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Best little machine i have had to be honest, brought it about 8/9 years ago (about £150 from machine mart Plymouth) and has done everything i have asked of it, before i got the disco i used to mess around with beetles and bay campers and the welder has payed for its self 100 if not more times...

just did mine and spent a long weekend and around £50 for the boot floor i repaired the main xmembers and fabbed up the plate ones, get yourself along to screwfix and get there spot removel drill bit for around £8 lasted the entire job and could do it again...

A good weekends work me thinks, airlock sorted (was nothing of the sort was a blocked heater matrix) and cut a temp blanking plate for the egr out off 3mm plate f**k me what a difference, starting to like this now

cleaned out the heater matrix, nice and warm now!!

As above Had the same problem as yours today almost to the letter when i replaced my radiator, did a search and was sure it was an airlock WRONG!!, run the engine and feel the pipes running into the bulkhead from the head, on mine one was red hot and the other lukewarm ,so i disconnected them...

The floor has to come out to do so drill out all the spot welds,, 1 tip from one newbie to another is the spot removel drill bit from screwfix around £7 one lasted the entire job (draper one lasts about 20 holes apperently) including drilling the new floor for plug welding, which the mot tester...

jacked it up and the front wheels spin nice and free, shudder can be felt through the body, sometimes violent and sometimes "just there"

any ideas relating to the judder?? happens when i come to a standstill from around 5/10 miles an hour, not the brakes as it also happens going uphill to a stop using no brakes, dipping the clutch very early seems to help but not eliminate , so i thought maybe prop related

uj seem fine the whole lot is twisting not on the axis of the uj

sorry yeah output shaft of the transfer and input of the diff

The sage continues, the wife finished work early today so was able to try and find the cause of a bad judder when coming to a stop, when i was greasing the props i noticed that the front had a great deal of play could rotate it almost an inch and a half could this be the cause and if so any...

to be honest i thought i knew what i was getting into with the rusty floor, but was much worse after a good poke around

ok a quick update, things are getting sorted welding almost finished (would of completed but the wifes alfa refused to pass the mot) and things are going well, although still have beer in hand:5bcheers2: a quick question need to replace the front discs, driven the beast for about an hour and...

can feel it through the pedal and steering wheel, seems strange that it only happens when i come to a stop

Hi all, after taking care of the boot floor and other rust issues, i seem to have developed a new problem, when coming to a stanstill seem to have a violent judder on the nearside front, read all the posts listed but cannot find much about it, braking seems fine at higher speeds (warped discs...

and the new toy

You seem to be going down the same path as me, loved my hilux 2.4 pick up but felt the cab was a bit small and needed a four seater at least, so went and sold the hilux and with half the money brought a disco!! regrets none really, the one i brought needed a fair bit of welding but would not go...

Thought about the pub gas bottle route ,, how does it work getting a refill ? Do you get "not our bottle sir" so no refill ?

Does anyone have ideas on how to save a few quid on co2 welding gas, i seem to be getting through a small fortune doing the welding needed for my 300 tdi. Currently using disposable bottles from b and q £11 a pop and there only lasting half a day, rang BOC in exeter today and s*ate myself with...

you can have mine for a small fee (please read posts) and i am in Exmouth, five months mot :D:D:D