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Congrats to my good friend Andrew, he just got this truck at a bargain price. See you all at the AWDC trophy next year where i'll be bitching
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I bow to your superior detective skills
Might have to place a bid
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Ive got a PAS pump from a 19J 2.5TD on the shelf at the workshop if your interested? I'm looking for about £40
Lewis
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At first glance I thought it was this one:
But i'm not so sure now, as they have diffrent number plates and mudgaurds, and the one above is supposed to be a 110
Pinched from scrapiron website "Cliff Garrod and Paul Church retired at Walters Arena and West Harptree with mechanical problems scoring 79 points in each Round leaving them lying 20th overall. They were quietly confident at the start of going further this time at Gainsthorpe."
Lewis
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Looks nice. 51 or 54 mm???
51mm IIRC, works for me anyway
Lewis
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It's like a big powered folder, rather than a guillotine...
Well in that case i kinda know what i'm on about
At work there are various folders in diffrent departments, ranging from a rather tasty 3metre hydraulic jobbie that can manage 10mm plate (probably bigger too but 10mm is the thickest we have), to rather small 1 meter manual machines that can do 2-3mm steel max or upto around 5mm ali - I have tired to bend thicker stuff with these but due to not being able lower the folding edge enough it just tends to shear it
Gone slightly OT their, if you want recommendations of which manufacturers are best IMHO then i'll have a look at work on monday (cant remember of the top of my head)
Lewis
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I heard yesterday that a 2 pence piece is now worth 3 pence in scrap. but then there was a big reminder about defacing the crown carp.
[Geek mode on] Only the coins minted before 1997, as modern coins have had the copper content adjusted to reduce cost [Geek mode off]
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Is a Press-brake a guilotine, or do i not know what i'm on about?
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Try Trailer Spares (dont know the web address) or pop in to your local HGV mechanics, they should be able to help you out - my mate got one for his Air horn from his work (truck mechanic)
Lewis
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not on my ex-TD 110, it's got the rectangular tank that Colin has just removed.
Oh, well my 87 90 that used to be a TD had the under wing type, as does a mates 89 90 TD, and so too does the one in the 200tdi transplant write-up by DSN/JST
Although the one in Les Hensons write up has the rectangular bottle you mention (My 91 90 200tdi had this too)
Odd
Lewis
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Try Tyres Direct, they usually do cheap deals
Lewis
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Alternatively you could use a washer bottle from a TD as these fit completely under the wing top, this appears to be what is fitted in the photo in your post. Otherwise you could use the bag with a pump in, as fitted to early CSW's on the rear door, this would fit almost anyway due to its small size
HTH
Lewis
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Just found this post completely by accident whilst looking for something else, may be of some use to you
Lewis
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Sides - about £50 for a decent plain pair
Roof - Old smooth types are cheap for about £100, about for £150 for ribbed and up to £300 for a late model TD5 one with ribs pressed into shape. All in good condition.
Steve
How much?
My hardtop with windows was 30quid from a fellow forumeer
Edited to add something useful - why not buy a cheap roof rack for a hardtop from ebay and chop the back off to suit your truckcab
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I try to avoid telling people, its not as exciting as most imagine (probably because they stopped making vehicles I'm interested in in 1998) and some people expect free stuff
I dont suppose it matters really though
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On the 90 i completely wirebrushed the chassis back to bare metal and then painted with 2 coats red oxide primer and I intended to use 1 coat black hammersh*te, however as it refuses to stick to red oxide it turned into more like 4 coats of hammersh*te.
I am completely unimpressed by the results and would not recommend hammerite - it seems to be flaking away and taking the undercoat with it
The red oxide (from screwfix) was fine though and may be better with another top coat
I still have enough red oxide for a chassis and a large quanity of brushes i bought to do the job if you want them? Being local and all
Lewis
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Hmm, black ones are coool, but even better if you own the supercharged sport to go with
Yeah thats what it was attached to B)
Where do you work Lewis?I work in prototyping for a vehicle manufacturer
Lewis
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I have the Gwyn Lewis/Llama 4x4 suspension that you mentioned and have been very impressed so far, for more feedback you could speak to robhybrid or Paul Humphreys on here. Or better yet Gwyn Lewis or David who runs Llama 4x4, they are both on this forum occaisionally
As far as making your own goes then Simonr or Nige (HybridFromHell) are worth speaking too, as they have built thier own (along with others), if you search the forum you can probably find the topic about making Nige's Suspension, there is also a video which is worth watching
Lewis
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Not got a defender to hand, but this thing next to me has a black oval (i assume they are interchangable as black ones seem the latest fashion
)<90mm> that way
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47mm that way
V
HTH
Lewis
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They use P&P cages on the test vehicles at work, the bends are nice and well formed, and the welding seems good. Not seen a rolled one tho, yet
Before using P&P there were some cars fitted with cages that carried the plate "Custom Cages" i have no more info on them or where abouts they are, but as the name implied they were custom, and looked top-drawer
The flatpack cages at Sodbury were from Whitbread Offroad they seel on ebay a lot but the cages are not cds or mandrel bent
You pays yer money . . .
Lewis
P.S. Ive got a new Truckcab cage for sale, originally built to suit an 88" chassis, unknown manufacturer but it is log booked and built to MSA spec (or so i was told when i bought it from GB Developments who advertise engines in the LR comics) Its just lying around unused as i have gone station wagon rather than truckcab on the 90. I have the chassis mounts too
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Youy can pick up the 12v drills on eBay fairly cheaply
Si
Yep, thats the one my mate has in his workshop, gotta be nearly ten years old too and still going strong, chuck is getting a bit tired - starts to slip a bit, but thats still good after a hard life
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The Crankshaft locking tool that i have used screwed into the bellhousing and locked the teeth on the flywheel ring gear, it did not rely on the engine being in the car or using a chassis rail etc.
If possible use an impact gun to undo the bolt, breaker bar on the chassis and flick the starter is a recipe for a mild headache - my snap-on breaker bar twisted the rotating square drive out of the u-shaped bit on the breaker bar, and threw the rest of the bar in the air pretty damn quick
Lewis
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Cheers dude, i'll look into it B)
Reinforced clutch forks.
in International Forum
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Can i have two please? - I'm greedy
Lewis