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  1. FridgeFreezer
    That's still shockingly bad unless there's something wrong with either the engine or his right foot...
  2. FridgeFreezer
    Glad you found it - and lucky it didn't start a fire!
  3. FridgeFreezer
    I'd vote for this too - for the low miles the truck is doing, almost any old V8 will be an easy win and have the grunt required. Also it's all parts-bin stock standard stuff in standard locations.
  4. FridgeFreezer
    Well 17kg plus maybe 20kg of gear is still a fair bit to be cantilevered off the front like that - TBH if you wouldn't be happy climbing up there & jumping up & down on it, it's not sturdy enough, rough roads will put some big forces through a vehicle.
  5. FridgeFreezer
    Yep, overhanging racks usually brace to the windscreen hinge bolts top of bulkhead or down to the front bumper if they're longer.
  6. FridgeFreezer
    Type: Screw, Flange head, thread Metric coarse (std.) M10, length 30mm, finish Black phosphate for controlled torque http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/lrfasteners.html
  7. FridgeFreezer
    I think they're a common failure but not a common cause - if there's a leak in the system, the compressor runs flat out and burns itself out and people blame the compressor rather than the 50p bit of pipe with a hole in it.
  8. FridgeFreezer
    Cleaning the turbo solenoid? I re-plumbed mine with push-fit pipe after the same failure (pipe rubbed through) and it went for years with no problems, the turbo solenoid isn't that close to the hot stuff.
  9. FridgeFreezer
    Standard truck HDPE arches, dirt cheap, hard to destroy. Personally though, I'd rather leave it open so I can hose it out than close it up & discover later it's filled up with cack & gone rusty.
  10. FridgeFreezer
    FB is like visiting a lunatic asylum - even people you thought were rational and sensible human beings post utter cack on FB. I have to dip in once a month to update club stuff and that's once too often, if it wasn't for that I'd have deleted my account years ago.
  11. FridgeFreezer
    Depends if price of another rad is less than the price of all these other mods to make it work?
  12. FridgeFreezer
    That'll do it, all the vacuum will leak out and the turbo won't be actuating properly or maybe at all. 6mm push-fit nylon pneumatic hose is a good fit for those pipes.
  13. FridgeFreezer
    You can prove anything with statistics
  14. FridgeFreezer
    AS well as the original crank-drive it's not hard to add other methods such as a hydraulic motor driving into the back of that unit - LoFi built an entire capstan winch from scratch in a similar style: There's been a few capstan winch threads if you search back, should find most of the info.
  15. FridgeFreezer
    Why not this one? You can get a rad made any shape/size with this core in it, mine didn't cost much more than a genuine parts brass one.
  16. FridgeFreezer
    TBH I'd go with whatever the paintman chap recommends to go with the paint. Tell him what you've got and what you're applying it over and he'll know what you need to do. Prep is everything - multiple wipe-downs with clean rags & suitable solvent/cleaner after you've stripped/sanded.
  17. FridgeFreezer
    I'd take it all the way to the fence on that left side, it's only going to be a dark unloved corner anyway, and gives some room for workbench and/or storage. Looks good though, wish I had a bit more space for a lift.
  18. FridgeFreezer
    I wanted to fit a rear rad in the 109 when I rebuilt it to stop mud clogging it up, in the end I couldn't see a nice way of doing it without too much other compromise, ended up just fitting a wide-cored (earthmover or "caterpillar" core) rad in the front and it's never clogged.
  19. FridgeFreezer
    I might've missed this but are we sure that mystery fitting isn't 1/8" BSP or NPT?
  20. FridgeFreezer
    Could you make the ducts out of perspex therefore not diminishing the rear-view? Or fit a reversing camera as rear-view mirror? I think you're over-worrying about hooking a tree on it, Jez never damaged the scoops and they were ploughing through trees all day.
  21. FridgeFreezer
    Same here, I've got a ~120W tube heater under the middle toolbox, so between the other toolbox & the lathe, hopefully keeping things dry. Also got the home server in the garage as a free bonus heat source
  22. FridgeFreezer
    Per the title, I'm looking to give stainless a go just for practice - I've got a few random bits of stainless kicking around but no idea what grade, so looking for recommendations for rods that will be "good enough" for commonly-encountered stainless grades. Doesn't have to be perfect, I'm not about to weld anything critical, just want some basic stainless practice.
  23. FridgeFreezer
    My concern with picking up from underneath is it's just channelling dirt, debris, road salt, etc. into your rad rather than the somewhat cleaner air going over the top. Petal: Petal Mk2: Mouse roof scoop: D-Lander, bit of an Elvis quiff:
  24. FridgeFreezer
    @miketomcat ran his rear-radiatored Tomcat on the road all the time with no problems, likewise Richard's Dlander, Jez's Petal and Mouse both had rear rads with no issues. All of them had roof scoops. Most of the comp safari boys have rear rads and they're not hanging around.
  25. FridgeFreezer
    STM32 is a family, they go from ultra-low-power / low cost to high power stuff running a full RTOS. F1xx and F4xx are mid-line with enough of everything for most projects and pretty cheap.
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