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difflock

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  1. Never mind vast mineral wealth to exploit!
  2. O.K. A few teaser shots, prior to respray, btw, all lights worked 100%, driving 100%, brakes good(though I will flush and change the Brake Fluid) tempted to run her through the MOT, but need the headlights checked. Notes; (i) I had started to tidy up the paintwork before I parked her up, hence the primer to the rear. (ii) The rear is still however remarkedly sound. (iii) Late 1980's MB brake engineering was astoundingly sound, and a dream to work on, compared to shitty spec average car brakes engineered down to a price, that has been my previous experience. P.S. I spoke with Nigel Garvin of Nitech, on the Killeague Rd, near the Two Bridges, Aghadowedy, a MB specialist, and a gentleman, who is going to adjust the tappets, being the only part of the famed 617 diesel likely to need attention. I wandered in unannounced a while ago and saw one of his mechanics cleaning down the rear brakes on an E Class, he was so engrossed he was unaware of my presence(in itself a good thing)and I watched him long enough to be entirely clear he was doing it 100% right, simply based on his attention to detail. A refreshing change imho. cheers marcus
  3. She looks older than 10 though? P.S. I will be powerful glad to see yon big bullying gobshite well tobered.
  4. 58V, but only a measly 4 AmpHr battery, very odd surely? P.S. I saw a battery chop saw advertised on FFX's site, probably a Makita?, that simply used 2 standard 18V batteries to give 36V. A downright brilliant idea I thought, since the 18V battery now seems to be becoming standard for cordless power tools. Marcus
  5. "Rubs his hands with Glee" And wash your mouth out with soap, for proposing such an act of desecration. P.S. Looked at the front brakes today after washing, all 100%, I must have been wile good to her, the LWB, before parking her up, but then she had been intended to be a life-time keeper. (and the daughter is now biggly in the notion of "adopting" her) sigh adopting would not involve any crass cash transactions you understand.
  6. I was most impressed at the cold-blooded efficiency of the Polis and our Court Service, the time I got caught driving without insurance, about 18 months ago. Well apart from all the documentation bearing my previous employers address, rather than my home address, which has not changed in near 25 years. Much good that that did me though. mth
  7. Snowing quite a bit here, and making a shape at lying. Winter is coming . . .
  8. Surely pertaining to the weight limits as well, i.e. one will get NIP'ed(or possibly pulled in to a proper weighbridge furthur down the road, being "intelligence" led policing an all) P.S. Do the camera vans be "triggered" at the lower limits for vans and LGV's, I presume they must?
  9. Well, with a new primer pump fitted, I got the 1989 LWB fired up, driving 100%, with zero stuck brakes, about to fire up the pressure washer and then tidy up the newly fitted(15 year ago, before parking up) brake discs etc, then booked in for paintwork fettling later in the week and MOT on Wed 6th Feb. Pics will be released post paintwork fettling btw. Fingers crossed. Marcus P.S. I saw on the GWagen register forum, that MB panels are only fractionally more expensive than the ill fitting Polish sourced aftermarket copies, which are a dog to get to fit.
  10. https://nypost.com/2019/01/18/the-high-price-of-refusing-to-face-facts-about-the-homeless/?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral So, only 10% of the homeless can really be helped, by "free" homes, or other financial help.
  11. see another US based, but entirely contradictory article; https://nypost.com/2019/01/18/the-high-price-of-refusing-to-face-facts-about-the-homeless/?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral
  12. I think the Yanmar are direct injection, and always supposed the Kubota to be indirect injection?, simply due to the quietness of the Kubota(based on my limited knowledge of car diesel engine technology) So the Yanmar should be more efficient.
  13. Most bits are available from a motor factors, a lot of commonality with MB Vans of the same period, engines and brake components for instance, obviously the panels remained unchanged over the vehicles life, so they are available, the only unique to "G" Wagen bits are the fuel tank,( and the early steel ones did rust, but from about 1988/89 they are plastic), and the front axle, I dont know about the transfer box, but I dont recall ever hearing of problems with them. The bullet proof 617 diesel is lacking in grunt compared to modern diesels, but at least with a tow or a battery and sommat oily in the tank they will always go, and go, and go . . . for ever and a day. There are also various options for re-powering with a more powerful MB diesel, the world really is your oyster in that respect, but outwith my knowledge or skills. Running on coil springs all round I am of the opinion they ride nicer than a LR, but not unknown for them to nip the springs, but again easy sourced. Marcus
  14. They would all need well washed before any pictures are taken, but I had intended to photograph the wee Red one this afternoon, except me bloody camera battery was flat. Also need to wait to Monday to get the 1989 LWB back together(awaiting a replacement fuel primer pump) and fired up. Fingers crossed, Marcus
  15. 3 actually! 1984 SWB 300D, bought 1st, and a lifetime keeper/family heirloom in the making.(history as above) 1989 LWB 300D, bought as a "keeper" for the wife to drive, and lovingly fettled by myself, wiper spindles replaced etc etc 1999 LWB 290TGD Van, bought relatively shortly after the 1989 LWB, simply because I got the once-in-a-lifetime chance of the good Sprinter direct injection 120bhp TD/Intercooled engine with the automatic gearbox and Recaro seats, this was then the wifes daily driver. but I do intend to sell the middleun, and this the 40th anniversary year being the prime opportunity! cheers Marcus
  16. Indeed, as I understand the simple difference, "G" Wagens kept the oil in and the rain out.
  17. I pulled my wee red SWB 1984 300D "G" Wagen out today, (she had been sitting for about 15 years parked up in a shed), slackened off the Banjo at the fuel filter, about 5 pumps of the hand primer pump and diesel was pishing everywhere, so tweeked the banjo tight again. Slackened off the nuts at the injectors, churned her a few times, diesel showing, so tightened them up again. Then about 5 churns after using the glowplugs(and I deliberately had churned her a few times without heating the glowplugs, to get some lubrication about the engine before allowing her to start) She started and ran perfectly! Happy days! P.S. This one is another keeper(i.e. forby the Steyr Puch Van) GIW405 was the Coleraine showroom demonstrator, bought by Oliver Murphy, a local mechanic, who maintained her to the highest standards, then sold her to me about 18/20 years ago, so I am effectively only the 2nd owner. Marcus
  18. Tightly Strap, or clamp, a vibrating poker, or two(i.e. normally used for concrete) to the subsurface portion, just above the bottom? And if 12 m of water depth( depending on the tidal range) keep the vibration deeper than the slinging point. Kinda presumably in mud silt otherwise piles should not be needed, hence my thoughts as to how to "seaugh" them outta the mud, and thinking a slow steady pull over time with vibration. I know absolutely nothing about the subject, I am simply thinking out loud. And actually the time element may be more important than the pulling force, purely based on my experience of extracting posts from mud using my manual(but limited) brute force. Slow and steady wins out over fast and brutal. Edit: Bound to be water-proof hydraulic powered vibration rigs out there for setting sheet steel piling? Or thinking a standard petrol or diesel powered vibrating plate re-powered with a suitable hydraulic motor? Actually actually double drum vibrating rollers already got hydraulic powered eccentrics to provide the vibratory force, judging by the location of various hydraulic pipes? Marcus
  19. Is it not possible to pull them out, if a crane is to be involved anyway, thinking something involving vibration if a straight pull will not work, since are they not seriously valuable timbers?, especially the sound stuff from below the waterline. marcus
  20. Thats what you get for pissing into the wind, innit . . .
  21. That OSM, is so deeply profound, without this sage advice I would not have known how to fill these bags.?
  22. Oddly enough, ever since observing a rough agricultural tractor pulling into a filling station in Turkey, and filling up on diesel, which led me to conclude they did not have rebated diesel. Which led me to wonder why the UK persisted with this stupid abuse prone rebated diesel system.(and this was 30 years ago) One diesel fuel only, simples, so some agricultural produce will cost a bit more, ditto for construction work, but most users will figure more economic ways of working, and life will go on. The extra revenue should allow the Government to reduce the tax on diesel too, therefore lessening the impact, and indeed levelling the playing field in respect of agricultural tractors illegally competing for haulage work. So a win-win-win And that is from a farmers son.

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