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as others have said light sand blast not shot you could degrease it with cellulose thinners etc and paint but it will flake and crack we even used recycled copper slag to lightly blast it if its only small areas perhaps a needle gun etc to get a key

hello im looking at putting a transit battery 096 in the disco currently has a 072 battery which is the recommended at 550a the transit is 680a oviously the terminals are opposite which aint too much of a prob but do you think the extra amps will help cold cranking in the mornings any views please the 096 is 12mm longer so will fit chris

i know it sounds daft but we have several jcbs and if the heater fan is running and you turn the engine off it will continue to run for a few seconds oviously the fan motor supplies enough power to keep the stop solenoid open just a thought chris

seperate switch / relay as i dont think the standard wiring will take the load 2x100w equals approx 16A so extra wiring there is a thread on here somewhere with wiring diagram .chris

i had a very similar instance this year and found it to be the wheel bearings allowing the pads to be ppushed further from the discs resulting in more pedal travel to stop just a thought

i know its not the same we often take the hydraulic filters out of jcbs to find swarf and once a piece of metal the size of your thumb nail stuck to the magnet, its normally on new machines which is ok until a piece gets stuck in a spool valve can be interesting/ dangerous,is there a filter in the tank or in line this maybe from new its not very often a pump goes wrong thay will just lose pressure we have some machines with 9000 hrs and there still working ok with a good pressure you may find this has not done much work and it could be from new chris

try www.smithsofthedean.co.uk thay deal in all sorts of barrels tanks at least you can get the name of what you want chris

mine do this sometimes no one could answer the question after a few weeks thay start working ok then will go wrong again i tried a new earth like you said but it still has the same problem the only cure i came up with was to change the wiper motor,but by the time i get around to it thay start to work again. chris

we have a diesel 10kva genny and a 6kva petrol the petrol generator although 4kva less produces a more constant power especially for welding and is a lot better when you strike arc than the diesel anyone else experienced this or is it just me, chris

on a transit van i had i used denso tape and denso paste you can dig onto a water main thats been buried for 20 years remove the denso and its like new i think it takes a lot of beating also acts as a soundproof .chris

im looking to get a winch not to use all the time ive looked on ebay at item no250310168433 for 235 pound has any one got one of these and what do you think or should i look for something more expensive your thoughts please chris

rst landrovers at mersea are always helpfull not far from colchester .chris

have you tried pirtek it aint very often thay cant match something up we use them if we get a hydraulic hose we dont have fittings for

i would still say that there is a earth fault somewhere does it turn over ok ,if it does then the earth to the engine is ok have you checked the earth to the body behind the battery presuming its the same as mine earth faults can cause a lot of hassle once you have cleaned them cover with grease etc but not between the metal to metal .chris

mine is a 3 door 300tdi with this sticker on the back i dont think its any different to any other

i done this to a fiesta van rear window cutting re bar shut the boot one day window smashed it must weaken it

i think if you lift the carpet up there is a cover in the centre of the floor held down by self tappers remove this cover to expose the top of the tank and i think you can remove the fuel gauge sender unit to access the inside of the tank unless its stuck in the 90 degree bend chris.

i always thought if air is present in a gas cylinder there is a risk of explosion when we work on a live gas connection/main if air enters a main all breaks loose pilot lights in houses are turned off as there is a risk of explosion if air enters a gas main is this true for cylinders.

as others have said remove the bowl and clean as the egg yolk gunk if theres any wont come out through the drain plug but get a new set of gaskets top and bottom i didnt but when you aint got them you can guarantee the old ones are knackered ,i got an ice cream tub under the housing after removing the 10mm bolt and tapped the bowl to fall into the tub mine was full of an egg yolk looking substance cleaned and replaced all ok now,chris

i know im probably being picky but are these a bunded trailer we use fuel trailers at work to fuel plant etc and these are all bunded just wondered if the military versions are chris

motor parts direct in braintree were doing some good deals on glow plugs there on springwood ind est or there is one in colchester .chris

i was told that when the alternator is geting knackered it will discharge the battery some one will be along to confirm this ,chris

if the swr is higher on channel 40 than ch1 the whip needs shortening

as its been said a wash in mordant solution then a coat of acid etch primer then go from there if you dont etch it the paint will eventually fall /flake off we have even flash blasted galv to get a better key for paints, chris.

as bm said leave it in i cleaned mine the other week to find a egg yolk substance in it prob half full i dont think this would take long to coat the main filter and clog it up i would clean and replace