Jon White
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Guess I've got no excuse for not coming to this one then........
Good on shires for getting a decent site booked!
Jon
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I'd say if you havnt got a rattle gun, you're better off with two decent, long spanners for cracking the nuts.
With a rattle gun these tools make it soooooooooooo much quicker and easier!
Jon
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The mallory ones are bluddy awful things! If nothing else points are a PITA, and with a dual point there are two sets to go wrong!
Either fit an electronic one off of a later rangie, or do away with the dizzy altogether and fit edis and coil packs.
Jon
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As for HFH (gosh that looks like he’s from a special family!!) I guess his motor has it’s special bits (ooh err) too hidden for a magazine.
Nah - no-one will feature his truck cos he still hasnt painted it!!!
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Likely to be intermediate gear in the transfer box. Check very carefully for wear. I had to replace, the bearsing, shim plates, the pin it runs on and the gear, as there are no inner/outer races on these bearings, so when they start to break up they wear the shaft and the gear badly.
Replacing them reduced the whine, but its still there, just in a lesser form. I just ignore it.
Jon
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Likely to be a siezed viscous coupling John. These then go on to kill the IRD, so its worth fixing if it has siezed sooner rather than later.
Megasquirt wont help the waterproofing at all as its coil on plug technology anyway so there'd be no benefit to it surely?
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We were helping Darryl - didnt see you either Jules! Were you in the rangie? Didnt see it??
Even with directions we still managed to get lost and found it more by luck than anything else!!! And I'd been there before......
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Kam shafts have long splines on the long shaft only. the short shaft has normal length splines.
As someone else says a Kamm locker will not work without KAM shafts so.......
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Yes it will, but you need to cut the series hinges off the bulkhead and drill the holes through the bulkhead for the bolts and use the defender hinges. You'll also need to swap to the defender wiper mechanism and wiper arms (require another hole drilling) as the series wipers dont even get close to clearing a defender screen.
I run one on my series along with a shortened 110 hardtop. A very worthwhile mod IMHO especially if you're tall!
Cheers
Jon
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Megajolt i easy peasy to build and to fit. The hardest bit to get yor head around is where to time the trigger wheel in to. Once you've got your head around it its easy. What takes the time is making all the brakets for everything.
It does exactly what it says on the tin. Its fit and forget -it just works. Only thing I'd say is make absolutely certain you've got a good earth and its tight. Mine used to intermittantly cut out for no apparent reason, which i evenetually work out was cos the earth connection was loose!
Sounds like somebody needs a more powerful rattle gun...........
Cheers
Jon
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Whilst we're at it I'll do one for my old SIP pile of cr@p aswell........
Make : SIP
Model : MIgmate 150 Turbo
How Long have you had it / How old is it : I had it from new about 7 years ago - sold it about 2 years ago
Typical Current Price : £250.00
Maximum Welding Current (AMPS) : 150
Output at 60% Duty Cycle : 113 @ 20% duty
Welding Wire range in mm : 0.6 - 0.8
Small Large or BOTH re Wire Spools : Both
Euro Torch (Yes / No ) : NO
Argosheild Bottle - max Size that will fit : Small disposable bottles only
Weight : 30Kgs
What is the most typical things you weld with it - thicknesses etc : 1-6mm
Other standard Features : Auto wire feed adjustemnt when changing power sttings
Good Points : The auto wire feed adjustment was useful. Usefull for small, infrequent jobs. Easy to store as its quite small.
Bad Points : Hmmm where do i start......constantly overheated and cut out on thermal when welding thicker materials, wire feed was a PITA, hobby style torch was a PITA constantly melting and packing up, disposable bottles were uneconomical, no wheels and 30Kg's is friggin heavy to lug about
On a scale of 1 to 10 1 being very unhappy with it, and 10 being "Its perfect for me" rate it :3
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Make : Cebora
Model : Craftmig 180
How Long have you had it / How old is it : I've had it about 2 years - I aquired it from Tonk
Typical Current Price : £465.00
Maximum Welding Current (AMPS) : 180
Output at 60% Duty Cycle : 80A
Welding Wire range in mm : 0.6 - 0.8
Small Large or BOTH re Wire Spools : BOTH
Euro Torch (Yes / No ) : YES
Argosheild Bottle - max Size that will fit : Biggest BOC do!
Weight : 39
What is the most typical things you weld with it - thicknesses etc : 1-6mm
Other standard Features : er its got wheels and its red!
Good Points : Its red, and its nice and simple. Not too many settings to confuse me with. Wire feed mechanism has been trouble free and I've not yet managed to thermal it unlike my last one!
Bad Points : Leads could be longer (I could change them easily I've just not bothered)
On a scale of 1 to 10 1 being very unhappy with it, and 10 being "Its perfect for me" rate it :10
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I've got 100ft of 11mm plasma on mine.
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OK, so road manners leave a bit to be desired, but they do produce the classic 'Land Rover Howl' at at anything over 30
Er..........understatement!!!! They're fecking LETHAL in the wet!!!!!!
And they howl worse than simex do.........have to say I would never go back to them.......
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I've had this - you need to adjust the striker pins outwards (the pins that bolt onto the front of the rear tub). Yes I know it sounds odd, but trust me it works!
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Mine
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I just did mine up with the rattle gun until they wouldnt do up any more.
IMHO anything other than new geniune landrover bushes are a waste of money. Deflex/polybush/whateveryouwanttocallems are not a good, or worthwhile upgrade.
Jon
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Trouble is with a £500 disco engine you end up with a bottom end at least that is in no better nick than that one.
I'd be inclined to shove a set of standard sized shells in it, hone the bores and see what they come up like, shove a set of rings in it and deck the block and skim the head again and put it all back together. IMHO those bores dont look too bad (ok its hard to judge from the photos) and would probably clean up with a hone.
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I've got 285/75/16 grizzlys on my series. Work very well if you air them down. However they dont wear particularly well on the road.
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The diaphram inside has split hence fuel is leaking out.
In short its ****ed!
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Hmmmmmmmm actually I could do with a trim..........how much for a wash and blow dry then???
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Yeah i'd second that - I did mine on a ramp, with a transmission jack, with the correct cradle to suit the box, and it was still a piggy of a job! I wouldnt fancy it on my back on the floor! If doing it on the floor I'd be tempted to drop the transfer box off first to make it all a more manageable weight.
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Sorted then! So when the portal axles going on??
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You dont want to know what they cost new........you wont get change from £200........
Jon
Getting all hot and bothered!
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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I've got an uprated V8 radiator for sale if you need a known good one. Its a TD one (the largest capacity available) thats been modified for the V8 and re-cored.
Have a flick back through the classifieds or PM me for further details.
Jon