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    Hub Seal Fitting Tool

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    On 12/15/2021 at 4:45 PM, Mossberg said:

    Ah, many thanks.

    I don't have a lathe so was considering cutting a similar thing with two disks fixed together- probably cut from a chopping board etc.

    What material have you cut from, nylon?

    Yep that’s nylon

    for reference I use an old outer bearing race with a slot cut through it for knocking bearings in (the slot means you can pull it back out by hand) 

    and I believe people also use a front hub drive flange to knock in hub seals as it will also set the seal about 5mm in, just ensure to use a soft faced mallet to avoid damaging the splined hole 

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    Tom's Workshop Build Thread

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    I’m not sure the council really cared what I did, just that it couldn’t be ‘standard’ strip foundations 

    to be honest what we built is definitely overkill but that was probably my bad for using an industrial structural engineer cause he was free haha 

    it’s nice to know it will be bomb proof though! 
     

    I’ll post up the structural drawings when I find them in case anyone is interested 

    Tom's Workshop Build Thread

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Wow I thought I had done some more updates than this 

    it’s been a crazy year

    dug standard 900mm deep strip foundations, building control came out and weren’t happy about the proximity to the trees and said I’d either have to go 3.5m down!!!! Or get a structural engineer, so I spoke to a structural engineer I know, and he gave me some plans, I think he may have gone abit over kill but it’s definitely a good slab now 

    I ended up digging out the entire base to 1.6m deep then back filled 200m at a time with class 1 mot and whacked it down until It was filled 900mm then fitted shuttering for the ring beam which will take the walls and filled the Center with another 600mm of mot, then came the rebar fitting all 1.5t of it 

    first pour of concrete for the ring beam 600mm deep then built the outer wall up 300mm to form the shuttering for the main slab which is another 300mm thick pour of concrete 

    in total I removed 7x 18t trucks of soil then put 6x 18t trucks of hard core back, 1.5t of reinforcement steel and then about 22cubes of concrete

    build is now on hold for a little bit whilst the prices are high and job security isn’t quite as much of a given :( 

    photos to follow 

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    300Tdi Head Advice & Glow plugs

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    ill get some photos in a-bit

    basic info, 

    I rebuilt engine about 8 years ago (it has always ran fine ever since) 
    when it was rebuilt it was bored out and +20 thou pistons fitted, OEM 300tdi spec.

    piston protrusion height was measured and I ended up fitting a no hole 1.6mm thick gasket. glow plugs were never removed from the head at this time as they had been replaced with the head about 5 years earlier.

    300Tdi Head Advice & Glow plugs

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Hey,

    all its been a while, unfortunately have been out of action with a slipped disc but now getting stuck into fixing the truck (its sat with a blown head for 4 months) 😢

    I had the coolant blasting out of the back of the head at the bulkhead so have today got the head off and to my surprise absolutley no sign of gasket failure anywhere, gonna be proper miffed if there's a pin hole in the rear blow off plug. 

    Any way, whilst apart I noticed that my pistons have done a lovely job of flattening the end of my glow plugs off and I was wondering is there any way of adjusting the glow plugs so they down stick in quite as far?

    can follow up with photos if needed.

    Thanks
    Tom

    Heavy Duty Swing Away Spare Wheel Carrier

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Products
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    2 x Timken JL69349310Q Metric Single Row Taper Roller Bearing 38x63x17mm (JL69349/310/Q-TIM) = £35.72
    1 x 50x68x8mm Nitrile Rubber Rotary Shaft Oil Seal with Garter Spring R21 / SC (50x68x8_SC) = £3.00
     
    at the Top of the Bearing cylinder i used an Ifor Williams Hub Cap (note: it was a bit too tight so the hole could do with opening up an extra mm) 
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    Tom's Workshop Build Thread

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Well the time has come for me to start my own garage/workshop thread, I've waited a long time to do this and just as my luck would have it my planning permission came through the day before we went into lockdown and now all the builders merchants are closed :( thought in the mean time id share some of the plans and photos and you might all be able to shout some suggestions before I get digging, Probably in a week or two when I'm forced to stay at home again haha 

    Basic Details:

    Double Garage, Constructed of Brick and Block with a layer of insulation in-between, insulated roller doors to the front, one side will have a 2 post ramp (hence the little dormer roof extension to allow the truck to go high enough to work on, the other side will have a lifting beam for pulling out engines etc.

     

    Today I have measured out and painted in blue on the floor the outline of where the garage will be, car just parked there so I didn't cover it in paint haha :) 

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    Chirk/North Wales pay and play

    in Getting out and about

    Posted

    Ive been Here quite a few years ago now, its a good place with some more extreme routes, this is where I received the standard front wing dent in my truck, just watch out for buried relics front the quarrying days, I.e rusty bits of metal and big wire ropes sticking out the floor

    I would be interested in going here for a LR4x4 Meet though if someone were to organise it, maybe meet a few local members

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