they do have a stepped divider but the glass seems to obstruct that some and no the stainless wire is solid you can get gasless stuff and use it with 100% co2 makes a really nice stainless weld the main reason is I cant really be bothered to change the spool in the lincoln as I mainly use it...

god i know this is a dead duck thread now but yeah I have been reading this post since 22:00 yeah its now 3:17 and just finished what a project a lot more than I Intend on doing with mine suspension wise etc I am watching hopefully you return to the forum

sorry for the thread revive but all your pics have gone ?

cheers mate dont know about looking good but it will be strong the cosmetic parts are all done with the Lincoln mig thats running .8mm stainless wire as the big welder just blows the 2mm steel away the sills are 120x60x3mm box with 50x50x3mm welded onto the front to step it out to make a kind...

wee update on the drivers side nearly done on this side now ordered the rear arch and will give it a few more coats and weld the gusset on the back that i forgot to go then on to the passenger side will get pics of the bottom tomorrow cheers boab

I have refitted them i went out and snapped a couple pics for you and noticed one of my bulbs is off colour slightly lol anyway these haven't been adjusted yet but they give you an idea of beam pattern DIP beam Pic of the car FULL / MAIN beam This is sitting in the drivers seat with the...

I have towed with a lifted truck before and its pretty stable not a d1 by anymeans that was not my question my question was has anyone had trouble with their disco being refused into campsites etc and has anyone towed with a lifted disco when I worked in kuwait I had an old beat up ram 2500...

That's some good points your making I have already bought a removable drop hitch that takes care of the lift Also I was totally unclear on why i was using my intended setup The 2" lift blocks are well removable with not much work so if I find the 4" lift to be to tall I can take them out...

ok so xmas eve and I finally have time to my self lol so that means one thing on here updating the project so I finally welded some metal in the other day 2mm steel coated in fertan as you do only got some welding done before the rain and 40mph winds cancelled the job for the day so I trial...

I am looking for one of these if anyone has one laying about 300tdi air con tensioner

yeah the off road towing limit is something to look at I recently dragged a caravan along a very long beach and couldn't make more than 10mph using my mates td5 disco on grabber a/t 2s that twin axle caravan (1400kgs ish) sunk like a stone on the soft and wet sand was after his sister tried...

I Am going to order the brit part ones i cut more out today I promise i will start putting some back tomorrow lol

So I have been busy building my mates recovery truck from scratch but thats now done so back to disco fun lol I decided to remove the doors and front wing to have a go at the sill with the plasma cutter found more rust why am I not surprised so ordered up some 120x60 box 3m 25x25 box 7.5m...

sorted thanks mate the dim dip relay is had it the main beams work fine as they should but the dips just went out pulled the dim dip relay out and it fixed it cheers again boab

every fuse I could find I belled out with the fluke cheers Boab

yeah lol cheers boab

afternoon guys does anyone have a wiring diagram for the headlights on the d1 for some reason the headlights only seem to work on full beam cheers boab

so I Thought my headlights Looked abit **** Upgrade time so in the oven for 10 mins at 200c and peal it apart So Its looking grim for the chrome crap out with the 80 grit Two quick coats of filler plastic primer and followed by two coats of UHT Matt Black (i happened to have a spare can)...

pictures are epic loving them I have been tied up making a recovery bed for a friend so cant exactly do much on the disco till that is done but it is paying for most of the steel needed to start building it back up lol thanks again cant believe that is where the drain is what a fail cheers boab

nothing done today but when I ordered some gas for the workshop the other day and a 15kg spool of wire Boc said I had a free gift it arrived today with my gas and wire not bad free gift used it a little its defo 100% better than my cheap sealey one bigger window etc but the shade is amazing the...