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Hi Mate
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We all use different methods. This is mine; Grit blast or scurf of around the area of repair, cut and weld if needed, and dress again. Then use a 2pack acid-etch over the whole area as a double coat (wet on wet). You leave the light first coat, till it Starts to go tacky. Then apply a second coat to...

Thanks for your kind words Ian I agree that all attending should have working CB radios. CB's help massively with the speed of Group travel as they add another diamention in terms of group awareness. We use them on single-carriageway sections when traveling between lanes, letting the group know the ...

For my 'two penneth', i guess I'm in the other camp If its not a challenge, I'm out. show and shine aint where im at mate Don't think for one second that i will not be crying in my hands if i badly damage my truck. Heading up a lane with a mate, not knowing whether you may have to reverse what seems...

Just take your time and remember the extra heat build up must be allowed to cool when climbing long assents, so dont be full bore or youll F... something. Hoses that are 20yrs plus. and clips that have not been checked will be the first in the chain to let go .. .. :oops: And getting there is all th...

I've been doing a fair bit more research on this free-wheeling alternator pulley and anyone with the non-free-wheeling pulley please take note. Because of the massive inertia developed when the alternator is spun up to high revs and then rapidly decelerated along with the huge grip of the serpentine...

Hi mate I couldn't see if you fitted the clutched alternator I have been suffering hi frequency power surge (don't know why yet), and it has loosened the crank bolt for the second time due to the lack of a free-wheeling alternator (well that's what i am thinking). if you don't have one mate I recon ...

Hi mate I havn't been on the site for a while and have just been reading your thread Nice write-up Have you got any further regarding a good site for an inter cooler and type? Just starting putting engine stuff together for our new caravelle, after the belt slipped on its JX (after 2 months and less...

Great work with the camera Nick
That's a proper skill mate, you have a pm
Thanks again

Hi Roger Put Jo and me down for it. It will be our first time out with the club for a couple of years!! Very happy at the thought of seeing you all again and putting the crew cab through the fluffy bits where you have to guess where the lane goes. We will be bringing the Squeeze Box caravan. It's be...

Nice ride
There’s plenty of scope on here to get another good coat of Mud on that fresh looking paint, and you'll save on powdercoat if you apply often

The various 5speed boxes have different FD ratios I’ve just fitted a 5speed with a 4.83 C&Pinion, which could do with being a bit longer in the gears. If your going TDI the longer the better. Although a 1Z with the right tune will rev, they feel so much better if they have longer gears to push a...

Good luck mate
Look forward to sharing a jar.

Norway looks great. The first vid looks fantastic and at the end when he is climbing in the wilds is where I'd want to be
setting up camp

Just a thought mate I had an old bike nicked that made me flippin weep i walked the streets till Three in the morning and found it on waste ground a mile n half away from where i lost it my bet is its most likly to be by a block of flats where nobody would ask if tools were being tranfered from one ...