miketomcat
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slightly off what your asking for but might be helpful when clear plastic(any type) gets scratched use some black colour match type polish on it you'll be suprised, what you thought was so far gone as to be useless can be retrevied to useable again.
mike
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if it's any help my other half sorces all the shire club merchandise she can get just about any clothing. embrodered can be multi colour screen printed is only single colour with the company we use(we have got another company that can do multi colour screen printing) the quality is A1 there quick and no min order. if you want us to sort something just pm me
mike
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not to pee on fireworks but what about cobra/westfield kit cars they both exit buy drivers/passinger door area and iirc they pass SVA and MOT's
mike
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And who else do you know that's going to have problems fitting shocks under his bodywork
Use the mould twice, half the cost.....a new bonnet from tomcat is £170.38 plus postage according to there website it would cost more than that for me to make a mould and a bonnet
mike
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thats kind of what i thought you would have to do good effort looks cracking
mike
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did you have wheel arches on it for the SVA as i had to when i took a buggie in a few years ago just wondering
mike
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the other thing that can make the belt squeel is if the tensioner bearing is not running in line or worn out i belive you may need to place a 1p at about 7 oclock between tensioner and block
mike
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you need to speak to jen or v8bertha on here as they shipped the camel from the UK there and back last year
mike
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when i bought mine it was labled up as a 50a/h but was replacing a 90 a/h so i quiryed it and was told by barden batterys that due to the way an optima works a 50a/h is the equivalent of about 100a/h lead acid and ive never had any problem with the cca on mine
mike
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great idea i'm in
mike
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mine did the same thing if you take the output cover off thus exposeing the alloy heating fins and run it with this off this allows a better flow of air so it runs cooler so then if it runs for a lot longer then it was over heating in which case get a service kit for it do the service and it should solve the problem that what i did with mine and it's been working fine since
mike
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would you not say that they are too pinched with them being a good 2 inches or so wider at the shoulder than they are being made to be at the bead?
cheers
jim
my tyres are marked up as 33/12.50r16 but they measure out at 285 and they are on 8" rims
re yokohama i can't find anyone on the net in the uk that do any bigger than 265/75r16 plus they ain't cheep
colway have been bought out by a polish company and as there other remould maufactures out there theres still some hope
looks like i'm going to be ringing around then
mike
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these are the sizes that paddock spares stock
235/70R16 Insa Turbo Dakar Tyre Only - WHEELS AND TYRES
235/70R16ITDAK
£38.50 ex VAT
235/85R16 Insa Turbo Dakar Tyre Only - WHEELS AND TYRES
235/85R16ITDAK
£48.50 ex VAT
265/75R16 Insa Turbo Dakar Tyre Only - WHEELS AND TYRES
265/75R16ITDAK
£52.50 ex VAT
the size i'm looking for is either 285/75r16 or 305/70r16 and i would like the macho pattern as i have one new one as a spare and don't really want to waste it
mike
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Just done a "Yahoo! is you friend" search. Appears C-Tyres have been bought by a Polish company. Manufacturing probably going to Poland as well (this was from last week).
doesn't look like i'll be able to get any when i want them might have to start looking for alternatives any ideas i do like this pattern it the best i've tried so far plus there not to expensive
mike
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A mate in the trade told me a few months ago that Colway had gone bump, & his place was startingto buy Insa Turbo's in. He said the Insa build quality looked better than the Colways.
HTH
i don't think insa do the macho type pattern in my size
mike
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does anyone know what the score is with c-tryes as in the not to distant future i'll be looking to replace my greenway machos (33"x12.50"/16"). i'm wanting more of the same but not sure if i'll be able to get any
mike
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my old man has a transwave converter which he runs a 3 phase mill and lathe on might be worth a google
mike
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Ash - if you text me before Bunny Lane I'll burn you a CD containing everyone's photos, owzat?
not to worry me and ash were looking for somthing but i now have the answer we were looking for
mike
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Has anyone got a friendly mechanic in the Southampton are with a rolling road? I need to do a quick check that the brakes are working ok on each wheel. I'm trying to diagnose a problem and that would be one thing off the list.
Ta muchly in advance.
Ryan
rolling roads are for engine power testing your after a brake tester which are at all MOT stations the MOT man i use is friendly based in shirley called motorhouse ask for derek 02380220237 i'm sure he'd be able to help you out but whats the problem you're trying to sort
mike
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Would I recognise your truck then? I don't have a green 90 - just a blue Freelander and a red 109, but I do live in Gosport.
Oh yes - are you a ShireLRC member and if not, why not?
here here you might need to be a little more desriptive as a lot of us on here are from that area and green 90's are a little common and if you haven't seen fridges 109 i'll give you a clue it's the one that you could drive an mx5 under!!!!
i don't have a 90 either mines the black tomcat 100
mike
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land rover
series III
disco 200tdi
tomcat 100(built from the disco)
range rover classic(for spares)
off road
ABS freestyle(road legal kit car mini based)
cars
3 mini saloons
1 mini cabrolet
2 mini vans
3 mini jems(kit car)
4 mini marcos(kit car)
i may have a bit of a mini thing going on
bikes
kawasaki KE125
MZ skorpion sport
honda fire storm
honda africa twin(crashed)
aprilia caponord
mike
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hi my names dan im 15 years old and this is my first post
i would really like to get into off roading but was wondering if there is a minimum age at off road centers?? and how easy it would be to get into at my age
and also how id get into off roading
thanks dan
welcome to the forum bunch nutters here well i am anyway the shires welcome all members but due to insurance constraints you'll not be able to drive till you have a licence, but theres no reason you can't come along blag lifts help out etc. i don't know if all clubs/off road centers are the same i suspect there is some out there that you could drive at. hope this helps don't be put off though 17 is not far away and it gives you chance to build a truck
mike
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just like to say thanks to all the guys that marshaled for us the day went down very well it seems
mike
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not much help but i've used an old fire extinguiser weld a mini neck and locking cap on the top drill and tap the bottom for fittings job done the car i used them on was a freestyle and i had two look here and you'll see
http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/freestyle/index.html
mike
Use the mould twice, half the cost.....
200Tdi oil filter housing without cooler pipes.
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on my tomcat (200tdi) as the rad is in the back i had the same problem so i looped a copper pipe around at the front behind the grill. at the last MOT the tester could not get the oil hot enough to do the emmisions test so i guess i've got enough cooling.
mike