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You say you had the front propshaft connected but did you have the rear connected if not you would need to lock the centre diff to get drive

interested subject to date and getting truck finished Green for me !

Hi according to my autodata cd The governed speed for smoke test is 4400-4800 rpm . Rated no load speed is 4700 rpm hope this helps

Had this problem when we ran standard milemarker type R winches always worked ok but so noisey and oil got hot after speaking to flow fit hydraulics upgraded the control valves and problem solved,and the winches were much better quicker and more powerfull

The cyber key comes apart at its fixing point and is only checked by a paint seal at each end where it clips together . Found this out after shutting ours in the door and losing it on an event ,re traced our steps and found it cliped it back together and carried on . nothing was mentioned at the end of the event about the seal being broken, and on checking it at other events it had not been resealed. so the opertunity is there on a difficult or time consuming punch to take it apart and not even have to get the vehicle to the punch.

Dont think you will ever stop the cheating Bas5ards in this sport in fact unless the keys are checked in and out very carefully they are easier to cheat than cards ,as well as all the other problems with them ! My opinion anyway

Dont go cyber key route . Used them on the Howlin wolf they are a right pain in the arse !!

You could also leave the servos in between the milner levers and the calipers which would give even better braking, if lack of vacumn at low revs is a problem you could also put a tank in the servo suction pipe to give a reserve supply. This system will give greater braking to the rears going trough the sevos on the foot brake but shouldnt be a problem on a trialer. Wouldnt advise it on road though

Why not go back to the milners levers and either put a tee piece to the caliper pipes and have four pistons for the foot brake and the fiddle or get some defender calipers machined to fit the rear these only have one pipe as standard working on four pistons and the pad area is slightly greater . The milner levers are designed to work in conjunction with the foot brake system not as a seperate system, with the fiddle levers being piped into the foot brake system.

Have you checked the rear radius arm front and rear bushes movement in these under power allows the axle to run out of line giving same symptoms as prop uj

Might need some extra lighting at that depth , perhaps some flood lights

What year and model mazda did this engine come from

Shame to do all that nice work though and not have a MSA complient roll cage at the end of it

Hi Matt yes i fitted it together with a few bolts to line it up then after welding removed it to be able to paint both surfaces before final fitting .

Hi Matt i fitted the new rear crossmember for nick , if the bolts that hold the fuel tank gaurd/fixing plate at the rear have to be accessed trough the rear of the crossmember you will need to buy a genuine rear crossmember this can not be purchased with extensions you will also need a second part which is a bit like piece of angle which bolts to the new crossmember and then bolts through the rear body tub forming the body mountings . This can be replaced with the body tub in place but i would allow two days to do the job comfortably especially if you have not done one before. I plasma cut the old one off but this still left plenty of grinding the old welds and plate off to save the rear of the chasis to weld the new one too. The bolts that hold the tank gaurd/ fixing plate through the crossmember sheared off due to corrosion aswell so had to cut these off and weld new nuts in place RICHARD