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Over 50m of 2.5mm you will drop about 4.5v at 13amp (0.35ohm resistance in the cable) Not really much to worry about! If you draw less current the drop will be less. Excellent info. I can add though that during welding you will be at way over 13 amps. I know this sounds wrong as its a 13A supply and plug and fuse etc etc but I had reason to measure it years ago, I don't have the info any more but I seem to recall that with the 210A machine I was using at the time from a 13A supply was using around 30A I had a problem with my welding machines, and lathe and milling machine via a single to three phase converter dimming next doors lights and needed to do some investigation to let the electric board know I was doing and ask them to improve my supply. Slater, can you estimate the drop at 30A as an example please?
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Oct 28, 2019 13:16:00 GMT
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My uncle has a drill that was converted to run faster for exactly this, he's converting it back to standard to sell but if you really want a machine for not much money it's there, with tools.
We have this process at work for lambda sensor bosses in exhaust front pipes.
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Oct 21, 2019 12:26:12 GMT
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From experience you can get away with 13a plug and fuse up to 150a without problems. However if you leave the cable coiled you will destroy it, as experienced helping a friend once years ago.
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Oct 21, 2019 12:20:41 GMT
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If that's 50 metres of 1.5mm cable as a typical household extension will be then it's no good. Make one up from 2.5 that's as short as you reasonably can and you should manage ok, but if welding at high current there may still be noticeable voltage drop which will require you to increase the voltage / current of the machine and you may end up blowing fuses.
From experience.
A sensible length cable made from 2.5 and not coiled will be fine for automotive welding.
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Oct 15, 2019 18:14:32 GMT
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Just a few points, there are many ways to do this though.
Wire wheel will tend to shine up the rust, OK for taking the thick off but then you need something abrasive like a flap disc on an angle grinder, or a power file / finger sander. If you don't have these then for the little bit you are doing very coarse emery by hand would work.
Rust converter yes, there will always be traces of rust even if just in pits that it created. Personally i use Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80
POR15 is rubbish ~(in my opinion) there are lots of stories but my own experience is that its rock hard so you cant see rust forming beneath it until it falls off in sheets. Now I admit that this might be less than perfect preparation, but if this product only works in perfect conditions that you can only achieve in a lab then its not practical. I use Bilt Hamber zinc primer but the most popular choice nowadays is epoxy primer, which I have only used once so far, seems good.
don't be putting oil on it before anything that you actually want to stick.
Ideally spray good quality rubberised stonechip, I'm sure the 3M you use is good, I use others, Soudal is said to be very good and good price, I've used it a lot.
Over all of that its up to you, you can go for body colour paint if you want, or any underbody sealer you like.
Just my thoughts.
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Oct 10, 2019 21:40:47 GMT
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Definitely try to get the PS fluid out of the reservoir first, then if you can disconnect the pipes at whichever point the PS fluid hasnt reached yet and bleed to there first, even if its disconnect the hoses at the calipers. Hopefully avoid any of it ever getting to the calipers, its sure to already be in the master cylinder so push a load of new brake fluid through it in the hope of removing all of the PS fluid.
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That’s great. I’ll buy some off him then. I’m only running derv through it which is much less harsh on hoses so I’ll probly just go for the cheaper codan, it d just rather have the piece of mind as it’s my own vehicle. Just checked Volksbolts is a called HairyYeti on VZI, here is a thread where he explains his source. Thread worth a read. You can contact them direct via a link in his posts to his FB page. www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=1217618&page=4
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I need to source some decent hose, it seems some of the sellers listed don’t seem to have it. Only seller on eBay that pops up for the cohline or codan is ‘volksbolts’. Reputable seller? I pretty sure this is the guy who posted on VZI for years warning of exactly this when fake hose started to become more common. If so I think he is a reputable seller who buys directly from the manufacturer, just from memory.
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I successfully removed a Carlton screen just the other day with an eBay windscreen removal kit, it can be done diy.
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Sept 26, 2019 6:00:52 GMT
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The 2000 then scotchbrite was just my way of providing a key and getting the old surface flat. I'm an amateur though. From what I've read different people have different preferences for this kind of thing, it's not set in stone.
Grumpy is clearly better than me so I'd follow his guidance, I'll be reading for future reference myself, always willing to learn from someone who can show you results.
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Sept 25, 2019 20:26:24 GMT
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That looks good, its hard to believe that someone with the vision and skills to do that would do what they have with the crescent vents though. That feature alone is in Leepu league while the rest of the car is quite the opposite.
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Sept 25, 2019 19:56:49 GMT
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What you wrote would almost work. At the base coat stage only go a little further than enough to cover the area that is the wrong colour with full coverage. Your base coat will fade to nothing over the few inches beside that. Keep well back from the swage line. laquer to the swage line.
You will have the old colour at one side, the new colour at the other, and in between it will fade from one to the other. When you bury this in some laquer it'll disappear, unless the colour match is bad, in which case it'll fade from one colour to another which you may be able to see, but much less than with a hard edge.
Having said all that what Grumpy will post should be more helpful than words.
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Sept 24, 2019 18:50:32 GMT
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Nice find. Who in their right mind would use a lary, loud, bright green car for a bank robbery though? It sounds like a great way to liven up the weekend to me! Cracking story to tell down the pub. I'm ignoring the risk of capture in the interest of carefree daydreaming.
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Sept 24, 2019 18:45:57 GMT
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I going to guess that many people are very interested. Thats a fantastic collection.
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Sept 24, 2019 18:32:52 GMT
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Exactly what people said.
I did exactly this last week and I'm an amateur.
I did some rust repair on my astro silver Carlton wheelarches (my own fault because I put new arches on it 9 years ago just to get one more MOT and didnt bother with stonechip or any other protection).
I did my repair, then flatted the whole panel with 2000 wet and dry (used wet), then scotchbrite over it and over the swage line I planned to laquer to. I painted with the silver base, obviously full coverage in the repaired area and fading to nothing half way up the panel, then when the basecoat was touch dry laid on 2k laquer. I put masking tape with its edge lifted at the top of the swage line so no hard edge, once dry some wet and dry work at the swage line made that disappear. It was a quick tidy up job but worked out better than expected, I wished I'd spent more time on prep after seeing how the paint finished up.
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Sept 20, 2019 19:39:09 GMT
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Untaxed alone is no worry, as people said tax it as yours before driving away and make sure the receipt is dated and timed (I always do this in case of for example a parking or speeding fine earlier that day).
If it seems more dodgy, as it does, just forget it, there are plenty more cars on the market, just pick one that doesnt make you feel uneasy, its not worth worrying about, just buy a car that feels right.
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Sept 20, 2019 13:25:30 GMT
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At least you have a "manly job" to tell them about! He really doesnt. LMAO. I work at the same place as chris y , he's an engineer and I'm a Mechanical Movement Technician.* * FLT driver, but MMT sounds better. 😁 Haha, its true, just because its related to cars doesnt make it manly or cool and it doesnt make me a cool Grandad. We never even see a whole car, and even if we did they would be mundane family cars that a RR enthusiast couldnt get excited about. Its high pressure but not exciting or something to make us feel like our lifetimes work changed the world, it pays the petrol bills though so cant complain and I'll keep turning up.
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Sept 18, 2019 12:10:09 GMT
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I use bilt hamber, very happy with it, but I've heard good things about galvafroid.
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Sept 16, 2019 20:57:45 GMT
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I'm amazed that that was electrically powered, its a nuisance cutting the grass without damaging the lead, thats another level.
I've always worked in Engineering, mainly the car building industry, and I sometimes feel like my work is really boring when I realise that some Engineers work on things like that, things that people are impressed with decades later. Same thing with huge construction projects and big tunnels, I'd love to be able to point at things like that and tell my grandchildren that I was involved, its not the same pointing at mundane cars and saying that.
Enough moaning, great thread, nice vehicles and machinery in one.
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