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  1. I think it looks great. Good solid "Mad Max" look to it - It's given me ideas for the one we are going to make up for our RRC. Just a quick Q - is the 4.5" bore just a notional size? or is it based on actual air requirement? Cheers, Andrew.
  2. Hi Adrian, A good site for finding the parts you need is here: http://www.land-rover-parts-shop.com/shop/en/ Specifically crank seal etc here: http://www.land-rover-parts-shop.com/shop/...lassic/1/0/9/29 Also you can specify genuine parts or oe - my experience is that the Allmakes parts are much better than britpart and others - e.g. swivel wiper seals & caliper seal kits. As for parts manuals & service manuals - http://www.landrover.ee/est/varia/downloads/cars.htm - the 1989 to 1991 RRC manual details for replacing crank seal should be the same as for your model. Cheers, Andrew.
  3. We used to go through 4 1/2" (115mm) grinders with great frequency - even a bosch one bit the dust eventually. When a new one was required I didn't want to spend a fortune (more difficult than you'd think in Ireland) - but comparing specs a Bosch 600watt unit was the same price as a Dewalt 900watt unit - So we opted for the Dewalt and it's been going strong for a year now - slightly heavier due to the motor size - but even with paddle sanders and plenty of pressure it's difficult to burden the motor. Cost approx 85 EUR ex. VAT. Also we have switched to using stainless steel discs for all our cutting - when bought in bulk they are the same price as normal discs - but they make extremely light work of mild steel. Only about .9mm wide - they don't tend to heat up the area half as much as traditional discs - also cutting straight lines by hand is easier. We pay 1.50 EUR per disc. 9" (230mm) is a 2000watt bosch unit bought second hand and it's held up well for 5 years. Cheers, Andrew.
  4. I do a lot of web development and so run IE, Firefox and Opera. I personally think Opera is a far superior browser to either of its competitors. Tiled tabs, zoom, duplicate tabs - much more control of the browsing environment. The banner ads present in Opera used to irritate users - but those are now gone. I am an advocate of open source - but despite all the people developing plugins for firefox - I find myself looking for plugins for firefox to at least match the functionality of opera. Also mozilla/firefox didn't invent tabbed browsing - a program called netcaptor is cited as being the first implemented use of tabbed browsing. Cheers, Andrew. P.S. I don't work for Opera.
  5. WVO = Waste Vegetable Oil SVO = Straight Vegetable Oil PPO = Pure Plant Oil All the same thing - just WVO has been fried up with the saussies. Once any of the above are transesterificated they become Biodiesel. Add: We run a Td5 but with the fuel system and injectors costing so much, should something go wrong, I can't see the benefit at present. In most of Continental Europe they already have a 5% mix of biodiesel in diesel at the pump - so this level should be perfectly safe - just make sure it's well washed. Cheers, Andrew.
  6. Hi Warthog, You can get a replacement footwell panels for the RRC: Available from MPS4X4 I'm pretty sure most of the pattern panels are made by SPI the same crowd that make the fuel tanks. Alternatively you can weld in plate where required - as we are doing: http://www.tomaxcars.com/images/hold/bodywork1.jpg http://www.tomaxcars.com/images/hold/bodywork2.jpg http://www.tomaxcars.com/images/hold/bodywork3.jpg http://www.tomaxcars.com/images/hold/bulkhead_weld.jpg Cheers, Andrew Tomax Cars
  7. Hi Folks, We are in the process of rebuilding the bodywork on an RRC - bodywork from 3 sources - and replacements in the usual places inner / outer sills + A pillars etc. Usually we send our stuff to a local company who shotblast and 2-pack prime the components (Chassis etc.) but it's not convenient to go lugging the entire side of a 2dr RRC to them. So it would be extremely useful to have a unit in the workshop for topically cleaning areas to assess condition for repair - and also for quickly cleaning rocker covers / ancilliaries. Having investigated this a little more most industrial suppliers provide "pressure-pot" units which seem to need 80cfm Free Air Delivery or more which is only attainable with a diesel compressor - needless to say I don't want to shell out for one of those. I have been looking at the hobbyist models - which use 8-11cfm FAD - which is roughly what our 3hp 150litre compressor is putting out - and I was wondering does anyone have any experience with these "hopper" type models? We don't mind putting in the time to get the items cleaned - but I want to know if they are effective (e.g. would cleaning a rostyle take 1/2 hour or 2 hours?) Links to examples: Ace Grit Systems - "blast it clean" from the magazines - http://www.acegrit.co.uk/acegrit/gritblaster/ SIP Hopper unit - http://www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/product_info....82177270a87542b Sealey unit - looks similar to ace system - http://www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/product_info....82177270a87542b Any insights much appreciated. Cheers, Andrew.
  8. I think that 35mm^2 is approx AWG 3 (3ga). Cheers, Andrew.
  9. Hi Geoff, Whilst it is true that the pulley can be removed on its own - six bolts - they are a pain to get access to on the back of the pulley as there is a lip and dust-shield type of affair. It's quite easy to remove but trying to get it back on and tightened up isn't. That said I had to buy a socket and 1/2" to 3/4" step-up - all of which cost 25 EUR. Cheers, Andrew.
  10. Hi, Did this last week on a 79 RRC V8 - had to buy a socket for it. It's about a 33.5mm - so a 34mm socket works (Approx 1 3/8") - make sure it is quite a deep socket to go over the starting pawl. Also if the pawl is damaged, as our one was, run a file around it's outer edge as it's diameter is almost exactly that of the distance between the flats on the bolt itself, so any damage may prevent the socket fitting over. If the engine is out of the car and separated from the gbox you can use a plate with two holes to tie the flywheel to the engine casting to prevent the pulley from turning. Cheers, Andrew.
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