachment 98721

Bit of a bump on this but I found this exact zone 2 and bought it.

Ordered some 50mm vjaw clamps but the elevation bracket on the dish is 60mm wide.

The motor has 100mm clamps and these would be ideal but I cannot find a bracket anywhere near as wide as 100mm online.

Any idea where I can find some?

 

[Ferret.]

Bit of a bump on this but I found this exact zone 2 and bought it.

Ordered some 50mm vjaw clamps but the elevation bracket on the dish is 60mm wide.

The motor has 100mm clamps and these would be ideal but I cannot find a bracket anywhere near as wide as 100mm online.

Any idea where I can find some?

Pics of what you have would help

 

[Jester1]

Bit of a bump on this but I found this exact zone 2 and bought it.

Ordered some 50mm vjaw clamps but the elevation bracket on the dish is 60mm wide.

The motor has 100mm clamps and these would be ideal but I cannot find a bracket anywhere near as wide as 100mm online.

Any idea where I can find some?

These are the ones I used you'll need 4 and then 4 long bolts to go between and you will need to drill 2 of them to match the holes on the bracket

Heavy Duty Jaw V-Bolts up to 5 cm x 8 cm Aerial Pole Mast Steel U-Bolt Clamp x 2 | eBay