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So I have two welders, a Clarke 151te and a Sealey 180. I don’t need two. They’re both in good working order and do roughly the same job, but I only use them every now and again.
What would you keep?
The only benefit to the sealey is it accepts larger cable reels.
The reason I ask is that I need to make space but I also intend to do a eutotorch conversion and I only have one eurotorch. I always presumed Clarke were generally a better make.
What’s the opinions?
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Still down for me..
Funny I have never ever had any problems on there. Good community feel.
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a couple of months back I wanted to join that forum but my membership never got activated, I did get the email to activate click link thing, but it didnt work. I tried again with my other email address and the same thing happened. gave up then, I started thinking that maybe you had to be in the clique to get on it, as it is I don't know anyone on there. Nah it’s not like that at all. Top place to be
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Hi, It's down for upgrading from yesterday until this evening, it was late going down so may be late coming back. Colin Ah good stuff. Thanks!
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Has it gone forever.. or just for a bit
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Oct 14, 2018 19:17:47 GMT
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Oct 14, 2018 19:14:55 GMT
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So yeah, it’s been months since I was on here so thought I would throw a pic dump up. Cars just about finished aside from: NS indicator plug, someone I’ve mixed it up along the way with other wiring Mystery unused plug under the dash, think it’s for a tweeter Rev counter wiring Speedo wiring check Torque driveshaft inner cvs up Radiator is possibly too small Fit a lambda Other than that it’s running and driving now. Only had to weld one driveshaft and have reverted back from the track idea to sleeper. Interior is about back in now but I messed up by binning most of the parts. Sod’s law. Enjoy the pics
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Jul 11, 2018 21:39:45 GMT
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Looks great, how about hiding the fuel tank in a handbag for the "granny" touch. Haha that’s a great idea actually. I tried to get a plastic gin bottle but failed.
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Jul 10, 2018 11:25:11 GMT
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Only took me a few years Done, runs, front track widened
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Jul 10, 2018 11:22:47 GMT
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Time marches on and I’m nearly finished. One more driveshaft, little bit of welding on the downpipe and should drive out of the garage under its own steam
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Hi, Radiators work by hot in at the top and cold out at the bottom. Apart from dimension differences to fit the space allocated, hose connections are, broadly speaking, of two configurations ie top left and bottom right or top right and bottom left. Turning it upside down won't change the configuration of a given radiator. You can use the other configuration but you have to change the hose runs which may not be practical. Colin Yeah that’s the issue, it won’t work for my application. Thanks
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Hi, Radiators work by hot in at the top and cold out at the bottom. Apart from dimension differences to fit the space allocated, hose connections are, broadly speaking, of two configurations ie top left and bottom right or top right and bottom left. Turning it upside down won't change the configuration of a given radiator. You can use the other configuration but you have to change the hose runs which may not be practical. Colin Yeah that’s the issue, it won’t work for my application. Thanks
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Long story but I need a radiator for a project and I have one here spare.
On the original design for this engine the inlet to the engine (ie the cold supply through the thermostat) was at the bottom. Warm coolant was fed into the top inlet on the opposite side.
This new one will have the cooler water exiting the top of the radiator to the thermostat housing if I fit it.
My thinking is heat rises and as such the warmer coolant will be at the top, this negating most of its cooling effect. Is this so? Or will it not matter if air is running through it when driving?
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Last Edit: Feb 19, 2018 9:34:20 GMT by oasis6x
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Jan 28, 2018 17:52:21 GMT
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Its an AUC to AUQ. I'm pretty happy with the wiring if I'm honest i just never knew what was required for the ECU to kick it into life. Some cars tend to require a cam/crank sensor signal otherwise they wont go near it.
Ive bastardised the Lupo loom, removed all the AUC curse word and am just manually putting feeds to the ECU. The cars pretty simple tbh but i have main power and earth feeds, fuel pump relay feed, 12v to the starter and alt and I'm just putting an exciter wire and solenoid feed from the key now.
Theres still plenty to remove from the loom that i wont use. I just need to identify each wire and see where it terminates. There are still a few plugs left where one wire goes into the internal loom, and ive snipped five others. I'm just going throuhgh the wiring diagrams tonight.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:54:51 GMT
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Only just caught up with this, mines wired into a ce2 mk2 golf fusebox, so a different kettle of fish. If it makes you feel better though I literally joined up about 5 wires to get it running, then another 5/6 to get my guages working. Not much to wiring up a 1.8t, its just getting the feeds in the right place. Btw looks like your gearbox is an 02J, well it will be if its an octavia box anyway. Expect a terribly short 5th where at 70mph you’re constantly on the cusp of boost LOL. Five wires you say, remember which ones? Permanent feed, fuel pump, ground, injectors and a few sensors? I’ve got the pinouts and wiring half setup but keen to hear any experience
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Jan 22, 2018 21:53:22 GMT
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It’s been a while since an update but really everything I’ve been concentrating on isn’t that exciting. I’ve got round to completing the coolant hose runs and vac hoses, and got a turbo intake pipe bolted up. 12v supply from the boot with hardcore 70mm/2 wire fused and vented. Close to getting power in the bay and can hopefully look at wiring up the engine to see if it will turn over. Still need a downpipe and a ps reservoir bracket and to finish the third engine mount. And picked up another mk4 vag beater, needs whitewalls and side vinyl. And a roof rack.
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Jan 19, 2018 17:29:21 GMT
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they're all garbage and i feel are angled towards 60 year old men who don't know better, or 17 year old kids. Oh yeah, and Americans.
Every single episode is scripted, with a Story to boot. Proof is in the credits, look for whoever wrote the story. Total and utter utter curse word.
The more realistic ones i have found recently is Iron Resurrection, and maybe old episodes of the Garage.
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Nov 11, 2017 18:18:50 GMT
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Quite a bit of progress on this but not a lot that can be shown in photos. I'm definitely feeling like theres progress but i curse word up on the welding a bit and as such the crash bar bolts done match up properly. Obviously with the heat the chassis arms have moved a few mm. Ill sort it though. PS system done and plumbed in, need to mount the reservoir Clutch all piped in, fluid in and bled. works! Gear selector all bolted in and finds all gears. Need to clips to clip the arms to the selector on the gearbox New dipstick and tube in Fuel lines and vac breather all connected in Wiring kit bought for putting the battery in the boot Polo GTI stumpy oil filter in curse word pic: Ive bought a dual pass intercooler so that i can utilise the original pipework and waiting delivery of clips for the gearbox, and the longest m12 bolts in the world to mount the starter motor. It also seems the sump has a hairline in it so this may come off yet in order to sort it out. Soon as the starter motor is in and wiring is done, ill be putting the front end on and then just working in the bay as you would expect on any normal persons car.
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Last Edit: Nov 11, 2017 18:21:32 GMT by oasis6x
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