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offering to leave some SDT in someone back garden doesn't quite sell as well as a 'bringing it down to a monolith" though does it?
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Oh yes, i've already been playing with the fuel pump, got the plate and AFC slid right up star wheel slackened off. With just that achieves 0-60 in 11-12 and blows a fair bit of smoke off boost. i'll shortly be ordering a fuel plate, boost control elbow and 4k rpm fuel pump governor springs+ HD valve springs that should put me to around 300bhp and 650lbs/ft Stacks are also in the pipeline should be fun.
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Brilliant motors inthe 310 and 312 2.9 turbo i owned one a few years back ran it from 140k to 280 the head gasket went shortly after a laying down 5 hour run from scotland to Kent...i worked hard to keep up the reputation of those vans, so fair play to it it was tapped out everywhere, one head gasket and other than that it just got the oil changed and diesel put in it...or maybe cooking oil. Good smooth fast engine lovely van to drive, much nicer than even the newst transits. I also had a 311 for a bit which was just as good. Sprinter or Transit...Once you've got behind the wheel of a Sprinter you'll realise thats not a question :-) Merc all the way!
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Awesome, just got mine yesterday, i was expecting it to be a bit more rubbery but you guys and the you tube videos don't lie, hopefully this one will be safe:thumbup1:
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Pushrods are usually dirt cheap and are generally the only things damaged when things go bad, like a transit 2.5di for instance, if the timing belt does go worst ways a full set of push rods is about £50, they're hollow so bend saving the rest of the valve train. Dunno where or how much for your chipper though unfortunatley, you could have a go at straightening them?
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I mean its raosnable in comparisson to the other toll roads i mentioned, even though it is considerably shorter. Them going on charging tolls after they said they would is not, one of my friends moans every time we go through there or are stuck in traffic caused by it:laugh1:
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where can i arb back / high side my van tipper bed
Billy replied to mustapha's topic in General chat
a few sheets of 1.2mm or 0.8mm steel or chequer plate depending on budget, some rivets and about 7m of box section steel should do it. google sheet metal suppliers. -
I get a high pitched rining sort of noise occasionally when its quiet...and only 23! bad times!
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If they're van derived, as most tippers are they're vans imo. If you have a full size pick up its truck:001_tt2:
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Dartfords only £1.80 for a van, and free at night unless its gone up very recently. £1.80 pretty fair to be honest when considering the severn birdge at £10.50 or something and the M6 toll road...Specially when you think your lost due to the stupid staff and drive all the way up it and back down it in 1 night grrrr!
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Sweet! I'll be adding to the traffic 'discussing' this with the kiosk staff next time i go over the dartford crossing
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Just discovered th eotterbox through this thread ordered one earlier. Makes th eIphone 4 the clear winner i reckon, my replacement one will be going straight into an otterbox defender should keep it safe! Has anyone onhere broken a phone in an otterbox?
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Its abrgain 'cos its alndy and people cna and do pay crazy money for them. Anything else and it'd be half that price. These 200 engines can't be that great if they need rebuilding at only around 200k surely ? I've run sprinters with 100k more than that and they still pulled hard on the original engine.
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... hehe, lashers, equipment abusers? Still, I like the standard body tipping idea, i'll have to look into that for my Dodge.
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land rover 110 defender 200 tdi hi capacity tipper T&T on eBay (end time 18-Mar-11 09:40:12 GMT) just spotted this on ebay, mad price!! I'd deffinatley be having a look if i didn't already have 3 trucks:laugh1:
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Oh, is it diesel? My knowlegde of the older one is not so hot.
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I'm searching but can't find it
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slightly newer one, if it s 6.9, is that a 3500? twin wheels on the rear axle?
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Yeah, don't touch it
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Not a great decision but hardly the end of the world, when i'm using a chainsaw track building or something whilst hopping in and out of a digger theres no PPE involved other than boots, unless its winter when i'll be wearing type C's anyway just to keep warm. but him being a bit grumpy about it seems a bit harsh as your clearly talking sense.
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2200kg front axle 2790kg rear axle, but i think thats form America...although its not in lbs which is odd. Train weight 7490kg!!!
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If you have that much to move go bigger 10t or so good balance of cost and bulking power. Diesel in the bucket will help and or a riddle bucket, usually used for cleaning hardcore but the grid pattern should aid losing the clay , but a good shake as you unload each scoop usually does it, or gently use a nearby fence post or similar
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...not if you want more work from the company in question,always a tricky situation. But this thread shows, ironically, that there is little value in having an aeriel rescue qualified groundy.
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no, its 2.5t empty! but i'm ot concerned about running at 4t as it'll never look well loaded or be hanging about so imo barely any risk of getting aught, no worse than a Daily at 3t empty haha . that sa nice tipper but i reckon i'll be making one myself, or buying one off a transit or similar being broken then moddifyingthe back of my chasis slightly. It does get a hell of a lot of looks everywhere, good fun need to hurry up and get some sign writing on there!
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It is 3.5t but looks empty spring wise with that on it, and has train weight of just shy of 7.5t . Thanks for the tip mike, will check it out, although this hdoesnt have the mini suicide doors as it's a club cab rather than quad cab, sliding window at the back is another weak point, but easy to sort that:001_smile:
