[Transylvania Adventure Trophy 2010]

A few more pics

Getting some help from a certain silver 100"

[Rollcage Tubing Weight]

So google I wasn't far off then

[Rollcage Tubing Weight]

EN10255 blueband 48 x 3.2 is 3.57 kg/m, Redband 48 x 4.0 is 4.34 kg/m

[Pillar drill recomendations]

I'm in the market for a tidy pillar drill for metalwork, any recomendations based on personal experience?

My criteria so far is:

Floor mounted

13mm chuck, maybe even jacobs/morse taper

230v 13amp

variable speed, with very slow speed for hole sawing through steel

It needs a proper engineering bolt down vice

i'd like to get plenty of years use out of it so don't say Clarke

Budget about £3/400

[100" rear tub fab]

There's a horizontal row of rivets along top of the wheel box top section into the rear pannel, a couple down the side of the wheel box and then a bunch down through the floor pannel into the rear body crossmember. Hope this helps

[Window seal tool for fixed winow in cab series]

Try ebay and it should be less than £5, at least that's what i paid for mine, and it works great.

[CHALLENGER 4x4 TUFF TROPHY 2010]

I shall be there armed with my camera again, as it was indeed a great event last year.

[Howlin' Wolf Round 2 - The Aftermath]

Nice video David, thanks for being there!

My pleasure Nick.

Some of my pictures

[Howlin' Wolf Round 2 - The Aftermath]

[Howlin' Wolf Round 2 - The Aftermath]

A couple of videos, Pictures to follow once i sort them out

[greenlanes in wales]

bottom end has a Seasonal TRO, but I don't know the dates.

Open June, July, Aug, but not fully open due to wind farm construction at the top end.

[roof tents any new advice please]

Another vote for the Prime Tech tent, I've had one for a couple of years and it has surved some horid weather including a big storm on the seafront on the Faroe Isles.

The transport cover is starting to get a bit frayed but isn't a big problem.

[Tyre Changing]

Si, you need to make yourself a manual tyre machine, very simple to make, and even esier to use, mine in action

And use the hi lift trick for breaking the bead, or even as i do, use the press in the garage, with a special home made attachment.

[A 4x4 is Born]

There's an intersting video

by some bloke called Dave lang

Also keep an eye out for Kit Car cisis on discovery shed, Bettle crisis and also camper van crisis. All very good programmes even if not LR related.

[Battery Box Repair for MOT]

I ditched the batery box completely on my 100" so it'll never rust out, the batery now sits on a metal frame which bolts over the chassis rail (like on lorries etc) underneath the passengers seat.

[removing a bush out of radius arms and drag links]

A big hydraulic press

[how to remove the a frame ball joint?]

A big hydraulic press, the bigger the better.

[Seat recommendations please?]

I've fitted both disco and rangy classic seats into defenders, I have RRC in my everyday defender and must say they are very comfy, and even have arm rests

[engine swap, disco to defender]

You'll need to source an oil cooler and pipework for the auto box aswell.

[Fekkin Paddocks!!!]

I've bought £k's of parts from paddocks over the years and haven't got a bad word to say about them, they'll get plenty more orders from me. And yes, i always specify top spec parts, not the cheap stuff, and they are often still cheaper than my local Bearmach even with trade discount

[land rover alloy wheel nuts!!!]

I've got solid steel, alloy wheel nuts fitted to my 1984 RRC axles, standard land rover nuts for that model i think.

[Welder troubles again]

a relay on the board, bottom right in your pictures. The light blue semi-transparent thing

Your diagnosis what right, it looks like that relay had stuck, i gave it a quick thump and seems to be working again Cheers

[Welder troubles again]

1. Turn the welder on, so it starts feeding wire (uncontrollably)

2. Turn the wire speed knob.

Does it adjust the speed?

It does, yes.

I'll dig out the multimeter and have a poke around.

[Welder troubles again]

Give us a photo of the circuit board if you can?

[Welder troubles again]

You could have a short between the two wires in the lead up to the trigger, see if you can disconnect the cables that go into the wander cable, and see if the cable feed stops.......... if it does, you need to re-wire it...............

Thats what i thought but like i said in my original post, i've tried this

This time the wire feed is constantly stuck on, even if i disconnect the trigger wire which comes from the torch

There is a circuit board in there, but i've got no idea what any of the bits on there are

Time for a grown up to look at it i think