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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: Diamond Hell on 31 July 2010, 11:53
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with a mate..
Some utter clutter:
(http://iow4x4club.co.uk/images/phocagallery/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_dscn3842.jpg)
Need to nail a new motor in it, but it's all good.
Back to 4x4 trialing for some cheap fun :cool:
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Looks cool. And very good fun. :afro: What is it and what motor runs it?
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Bounce likes this. And wants one, along with the land to drive it on... :grin: :grin: :grin:
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It's the remains of a Suzuki SJ413.
The axles are under-slung and it's got single leaves on it.
It also has fiddles.
I've done a lot of 4x4 trialing before. As there's an IOW club that runs monthly competitions it make sense to get back into it.
Couple of hundred on the shed and £15 per event is a lot cheaper than track days!
DannyP's telling me I should put the VW 1.9D I've got lying about into it.
Anyone got a Suzuki-VW adaptor plate lying about? :grin:
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looks good fun, let me know when your playing in it :smiley:
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looks good, ide love to try something like that.
wack some videos up when you get it going.
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A bloke in a blue jumper? :huh:
:wink:
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Thought you were going to say you bought an xbox and Forza :lipsrsealed:
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Maybe the bloke in the blue jumper came with an xbox and Forza?
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Thought you were going to say you bought an xbox and Forza :lipsrsealed:
More chance of DH buying and actually driving on a regular basis a MKIII 8v GTI!
Nick
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Thought you were going to say you bought an xbox and Forza :lipsrsealed:
More chance of DH buying and actually driving on a regular basis a MKIII 8v GTI!
Nick
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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More chance of DH buying and actually driving on a regular basis a MKIII 8v GTI!
Fair point, well made.
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So I bought this thing and then exchanged a fitted Polo gearbox for a whole 'nother SJ.
(http://diamondhell.com/images/rsgallery/display/DSC00152.JPG.jpg)
Then I took a lot of it away, fitted some proper tyres, swapped out the original transfer box as it failed on the first trip out off-road and did quite a bit of welding on it:
(http://diamondhell.com/images/rsgallery/display/2402_2.jpg.jpg)
and fitted one of the buckets out of the original nail:
(http://diamondhell.com/images/rsgallery/display/0203_4.jpg.jpg)
Which is still on OEM rails, as per Blue Book regs.
I also welded a roof panel in over it, to provide the start of some protection. I do also have the ROPS from the first one to fit in due course.
Then I took it to a 4x4 trial on Sunday and started enjoying it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9Ky9YHMTM
So that looks to be the pattern for the next few months set, then. :cool:
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You got it on the road? And where you based?
This was my SJ410, my very first froader. :D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/cobalt6700/DSCF0619.jpg)
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You got it on the road? And where you based?
Christ no - I've removed most of the lights (and anything else which came off easily!) so it's a 'trailer queen' (hahahaha - VW scene eat your heart out :grin:)
This is on the Isle of Wight, where I am.
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:grin: :laugh:
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You got it on the road? And where you based?
Christ no - I've removed most of the lights (and anything else which came off easily!) so it's a 'trailer queen' (hahahaha - VW scene eat your heart out :grin:)
This is on the Isle of Wight, where I am.
Ahh fair enough. I mainly do laning and Sailsbury these days, the jeep loves it :D
Is there much froading on the isle of White?
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All good stuff! Here are a few of my mates sj.... He is rather accident prone.
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/13834_321679560467_822975467_9440286_8082072_n.jpg)
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/n822975467_1237319_2106.jpg)
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/n822975467_1237385_1298.jpg)
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/n822975467_1294822_8688.jpg)
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/n822975467_1316664_2294.jpg)
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/n822975467_1668500_6100.jpg)
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(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/2.jpg)
Just for giggles:
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/benrevs/1.jpg)
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Video from last weekend's foolishness, including the SJ being thrashed appropriately.
http://youtu.be/i0ozStv8n4k
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looks like good fun to me, my boss has a 76 landy with a tuned V8 and other bits which look off roady. He has hours of fun in muddy puddles and has invited me out in it :cool:
Lets hope i dont get any bugs.......
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havent been offroading for fun in ages........ :sad:
have a bastardised comboulation of landerover s1 and rangerover. it was a 4.6 V8 i think it's a V5 now, engine was sick when i put it in and about 3 mins on the rev limiter bouneing up a very steep slope sort of killed it a bit more.
just need to find some poor sod with a 4.6 p38 vouge se thats gone pourus so they can donate the engine to me
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My off-roader was a 4.0L Jeep Wrangler TJ with all the mashings.But like the OP says,them SJ,s just left me smiling.Great fun :grin:
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never driven an SJ in anger, driven a SJ based blitz thats an amazingly capable macene but seemed short of grunt
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Get your backside down here for the 8th then Danny :tongue:
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So there was an unfortunate incident involving some undulating terrain last weekend:
http://youtu.be/Sq6VerqTEpU
Those of you with elephantine memories (or who've started on page one of this thread) may remember that this thread started with a mod-trialler that was butchered up when I got my grubby mitts on the silly little SJ. One of the items that was salvaged from that was a ROPS frame.
Now, say what you will about horses and stable doors, we've decided to get the frame on the SJ now (there are a few months with no trials), so last night we started by straightening out some of the damage you can see here:
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/294823_10150864364430354_882200353_21214317_929189889_n.jpg)
The fold in front of the nearside windscreen was pushed out using a bottle jack on a sleeper block in the footwell. The hinges have been removed, as they'd both sheared in the roll. We're going to need a porta-power pack to square the screen frame up and then the main pillars are also seriously p*ssed and will need the same attention.
Once this fold was pushed out we measured up and cut holes for the front hoop and test fitted:
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/315587_10150873853735354_882200353_21280075_254802647_n.jpg)
Fits in there nice and tight. Next on this we need to remove the speaker boxes Suzuki put in the footwells, handily in the path of the descending frame.
Here's the ROPS frame, mid-preparation:
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/317214_10150873846670354_882200353_21280022_170877143_n.jpg)
I've removed the nasty tin roof, cut out the box section that had been gobbed in the back of the roof area (no idea why). Next up is to remove a couple of the rear bars, cut and notch them appropriately and weld them back into the vertical frame as a proper X. Obviously there will be harness bars put across the X, too.
When that's done, there are some holes to cut to the rear body, to fit the cage down to it.
After that we need to fabricate up front hoop mounts on the chassis outriggers. Oh and then make up mounts for the harnesses and fit up the second shell seat for the victi passengers.
Should keep me busy this winter then. :grin:
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Bit more prep on the ROPS on Sunday
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407556_10151283395670354_882200353_22970365_1407129856_n.jpg)
Which included a lot of cleaning up the frame, where it's had crud gobbed on it from time to time - mesh across the windscreen, snorkel brackets etc - BYEE
We also cut the holes in the rear tray where the stays will go, ready for welding the stays down.
Before the stays are welded down there's the small matter of 3mm foot-plates to be welded on the top of the chassis and the 50x100mm carriers for the front of the hoop, to supplement the outriggers which aren't in the right place, or big enough.
Once these are sorted and the main hoops are secured we can then re-fit the diagonals in the rear stays, as well as fitting harness bars across them as well. They were set to alternate stays, rather than crossing the same ones.
Once that's done either the fuel tank needs to go back in, or it needs to be replaced with a smaller one, which is more out of the way.
Might even have it back up and running for the March trial. :cool:
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I'm not sure, but I think that cage may have been fitted wrong. :grin:
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Designed to stop it rolling on its roof. :grin:
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Cage starting to look like it's actually going to fit on the vehicle
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-16223345.jpg)
To ensure we could weld the reinforcement plates on the chassis properly we decided to have a look to see how much effort would be needed to lift the body up by about 3-6".
Turns out there's about eight bolts that secure the body to the chassis, so we undid/sheared off those and the jacking beam came into its own - just jacked up the body off the chassis and used the stacking alloy platforms to prop it up off the chassis.
Annoyingly the phone battery was low at the point it was up in the air, so I didn't get any photos of the impromptu body lift.
Anyhow - got in there with a scurfing disc and took where the 3mm plates were due to go back to bare metal, then welded around the edge of those:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-16223421.jpg)
The reinforcement plates are to the specification outlined in the Blue Book.
Annoyingly the middle stays are shy of the chassis :angry:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-16223455.jpg)
Here are the outriggers tacked in place on the front. They are 50X75mm box, with 3mm walls, as defined as the minimum spec for outriggers for mounts.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-16223507.jpg)
Obviously the box needs cutting down once it's fitted up. :grin:
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Did lots more work on this last night - the stays for the hoop are now tacked on.
It's so useful being able to just jack up the body to weld on the chassis. :grin:
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re the middle stays being shy
couldn't you have just hacked off the equivalent amount from the front and back stays.. it looks as though you had enough room above to lower it a tad?
/stoopid questchun
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No - when it's on the mounts there isn't sufficient room to resolve this issue in that way.
The way it's been resolved, as per the MSA regulations is to use cut off box section to make up the space. You are not allowed to use stacked plate, which is an interesting facet of the rules - probably because if corrosion gets in there it would pry the stacked plates apart. This is what we've done to sort this issue.
Next stage is to notch a diagonal in the rear hoop, install that and then weld in harness bars across that as well.
Once that's done we have the fuel tank to reinstall (although I have a lead on a small alloy one). I'm going to move the battery to the back, to improve weight distribution and then we have an SU carb to install on the engine to replace the Weber. Unfortunately, although Webers are bang on for putting in Golfs, which remain flat to the road, generally in an SJ they stall at aggressive angles, which is no good when trialing. :grin:
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More progress today:
Here's the cage installed, so far:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-25154850.jpg)
Here's the front mount, which still needs more gussetting to finish:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-25154956.jpg)
The bit you can't see it the tube coming down through the body, to this mount.
Here's the rear stay mounting:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-25154758.jpg)
You can see the bottom line of weld, which is the reinforcing plate, then the next line is the weld that fastens down the stay.
This is the mid-stay, both of these were shorter than the front and rear ones, as I think I already mentioned. This is why it's not pretty, but it's to-spec and should be fine in the event of a roll:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-02-25154807.jpg)
I got to the point of notching the tube for the diagonal and bottled it - the notcher's new to me, so I'll do this with the guy who owns it on Thursday night - I don't want to waste a whole length of tube because I screw up the cutting of the diagonal AND I need to make sure I weld it in the right place to be compliant. After that there's the harness bars to weld in.
The lead on the alloy tank seems to be good, so I should have that on Thursday evening as well.
Looking reasonably good to have it ready to compete next Sunday now. :cool:
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Oh, in bottling on the diagonal I swapped over to getting the passenger seat mounting sorted - that's nearly done. It's important to have a victim. :grin:
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Love to get on one of those DH!
Whats the scene like is it costly?
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It's only mickey mouse motor sport, as eny fule kno.
Thus it's cheap as chips. The problem these days is finding a good SJ.
Do that and you're away. £15-20 per event
Knock yourself out/roll your vehicle over. :grin:
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Thats a cheaper price than a GTI show ticket, and you get to participate!
I was offered a Landie defender, but he was asking too much money with no MOT or TAX and rot to boot, but I could find one easily around here as its Green belt land.
Might have to start learning how to weld DH? :cool:
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Indeed - motor sport on tea and a bun money. :grin:
This is what I like about 4x4 trials - lots of fun for close to f*ck all.
Might have to start learning how to weld DH? :cool:
Well, my welds aren't pretty but they have good penetration and generally seem to hang together OK. :tongue:
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Done some gusseting on the mounts of the SJ's rollcage:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-03171540.jpg)
And I grabbed some pictures of the rear hoop:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-03163806.jpg)
Got the top to do and the other side as well. Still hunting for a fuel cell to replace the original, as that hangs down a bit far at the back for my liking.
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Finished the major gusseting on the front mounts now. Just need to plate in the top of the second side and then the body can go back down and be bolted in place.
Look - I even found the stub end of some Hammerite and a scraggy brush to gob it on with:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-08213923.jpg)
Here's the remaining top piece that needs to be plated in:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-08213942.jpg)
This is the finished side:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-08214007.jpg)
Also got a fuel tank from a friend who had it left over from a project - for free!
It's a bit rusty, but has nicely tapped outlets, filler and breather, so it's all good. This will be mounted in the rear, along with the battery, which will be relocated from under the bonnet, to help balance the weight out a touch.
Also got the second harness bar cut tonight, ready to weld in next session. Figured out the rear tow point, as well.
Sound progress.
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How :cool: is this! :grin:
Looks really purposeful with the cage on/in it!
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Finally getting somewhere:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-11150624.jpg)
Bolted up the bar that reinforces the tin shed on top of the chassis, under the dashboard. Both the seat mounts are finished, but the passenger seat isn't bolted down right now - makes it easier to do the work:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-11150539.jpg)
The front outriggers are now totally finished and painted, with the body mounts in place now:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-11150431.jpg)
Both harness bars are now welded in:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-11150319.jpg)
The battery mount is also sorted, in the back to try and balance things up a touch:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-11150349.jpg)
And the fuel tank will be sorted with mounts during the next session and maybe a fuel pick up and a cap on the tank, too.
I might even put the dash back in it on Thursday night. Looks promising for the Easter event. :cool:
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better be :rolleyes:
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Top work!
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Tonight was mostly about tow points and the fuel tank.
Front tow point welded on, so the rope goes through the original hoop, then the hoop goes over the new point to secure it. The big win here is that it no longer needs a shackle to secure the rope:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-15220708.jpg)
Now we could have just re-attached the rear towbar on the back, but that's not really good enough, as it was too low and in the middle, which is away from the chassis rails - not as strong as being close or on the chassis rails. So the front of the original towbar now bolts to one of the original fuel tank mounts and the main mounting bolts go through the rear crossmember, alongside the chassis rail. The bolts will go all the way through the crossmember and be nutted on the top side.
Obviously it's not good enough to just drill through the tube, so we've hole-sawed and the crossmember will have sleeves welded into it to ensure maximum strength:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-15220738.jpg)
Here's the fuel tank. You'll notice it's not attractive, but it was free.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-15220657.jpg)
The filler was cut out of the side of the body, then it was cut down to the cap and the neck. This will be flattened down and then drilled out to suit as the filler
The difficult bit is the pick up from the tank. Thankfully the sh*tara that's still hanging around on it had some nice metal hose that was no longer in use, so that got butchered off it. After that I cut out some sheet steel, templated the five holes needed (already got threaded inserts in the tank) with some transparent plastic and centre-popped those, and drilled them out.
Obviously welding cruddy old fuel pipe ends to a nice, big thick bit of steel is quite a challenge, so I turned the welder right down and gobbed some more material around the pipes. Once that was built up I turned the welder about another couple of settings and then burned more material into the stuff I'd built up. This avoided blowing holes in the nasty old pipe and got a fuel-tight weld above and below the plate:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-15220633.jpg)
There was also some plotting around the main electrical feed. We have a nice big feed out of an Audi 100, which also has a couple of auxiliary feeds, too. This is going to go to a cut out in front of the screen, from the battery in the back and then to the starter and loom feed. Removing the insulting tape from the current main starter and loom feed discovered a particularly nasty repair, but then finding these things means they're sorted out.
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getting there. surprised you found anything decent to weld too though :grin:
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Chassis is as sound as you like actually. Sends it's just the body that was made of fast dissolving rubbish!
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Been a while since I had a look in here.... (I often forget we have a non Dub Rides thread)
Wow, this is really coming on now. Strong work.
I've only just clocked the Rhino Rave! :grin:
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was there another thread with people expressing an interest to carry out similar activities? if so i cant find it, found this on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-SJ413-Samurai-Modified-Many-New-Parts-Fitted-Refurbed-/130666550632?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e6c555568#ht_950wt_1265
might be of use to someone, i really dont know...
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Errrr, this was in general off-topic.
Then it was moved to here, which is why you might have seen something similar before. :grin:
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Rear tow point sorted:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-22225018.jpg)
Fuel tank nearly there, ready to be mounted:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-22225042.jpg)
Cut-off in front of windscreen:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-22225113.jpg)
Ready to be wired in, using an Audi 100 power feed I've had lying about for years. :grin:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-03-22225126.jpg)
Now into the jobs that seem to take FOREVER!
While I was sorting that, Mike wired in a 'convenience' relay kit for the indicators on the Passat, which was nice. :grin: He's a star.
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Got a crafty couple of hours at Wellow Racing last night, after dropping in to Newey & Eyre at lunch to pick up a couple of ring crimps. Mike, who shares the barn's Dad is an electrician so has proper crimping pliers for the crimps. We now have properly done ends on both power cables, which is nice.
The electrics have needed to be modified to suit the kill switch as well. Thankfully the SJ doesn't have terribly complicated electrics. The modifications have extended to moving the positive feed from the main loom, to go to the starter, then taking the positive feeds in the main loom to the big positive terminal on the kill switch. In addition to this the ignition switch wires now go to the kill switch and back and there's a ballast resistor that goes on the second pair of the terminals and to earth.
I had no idea a ballast resistor was needed in this situation, but because we're breaking the positive, not the negative (I think) we need something to maintain current for the split second the circuit is broken, to prevent the alternator topping itself. Or some such story; I just drew the wiring diagram while nodding and listening to the theory.
Last night was the first time I've had the opportunity to use a pair of ratchet crimps for the small electrical terminals. This has left me fairly disgusted and wondering why I didn't buy one of these crimping tools before. Oh hang on, that'll be because I'm tight and they're over £20 for something I won't use THAT much (actually I will and I have fairly clearly been fooling myself).
It's one of these and if you don't have one and you have electrical connectors which you might use, go buy one: http://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-ratchet-crimping-tool/70036
Next up, I should probably go buy a pair of these: http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=187607
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Them crimping tools are brilliant, had a set at my old work place when working on PCB's.
I've never used them wire strippers before, but I have these: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/automatic-wire-strippers-accessories/2968194/ They are fantastic for use, again I used them a lot when working with PCB's and absolutely love them
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Ratchet crimpers are the dogs danglies. I alos use one of these for wore stripping:
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=17363
love it!
Nick
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Grabbed a couple of hours this afternoon, after collecting a couple of metres of the correct-sized fuel pipe yesterday.
Fuel tank now has a breather in it and the return has the banjo with copper washers (also picked up yesterday).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-04-01141919.jpg)
It's bolted to the floor with four M8 bolts. The breather goes through a non-return valve and vents below the floor, the two fuel pipes go down through the floor, to the original fuel hard lines.
As it was all hooked up, with a new fuel filter, I figured I may as well drop some fuel in and see if it'd start, which it obligingly did, on first (albeit long) turn of the key - from dry!
I even took it up the track to make sure it ran OK, which it did - no windscreen so it's a particularly refreshing ride!
So, next Sunday is a 4x4 trial. Not sure who's going to be driving it, but it looks like Mike and I as a minimum.
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Had a couple of jobs to sort today, from one of the club's experienced scrutineers:
Wood cap on the battery - if it winds up upsidedown it should contain the acid in the (sealed) battery. Gotta love regulations.
Steering column lock disabled. Can't ever remember a steering lock coming on, but hey - steering lock securing bolts punched loose and swapped for allen-headed bolts once the locking pin had been disabled.
Final thing to do - fit the new LED lights to the trailer and we should be ready to head off to the trial. :cool:
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It's fooking on then:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/1333822935324.jpg)
Off to play in the sandpit tomorrow. :cool:
Here's the office:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-04-07185739.jpg)
Tank all plumbed in:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-04-07185658.jpg)
Ready to, errr roll tomorrow (I'd rather not TBH!)
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best not if I am in it, :grin:
you forgot to say about the old owner you met :laugh: :lipsrsealed:
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Cage works - driver's side checked:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/529935_10151489196710354_882200353_23723731_41063937_n.jpg)
Passenger side checked:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/542924_10151489003870354_882200353_23722468_1940793555_n.jpg)
That's Dave_IOW in the passenger seat - first time out off road. :grin:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/536440_10151471352940571_893040570_23671416_1078975286_n.jpg)
Top fun for tea and a bun money :evil:
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Love it :cool:
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What an awesome day this was, glad Mike went easy on the first-timer :grin:
You on the other hand showed some true determination, this SJ is getting up the mountain whether it chooses to believe me yet or not :laugh:
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If at first you don't succeed
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/9a865f6a.jpg)
try
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/95409420.jpg)
try again
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/b09b8c06.jpg)
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
This Lickle SJ has been used, abused and used some more by a LOT of people yet it just keeps on going :grin:
thanks again Mr DH and family for the hospitality
Mike for the entertainment
and Dave for the side show to Mikes entertainment.
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Video from the event here:
http://youtu.be/lUhLa2rSZ-U
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:laugh:
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DannyP was down this weekend.
Busy weekend, ended with some of this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-04-14191648.jpg)
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What the .....
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I imagine there;s a 1600 injected lump going in?
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I imagine there;s a 1600 injected lump going in?
You imagine incorrectly.... although that's a nice prospect and may happen at some point when one is sourced for Cheap.
What you're looking at is an SU carb, on a Bodgit & Scarper manifold.
The can contains Start Ya Bastard stand-in, to aid tuning of the carb.
It smells, as DannyP put it - of toilets, but is extremely flammable which is nice.
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clean and fresh motoring :grin:
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Swapped out the first SU carb, which was from a 3.5 Rover V8 for one that has been previously used on another Suzuki.
Added an AA man, who's a mate into the mix.
Stirred vigorously and added some bracketry.
Now goes WAY better.
So well it can even recover stuck Discoverys that were following us during testing :grin:.
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:grin: :cool:
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It is very old skool BRAP BRAP!
Needs more cherry bomb to make it properly obnoxious.
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You been around Dave too long .
What's next a cone filter :laugh:
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What's next a cone filter :laugh:
Not so much 'next', more 'already'. :grin:
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You been around Dave too long .
What's next a cone filter :laugh:
Wha u sayin' blud? :huh:
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What's next a cone filter :laugh:
Not so much 'next', more 'already'. :grin:
:laugh:
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What's next a cone filter :laugh:
Not so much 'next', more 'already'. :grin:
:laugh:
Almost 'sounds like a golf'.... :laugh:
Are you on your way Chuff?
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What's next a cone filter :laugh:
Not so much 'next', more 'already'. :grin:
:laugh:
Almost 'sounds like a golf'.... :laugh:
Are you on your way Chuff?
if i come it wont be til sunday, pop on facebook chat :wink:
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How about this for an obnoxious SJ conversion:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7312861806_59c853323b_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/7312861806/)
Piper two-three, you are clear to land at the ASDA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/7312861806/) by Lady Wulfrun (http://www.flickr.com/people/8050359@N07/), on Flickr
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What's next a cone filter :laugh:
Not so much 'next', more 'already'. :grin:
well wheres the interesting piccy you took yesterday ?
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Chuff would like to see the delightful installation of the SU carb:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-06-04174222.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/2012-06-04174216.jpg)
The throttle cable bracketry is particularly lovely. :grin:
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The throttle cable bracketry is particularly lovely. :grin:
It does what its meant to do though and that's all that matters :cool:
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amen to that Dave, even as a load lugger, Suzuki should put this in their museum with the stuff its done :grin: :laugh:
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Trial tomorrow at Calbourne Cross Country. :cool:
Mike's not driving. Wonder if it's my turn to put it on its side this time. :grin:
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:grin:
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Been preparing this for the Driving Day on Sunday, which should be messy.
The brakes have been complaining a lot for the past few drives, so I stripped down the front brakes last night. There were stones trapped behind one of the splash guards which was the source of a lot of the complaints. The splash guards have now been modified to stop this happening - slotted to allow the stones to fall out:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/486500_10150959782764773_570100186_n.jpg)
I also found that one of the sliders on the carriers on each side had seized VERY tightly. Carriers came off and had a drill run down the sliders, then emery paper over the pins, nice big gob of grease put in and re-assembled.
Now stops much better!
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Going by the state of the roads on the island and the colour of my car then we should just drive round town on Sunday :grin:
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Going by the state of the roads on the island and the colour of my car then we should just drive round town on Sunday :grin:
lot of flooding? could make for intresting offroading! snorkel and asxle breathers needed! :grin:
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lot of flooding? could make for intresting offroading! snorkel and asxle breathers needed! :grin:
No flooding. Just what's left over from the Festival.
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lot of flooding? could make for intresting offroading! snorkel and asxle breathers needed! :grin:
No flooding. Just what's left over from the Festival.
thought i read somewhere there was alot of water during the festival, do you offroad where the festival is held?
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On flat, clay fields? What fun would that provide? :huh:
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On flat, clay fields? What fun would that provide? :huh:
never been there so no idea of the terrain...
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today, wet, VERY wet, but the litle SJ did itself proud getting abused by a LOT of different people
even towing the odd Big Boys toy out :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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today, wet, VERY wet, but the litle SJ did itself proud getting abused by a LOT of different people
even towing the odd Big Boys toy out :lipsrsealed: :grin:
Good day and had my first taste of all 4 wheels under my control spinning.
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Any vids??
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I think it'll mostly be stills - I was organising and I still need to put a cage mount in for the GoPro - no glass in it. :grin:
Dave and Chuff in it - funny - Dave's head just about comes up to the strap holes in the seats, Chuff's head's pretty much on the roof: little and large. :grin:
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he is small bless him, crap as ballast mind !
Brakes DEFFO need attention .
and screen, will see whats local to me :wink:
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Brakes DEFFO need attention .
Yeah, need new shoes on the back.
Apparently there are FOUR different types!
Trigger is on it since yesterday.
Fiddles this winter, which is why I wasn't too bothered, but needs must!
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he is small bless him, crap as ballast mind !
Brakes DEFFO need attention .
and screen, will see whats local to me :wink:
A1 breakers near me?
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Screen, wasn't there someone local that had all 3 bits of glass?
Should have got a picture me sat in there next to you chuff :laugh:
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Goons
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No point getting the side windows, Dave. The mechanisms are rotten and it's all more weight.
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conditions look fun, so whens chuff buying an offroader? :lipsrsealed:
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/315326_10150965881654773_555712798_n.jpg)
you can onlu just see Dave's hair sticking over the top of the seat :grin: :laugh:
conditions look fun, so whens chuff buying an offroader? :lipsrsealed:
what do you mean when :huh: :undecided: :lipsrsealed:
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:grin:
you can onlu just see Dave's hair sticking over the top of the seat :grin: :laugh:
Atleast I was strapped in when we had 'hangtime' :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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Last weekend the SJ was again being campaigned and features being driven by a couple of chaps in silly hats in this video:
http://youtu.be/ubZkr3iKjGs
The thrashing to and fro in the mud appears to have beaten a couple of the gearbox mounts loose, so tomorrow night I need to find out what's gone on and get that sorted ready for the driving day. There's something particularly disconcerting having the drivetrain give you a knock to let you know you're being too boisterous with it. :grin:
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Never knocked on me :lipsrsealed:
:kiss:
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Checked last night - yip, both rear gearbox mounts are sheared. Best get that sorted in the next couple of weeks.
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a few more things to fix now :shocked: :lipsrsealed: :cry:
but you can see why
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4776.jpg)
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4777.jpg)
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(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4781.jpg)
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4782.jpg)
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4784.jpg)
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(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4789.jpg)
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with a hint of
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/IoW%20Chariteee%204X4%20Day%202nd%20Sep/DSCF4812.jpg)
:lipsrsealed:
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plenty of muddy goodness! :cool:
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That looks like so much fun!.... I want a go!
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Sunday's damages seem to be:
Snapped main rear leaf to N/S
Clutch finally decided it's had enough
Being a good little thing it held out well after the chap who'd bid £25 for a couple of hours in it to MacMillan Cancer Care.
He came back and asked 'is this the only one you hire out?' :shocked:
New Series Land Rover transmission mounts appear to work well though, which is nice.
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not bad considering the abuse it gets :smiley:
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not bad considering the abuse it gets :smiley:
You (still) have no idea. :tongue:
Next time you're in the shotgun seat.
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not bad considering the abuse it gets :smiley:
You (still) have no idea. :tongue:
Next time you're in the shotgun seat.
yeah... 4x4's an gunz... :evil:
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it is amazing how much sh1te this thing takes :laugh:
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it is amazing how much sh1te this thing takes :laugh:
Whilst it is amazing, it now needs work, which is what started last night - replaced a rear spring and started work to replace the clutch, which is also FUBAR. Naturally this is all a couple of days before the first trial of the year, which I probably won't make :rolleyes:.
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Least it not as if you got a 450 mile journey to get to the trial :laugh:
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This was out for the first time in 6 months recently.
Clutch cover had to be replaced because the fingers had lost their spring (odd).
Spring had to be replaced because it had snapped.
Double driven at the last event and great fun, as ever.... even if it did over-heat (turns out I REALLY need to clean the radiator out!)
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Nearly over!
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Gave it something of a birthday tonight - 3/4 tyres now have tubes in them so we can run lower pressure and the bloody things won't go down overnight, either!
Need to re-apply the fourth inner tube after pinching it on fitting - patch needed already. :rolleyes:
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nice looking course, this on iow?
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Tis a nasty site!
Just outside of Shorwell.
About a mile from another site we use on a regular basis. :cool:
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And we were at that site today:
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Chuff was down for the weekend, which was good as he stopped this going over. Yes he is *actually* holding down the back end of that L200:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/309995_10151351880537522_1763511363_n.jpg)
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Bloke was trying reasonably hard with it:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/428460_10151351877157522_1427618072_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/303052_10151351876867522_1296332033_n.jpg)
I have at least one transmission mount to replace, which isn't a big deal as it's a Land Rover mount I'm using and they're about £3-5 a go and It's been dumped on the transfer case numerous times which is probably why the mount has split.
It's all good.
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The circus rolls on. Last month's trial:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/644289_10151658335779773_231239006_n.jpg)
Grinning because some f*cker had moved the gate before I started!
Struggling
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But mostly having fun.
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roll on 2014 - you will finally have some competetion :evil:
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Chuff was down for the weekend, which was good as he stopped this going over. Yes he is *actually* holding down the back end of that L200:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/309995_10151351880537522_1763511363_n.jpg)
:grin:
hahaha :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Chuff was down for the weekend, which was good as he stopped this going over. Yes he is *actually* holding down the back end of that L200:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/309995_10151351880537522_1763511363_n.jpg)
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hahaha :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
wasnt funny, if i had let go it would have gone over :shocked:
My Ballast comes in handy when around Mr Hell. :rolleyes:
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I got stuck. It was fun:
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and who got it out :whistle:
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Can't remember - probably some bloke with an SJ. :whistle:
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Now sporting flash bonded windscreen.
Mostly due to the original rubber being hard as hell, so DannyP suggested we Tigerseal the glass in, so we did and it was good.
Body now flaps about an awful lot less! :grin:
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Just in case anyone thought that the only thing people did with SJs is break them and flog them, I'm currently working on a rear disc conversion on mine, then I'll be buying a pair of hydraulic handbrakes and using them to make the rear brakes into 'fiddle' brakes, which will allow me to slew the thing round bends tighter on trials.
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Finally finished the rear disc conversion last night. Doesn't look lovely, as this is a bargain basement non-road-going junker
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/20140228_000231_zps2rcf2hg2.jpg)
But we have pedal pressure and all is well..... for now, until it's tested on a trial hopefully on Sunday.
Next up, provided it all hangs together - converting to fiddle brakes on the back.... this will involve spending some money :shocked:
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and you say I am tight :grin:
Good progress. :wink:
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Can confirm whatever skulduggery has gone on with this, it's worked.
I've witnessed similar skidding skills to a adolescent on a push bike with 'V' brakes with this.
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I've witnessed similar skidding skills to a adolescent on a push bike with 'V' brakes with this.
You ain't seen nothing yet, nipper. You wait until the fiddles are on it. That's when we'll be pulling proper skids. :grin:
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Much changed and first time out trialling this Sunday. Can't wait. :cool:
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Lots changed - nice and compliant with the rules
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/diamondhell/20140606_222208_zpsxqojd3jv.jpg)
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In action:
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In the undergrowth:
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Has a radiator leak, probably because I pressure-washed the radiator. :grin:
Aside from that, went well.