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Good to see Venhill cables still going strong 

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Are you stitching the canvas yourself or getting a ready made one? Normally I wouldn't ask but you have many talents

[The "Pass the Bucket" 4x4 For Sale on Ebay Thread]

Seen on facebook marketplace, not sure which thread this belongs in tbh ..... 

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Looks great

 

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3 hours ago, landroversforever said:

The old stand on and top forwards things?

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1 hour ago, Stellaghost said:

A now very apparent downside to fitting these axles is due to my lack of height 5'7" I can no longer reach into the engine bay etc

I now have to employ these..lol

Regards Stephen 

You need one of those topside creepers, or whatever they are called.

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1600kg, never let it be said I follow the crowd

 

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Turned out nice

 

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There's some interesting discussion on the subject here, still not sure what the answer is though.....  

 

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It's a variation on the WW2 Parker type beading tool, there are current copies by ATS and Graham Tool. The current versions are four tools (a clamping tool and 3 bead tools), yours handles the different bead profiles by the changeable outer dies, all use the interchangeable inner dies. The new versions are around $500-$600.

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BTW that's 1/4" outside diameter! It's a number 4 tool in case you are curious.

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That strange looking piece is the beading die for 1/4" diameter tubes apparently.

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What is the part in the top right hand corner of the box for? Doesn't look like the mandrels in that row.

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On 12/31/2022 at 5:39 PM, Stellaghost said:

Little bit of a funny story with what you've said there..

One of the fitters where I work was watching me set up the tolerances on my brake discs and calipers, I had stopped for a minute to contemplate my measurements, and he asked me what I was thinking, so I told I may him I may need to add a shim because my measurements were out by 0.2mm....

He looked at me and said " it's a bloody Landrover, an inch would be acceptable "

Had to laugh because he was kind of right so I left it as it was and I've had no issues with it

Regards Stephen

 

On 12/31/2022 at 8:44 PM, Stellaghost said:

I'll take that as a sign of improvement.....

Obviously just thrown the car together up to now..........lol

Regards Stephen

Lol, I was referring to Land Rovers work as British car tolerances and yours as the Japanese tolerances, as opposed to your work improving...... hmm that sounds like a slight on you too ..... I think I should stop now  

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Blimey, we've moved from British car tolerances to Japanese tolerances!

Out of curiosity will the chassis flex enough to cause the steering shaft to contact the suspension mount? 

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Could you add an extra UJ into the mix to get you around the obstacle? You'd need another bearing mount too, but we now don't bat an eyelid when we expect you to do hours of machining off the back of a throw away comment

 

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6 hours ago, landroversforever said:

I forget the company name, but there’s a US outfit that makes a mount/stand for the portaband saws.

SWAG

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BTW I'm amazed how well it's turned out, I was expecting it to stretch and distort a lot, but it looks like it's only had a little stretching in the big panel.

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So they are for forming the front panel.... and a drinks holder  

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3 hours ago, Stellaghost said:

I'll just leave these here, 20mm plate

Guesses welcome 

regards Stephen 

Drinks holder?

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Looks like it's easily within Land Rover tolerances  

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7 hours ago, Stellaghost said:

I'm sure there is a complement in there somewhere lol....

Regards Stephen

Most definitely is! 🙂

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4 minutes ago, Stellaghost said:

Thank you

Engine bath low on the list of priorities at the moment, need to make sure everything fits and works, once I know it all goes together, then I can look at the nice to do's

Main focus at the moment is to get it back running before winter sets in regards Stephen

Anyone else and I'd be doubtful that would happen, you on the other hand are a bit of a wildcard  

[Verify Mileage if your odometer looses its display]

Cheers TSD, I'll let you know once we work out what speedo Rich has.

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No problem. Are you up to opening it up? Or do you want to send it to me? 

Can you add photos of the front of the speedo and any labels it has on it?