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nothing is grunt proof... if we cant break it, we'll steal it... if we cant steal it we hide it my first thought, I doubt I can envisage a guy with full kit standing on the back and moving in such fluid balncing motions also with full kit it would be a bugger on the knees. Still reckon golf as screaming down the green at 30mph may liven the game up

good for that golf day

Tailgate and nose back, with little doors off to be sent for same treatment [ATTACH]35149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]35148[/ATTACH] Started cleaning up the floor welds tonight which will hopefully be finished tomorrow [ATTACH]35147[/ATTACH]

yep I think one would be somewhat annoyed

It is a very nice restoration, you should be proud of your efforts

If its the same plug, I got one of these...... Sorry poor photo as it is buried under all my parts [ATTACH]35064[/ATTACH]

Aluminum? Don't those very high spec Audi estates have some type of exotic material discs? I remember hearing ceramic but they may have been only the pads. Aircraft discs are similar to a clutch pack out of an auto gearbox i.e. all thin discs stacked which get compressed for breaking If I owned a nice bling bling car with shiny wheels I'd want the 'dustless' pads.

Ok I just skimmed it and saw the bonding bit. The mob I worked for has a lot to do with inventing these weird welding techniques. Interesting to see something like hollow turbine blades weld repaired both sides one pass from one side with electron beam. http://www.twi.co.uk/portfolio?playlist=pl_laser http://www.twi.co.uk/portfolio?playlist=pl_friction http://www.twi.co.uk/portfolio?playlist=pl_resistance http://www.twi.co.uk/portfolio?playlist=pl_arc_welding didnt know these were online just now

Well the P93 turbo went for a service and they said it needs a complete rebuild :-( which will cost around 1200 RM. No word on spare parts for the gearbox, so if anyone knows a LandRover trans shop in UK let me know? Got my rear doors back today welded up and shortened [ATTACH]34979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34980[/ATTACH] Got loads of arc eye as had to watch for coating fires whilst the floor was welded in. Got the floors welded back in, rear door hinges, trans cooler mount, rear wheel mount, intercooler mounts and tacked together the roof rack :yay: Heaps of grinding to do [ATTACH]34981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34977[/ATTACH] Painted the front frame olive green (if I cant have the top side green, I'll paint the bottom side green). [ATTACH]34978[/ATTACH]

Thats interesting stuff, a much more fancy version of what we used to call metal set. I once stupidly used it instead of Bondo filler and was a real problem to sand back. I guess it is quite pricey? We have a diff casing with a divet in the side, would be ideal for that. that's interesting also, I guess its got to do with the second law of thermodynamics.... basically steel requires more energy to create compared to the base state it wants to return to. Cast iron is only a slight notch above so is more stable. been a good topic, welding, safety, bonding, casting

That is most likely an interesting point as the hardfacing I seen is definately harder. One type I seen looks porous as the little holes help disapate the heat. Anyway is good to get several heads looking at it from different angles. Just thinking on the comments I guess drums are the same issue but for another academic question....... Do they make these from cast iron for purpose or costV ie a milled item from a big chunk could be made but lots of material wasted

No worries. I got nothing against SHE but western countries have screwed themselves with frivolous cases. We had a recent one in Australia where a guy in a bar took out a lightbulb and stuck his finger in there with obvious results. He sued the bar and won a payout because the judge said he should not have been able to do it. These costs get tacked onto everything else. Anyway my guy used his new welding mask and I ended up with the arc eye

Why would I want to read UK regulations in Malaysia? The SHE armchair crowd can KMA as I don't live in a country where people want free payouts for spilling their mCDonalds coffee.

In some cases this is true as the imported workers can get treated like slaves. An incident that sticks in my memory was the bus stands needed repainting in a particuliar city. Solution = get workers give them buckets of paint and rags. To paint the bus stands they had to soak the rags in paint and wipe the paint on. Result was they had paint all over themselves. At the time I could not believe they would not buy cheap paint brushes. Another incident was when we got extentions done at the welding school the contractor was welding some bits with no mask. I got a bit worried about this as we are meant to be the welding people so I got him a mask and he refused to use it. I can'y understand why they are not completely blind as I hate it when I get an inadverdant arc flash. I will see if my welder today will wear his mask as I bought him an auto one

They are solid which is a mystery, so a machined up set is feasible. Welding is feasible, or a welding technique is feasible as there are suitable techniques, so damaging the material or failing under load is not an issue as I deal with all types of welding so I have zero doubt it is not feasible. I work for a welding research company. Just seems there is no need in the mainsteam as the steam valve butterfly repair would be under more severe stresses than brakes and the welding technique was not difficult but the welding wire was fancy. There are several automated repair techniques like this in the petrochemical and power sectors. Some things are just Pinz specific, discs, rear shock absorbers and tie rods (why they would make specific tie rods baffle me).

CHINA :banghead:!!!!!!!!!! was just reading a post about adjustable shock absorbers, made in the USA but really made in China. Not suprisingly they had zero quality, actually zero would be an upgrade. ahh I been living here too long ......... CHINA, talk about welding with no rules I had to buy a welding mask for the guy who does my welding as he welds with no mask, just blinks a lot (pretty common). I got a picture somewhere of a guy using 2 rods at once, one in each hand. Thought he was pretty clever but wasnt really following procedure so ended up with 3m long cracks which was some concern as was on the worlds tallest building at the time. [ATTACH]34942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34939[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34937[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34936[/ATTACH]

Started on the gearbox but waiting for prices for parts from ZF. [ATTACH]34932[/ATTACH] Intercooler bolted in to facilitate positioning and welding of the lower mounts. Everything prepped for welding tomorrow which include P93 floor pieces, P93 nose mounts, P93 intercooler mounts, auto cooler recess and auto cooler mounts (I think thats the list for tomorrow :undecided:). [ATTACH]34930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34933[/ATTACH] A lot of work to get to this point. Was a very humid day today so at 9am sweat was pouring out of me, so much so I had to take a piccy. Felt like I had been drinking beer all night. [ATTACH]34931[/ATTACH]

I think this is the most likely reason no-one is doing it i.e. most vehicles with disc brakes are newish so not so scarce. Also there is a lot of compatability is most vehicles. Apparently they are hard to come by. I have plenty of spares so the question is academic on if anyone had heard about it. I do work for a living and never had a silver spoon, so I do tend to look for alternatives. I really don't concern myself about liability as I work with insurance companies doing investigations and there is no liability if done correctly. Distortion in welding is caused by poor parameters and technique, not welding. For example the surface could be TIG (GTAW) welded with very little distortion or damage to the parent metal or HAZ (Heat Affected Zone). However as Robin said the effort would cost a lot as TIG (GTAW) is quite slow. There is robotic TIG (GTAW) but goes up a notch in price again. The reason I was wondering: - I have seen large steam valve butterflies weld overlaid basically using a rotating device and an automatically fed GMAW system similar to BUGO system. The weld overlay is far more resistant to abrasion than the stock item. - I saw several websites saying they resurface but in reality they are skimming which is not that great in full floating disc brakes as at a certain point the pads can fall out. I guess in the end the best solution if they become completely unobtainable is to machine them up out of some billet material like Porsche high performance discs

I concur with this, I got over a 1000 quids worth (based on equivalent Halfords prices) of tools from the Oakington boot sale and better quality. Picked up a few more bits last month whilst in the UK. Always good to have tools with made in Germany or England on them

yeah I thought the same thing, but also thought there must be some rarer discs out there ie the Pinzgauer discs are specific. I have heard of no other disc that fits.

Curious if anyone has heard of any company that re-surfaces disc brakes? When I say re-surface I am not talking skimming I am talking about putting a layer of weld on the increase the thickness of the original disc then machined flat? I have seen metal spray, weld overlays and other more fancy stuff in my line of work so I cannot see why it can't be done. Just haven't found a link to it.

then they find every excuse not to pay anyway.................... which I guess is the rip off adjusters :argh:

very quickly and nicely done :cool:

"Ferrets were deployed to Malaya following delivery in 1952 and proved useful convoy escorts, able to negotiate the rough terrain found locally. A local modification was an armoured vision 'collar' between the hull and turret. This provided additional vision blocks for the crew and also raised the height of the turret, allowing the MG to be fired over intervening cover" [ATTACH]34713[/ATTACH] still digging through my junk

Well found out I need a different input shaft and pump for the auto gearbox rebuild, not as bad as I feared but going to be a pain to find. With today I have 5 days off to work on it. I pulled the P93 turbo, manifold and fuel injection pump off the spare engine today so that they can be cleaned up and fitted. Floor not welded yet, hopefully monday. [ATTACH]34710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34709[/ATTACH]