Bankz's 110 Double Cab

Nice 1 mate, keep practicing on scrap bet it's a right laugh. I aint welded since I was an apprentice body repairer 15 years ago, even then they just had me welding the light guards and windscreen guards for GMP riot vans!

There's a **** load of vids on yootoob but you've gotta separate the wheat from the chaff I think

bankz5152 said:

Fair point thought they work out roughly the same price i think, except the Syncro has other mods and upgrades to it.

Anyway! Had a few hours today so had a go at some welding!

Not too bad for my first go, didnt blow through so thats a bonus.

Beads look ok but need work.

The J is pretty strong, smacked it with a mallet n it didnt break until the 6th smack so not bad too. Thats with zero prep

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What gas were you using? Suggest you turn up your gas flow a bit.

Wants to look a bit like this.



I won't bore you with me waffle but there are some great channels on the YouTube that will give you great tips Chuckee2009 & WeldingTipsAndTricks are my go to references when I am having a bad welding day and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

as above no gas shield around the weld

dieseldog69 said:

What gas were you using? Suggest you turn up your gas flow a bit.

Wants to look a bit like this.

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I won't bore you with me waffle but there are some great channels on the YouTube that will give you great tips Chuckee2009 & WeldingTipsAndTricks are my go to references when I am having a bad welding day and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

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Has a bad welding day last Sun couldn't get my invert stick working on 2mm...power supply low here in valley...after going from hard to strike to burning holes it dawned on me after hearing water pump for house kicking in every so often Lucy has a wash in the machine when I checked the oven was on as well!!

Shippers said:

Has a bad welding day last Sun couldn't get my invert stick working on 2mm...power supply low here in valley...after going from hard to strike to burning holes it dawned on me after hearing water pump for house kicking in every so often Lucy has a wash in the machine when I checked the oven was on as well!!

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Bad earth will do that to ya as well

In Belgium the farm electrics were so bad when I first got there that only half the lights worked and only 2 out of 11 sockets worked, by the time I had finished we had 380V all round and 15 working sockets with isolators and I had replaced all the old fluorescent tubes with tin bodies to grp housings and LED replacements, it was fab to weld after that

dieseldog69 said:

Bad earth will do that to ya as well

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Worked that out last year so if possible f-clamp earth peg down now...did welding at school 45yrs ago...bought gear last year to sort a p6 I bought as couldn't get someone else to do it...might post some pics next week depending on result!!...result for the farm for them having you around me thinks...

Gas was on as far as I can tell. Though clearly not! Ill check the gas flow today and have another go!

Cheers

So turns out the gas line was blocked

bankz5152 said:

So turns out the gas line was blocked

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That won't have helped

bankz5152 said:

So turns out the gas line was blocked

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Try it again and see what a difference it makes.

bankz5152 said:

So turns out the gas line was blocked

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Well, how very dare it - too rude for words - hope you've had words with it

It'll sure make a difference

I have indeed actually works now haha

bankz5152 said:

I have indeed actually works now haha

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Pictures..... or it never 'appened

Update - Exmoor Trim Door Seal

Iver the week im quite impressed. Wind noise is lower, draughts are much less, no wet foot well after the rain weve had, no wet foot while driving in rain.

Still fitted in position!

So going to order some real seals now too.

Fantastic.

My bag strap got stuck in the passenger door striker which has jamed the door half shut

Any jiggle room in the hinges as you hold handle button in? Bet there ain't they're new aren't they?

None. Rock solid. Its nylon so may try burning it off

Can't you strip the door card from inside and see if you can make door catch open a bit wider than just the cable/linkage acting on it? May be able to manipulate the bag strap a bit easier with card off

Its free!!! Managed to yank the strap out with some mole grips. Door still didnt open...

20 mins of jiggling around and some gentle force popped open! Looks like the catch was FULL of dry grease/muck. Barely moved. Cleaned it all back and regreased. All good.


In other news ive got a fair bit of play in my rear prop UJs.

Lower one has play all over and a noticable clunk on take off. The front is ok but still has some play in it.

I replaced both 6 - 8 months ago, covered maybe 4k. On and off road however.

Seems a very short life span for GKN units! Greased up every 2 months.

Should I be looking at a Gywn Lewis prop? It is lifted but not a huge amount.

bankz5152 said:

In other news ive got a fair bit of play in my rear prop UJs.

Lower one has play all over and a noticable clunk on take off. The front is ok but still has some play in it.

I replaced both 6 - 8 months ago, covered maybe 4k. On and off road however.

Seems a very short life span for GKN units! Greased up every 2 months.

Should I be looking at a Gywn Lewis prop? It is lifted but not a huge amount.

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That's not good, can you do us a favour and try a set of genuine LR ones for a real world test?