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8 hours ago, Bowie69 said:All fine if you don't live in a rural area.
The trouble is the idiots that make the rules are either to rich to care, live in a city or have spent so much time working in an office they have no idea what real work is.
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I read one of the various posts on faceache in it they said the big trucks struggle to get to some of the areas that need help hence vans can be sent instead.
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There used to be re-pinning kits. I doubt it would be that difficult to re drill them and fit new pins and bushes probably need a lathe though.
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Just go to a screen fitter, a specially cut 6mm laminated screen for my ibex cost £120. You've only got to break one and it's no cheaper. They would of cut mine from a defender/other screen if it was big enough or if I needed the etching for IVA.
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@FridgeFreezer had an lt85 tunnel in his ambulance with an r380 gearbox. I made a new r380 tunnel for him.
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2 hours ago, Daan said:
Fridge got my GPS receiver to work, without which I would probably still be in a swamp in Russia. And it Was Jez who inspired me to go there in the first place.
Both guilty!
Daan
Ditto daan, without those two I would never of gone.
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I didn't check but I think the one I have is to big. However A, you need to take the rope out either way and B, it was clogged in there so tight I couldn't push anything through even though I'd only just taken the rope out.
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Winch rope, as some will recall the winch rope jammed in the tube at the last event. This isn't the end of the world as I can still use the winch out the back with a snatch block.
I un-spliced the hook and winched it out the tube. Sure enough the tube was clagged up, interestingly only the rear 200mm or so. I tried poking proding to no avail. It's difficult to get to as the rear of the tube is in a pocket in the chassis leg with the pulley offset to the inside. At this point I realized that the rear cross member has a jacking tube roughly in line with the chassis leg. A quick look with a torch an sure enough I can see the pocket. So "if I make a long drill bit I can drill through the back of the pocket then run the drill down the tube as far as I can.
The mk1 is a 10mm drill welded on to some 8mm stud bar I had kicking around. This worked well however it left only a 10-11mm hole through the obstruction. The mk2 is a 13mm drill, ideally I could do with going bigger still but I have got one here so this will do till the next time.
A quicky rince through, put the line back through the tube and the hook re-spliced job done.
Looking at what came out of the tube it was a mixture of mud and dyneema fibres so I suspect I'll be doing this from time to time.
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I've noticed mine runs considerably cooler since the engine swap. Whether that's due to the new radiator or the switch to blue antifreeze I don't know. Essentially the everything was like for like, 200tdi disco lump in the same configuration, the radiator is and Ali aftermarket item though a different make than previous and not leaking. So that only really leaves the antifreeze as technically different.
I don't know maybe it's just coincidence.
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We need to replace the tyres on my trailer (2.5k miles is asking a bit much for the current ones). My passport needs to turn up. Then chat the boss up for time off work, I've already cleared it with the other boss
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1 hour ago, Anderzander said:
What, should we all randomly send him stuff ?
I could probably manage Jaffa cakes.
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I've had some slide straight on, some be an absolute pig no matter what you do, and one that simply wouldn't go on at all. The latter was due to the engine being a range rover classic retro fit TDI. So when I tried to put it on a TDI lt77 I wouldn't go, turns out the retro fit kit uses the V8 lt77 and a special spigot bush that has a smaller internal diameter to suit the V8 box. It will not go on a TDI box until you change it for the TDI spigot bush.
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It did occur to me when we spoke that I don't have your address. Having said that you've given me ideas now....
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In the end I took it out completely. I bought a pair of female to female unions and joined the pipes this gave me a front circuit and a rear circuit. I had a low fluid cap already so loosing the fluid loss part of the PDWA wasn't a problem.
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It's ronseal garage floor paint and it said 30 days. It seems better today but to be honest is tough I need to get it sorted now.
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I love the fact someone got there own back on you. You deserve it.
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2 hours ago, Anderzander said:
Excellent!!! !!!
Yeah about that.... I think the paint may make it to the end of the week but I doubt it'll last much longer. It doesn't appear to be waterproof which is quite worrying for a garage floor paint.
I'm hoping it's just because it takes 72hrs to fully dry but there are a couple of bits that seem to of lifted, stuck to my shoe then I walked it around the house. Oh yes she was well impressed with that....
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35 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:
Skint at the moment -common occurence this time of year for me.
Jez is here, after a quick search for his name:
Genuine guy.
I concur with above but sadly not a good time for me either. If he was still here I'd happily lend a physical hand.
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Mine didn't move to much in fact one of the rear doors locks better now than it did.
If you support right up the front of the rear arch you'll be directly under the bulkhead and back of the cab. This area is probably stronger on a crew cab than on a csw, so if it was me I'd happily support/lift on the front bulkhead either side and the same on the rear bulkhead (you will probably need a board across between chassis and body).
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3 hours ago, Bowie69 said:
Also, a bullet proof LR is probably a good thing to be building.
Hopefully not literally.
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4 hours ago, Anderzander said:
Lol 😂
Not defending it - but it’s because people are living longer, so the state pension was going up and up.
The daily mail would have you believe the unemployed are bankrupting the country. They aren’t - it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the pensions bill.
Living longer is a small part of it, population growth is the larger problem. Worryingly population growth is responsible for far more of our problems than anyone wants to address.
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The job I do isn't paid that we'll given what I need to know to do it, but restoring classic wooden powerboats is about the best I'm likely to get in the marine industry. I do enjoy my job and that counts for a hell of a lot. However working till I'm 70 (still 23 years away) in a manual job isn't likely to go well. So to the idiot office worker that decided to raise retirement age I salute you as the biggest *#@+ ever to walk the planet.
Meanwhile I plan to enjoy myself as much as I can before I die.
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I clean my heads up using fine wet and dry with a block of perspex and a squirt of wd40, in an effort to keep it flat.
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This is how I did it.
I lifted the rear with an engine crane on the rear seatbelt mounts.
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Your welcome.
Seriously though most people on here at least understand what manual work is and the practicalities of it even if they avoid it.
@smallfry I would love to live near my work but I can't afford the £1m plus to buy any dwelling nearby. I'd struggle to buy a house near any boat yard as the rich bought all the waterfront property's years ago.....
Mike