Bowie69 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Where's the SU.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 19 hours ago, Bowie69 said: Where's the SU.....? Yeah would've been nice, but didn't feel like spending the money Sadly the parts did not arrive before the weekend.. But at least the rest of my fleet is very appreciative about it, now they finally get some attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 At long last parts have arrived! A bit of bad timing though as I'm currently in the middle of prepping the Disco for MOT on Thursday. But just couldn't resist doing just a tiny bit to it, so slapped in the piston and torqued up the big-end First time I've used a hoseclamp for compressing the rings I've always used my old mans ring compressor tool, but it seems to have evaporated from the face of the earth! And as I'm no longer working as a Bike mechanic I couldn't even borrow one from my job.. So had to resort to a more Redneck method Worked out just fine though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Cable ties next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Yeah, and then a shoelace after that right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Dental floss, come on, man up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Dental floss? Surely you could simply use a hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 I'm glad you guys are so confident in my mechanical abilities, however I'm pretty sure i'll have to disappoint you on those techniques After changing a TRE on the Disco and washing it, I finally got a couple of minutes on this, and got the worst part over with, namely fitting that pesky oilpan! I've always hated fitting and removing oilpans, impossible to see what you're doing, guaranteed oil in the sleeves, always some bolts that are hard to get to/stock/rounded off. And its tiring on the arms.. Well enough wining, I got it all done and the rest of the job is on the topside! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I like the jubilee clip cheat Sören! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Have been busy tuning and testing this thing lately.. And sadly the carb isn't as tolerant to steep angles as I'd hoped! Actually when banked hard to the left (about 40 degrees) It would actually poor petrol directly into the venturi even with the fuel pump and engine turned off! Well no use in sitting down to cry, so thought of something I once read on Hardlinecrawlers (where all the RockBouncers go) and decided this was the perfect time to try it. Someone asked how on earth they where able to run holleys, webers etc on those steep angles without spitting and sputtering. The answer was quite simple and brilliant, they simply tap in a port just above the float level and connect it to an oldschool facet type pump, then when the fuel level rises it pumps the excess back into the tank, and when in normal operating conditions it just doesn't move anything but air, but this sort of pump doesn't rely on the fuel for cooling or lubrication. And boy does it work! Smooth idle and throttle response at the exact same spot where it would die out before! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 In preparation for a weeks offroading in three weeks time, I've decided to fit a roof, hate not having all the visibility, but if it decides to rain, which is most likely this time of year, I think I'll be pretty glad its there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 On 13/09/2016 at 7:33 PM, Soren Frimodt said: I'm glad you guys are so confident in my mechanical abilities, however I'm pretty sure i'll have to disappoint you on those techniques After changing a TRE on the Disco and washing it, I finally got a couple of minutes on this, and got the worst part over with, namely fitting that pesky oilpan! I've always hated fitting and removing oilpans, impossible to see what you're doing, guaranteed oil in the sleeves, always some bolts that are hard to get to/stock/rounded off. And its tiring on the arms.. Well enough wining, I got it all done and the rest of the job is on the topside! I have often thought that perhaps some of those vets arm length rubber gloves would be a useful addition to a tool box....if a little weird looking looks awesom Soren, and looks like it goes as well as it looks too...... have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thanks Tal, really enjoyed it last week, here's a bit of crawly-winchy action: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Ooh thats a sweet sounding engine Soren, Awesome to see your project become a realised and very effective off roader. One to be proud of I think.. Thanks for sharing So now you have had a play what's next........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 hehe yeah whats next.. To be honest I don't really have anything particularly planned for it, for now its getting a good once over and then put under a tarp outside next to the garage for winter storage. Having spend so much time on this means other things have been neglected somewhat.. I think this winter the 80" will get most of my attention, have a throw-out bearing that sounds very dry, and while I'm in there I have an idea of lightening the flywheel a bit to get a quicker throttle response. And if I really feel on top of things I have some rust in the Disco to mess with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 ooh now there you're talking, you can... and I do rely on a disco to have a bit of rust that needs messing with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Here's some footage from the last outing in the Buggy, sorry the sound is a bit off: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Looks like I've dragged this thing back into the shed again. Which is much too soon according to my own plans Wasn't going to touch it anymore this year Well to heck with the plans, as long as I'm having fun I shouldn't complain Since I build it I've been rather annoyed that I couldn't fit any of my other tyres, without having to swap rims. So I really wanted to convert it to LR bolt pattern. However I couldn't really see any other solution than to get some spacer-adaptors made, and that's always surprisingly costly, so that wouldn't work with the budget theme Well I decided to have a deeper look at my options, and hey presto, there is another way, which I can do all by myself, in my own tools and it won't cost me anymore than some (a lot) of my time I will let the pictures do the talking, and if you haven't got a clue whats going on, give me a shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) And a special centerpunch for marking out the 5 boltholes: The Merc hub is then flipped, and this is the amount of machining that is needed on a LR spacer to fit over the bolts that hold the hub to the portal gear: Edited November 29, 2016 by Soren Frimodt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Final assembly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I like the centrepunch Sören! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 "Honey, I think I shrunk the car!" Funny thing is though, even on 6.00x16's it has amazing ground clearance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 So I finally gave in to the higher powers of laziness, and converted my lockers to be air operated. Really liked the dependability and simplicity of the hydraulic controls, but most admit that having to pull that lever every time I wanted to lock the axles was quite tiring (had the same problem on the Mog 404 back in the day) I had this portable 12v compressor I had made that I wanted to utilize, yet still have it being portable, so two wingnuts hold it on the car, and some HD alligator clips makes the electric connections. Well see for yourself right here: On the following picture the two switches circled in blue is for turning on/off the compressor and activating the lockers, I still control which locker to engage on the two ball valves: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 would be fascinated to see how you built your own compressor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 9 hours ago, Tal said: would be fascinated to see how you built your own compressor Nothing too exotic I'm afraid, just an old 230v mini kompressor with a dead Electric motor from the scrapheap. Fitted with a twin cylinder Britpart 12v pump. I do have a complete AC pump OBA kit from the JWH, but I can't really be bothered feddling with bracketry and extra pulley on the crank. And I don't think my demand for air is big enough to justify that sort of setup, well not yet at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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