BennehBoy's D2 adventure

I assume that you had a spare turbo c/w actuator there Ben. Or do you know of where to get just the replacement actuator?

I got the replacement from Alive tuning.

I've had a set of britpart (spits) watts linkage bushes sat in the shed for a while, just not got round to fitting them. Well after reversing and having the rear axle jack itself about I thought enough was enough, so here's the state of the in situ linkage, which someone has replaced the outers with polybush at some point, manky or what!:



Dropped it off with the aid of a BFH, spaces were too tight for the impact gun:



Don't think it should do this lol:



Pushed out all the bushes, the outer arm poly bushes came out easy:



Wirebrushed the bits, primed, aint painted:



The outer bushes are nylon sleeved and are utter cack, they split in the press, so will re-use the poly bush outers:



Ready to go back on:



And fitted:



Annoying movements and noise gone... until the brtipart bushes fail!

Just the rest of the underside to remove/clean/paint/reinstall now

Mr Noisy said:

Just the rest of the underside to remove/clean/paint/reinstall now

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Aye, well that might not be so far off, got someone sourcing me a replacement chassis to get galved after finding cracks in both rear chassis legs, they weren't there last year.

Wonderful!

Superb way to start a build

Will give you plenty of enthusiasm to keep on painting

I'm keeping a watchful eye on my chassis, it's not gonna live forever, though it's not a big deal like a d2 chassis can be

I'll probably change mine through desire rather than it downright falling apart, it's just got a couple small holes and ugly swollen areas right now

Well I've got a few bits tucked away to swap on when I do the chassis...

New galved YRM rear arches and stays
X-brake
Refurbed gearbox - which you know about
Refurbed T-box - in progress
Front & rear HD bumpers are coming off for shotblasting, galving & powdercoating (or might get zinc based powder coating - thoughts?)
Sliders being redone
NAS hitch being redone
Tank strap probably getting done
Axle tubes almost certainly being painted.
Galved front shock turrets.

Regards the galv thing

Powder coat is **** I hate it and avoid it

Zinc galv is THE way to protect

If you must then paint over it, not powder coat.

Mr Noisy said:

Regards the galv thing

Powder coat is **** I hate it and avoid it

Zinc galv is THE way to protect

If you must then paint over it, not powder coat.

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If I could paint decently I'd think about it, but I suck so it might have to be galv and PC.

Powder coat doesn't stick to galv though mate, I've tried and failed!

My bumpers etc are a patchy mess

Etch primed paint sticks better!

Reeto, well I guess I need to find someone good at painting who doesn't charge the earth

Painting really isn't that hard Ben, You've got a compressor so I'd just buy some 2k satin black (or whatever colour you want) and give it a go

Is 2K paint dear?

Bennehboy said:

Is 2K paint dear?

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Let me google that for you

hahah, I deserve that mate.

Sorry mate, I saw an opportunity for revenge and went for it

Oooopssss.....

A fab read. Took me nearly a week of evenings from start to finish. I now know who to call if I get a problem.
I was trying to figure out how to paste the bass unit picture into here and then add: The problem with loud music is you can't hear when things wear out!
Next project?

Next project is galv chassis

Done naff all of late on the motor, bad weather keeping me away

Anyhow, a few weeks back the wipers stopped working properly on intermittent, turns out there's a link inside the motor housing that burns out - couldn't be bothered faffing with it so fitted a ****part replacement. Works fine but is a bit noisy.

Also fitted some PIAA Silicon wiper blades - couldn't find silblade's anywhere in UK and import costs were ridiculous.

The PIAA blades are U hook so I had to retro fit D1 arms to the motor to be able to use them.

Big thumbs up on how they perform though - miles better than the Bosch standard D2 blades!