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Sept 30, 2017 6:43:27 GMT
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MIG is best described as a big electric glue gun for metal.
If you can ARC weld then the move to MIG is pretty simple. Just a question of setting the power and wire speed correctly.
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Now, I'm not normally one to moan about the price of parts. Well obviously that's a lie, but...
I’ve decided to do a full suspension bush replacement. I’ve already done ARB, but let’s do the rest. So, out of interest, I mailed Britpart Phils.
Now Rimmers want GBP65, or PHP3,900 for the same kit. So let’s be generous and say that’s 8,000 landed, with courier and duty (although the latter's always a bit of guesswork). Britpart Phils want PHP15,124. However, for a mere 9,900, they’ll put it on a boat!
I know we’ve all got to eat, but..!
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MIG is best described as a big electric glue gun for metal. If you can ARC weld then the move to MIG is pretty simple. Just a question of setting the power and wire speed correctly. MIG is one of those things I'd long thought about learning but... 1) Since leaving the UK, I've had zero need to weld anything 2) As far as I can see, this is a one off job for now. Maybe more when (if) I retire and can play a bit more, but that's a way off anyway 3) Little in the way of finesse is required. I'll probably be a Grinder rather than a Welder on this one! 4) Just ease of availability. I know of three places all very close by I can pick up an arc, none for MIG, only online stuff, which can be a real pain here. So it's round the corner v expedition! 5) Cheap!  |
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Not really an update but... The '38 continues to happily undertake its daily school run duties and take me for a morning blast most Sundays. Now it looks like I'll have some financial stability again soon, I'm making a to-do list, things that aren't urgent but need attention at some point:- Bumpers, obviously. But everything for them will be locally sourced. Suspension bushes, as mentioned earlier. Nothing is really clapped out and front Panhard along with ARB have already been done, but I'm assuming the rest are still the originals, so replacement won't go amiss. Exhaust gaskets. I think there's a tiny blow on the drivers side (LH) which only makes itself evident when you've been sitting in traffic for a while and it gets a tad warm under that there bonnet! And the driver's window regulator has decided to strip some teeth at the top of travel leaving a tiny gap at the top. Not a major problem as I have wind deflectors fitted so nothing is accessible and it doesn't let rain in. I'll either order another or, when I sort a welder out, build-up and file back the existing one. Oh, and I really must get some o-rings for the new condenser and dryer I fitted (about two years ago!). That's all that's stopping a re-gas of the air-con. Another job to do whilst the bumper is off, I think. So, as I say, nowt pressing, just bits and bobs that need looking at in the future. |
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Last Edit: Dec 5, 2017 21:58:18 GMT by georgeb
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I would have thought air con was a must over there?
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I would have thought air con was a must over there? That's what they tell you but, having lived over here for 10 years or so, 1) you do get acclimatised and 2) probably more childishly relevant, I still can't get over the novelty of it being warm enough all the time to be able to drive with the windows down everywhere! When it was working, the only times it ever got used in anger was during heavy rain, for demisting purposes. I'll get around to it, it's only 4 o-rings, just not a priority. I'm also not an air-con fan. During two extended hotel stays with no opening windows, 2 months in Singapore and nearly 6 months here, I've wound up on antibiotics for chest infections, something I never suffer from normally. At home, we have stand fans everywhere, much more pleasant than air-con. |
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Makes sense, aircon dries out the air horribly and germs get in the condensers
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Not really an update (but then you weren't expecting one really, were you?), but took her out this morning. Roxas Boulevard runs along the coast from Tambo to the south of Manila through to Intramuros and is, normally, one of the busier thoroughfares of the city. This morning, as I turned onto it, there literally wasn't another vehicle in sight. Sport mode on the box and floor it. By heck, she does bellow a bit when riled up the rev range. Made a nice change from the normal burble at 5 kph! Great drive out. Not far, but bloody cathartic for both of us! |
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Is it quiet because of New Year? Has everyone got a hangover?
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Walong pasok |
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Is it quiet because of New Year? Has everyone got a hangover? Everyone piles out of Manila, so no-one here. Tomorrow, still a holiday, will be a nightmare as everyone heads back. Walong pasok  Walang Office, in my case. Not so tomorrow.  Christmas and New Year's days off only this time. |
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Just read up on the last 30 or so pages, love your posts, keep it up and have a great new year.
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Last Edit: Jan 1, 2018 13:45:59 GMT by zoompod: Posted before ready.
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Just read up on the last 30 or so pages, love your posts, keep it up and have a great new year. That Sir, is masochism of the highest order! Hopefully, now we've got some cash flow (in the right direction at last ) I can get back on with the jobs that need doing, and buy some more stuff. |
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Jan 28, 2018 12:14:01 GMT
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Not much to report on the '38 front, except I do miss driving her, albeit slowly. Went out this morning for a cut around and spent two hours just bimbling nowhere in particular. Loved it. Looking forward to the move now, so I can get her out on both weekend days and have some little trips out. Subic, Bagio and the like. Subic, the quick and pretty way...  Or the slower and prettier way...  See the thing is, you can get out of Manila easily enough in the early hours of a Saturday or Sunday morning, it's getting back in that's the pain in the butt. Last big-ish trip was up into the Sierra Madre range which was wonderful, with empty roads and fresh mountain air. But the two hours stuck in Antipolo (market day) and two more getting to Malate kinda takes the edge off things. Angeles? Not an issue. Also the places I'm looking at have plenty of room to make bumpers and do any other stuff I want. T'province here I come! |
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Not updated this in ages, basically because there’s been nowt to report. Although some would say that I’ve managed an entire thread built around that premise, but I shall ignore the detractors. I did get a return of 19mpg on her first long highway run out of Manila for a good while, so was happy, and quite surprised, with that. Anyway, now we’ve moved into new premises, with a bigger garage, it’s time to start looking at replacing the knackered and brittle bumpers with steel. I’ve got my shopping list of tool stuff I need; grinder/discs, welder/mask, meatier drill, etc. To this end I shall pay a visit to the emporium of Mr. Co Ban Kiat Hardware Inc, down Binondo way, with whom I have had satisfactory dealings in the past. I was hoping to find some stuff at the recent motor show, but alas…  The next thing to source will be the steel. I’m hoping to find somewhere that can both supply and guillotine it into required widths, so all I need to do is final shape it and stick it together. Sounds so simple doesn’t it? To this end, it’ll need some CAD and as this’ll need something a bit bigger than a cornflake packet. Imagine therefore my delight today, when I noticed we were having some huge seven foot tall document cabinets delivered – not sure how our 4’9” document controller’s going to manage, but hey-ho. On popping downstaris for a fag, I notice they are in serried ranks, with appropriately sized cardboard packaging. The smiling little Filipino nods his head when I ask if I can pinch one box so that’s design sorted out. Just hope the rest goes as easy. I have a question, does the team think 3mm or 2mm sheet? I’m mainly protecting myself from sidecars and motorbikes and I want to recreate the existing shape as much as possible and re-using the existing mounting points, so 2mm sounds more easily managed. I’d stick some reinforcing gussets inside anyway, so what do you reckon? Any other suggestion? |
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jamesd1972
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Apr 10, 2018 10:38:20 GMT
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 For reference bumper on series is 3mm or so. I would think that going thicker will make simpler (less gussets - like the bars you mention in your other thread...) and easier to weld. If the cost difference between 2 & 3mm isn't too much for the amount you want go thicker ? James |
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Apr 10, 2018 11:03:41 GMT
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James,
Thanks for that. It'll be 3/16 in old money then.
It may be a bit big and ignorant for me to shape though, not to mention fit afterwards! My old series and 90 could push a wall down without bumper damage, but that's not what this is about. There's no fully equipped workshop either 😊
Hence I was thinking a bit thinner for ease of working, fitting and beating off sidecars. Welding vertical gussets for strength isn't an issue, gives me more practice.
At least with your info I have a benchmark I understand. Ta.
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Apr 10, 2018 11:17:20 GMT
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1/8” is 3.2mm - 3/16 is nearer 5mm!
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Apr 10, 2018 11:18:25 GMT
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George - From experience you need 2mm - if you are going to undertake the project at home you are going to struggle to work 3mm without heavy workshop kit - folders / press brake etc but you could always find a fabrication shop that will sell you the steel - cut it to length & fold it for it for you - just leaving it for you to glue together & fit - hence you could at this point use 3mm which will have less flex & more structural strength - Chris
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Apr 10, 2018 11:25:42 GMT
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1/8” is 3.2mm - 3/16 is nearer 5mm! Thanks for the much needed correction. I'm an Imperial child at heart! 😊 |
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Walang Office, in my case. 
