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I'm all for things on my truck having at least 2 uses - a chip fryer and a light guard...inspired! I've actually got the bar type, and they've saved at least 2 headlamps from stupid pheasants that can't get out of the way quickly enough. No effect on the light output -which is pretty crap...

Would it be worth taking the thermostat out and 1. checking it works at 88 degrees (standard, I think) and 2. There's nothing in the housing that interferes with it. I found this when I dismantled mine: It's the remains of an old top bung, broken off some time in the distant past and the bloke...

+1 for Valeo.

Or set 'em alight with a blowtorch....don't 'alf annoy the neighbours!

=Br*tp*rt? Don't go there if you have an alternative. Paddocks may be able to supply a different "brand" if asked, but my experience isn't positive.

Just overhauled mine. The hole is a drain, I'd doubt that the clips are for balance - I think they're too small and wouldn't make any difference to anything, and the resistor can be obtained from that Well Known Auction Site. I got one of these, 50W 2.2Ohm. As many have said before, worth...

I found a knackered release bearing. If I hadn't decided to replace the clutch since I had the box off, I'd have been doing the job again 6 months - or less- later.

Really useful post, thanks for making the effort to put it together.

Have a look here?

You say "obviously"...my question related to the utility, or otherwise, of a jack with a small load-bearing area. If they are OK to use, don't slip and don't damage the surfaces they bear on, that's fine. Thought it worth airing my concerns....

Already did the "cut and paste", but it wobbles a bit and I'm not too happy with that. Doesn't totally answer my question, though.

Interesting questions...my bottle jack - the one I carry in the truck - is one of those with only the diameter of the column as a "pad". I rarely use it as a result cos I just imagine all that weight going through a small area is going to do damage, particularly on the diff case, and it looks...

Last I heard earlier this year was that they'd gone bust - again - and then re-invented themselves a week later. Nobody I've spoken to seems to be too sure.

Anyone any experience of these?

Anything further on this project? I tried both and went for 12mm ply in the end, with aluminium boxes integrated to provide storage.

This comes back to the threads on other forums regarding "Decent Britpart Sh*t" etc. The more noise that gets made the better the chances of something changing....well, we can only live in hope! o_O

OK, well done, glad you're happy.:)

You really think so? Anyone with that much neck or lack of moral compass isn't going to take any earache from The Wifey. I live amongst these folk, and the mantra "look after yourself" runs in their blood.

Hi Mackers.... Well, I sympathise. Your experience mirrors mine in many ways, even down to the journey. I travelled the reverse route, from "the bothy" to Haywards Heath a while back having agreed a price on my present 110. I won't bore you and everyone else with a blow-by-blow account of what...

Ah - I see. Explains why I couldn't work out what I needed to do.