Hybrid_From_Hell

As others have said, DO NOT GROVE Halfshaft, 10 spline ar wek enough as they are ! Options ? Buy the tool from Simon, and / or upgrade to std 24 spline (cheap and have a large core increase so much stronger) or even better upgrade to 24 spline HD either quaiffe, MaxiDrive, Ashcroft GKN, depends on the depth of you wallet Theres no way around 10 spline std stuff breaking, groving was an old comp safari racers trick, soon stopped !..other was to braze a welding rod to the shaft both sides, and secure top end (wheel end) with self almalgam tape, then when shaft breaks pull on welding wires to remove end...it often worked ! nige

Wot, you mean it was "Normal" inside the cab ? Nige

Yep, MORE expenditure Mark Nige

Hi Tony, Date will most prob be in dec, as there lots on before and nothing on early dec (I hope). Site TBA maybe not Minstead, I'm tracking down some options. Will Post as soon as I know when and where it will be. Nige

er, Are you reffering to inside the cab or inside the axle casing Nige

NRC 9027 again , Ooops ! And we don't collect £200 and pass go then Nige

Oooh Ay der yer like Dags ?....an me caravaaan isgotta be perriwinkle blue boys okay ? I think I'll pass Nige

What is Part number NRC 7491 then ? Has this number I have been supercedded, as this is the bush I've used for years with no real probs ???? Nige

No you don't have to be a member, but sometimes they do special offers for the drive around and joining on the day, which could be worthwhile as the clubs offers a load of opportunities which you won't know unless you read the magazine. Nige

Sheer quality and even the Brick kiln "Tide Mark" is fading, shame about the rust stains on SWMBOs tarmac drive from the 25 mins of 2000 watt 9 inch angle grinding "Special Event" ...every time it rains she asks why the drive has brown stains the next day..... Nige

Gorra website linky www thingy ? You love it when I speak all technical don't you Pete Nige

Um Ooops ? Engine survive ? and Will survive ? Nige

Has anyone got skulling around in a workshop a Buick 350 V8 HEI Dizzy ? If so or any ideas where I can get one please PM me ! Nige

er edited to read properly.... It aint on mine..........I'ver got atf stains on me road as well EP90 stains and 20/50 stains too........ Nige

piggin mail erro, if you think "ah its ojk it will be there - it 'aint and if you click again just to be sure - double post Can't find a "delete post" button on this forum ??????? Nige

Now that could be interest Tonk ! Useful too. Goooo on get it done - post up a ticket I dare you ! 'Lardy Series' or 'Porky 90' - ... roll up roll up place your bets as to the heavyweight ? Nige

Steve, you've been in the 90, and I was (and still am) in running in mode.....and it wasn't exactly "tardy" then at limited rpm.... Can you imagine what this engine was like in a 1250 kg comp safari racer.... ? ... I met the 1st owner of said the other day, .......who explained it came 'on the market' after he "gave it a squirt" through some trees at a comp safari, .....and wrote his motor (and underpants) off as a result...... Even at 2280 kgs the power to weight aint too bad, as the chav at Woodbridge road who thought it would be "Cool" to cut up some old landy found out 1 engine and now 2 sets of underpants (not mine I add) is not a bad score Nige

Trainspotter, did you give him your autograph then ? , or were you all aloof Nige

Steve, there are 2 types of units vertyical shoes and horizonatal shoes, and just to help I have seen late stuff with the wrong units on, almost like LR found a pallet some years late and said Ooooh Look, lets fit these, there old but if will really irriate people years from now..... So, buy the shoes to match the fitment style of yours, not ness by chassis number !, go to a supplier than understands there are the 2 types vet vs horiz and supply the ones you need Nige

Had this prob on the hybrid. Mainly it was the front tube that went from sterring box to axle, but the logic is the same. I tried a few homers 1st. One was to sdrill a couple of holes around the tube into the cavity, then I pushed (read gentle tap in or in technical speak a JWhite No 18 Hammer) a piece of rod, 16mm from memory, then welded it in place, it helped but still bent. Then I did the above and welded a lump of angle to it, same, bent again. Then I bought a new pair of bars, and Danbars (sump are about the same) due to the OD and the joint wall thickness, I gave it terrible abuse (at least .78 on the Tonk abuserufar%se Scale) and never bent it. I did manage to shear off a track rod, but fixed it in the mud, as such I still have danbars, but carry a std bar zippied to the roll cage "just in case" By them Tonk there worth the money, you also probably need a new bat roo, cos the ID of the danbar is SOOOOO close ANY bend at all in the tube going into it and forget it it won't go on - work out how I know this fact Nige

Hope your pleased with the cage / workmanship, post some piccies (like your not going too ) Nige

Hello Doyley, didn't know you work there, sorry, turned up 5 days a week there Considering the in / on / off / out empty kit / on back / front (and they were very very helpful too), it was £8 Worth it tho Also amazing what the spares ropes hilift snatch blocks etc etc add up too ! Yep twas me at ladymead !.... Nige

Tonk, I was forever bending steering bars front and rear on the old hybrid. In the end I bought danbars front & Rear, and WOW what a difference, also grease then up then when they hit they rotate over the obstance rather than dig in. Trim to fit maybe ....Kieth Gotts sells them cheapish, ask JW he's always nipping up there ! Nige

Have a peek at : http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccw...ns?opendocument http://www.local.uk.com/local/weighbridges...ted-kingdom.htm Nige

Yeah Yeah, and that included the pasty I was eating at the time, Took a while for someone to add that one in eh BBC ? Nige