Some pics of my Disco :D

Bennehboy · Mar 18, 2014

What have you used to polish them mate?

discomark10 · Mar 18, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
No monster progress at the moment to be honest, just tackling the monster task of gathering all the parts I need to sort this out, so many different things going on at one time :jaw:

Anyway compressor bits painted, assemble tomorrow:

Transfer case cleaned up, parts solvent washed, casings polished:

Have today secured an aircon pump and brackets setup for the mechanical air pump build, pics to follow on that

Think im gona have a bash at a pump too.. any idea what sorta psi and flow I can pump out?

Mr Noisy · Mar 18, 2014

Bennehboy said:
What have you used to polish them mate?

Just soft wire wheel mate

Mr Noisy · Mar 18, 2014

discomark10 said:
Think im gona have a bash at a pump too.. any idea what sorta psi and flow I can pump out?

PSI, dunno, but the regular 150 is no problem.

Most pumps are around the 8-12 cfm mark.

Running an electric pump with option for mechanical pump aswell will give me awesome air up times

Mr Noisy · Mar 19, 2014

Just like that

Mr Noisy · Mar 19, 2014

Cut the rear half of the headliner out tonight, make room for some air tanks.

Don't ask

Pics to follow when I've sussed it out, not easy finding space in these vehicles but I think it'll work rather well.

Today lacquered the LT230 casings on Mark L's recommendation, thanks for the nudge on that mate, and meant to strip down an old Clarke compressor for components but got involved chatting to a mate in the workshop.

HOPEFULLY Sanden air con pump and brackets will arrive tomorrow so I'll generally have many goodies to play with/get shipshape.

Engine needs a new water pump cos that's wobbly as hell too.

Pics to follow lol

Bennehboy · Mar 20, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
Today lacquered the LT230 casings on Mark L's recommendation, thanks for the nudge on that mate

Quite interested by this idea, is this just to help keep it clean & shiny? Got a ton of lacquer sat about and have a 230 arriving for rebuild tomorrow...

Bennehboy · Mar 20, 2014

BTW, had a bit of misfortune on the M1 today... **** poor penetration to blame ooer!

blue beasty · Mar 20, 2014

Bennehboy said:
BTW, had a bit of misfortune on the M1 today... **** poor penetration to blame ooer!

I imagine that was a little throaty

Mr Noisy · Mar 20, 2014

Yeah, purely to protect the finish and make it more successful to jetwash in future.

Can that be re welded? Ironically the stock cast one probably wouldn't have broken!

How violently did you **** yourself when it broke off?!

Bennehboy · Mar 20, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
Yeah, purely to protect the finish and make it more successful to jetwash in future.

Can that be re welded? Ironically the stock cast one probably wouldn't have broken!

How violently did you **** yourself when it broke off?!

Yeah it could be welded again, looks like the weldel wasn't chamfered enough to get good penetration when it was made up. TBH had enough of it now and will go back to stock, I was guinnea pigging it for a mate and it's been a bit of a rigmarole to say the least!

Major brown trousers when it went, I was just congratulating myself that I'd managed to get 480 miles out of the current tank of fuel when it went VERY loud - had been getting only 400 to the tank since putting the hybrid turbo on, but turns out the IC was 'slightly' oil bound and had just flushed it at the weekend - was looking like I'd have got about 520 out of it when it failed at J33 heading North.

Mr Noisy · Mar 20, 2014

Thought the tubular manis were better because they were flexible

Is it just a **** one?

You'll miss the performance I guess...

Bennehboy · Mar 20, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
Thought the tubular manis were better because they were flexible

Is it just a **** one?

You'll miss the performance I guess...

Yeah it's just badly welded at the collector stem.

So far have had to...

* Have it skimmed back flat - it relaxed bent after first use.

* Cut the flange

* Port and polish it

Tempted to get the burr out on the cast one that's in the shed but don't think there's really enough spare metal in the casting to make much difference.

Mr Noisy · Mar 20, 2014

Seems a shame to give up on it after all this work!

Make a good weld on it, maybe some gusseting, and it'll be reyt!

Bennehboy · Mar 20, 2014

stock one is back on for now, might get enthusiastic again if it feels slow.

Think it's time I started up a build thread - got 90 odd pages on the d2 forum I'm on.

Mr Noisy · Mar 20, 2014

^^^ yup

Copy and paste it

Mr Noisy · Mar 20, 2014

Goods inward

Mr Noisy · Mar 20, 2014

Tonight's joy included stripping down that little portable compressor (Clarke sort of thing) that had died to rape it of very useable parts!

Pressure switch, regulator, couple guages, blow off valve, all very handy!

Next, sexed up my just arrived AC pump and mounting kit:

Then opened up the pump to modify slightly. Had to block up the drilling that joins the gearbox area to the air suction gallery, normally the refridgerant circulates the gearbox and lubes it, no good for us pumping air!

So, block that, reassemble and fill the gearbox through the filler plug with mineral air tool oil.

Lovely job!

Bennehboy · Mar 21, 2014

I really like the idea of onboard full time air... think that's another project in the offing!

Mr Noisy · Mar 21, 2014

Always pretty of ideas going down in this thread lol

Mainly doing it to this extent so I can achieve sensible air up times, which means I'll be more keen to air down

Some pics of my Disco :D

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