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Ah that's too bad, I was figuring more in the £4-500 range, considering what Turner is asking for a rebuilt one
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At this point do you have enough of them to sell a few for core charge, and rebuild the best one with the proceeds?
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Excellent news
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Crown Wheel & Pinion Suppliers
elbekko replied to uninformed's topic in The Differential & Axle Forum
Still ships from the US though. -
Crown Wheel & Pinion Suppliers
elbekko replied to uninformed's topic in The Differential & Axle Forum
Evidently ARP does some as well: https://arp-bolts.com/kits/arpkit-detail.php?RecordID=5300 I actually went to their site to check if they had any studs available for that application, as I'd expect that to be a better idea since the correct torque is so important? But there might not be enough room for that? -
Will be interesting to see how you get on with the Range
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I'll keep it in mind My girlfriend's brother is a machinist and tooling tester at Sandvik, could probably ask him for some machining help as well. I vaguely inquired about it before, and apparently it doesn't really matter how exactly the tools get tested, and what part comes out at the end He's just even further away than you are
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Absolutely, the P38 has rear radius arms, unit bearings, ... Far from a bolt in. The LT230 driven from the PTO is still mulling around in my mind, just haven't started with any sort of execution of the plan. A secondary issue is how to do the range & difflock shifting. The P38 centre console doesn't really have room for another shifter, maybe repurposing the current high/low motor and using a separate button for diff lock could work, but would need some more adaptation.
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Glue/epoxy/sticky stuff - magnetic drain plugs
elbekko replied to Gazzar's topic in Tools and Fabrication
Some 2-component epoxy should do, but make sure that it can handle gear oil and a bit of heat. -
Universal electrics for old cars
elbekko replied to Sigi_H's topic in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
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I've done scans with ~3000 frames, but that's always with a laptop. I think the phone is limited to about a 1000, yes. Yeah, works fine, even with a laptop that doesn't do WiFi 6. So far I've mostly done high quality large scans in either geometry or texture mode. Then optimising with the highest resolution and mesh count. Last time I went scanning I stitched some scans together, that seemed to work very well! Does result in a huge mesh though. I haven't done anything in the past week with that last scan I took, should get around to it...
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Gearbox crossmember - how to remove?
elbekko replied to Junglie's topic in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
Protip: wear hearing protection when hammering. I'd say ask me how I know, but I wouldn't be able to hear the question. -
It's a valid point, and my comment was rather tongue in cheek To be honest I have no preference either way, I never really got along with my 300TDi, and a Td5 sounds alright but has a lot of issues as you say. The entirety of the fuel system is a mess, basically. Heads/manifolds are mainly a symptom of power boxes and such I think? In a way a bit like a P38, too modern to be stupidly simple, yet too old to have the newfangled stuff properly figured out. If it was my car and I'd desperately want a diesel, I think I'd either go for a fully mechanical OM605/606, or something like the M57 where a lot of the common-rail diesel issues have been figured out. But neither of those options are in Mike's budget, sadly. So, erm, how about a nice 2.4 VM? Bolts up to the gearbox, and are dirt cheap because nobody wants them