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To be honest it’s on now, but I ran without it for a bit. It launches like an idiot now although, it was mad without it? Anyhoo, rebuilt box, torque checked and the bmw has been chipped. It now drags the trailer well, but is prone to smoking. (Which it would I guess) I think it needs turbo seals.

It’s having the transmission pulled and the converter sent to ATP for a look see.

I’ve seen the plate that crosses the crack as well. What I haven’t seen is a side ways drilling so a length of threaded rod can be glued into the thread. I bet there have been all sort done in the past? it astounds me what will tig weld. We do cylinder heads, and that should be worse, but it seems to work just fine

It might like a charge cooler then, to reduce the cooling side air volume.

Thanks we didn’t want to rev it to death with it being so old. It just seemed wrong? all the gears seem fine, which was what confused us. although, I’m not saying a lower stall torque would hurt the truck. Especially with a turbo change to something that spooled up a bit faster. I’m still fascinated that it gear changes higher than my RV8.

We have bought a P38 with the six cylinder bmw diesel and the HP24 gearbox in it. We feel it revs way too much in top gear and we wondered if the torque converter is old and weak? We were both plant fitters and I have to say it feels like a really high-stall unit. It actually revs more than the HP22 behind my 3.5 RV8. So we figure it’s either worn or it’s bad inside (maybe bent). any thoughts, or are we way off the mark? I mean, it’s 26 years old, so it is entitled to have a bad torque converter

Basically this is a disabled persons help, but it has lacked in one area in particular. Oh boy can it chew up the lawn It has no rear diff and I don’t fancy my chances of finding one. In this vid I make it one wheel drive (selectable with a freel hub of sorts)

I feel the 600watt is more like the thing to have before the money really jumps up. To be honest they are all a bit weak down this end. Have you considered a bench belt sander?

For various reasons I am planning to unbolt the winch-challenge gear and trial it this year. not sure of the weight saving, but it will become slightly rear-end heavy, as opposed to 30 kg nose heavy.

Via various tests (Ford transit) I have realised tiny microscopic pockets of rust are the problem. Rotary wire brush or shot-blast and then phosphoric acid like genolight. then a few layers of paint on top of zinc primer. Then maybe waxoil ? inside; 50/50 waxoil and new engine oil. Or if it is bad inside start with oil and waxoil next year. Because the rust can be layered on the inside and neat waxoil holds the damp in and doesn’t penetrate. So yeh, rust is really hard to stop, but if you transform it at a molecular level then it has no iron oxide crystals to give it a helping start

The steering wheel is working now. The 6:1 24volt floor polisher gearbox looks to be just right for it. The steering wheel adapter clamps around the motor shaft that I cut off a few weeks ago. and that really is genuine 1972 RRC hand brake

Here is the bucket running off my ancient power pack with new tank (pto pump would be great on ratquadcrane, but I can’t get a part number for the right part to fit into the timing case of the diesel)

These days I only get as close to real trains as drawing up replacement heat exchangers

Doesn’t look like photobucket is coming back? here’s a very young me driving his new 4x4 build around. built from a two door 1972 rangy it was finished in 1995.

A big advantage for that footwell winch being left hand drive. It fits in there very well I guess 1500kg for my rangy buggy as a trialer. With three winches and all the armour it is a solid 2000kg. Interesting that it is 30kg off 50/50 weight ballence. (two batteries, hydraulic winches, steering guard, HD rear arms, steel roof)

I am back working on the garden railway and I need to shift some dirt, so I made me a clam shell bucket on Saturday. I have been sizing up the hydraulic ram today.

The plough I made for the race truck as a ground anchor (when marshalling) is now hung on the front oh boy does this thing need a rear diff. It really does not like turning corners Might try and engineer a freewheeling hub for the left hand rear wheel?

The list of nastiness is as follows: (222 hours on clock) the diablo is so bad they went bankrupt, the diablo 00112 is so bad it sat unsold at the dealers for a decade after two customers gave up on it. The half hearted version of Ferguson 4x4 jammed and ripped the front diff out. Only one of six bolts remained. the front hubs collapsed on the first owner. the drive belt ripped the teeth off on mild inclines. the shocks have no swivel ends. the brake pipes were cable tied to the road springs. it has a transmission brake because the CVT drags so much. the cvt belt drags so much you have to stop the engine to get it out of forward/reverse the foot plates shook loose due to lack of bolts all 20wheel nuts were on backward the fuel system didn’t generate back pressure making it a bad starter the CVT cover is held on by rubber bands the front strut hubs are home made from plate and 8mm bar for bracing the brake disks hit them the air filter hung on the end of the air hose the hose is held into the air filter housing by self tapping screws the alternator adjuster has been cut of to fit in the bodywork the cvt drive belt was too long so it effectively launched at 1500 rpm in third the push rod on the master cylinder was too short the fuel cap had fallen off and one of those cheap emergency caps rammed in the exhaust manifold adapter to the flexi down pipe is steel box section the exhaust bends are 45 degree cuts to make 90 degree bends the gear-lever detent spring was missing so it fell out of gear high box is to live (briefly) the wheel hubs are those taper lock things you find on sprockets. The quarter shafts have no spline or threaded end. The friction force holds the wheel on and adjusts the wheel bearings. the rear suspension is like a triumph herald. the ground clearance clearly not enough so all the shock anchors have tags welded on. there is no belly pan. no drain plug on the rear diff. despite the rear diff being locked as a spool, there are two rear disks. the bottom hose was nearly chafed through on the timing cover there are no P clips, only cable ties captive nuts have been created by ramming dome head coach bolts into round holes the kettle noises while welding suggest the frame is full of water its big enough to seat four people on the back and two more on the front turning circle is around 50ft :o) So yeh, it was so bad I could afford it EDIT, I should also add that I am thoroughly enjoying myself laughing at it while fixing the problems and welding metal to it. It’s butt is now sat on the bump stops and will likely get solid links. I’m also dropping the gear ratio as low as I can get it without fitting a jack-shaft. It’s like my Mini-ratbike project, except this is actually useful !

My engineer brain asks if it should be flipped and the engine moves forward instead. It worked great on routemaster busses.

Who’s middle aged and knackard then me my new service tool is the nastiest farm bike I could find that moved under it own power! Then I fitted a cheap eBay crane to it and the most ridiculously cheap eBay winch I could find. I started by looking at ancient lawn mowers when this diseased brute crossed my path. Anyhoo, the concept is good enough for anyone: build a cheap mobile garden crane that can load a trailer that it can tow. It doesn’t need to carry the load, just the crane, because dragging an engine hoist across grass was a job for a much younger me !

What does my truck look like underneath ?

What about a Roof vent scoop thing?

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i only just got the splitter tap so I only piped it to the bottle when I had to hinking on it though, it hasn't done enough to warrant it's cost, but it opens up so many avenues. The new ally walking stick with dragons on the side is mint !

All sorts of power on this white one. It just became reluctant to weld? Re-profiling and body sanding wasn't bringing it back to health. I could snap it in half as a test, but I figure it probably is stuffed. To cut the story short I was struggling so much welding up the Beasts new inner wing that I didn't want to wreck the new walking stick on the last stage, so Daz came to help me out. He is so neat I wouldn't dare sand the welds back