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Aug 29, 2016 13:12:49 GMT
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Good stuff. You do have to do some practise welds to get to know the welder and it's sweet spots and any little foibles it has even if you can weld already. If you are learning to weld as well, then that makes it harder than just being passed the torch on an already set up machine to have a go with. The sound of the arc is a very big clue to how it is behaving, you will learn what it sounds like running nice and the sound it makes when something isnt right.
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Aug 26, 2016 18:23:33 GMT
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So is that a no?
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Aug 26, 2016 16:01:25 GMT
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What time is the gate open from for tickets on the sunday? cheers
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What happens to these that get reported? Do they get flagged by dvla and end up as unusable ever again?
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What is the history of that engine you fitted?
Does it turn over ok with a socket on the crank pulley and the plugs out?
When it ran did the oil light go out? If it's tight with plugs out and good starter battery and electrics and no other reason to slow it down like alternator seized etc then it's probably sump off time to see what is happening with the oil pump and engine bearings.
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Last Edit: Aug 6, 2016 9:37:21 GMT by sausage
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Jul 31, 2016 10:15:05 GMT
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If the welding is curse word try it on some scrap pieces and try again. You need a good earth preferably near the weld area and the surfaces need to be bare metal, if using gas you need adequate flow and no wind to blow it away and the amps and wire speed matched to the work at hand. Practice on scrap to get the hang of it. Make sure your wire feed is smooth and not notchy, the wire spool should be free enough to turn easily but not so free that it wants to unravel and the feed roller needs to match the wire and not be too loose or too tight.
if you are blowing holes even on low amps (usually if the metal is thin from rust) do overlapping spot welds to make a bead, just pulse it on and off with the trigger and overlap the welds. Overlapping spots also helps avoid distortion on thin panels.
Post a pic of what your welds look like.
I am not a welder btw...
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All the above re: heat and shocking it with a hammer etc. it is also worth having some hex sockets not just the multipoint type as don't tend to strip the points off the nut as much.
Also, if you have a fubar nut or bolt head, it's often worth having some imperial sockets and spanners too as well as your metric stuff.
Say you have a 13mm nut and it's rusty and slips in the 13mm, try a 1/2 inch instead as it is 12.5mm it will be a tight fit on a 13mm nut.
If that still slips (and the hex sockets arent helping either) then you can go down to 12mm, but that will usually need the sides grinding down a bit and a hex (not multipoint) socket hammered on.
The main thing is to try not to destroy the head before running out of alternatives.
The general rule is: Soak, heat, shock, and make sure your sockets are a tight fit.
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Last Edit: Jul 2, 2016 19:21:09 GMT by sausage
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Depends on what you want, gas or gasless, what you are welding and how much welding you expect to do etc.
0.8mm in either would be a good choice for most things. just get the cheapest stuff you can find, some good deals on ebay.
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Jun 30, 2016 20:27:39 GMT
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Torsion bars on these i think.
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Jun 30, 2016 16:35:15 GMT
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Never worth the risk, so either take the tank off or maybe drain the tank and then fill it with something much less flammable.
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Probably cables or gear linkage adjustment then.
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Jun 28, 2016 20:17:26 GMT
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You can select it and no drive or you cant select 5th at all? Does that include with the car stationary?
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Jun 28, 2016 11:06:35 GMT
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Lower profile will reduce the rolling radius and alter speedo reading and gearing as a result, so don't go too mad with it. If you go fatter tyre then you can drop the profile and keep the radius similar. www.willtheyfit.com
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"Badass" means different things to different people. What do you think it means?
Some like stupid levels of stretch, I don't because it is stupid and dangerous, yes it gets you wider rims and the tyres under the arches, but at the cost of curse word handling, over heating badly wearing tyres and PC plod fingering your arch gap on a regular basis.
Maybe you want the fattest tyres you can squeeze on the rim?
Edit for noticing you want "slightly badass".
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Last Edit: Jun 28, 2016 9:19:17 GMT by sausage: added somink
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Jun 27, 2016 17:45:50 GMT
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et25 sticks out more than et37. www.willtheyfit.com stick in your current and planned wheel / tyre sizes and see what it says.
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Jun 25, 2016 20:12:16 GMT
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Thought so regarding sleeve nuts, thanks.
I fitted 4x100 watanabe SSRs on 4x101.6 hubs in the past by making spigot rings and taper wobble nuts (not bolts) for them, worked a charm, but i do take your point and it is far less desirable.
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Jun 25, 2016 15:50:47 GMT
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Any reason they wont go 4x100 with wobble bolts (not that i am an avid fan of such things mind)? The seats arent tapered maybe (cant quite make it out in the pic)
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Jun 24, 2016 21:01:31 GMT
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Yeah, cant see it being water pump if you have no noises and towing it didnt strip teeth off the cambelt or free it off. Probably something in the bellhousing then.
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Jun 24, 2016 20:57:02 GMT
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Yeah i'm on the cusp of modern myself, Y plate Lupo TDI shed, not sure i will sent to the naughty step. LOL
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Jun 23, 2016 20:53:41 GMT
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Get a tdi, they are great little engines and very tune-able. The non gti petrol have very weak gearboxes.
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