Trailer - challenge truck build

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Paul D said:
Cool .. ;)

Yeah, Trayback would sort departure angle I guess. I thought your front attack angle looked good, but maybe it still overhangs the wheel front a bit.

Saw a cool looking mod a while ago, someone had added a couple of 2" x 2" box section 'sliders' between the front and rear diffs .. which might lose a little break-over, which might be negated by it not catching (hopefully) anywhere. They also protected the gearboxes quite well .. ;)
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yeah trayback is in the pipeline, but i'd like to buy my own bender to make it myself, as i've got a design in my head for how i want it to look plus theres a few other bits id like to make ;)

yeah i've seen a similar thing that someone created a 'ski' underneith to ride over rocks, but i think i'm just going to make a bash plate so its abit better breakover angle but protects the gearbox :)
 
Was down at gigglepin the other day talking to Jim, he was saying he was very impressed with how you drove so must have been doing a decent job of it!
 
jackmac said:
Was down at gigglepin the other day talking to Jim, he was saying he was very impressed with how you drove so must have been doing a decent job of it!
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i was mightily impressed with Jim, he helped me no end, especially on the quarry section where he helped guide me around the harshest bits and the last bog stage, where a previous competitor had knocked a tree down across the path, and he got i with his Hand Saw !! and cut the tree down whilst i was getting to that part of the section. legend :D

his truck is kinda the inspiration i use on mine too :)
 
the engine bits have gone away to be sorted, they'll call me once the crank is ground so i can order the shells to the correct size, bores are getting honed slightly and heads having a light skim and pressure test :)
 
crank is ground, bores honed, just the head to do then i e it all back, they took 20 off of the crank s it was fairly worn but not excessive :)

parts ordered frm real steel, cyclone cam HD pushrods, new followers, upgraded oil pump bits and all the rebild stuff, should be here friday then rebuild over the weekend, just need to sort some oil from my supplier for running in and looking after the new bits :)

winch serviced monday night, its amazing how dirty the oil gets even with it being completely sealed, re greased and ready to go back in

hopefully should make the ext challenge next weekend :)
 
200tdi ayre said:
crank is ground, bores honed, just the head to do then i e it all back, they took 20 off of the crank s it was fairly worn but not excessive :)

parts ordered frm real steel, cyclone cam HD pushrods, new followers, upgraded oil pump bits and all the rebild stuff, should be here friday then rebuild over the weekend, just need to sort some oil from my supplier for running in and looking after the new bits :)

winch serviced monday night, its amazing how dirty the oil gets even with it being completely sealed, re greased and ready to go back in

hopefully should make the ext challenge next weekend :)
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No hanging around son!
 
Right seeing as I bent both radius arms at the welsh I decided to beef the up abit :D




Weld porn ;)


Done :)



And some engine bits arrived today :)


Got the block and crank back today so can build up the engine 3/4 over the weekend and get it timed up before the heads come back monday ready for challenge on sunday :D

Oohh and heres another pic from the welsh :)
 
New push rods anol! Flash git!

Oh and thieving my expert cropping skills lol

200tdi ayre said:
Right seeing as I bent both radius arms at the welsh I decided to beef the up abit :D




Weld porn ;)


Done :)



And some engine bits arrived today :)


Got the block and crank back today so can build up the engine 3/4 over the weekend and get it timed up before the heads come back monday ready for challenge on sunday :D

Oohh and heres another pic from the welsh :)
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Pistons back in and bottom end torqued up :)


New duplex chain on with 2° timong advance :) she wont skip off now :D



Heads should be finished tomorrow then put the new vavle seals and springs on and the rest can be rebuilt :)
 
discomark10 said:
It feels so much nicer having a freshly rebuilt engine.
all you need now is ms ;)
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I love building engines :) its a satisfying feeling after everyth I ng has been timed up and carefully re ebuilt to have it running swet as a nut again :)

MS would be nice, but she already runs well with water so it would only be ease of tunability that would be the major benefit, and it costs quite alot :eek:
 
Heads are done and ill get them back tonorrow so I can rebuild the engine Tomorrow night.

Or put a new clutch in my TD5 because it seems I never have enough work on at once so decided to split that tonight seeing as I couldn't work on the truck.


I think I have a problem :eek:
 
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