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http://www.trail-gear.com/double-ended-rams They ship to the Uk for pretty decent prices aswell. Or these, but there metric and quite abit larger! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLEVIS-27-X-2-MM-PIN-SIZE-28-MM-HYDRAULIC-ROD-END-/110513703658?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19bb214aea#ht_500wt_922 Rich

My local bearing company sells all of this stuff, pullys, key material, keyed shafts. Could be worth looking around your way? Rich

Got the same one in the shop, great bit of kit. Rich

If you can pick a super 7 up for your price range than go for that. Ive got a super 7 in the home workshop and its honestly the nicest lathe ive ever used, abit small for some projects but otherwise perfect. Got a larger Emco maximat super 11 at the main workshop which whilst its a very nice machine, the tool post securing bolt has already snapped and the high gear now has a habit of jumping out when in use, im sticking with Myford from now on. Rich

I get all mine from a local exhaust fab company, ive got about 4 meters of 35mm stainless sitting on the rack at the moment, shame your not closer otherwise i would have sold you some of that. Try ebay, theres plenty of exhuast components on there aswell. Rich

Guessing by your other post where you mention IR, im guessing your talking about there air stuff, which i carnt comment on. Im talking about there electric stuff. And i can tell you than my dewalt 18v impact will torque up more and release more than my mates snap on gun, which he paid about the same price for and has already killed one battery on. Having said that, i normally hate dewalt, makita all the way, but there impact gun was all i could find at the time and i needed it in a hurry for a job, and i have been very impressed with it considering the other experiences with dewalt stuff. Another brand i forgot about and saw referenced is kennedy, sold by cromwell, ive got a 3/8 socket set from them, and despite the heads of some of the snaller sockets mushrooming from misuse, its been a good reliable set for the money thats really handy to just keep in the car.

Recently ive gone with Snap on more and more, as its getting cheaper second hand and despite what anyone says its still up there with the very best. Admittedly im not a fan of there other products, such as impact wrenches and the like, i think there overpriced and abit crappy, but there hand tools are very hardwearing and very high quality. Teng are my next choice, relatively cheap for pro quality tools, and they have some really nice ideas. And finally Britool, i haven't bought any of there newer stuff but the older 1/4" ratchet set i have is one of my favourite tool sets in my box. As for halfords, my dad uses them aswell as a few other mates and have never had a problem, i dont know what it is thats stopping me buying them, probably the fact i cant put halfords and quality in the same sentence unless poor is in there too, plus im abit of a name snob i think! And Elora, my dad ne again has a set, must be 40 odd years old, he bought it when he was 18, and i used it for the first time the other day and what a tool. Its a half inch set and despite its 40 year old age, the ratchet was as smooth as any of my snap on ones, no play in the shaft, really fine teeth and in a proper metal case. Unbelievable stuff, and i would no doubt be buying some if it wasn't for the price tag. HE priced up a new 1/4" set and said it was something like £250! Rich

Got an Industrial unit about 10 miles from my house, £500 a month plus £150 or so a month electricity (That runs quite a few 3 phase welders though) I work from it aswell so cost is cut right down, racks at the back for storing parts (The work part), small office in the front of it (Work part) then a machine shop (Bit of work but mostly off road making bits) to the side and enough room to fit 3 landys end to end in the space thats left, or 2 if you want to work on them. Rich

Interesting. I wonder where LRO got there info from then, it seams odd such a large mag posting false info. Although to be fair to them they did also mention about the km2 being based on the krawler. Rich

It does say that exact thing in the December issues review of the KM2 in LRO. 'So, im the MT was as good as everyone said, why replace it? Simple-new regulations governing the amount of rolling noise that tyres can produce will render the old pattern illegal. Its just too noisy. Before those of you running old pattern MT's complain they aren't too bad, i agree' So what's your reason for thinking this wasn't the case? Rich

Hi, im building a vitara at the moment and am looking for tyres. Its going to be running 4 link rear and X-jointed front radius arms, so there will be plenty of flex and lots of room in the arches, so im thinking 33's will be a good choice. Ive got some brand new special tracks in 265/75 size, but i want something abit wider and less aggressive as im going to be doing alot of miles in this truck, but will also be doing some fairly hard offroading. I know a year or two ago it would have been Bf goodrich MT's and that was that. But theres a few more options now, the 3 im looking at are; Bf Goodrich MT KM2's Handkook MT RT03 Cooper STT And preference in the above or other tyres i should be looking at? I dont want to spend massive amounts of money but if its what i have to pay to get the right thing then i wiill. Its running toyota axles and i do need wheels so fitted to toyota rims would be pretty nice aswell! Thanks in advance Rich

These are the gloves i use; Not cheap at £18 per pair but they last forever. http://www.toolorders.co.uk/Protection_Equipment_GUIDE_5015_Allround_Hi-Vis_Synthetic.asp Rich

I was in the same boat as you, and i never found one i liked so i made one. Took a few weeks worth of evenings but im well happy with it and it hasn't failed me yet! Rich

i used your advice and when i unscrewed the fuel filter there was no disel spilling out. so do i need a new pump and does it have to be gunuine?where is the best place to get one. thanks for the help rich

I have already changed the filters and oil etc last week and still no better. It also looks like it already has a newish fuel pump, would it be worth replacing this again with the new filter? The EGR valve is already blocked off, and il check the turbo hoses and spill off pipes tonight. Thanks so far Rich

Hi, im having some troubles with my r reg 300tdi disco. it has no pull a knew it had problems with the turbo when i bought it.with the car stationary theirs definately boost there you can here the turbo and all the fins etc are fine but when driving the car lacks power seriosly bad!is this the wastegate actuator or another problem.possible fixes? cheers rich

I know the inventor, well, he did either the tin or the aerosol, i cannot remeber. Called Ian over on 4x4uk.org, he would be more than happy to answer any questions you have about it! Rich

As far as im aware they miss out the 24v. It goes 14.4, 18 then upto 36v as there largest gun. Rich

Iv built two of them now, one for the workshop at home and one for my bigger workshop where i keep my truck. I only have photos of the home workshop one, but il try and get the others tomorrow. Rich

I have the Dewalt 18v wrench. This one; http://www.powertools2u.co.uk/power-tools---cordless/cordless-impact-wrenches/dewalt-dw059k2h-18v-impact-wrench---2-x-2.6ah-nimh-batteries.htm?utm_source=PowerTools2u&utm_medium=Froogle&utm_campaign=Shopping Its very good. Very powerful and the batteries seem to last forever. Only downside i would say is it very big and heavy. Fine for removing wheel nuts and an hour or twos work. But if your inside a machine with it over your head like we quite often are, it gets heavy pretty quickly. Rich

Bummer, there goes that plan then Iv seen it done in a 110 and it looked and worked really well with some decent grilles over the top to stop passengers heels damaging them. Could look under the pass seat, only problem is that there wont be alot of room for an enclosure under there. Rich

Without actually having acess to the Disco at the moment, my mate wants to know if i could install some subs into his disco, but he dosnt want to take up boot space. Do the Discoverys have an enclosed rear seatbox, so i could mount a pair of 12" rockford fosgate subwoofers in there? So the subs would be kind of behind the calfs passengers of the two outer rear seats? Is this possibe or is there just ground underneeth the discoverys rear seats? Thanks for the help Rich

Using your equations it would appear i have done somthing wrong or this motor isnt upto the job. Ok, first of il calculate the max pull of the system with that motor fitted. So, Max Motor torque 24.2DaNm x 6 (Gearbox) = 145.2 DaNm or 1452 NM 1452Nm = 12850 Inch Pounds 12850/1.75 (Winch drum radius, can anyone comfirm this? I read it had a diameter of 2.5") = 7342.85 Lb of pull, which isnt enough! Is it my maths thats wrong or one of the figures i have used? Thanks Rich

Thats brilliant, thanks John. One last question i now have. You stated that the relief valve will create heat as the fluid passes through it. How can i get around this then? A clutch on the pump to disengauge when not in use? Or another valve i can used after the pump to return oil back to the tank withoud causing excess heat build up? Thanks again Rich