[HW Rd 5 - West Harptree]

a few more pics from last weekend

just before rope broke

[I (Didn't)NEALRY GOT LANDY JACKED]

Tell ya 'mate' he was acting like a pillock in that case, and needs to re-learn some rules of the road.

a few points-

no this is not a joke

no he is not Irish

bowie69-when i spoke to him he was quite shocked at what was being said about him,he said he never tried to swerve in front of anyone or force him off the road(remember he had his 5 year old daughter with him)

i posted this as my MATE has no access to a computer at the moment and i thought he needed his side of the story told.

[I (Didn't)NEALRY GOT LANDY JACKED]

thanks for the replys guys im fine now we actually laughed about it earlier saying id love to be a fly on the wall as they see me drive through the river lol

i have a first four shadow winch bumper and rock and tree sliders and tubular rear bumper so car would of been ok in a ram bit does still shake you up

ive only had the thing on the road a week

No need to panic about being car jacked,i know the guy with the sprinter(he is a good friend of mine).

I asked this morning if it was him who tried to stop an orange bobtail yesterday,he said he only wanted to have a chat about some the mods you had done to it(i am helping him modify a range rover at the moment),also when you turned on to packet boat lane he thought you were going to stop,thats why he followed.

One other thing is the other two people in the van were his 5 year old daughter and his wife.

Hope this puts your mind at rest as i have been on the recieving end of some nasty road rage and it does shake you up a bit.

cheers

Ian

[Bending blue band (without it collapsing!)]

when we had probs bending ours we found using loads of lube (wd40) on the rollers and die helped

might be worth a try

I tried that still didnt work,the tube was so hard it cracked the former on my bender(machine mart),at first i thought it was just the formers being carp quailty.So i hired a rothenberger bender,the tube still kinked,i then tried some scaffold tubing and it bent it perfectly with no marks whatso ever.After this i got the hump and ordered the flatpacked cage.

Ian

[Bending blue band (without it collapsing!)]

Currently trying to build back hoop for cage using 48.3mmOD blue band (3.5mm wall) using a hydraulic pipe bender

Closest die is 50mm but causes too much deformation

Have tried lining with thin plate - less deformaion but get small amount of rippling on inner radius.

Have tried grinding out a smaller die - worst bend yet!

Cannnot seem to source a die in the right size - closest being 50mm or 2"

Any suggestions?

I had this problem last year,bought 12 lenghts of blue band(bs1387) and it kept on kinking,so i hired a proper bender,still kinked.

In the end the people who i got it from phoned their surplier and found out that some of the metal coming china at the moment has a high carbon content making it brittle.My surplier give me a full refund and i a bought a flat packed rollcage from malcom whitbead(highly recommended)instead.

Ian

[AWDC round 8 Slindon]

[AWDC round 8 Slindon]

[AWDC round 8 Slindon]

[AWDC round 8 Slindon]

just a few pics from sunday

[New BFG MT]

the new jeep wrangler ads in the states show them fitted with the tyres Will pictured,i think their made special for the car.(www.jeep.com)

Also there was a thread over on pirate a couple of weeks back about the KM2,saying it has roughly the same tread as the krawler just alot harder compound.

[AWDC Round 5 - The Aftermath]

we had great weekend thanks to neil and his team

it was a real eye opener for us as we had not been to this site before and it

was a steep learning curve (attemped punch 1 around 10.30,ground anchor

came loose sending me backwards onto large pointy rock resulting in one rather

bent trailing arm )

apart from that it was a good event

sorry adrian for trying to remove your front bumper wile towing you to car park

(no excuses,just carp driving ),also do you still have my wd40 can?

[Anybody going to Billing from London area on Sunday?]

pm sent

[good price on blue band tube!]

Just thought i would post this for anybody who lives near west london and is after some blue band tube(bs1387 48.3mm x 3.2mm x 7.5m).

I bought some today from a company called FAYS METALS(0208 993 883 and ask for dave) in acton,got them for £34 a lenght(i got 12),now for the good bit,they said as long as you order more than 2 they can do it for the same price ,thats £4.50 inc vat a metre which is a bloody good price coincidering most firms want £6.50+ a metre.

Just say Ian from london underground told you about it.

[The Sodbury Thread]

I have to work on Saturday unfortunately and I wanted to get rid of some junk as well!

Just been reading the Old Sods terms and conditions and did you realise that the first hundred qualified first aiders with proof of current certificate get in free of charge?

i would just like to say thankyou for posting this,i asked the lady taking the money and she gave us a very strange look(as if to say 'how do know about that')then said go on then in go!

so we both got in free

cheers mate

[Curious question - challenge type events]

Hi Mark,

I think every car at round 1 of the scorpion came on a trailer or truck and so did mine 475mile round trip drive it i don't think so

walfy i don,t cheat were in the rules does it say you have to drive your motor to and from events

we drove to round 1,must have been the only ones though!

but as from the next event we will be towing it on an a frame(alot cheaper on fuel and if you break it you can still get it home),as i have no space for a trailer

ian

[Another pipe question.]

Got my pipe bender today , however, apparently I have to go to Wales to buy the right pipe (EN10255) according to my local steel stockist.

Is there an easily available and as safe to use alternative that doesn't involve me having to drive halfway across the country to get?

Les.

i ordered 12 tubes(48.3mmx3.2mmx7.5m)yesterday from a small metal stockest opposite my work in acton london,they are coming in next week.also i am getting them delivered straight to my house(just got to bung the driver a drink)all for £34 a lenght

[DIY "Weld on Beadlocks"]

I built my beadlocks about 4 years ago,i saw a review of rockstompers diy kit in a yank 4x4 mag and made my own version of theirs.

The only problem with rockstomper and straightforwards design is that it is welded straight to the wheel without prepping it first.

With my wheels i ground the outer lip down to about 60degrees,the same was done with the inner beadlock ring.This gives it a nice v prep.

the grinding and welding were done on a jig i made(1 1/2 solid bar welded to a scrap stub axle,then an old landy hub bolted to stub axle),once clamped in vice the wheel would spin perfectly true.

Then its just a matter of tacking inner ring on,making sure its true,then weld it on solid.I had the rings laser cut locally for £20 a ring,nuts,bolts and washers came from work. Also no difference to running normal wheels on the road even at motorway speeds

hope this helps

ian

[Views on Welding Helmets]

Anyone any experience of these :

[url=http://www.ukwelder.com/shop/helmets/optrel_satellite.php]http://www.ukwelder.com/shop/helmets/optrel_satellite.php[/url

i have been using an optel satellite at work for the last 3 years,its a nice helmet for bench welding but i found it a little bulky

for using under a car.i bought a speedglas(i think its a 9000v)for home use about 7 years ago,good alround helmet and battery powered(so no problems with the solar panel packing up through under use).

also the casing on the optel is very rigid were as the speedglas is flexible

hope this helps

ian

[Do you speak Spanish or Catalan?]

Can anyone help me by translating the relevant pages and telling me what words/numbers go into which boxes? http://www.ocelldepaper.com/ns_comandesdellibres_cas.htm That page does not seem to have any payment details on, is there any explanation in the text about how one might pay? Will they even ship to the UK? Any help is appreciated.

Ok,looks like you have to fill out that form and they will send you price via e-mail.

To fill out form-put the quantity in the box on the left of which book you want

Top right box working down

- first name then surname

telephone number

address and postcode

provice-i would put london

web-not sure what they want there

e-mail

any comments you might want to add

then hit the enviar key(enter)

hope this helps

Ian

[Post your Winch choices/costs and other related info only.]

T-max ew11000 (£380)

100' of 11mm dyneema(£150)

50mm fireproof cable from underground train (free)

albright contactor(£60)

120amp chevy v8 alternator and big cheap battery(£90)

homemade stainless fairlead(£20 worth of metal made 4 fairleads)

I have run this setup on my 90 for two years now without one single problem,i didnt bother fitting

the original solinoids(seen too many fail at really nasty moments).I very rarely use a snatch block

as it is not needed,it will pull all day without fuss.

It is a bit slow but very strong, good winch for the money

[300 tdi timing cover spindle bearing?]

maverick-Thanks for offer, but the guy i was doing this for had to get his car going this weekend,so he ended

up buying a new cover.

mmgemini-Only the outer casing bits hit me(spindle made a nice dent in the metal wall),as for pushing bearing out,its

pretty straight foward.I just found a piece of mild steel bar,turned it down 2mm smaller than o/d of bearing,

put a step in the end of the bar(to locate in the back of bearing)and pressed it out(from inside case out).

jim- Thanks for the email address,we looked into making a new part at work,can be done just would take some time.

We have quite a few people in our offroad club who have 300tdi engines(this is the third bearing failure i have heard

of),so i was looking for a quick and easy replacement rather than custom make every one which takes time.Somebody,

somewhere must know where you can get these bearings,they cant have all been fitted into covers and sooner or later

good second hand front covers will dry up leaving people no other option other than to buy new one.

[300 tdi timing cover spindle bearing?]

I'm sure he means the bearing with the fan shaft. This bearing is pressed into the front timing case.

If the bearing isn't too bad, you can carefully remove the seal from the rear (timing cover off) and re-grease the bearing.

I thought those bearings were made by INA. They appear to be special bearings, not readily matched.

Thats the one,it is two bearings in one(needle at the front,roller at the back).

First thing i did was pop the rear seal to have a look,but there was too much play so i just pressed it out.

Once out of the case the spindle looks like it is pressed into an inner sleeve but it wasn't as i found out

(6 ton flypress,two blokes,one loud bang and lots of metal flying around the workshop ).

I was told the only way to replace it was to buy complete new front cover(£130).I have tried all the local

bearing traders and even our suppler(i work for london undergrounds signaling and train workshop)who

spoke to skf direct.

[300 tdi timing cover spindle bearing?]

I hope someone on this board can help,i need to now if their is a company who can supply

the spindle bearing in the front timing cover of a 300tdi.I spoke to skf(who made the original

bearing),but they have discontinued making it.Any info would be much appreciated.

cheers

Ian

[pics from slindon(awdc 5-11-06)]

rest of pics

[pics from slindon(awdc 5-11-06)]

post some more later tonight