ebbadger
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Well the more I drank last night the better my idea seemed so cracked on this morning after a strong coffee or two.... An 8ft tall defender was clearly going to cause issues when I needed to work on the engine so after 3 litres of frosty jack I decided on a flip front... Brackets made n welded to the chassis, bracing bar fitted and solid brass rod running through drilled n pinned each end to act as pivot.... Wings braced and rock solid, inner arches trimmed and jobs a good un.... And I can now sit on the tyre and work on the engine with ease and it's a 30 second job to remove the pins and lift the front end off completely should I ever need to do major engine surgery quite chuffed it was so simple .....
easy engine access from now on![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
brackets welded
brass pivot inside bracing tube
bracing tube....
cheers steve
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easy engine access from now on
![13798237114_f60b52cd21.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3735%2F13798237114_f60b52cd21.jpg&hash=79299472027b03e8aee6e74a0341bf75)
brackets welded
![13797532825_7d49e2407b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2909%2F13797532825_7d49e2407b.jpg&hash=115cd671c0ec40da358119c5f688fc2e)
brass pivot inside bracing tube
![13797537845_ae50d56838.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7158%2F13797537845_ae50d56838.jpg&hash=507bf1cace0424c90b97b081b646ba72)
bracing tube....
![13797548923_d5896ce4dc.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7269%2F13797548923_d5896ce4dc.jpg&hash=8696c2a05f93fcc5b5edd31117148999)
cheers steve