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You get alot of noise coming off the vibrations of what you're grinding rather then just the grinder itself. Expecially car shells. Not sure I have a solution tho!
Also gas welding tends to be a better option than TIG for rust repairs. The old skool way!
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Sept 29, 2021 8:08:40 GMT
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Does a dose of derv in there prevent the gelling issue or is it purely heat? Not really. It will still start to go solid and potentially clog the filter.
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Sept 28, 2021 14:27:14 GMT
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Yeh. Sounds like PU sealant that's been brushed on.
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Sept 28, 2021 12:04:59 GMT
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Rapeseed and sunflower oil are marginally less viscous than veg oil so technically better. It will all work tho! Palm oil tends to be the worse as it will gel at low temperatures so avoid that.
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Sept 28, 2021 11:51:59 GMT
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I'd probably find a half decent solicitor who deals with that kind of thing. If your livelihood is at stake they will usually wave a ban I think but id get somone who knows what they are doing to help you rather than us amateurs.
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Sept 24, 2021 18:25:37 GMT
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Looks like they have been wet blasted maybe?
You can use etch primer or treat them with phosphoric acid (that's what's in etch primer)
Then go with your paint of choice.
You will never really make stuff like that stay mint for ever but as long as you get some phosphoric on there you will be giving it the best chance.
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Sept 22, 2021 10:42:05 GMT
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Good to see another one getting some love. I think you probably outbid me on Ebay for this? Not to worry tho as I got another one a month or so later which was probably a slightly better deal!
Coincidently I'm going for a Mazda gearbox too but mines a bit chunkier and has an extra gear! Also going for a diesel as I want to use it as a daily.
As mentioned pop browns seems to be the place to go for the front end parts.
Are those metro steels? They suit it!
Also is it s 110 or 130? I'm trying to work out what the actual differences were!?
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Sept 22, 2021 6:52:18 GMT
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What you want is the proper sandblasting style filter pots. Cost you about 100quid on ebay and you will always be able to get filters for them. Then just buy a basic mask. The only other bits you might need to replace are the plastic visor 'tear offs' but if you get a simple one you van just use some clear acetate for that.
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Sept 21, 2021 12:13:57 GMT
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Load of b******s and especially annoying to those who did a B+E just pre pandemic, used it twice and now 'oh don't worry about that' - like me. I've FOI requested the DVSA to ask how many B+E testers can Class1&2 test - no response yet. It's a serious road safety issue, you can pass in a 1000kg Vauxhall Corsa and then get in a Land/Range Rover or pickup and drive with a train weight of 7 tonnes the next day. Ridiculous. It'll get changed when some kid towing a caravan kills someone. Not really. Towing theory is part of the standard driving test so if you've got a licence you have been trained to drive with a trailer. Granted theres no practical exam but really the only practical part thats any different to driving normally is reversing and thats hardly a dangerous thing to get wrong so seems a little pointless to test it at all let alone have to take a specific extra test for it. Theres no difference between towing a little 250kg trailer and a full 3.5ton one really. As long as you use the appropriate tow vehicle it's the same things you need to be aware of. The things that are tested in your driving theory test. I can see why you'd be curse word off if you just took the BE tho! Such is life unfortunately!
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Sept 20, 2021 10:02:32 GMT
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don't really understand why people think changing the rules will make any difference to people towing things badly. If people don't understand towing then hows a complex rule about what you can and cant tow going to make any difference? They simply wont understand that either!
I could maybe understand it if there was a flat ban on towing unless you have an extra licence but that's never been the case. I don't have a BE and tow small cars all the time. All you need (or needed) is a tow vehicle around 2ton gross and a light weight single axle trailer and you can pull over a ton of payload no bother. Think alot of people still don't quite grasp what the rules actually are (or were)!
For me it's a great move. The restrictions were stupid. If I can tow a 1500kg trailer I can tow a 3500kg trailer!
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Sept 17, 2021 18:53:05 GMT
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1) No a damper is a damper you just need to select the correct springs and adjust/get some dampers to suit them. 2) No a coilover allow you to select the exact spring rate and ride height you need so why take a step back!? 3) See above 4) Probably a bit of that. At the end of the day the lower you go the less suspension travel you will have and it gets to a point where you simply need stiffer suspension or you would bottom out over even the slightest bump.
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Sept 7, 2021 12:04:51 GMT
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Yep! That's basically the setup we put on the Anglia race cars. Two rods from the front spring hanger type area to the top of the diff. Usually referred to as 'A bars' for obvious reasons. They stop tramp and provide the lateral location so no need for panhard rod etc.
Hope you're well too!
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Sept 2, 2021 15:24:21 GMT
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It's not just been over filled at some point has it? Brake fluid will take the paint off where it has leaked.
Unless the car is losing brake fluid I cant see there being a leak. More of a cosmetic issue you think?
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Bolts look tiny in the photo! Might just be perspective.
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Aug 31, 2021 15:27:37 GMT
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Saw it and liked it!
Your not holding your gearbox mount on with tek screws tho are you? 😄
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Aug 31, 2021 11:24:39 GMT
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Honestly best thing to do is buy a proper old skool Haynes manual. It will have all that info and they are ten a penny for cars that age.
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The gold cup is for different spec cars.
(Although a lot of us have both so cant be at both events at once I guess!)
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Erm from memory you would drain gearbox oil, disconnect the hub from the track control arm, pop the drive shaft out the gearbox with a pry bar/tyre lever type thing. Pull it out the way. Hook the old seal out, again with a pry bay type thing/old screwdriver. Clean up and knock the new seal in with some kind of sutible drift. (Large socket??) Carefully pop the shaft back in, reassemble the rest, fill the gearbox oil to level plug.
Think that's about it! You might find spring compressors are needed to take tension off the strut end. Been a while since I worked on a fiesta!
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Yes I think it uses a tank because of the chemical mixing too. Otherwise the water pressure would fill up your detergent bottle insted if the machine sucking it in. It also helps avoid water shortages if the hose cant keep up.
I think sensors will be for heat to switch the burner on and off and possibly pressure too as my Karcher kills the pump when it's up to pressure (my dads gerni doesnt it's just runs and presumably has a pressure relief?)
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Aug 26, 2021 12:15:40 GMT
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Just sell it again. You wony get far off a grand back. Find somthing that suits your resources a bit better and let somone else deal with it.
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