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bishbosh

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  1. Wow. Not jealous at all! What a fantastic experience that must have been.
  2. My Verniers have dials. Super easy to read but they are perhaps a little more fragile than a simple Vernier scale. (touch wood, not broken one yet!)
  3. Fantastic piece of creative design and fabrication! Ummm, has anyone assessed the gate or gatepost though.... you know.... your reputation does precede you and gravity takes no prisoners!
  4. Bite the bullet and buy a GAP IID tool. L322 ownership is soooo much easier with one! Not cheap, but they are exceptionally good.
  5. I think we all know the answer to that question Ian!🤣
  6. So tonight was meant to be a quick hour to connect the in tank pump lines up, pop the tank back in place and purge the system, hopefully followed by an engine start. What actually happend was I fought the first (black) connector for 40 mins until I finally got it to seat, then spent the next 50 trying to get the blue one in only to completely muller one of the yellow o rings that should sit in the female half of the joint but for some reason had remained on the male part when I disassembled the connection. So I now have a disabled car and have failed completely to find said o ring on the web. Does anyone know a part number or have an old assembly under a bench they could look at please?
  7. My 200TDi auto 90 with a 1.2 also struggled on hills so can understand the OP's problem. As others have said, changing a transfer case is not hard if you have a helper.
  8. Disclaimer - I am definitely not an auto electrician.... ......but on my multimeter that is the continuity test position so would suggest there is a degree of resistance in that circuit? Perhaps? Maybeeeee? (see disclaimer!)
  9. The same rack that snaps off mounting bolts you mean? Hmmm.... That said, interesting read and refreshing for the (apparent) openness.
  10. I'm not sure 1,100Hp is enough for me, so I'm out.
  11. Bu Ashcroft transmissions says they can no longer supply LT77's as key components are no longer available. Also, rally drivers kill everything, even themselves sometimes!
  12. Left in a skip full of mud by the looks of it!
  13. @Nonimouse should be able to offer some advice or @JST often has preloved motors up for grabs...
  14. Not quite - chisel if you're holding one end, hammer if you're holding the other!
  15. Ended up drilling about a million spot welds out as you said @Snagger plus grinding off 4 proper rivets. Then bending the corner races out the way and it came out. No chance of it coming out in one piece with the body on and a complete chassis though. The cross member being temporarily absent has made this a relatively straightforward job. Pictures in my Allsort thread in Member's vehicles.
  16. With thanks to @PaulMc for excellent service, the new connector with seals and crimps is here, along with an excellent photographic guide to how to assemble all the bits in the right order.👍 Thanks Paul.
  17. I am sure you know this, but just in case, rotary phase converters in my experience are incredibly noisy and you won't want to be in the same room as one unless it is n a sound proofed enclosure.
  18. I did one like that - I think it was from Gigglepin but they don't seem to offer one these days. To be honest, once you have fitted a filler the faff factor is going to be pretty high and probably makes at least the DIY weld up one from Gwyn more attractive?
  19. Thanks @PaulMc - you have a PM. Also thanks for pointing out yet more fat fingeredness on my part - it is indeed the number plate light, not the reversing light. If @western could edit the thread title it might help people searching in the future (and save me from more ridicule! )
  20. Gwyn Lewis: HD Weld on Diff Pan – DIY, GL1102 – GwynLewis4x4.co.uk or with the welding done: HD Weld on Diff Pan, GL1103 – GwynLewis4x4.co.uk
  21. This is probably one for @PaulMc but @western might beat him to it..... Some fat fingered thug managed to pull this wire out of the connector when disconnecting it. My Google Fu is weak and I cannot find an obvious link to replace it like for like. Can anyone help with a part number or suitable replacement please?
  22. At the back of a 110 SW there is a member that spans the full width of the tub. YRM part number 097. The door threshold strip screws into this piece. Mine has seen better days, which is annoying as the rest of the tub is in good nick. Has anyone removed one of these without making a total mess of the body? There seem to be a load of spot welds so I presume I am drilling those out to replace with rivets? The rear chassis cross member is currently off along with the fuel tank so I want to take this opportunity to tackle this whilst I have access. Any tips for getting it off and to minimise distortion of the body panels would be great.
  23. Yes please, date dependent though,
  24. I'm sorry, but I don't see what the problem is. We all should know that you can fix anything with baler twine!
  25. I have a Warco mini lathe. It is fine for what it is (tiny - only weighs 60kg or two hernia in old money). That said, I don't think I would be looking at their larger machines. Like you, I looked long and hard at both Colchester and Harrison. Perhaps it is just an unreasonable bias against Warco as they don't have a 100 year history but that should be offset by modern design and manufacturing techniques which in turn is offset by being made down to a price and not up to a quality! I parked my lathe purchasing ambitions when I bought the 110 but when I next go looking it will almost certainly be an ex toolroom lather from Bidspotter with Colchester or Harrison written on it somewhere.
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