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that would just get the woolie hat bregade complainin about the smoke .... do they grow smokeless trees ???

'Wish I could run cars on wood.'

actually you can!

nooooo .... do tell i'v got loads of wood in me garden ..... hows that work then ??

lrb2 said:

nooooo .... do tell i'v got loads of wood between me ears..... hows that work then ??

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now this, I cant wait to ear !

yer a gitt mondo it took me ages to spot that ...

My point egsakly !

google 'wood burning cars'

Wood gassification its a intresting subject but i'm not sure Mr Plodd would be to happy.
I get my motivation evey time the boss suggestes a shoping trip.

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Got to to laugh at the title of the article

mmmmmmm............series landrovers?....................................fooked backs?................. You don't fink that there could be a.......nah......there couldn'd............could there?

I used to hate them bad back people, always bloody moaning. Now I am one! Not by major accident but by being a 6'4" 20 stone farmer with a poor choice of hobbies living in a world designed for 5 foot nothings. I even have to bend down to use the light switches in my house cos building regs say they have to be that low for wheelchair users. Its that type of thing that will put me in an effing wheelchair. God I feel and sound older than 27. I'm a bad back person don't ya know.

Tinribs said:

mmmmmmm............series landrovers?....................................fooked backs?................. You don't fink that there could be a.......nah......there couldn'd............could there?

I used to hate them bad back people, always bloody moaning. Now I am one! Not by major accident but by being a 6'4" 20 stone farmer with a poor choice of hobbies living in a world designed for 5 foot nothings. I even have to bend down to use the light switches in my house cos building regs say they have to be that low for wheelchair users. Its that type of thing that will put me in an effing wheelchair. God I feel and sound older than 27. I'm a bad back person don't ya know.

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I don't really moan, it's all the other bastids that moan.

Wish I cud connect them up to my back for a while, teach the fokers a lesson.

Some parts of a rebuild will take days and the vehicle will not look much different after that part of the job is done - like prepping the bodywork for painting or doing the wiring. Other jobs take only a few hours and have a dramatic effect on the visual appearance of the vehicle - Like painting, putting an engine in or hanging on a few bits of bodywork. To get the momentum going again do one of the second types of jobs, then when things are back on track have a stab at one of the nasty jobs.

After doing a few rebuilds myself, I have realised that although it is very tempting when starting a rebuild to just get stuck in and completely dismantle the vehicle, this can be very bad for morale as after a while I realize that I no longer have a Land Rover - only a pile of nasty, rusty, discoloured, oily and worn out pieces of junk. I have swarn to myself that components must be cleaned up and repaired after they are taken off and before the next component is removed.

fenby1976 said:

Some parts of a rebuild will take days and the vehicle will not look much different after that part of the job is done - like prepping the bodywork for painting or doing the wiring. Other jobs take only a few hours and have a dramatic effect on the visual appearance of the vehicle - Like painting, putting an engine in or hanging on a few bits of bodywork. To get the momentum going again do one of the second types of jobs, then when things are back on track have a stab at one of the nasty jobs.

After doing a few rebuilds myself, I have realised that although it is very tempting when starting a rebuild to just get stuck in and completely dismantle the vehicle, this can be very bad for morale as after a while I realize that I no longer have a Land Rover - only a pile of nasty, rusty, discoloured, oily and worn out pieces of junk. I have swarn to myself that components must be cleaned up and repaired after they are taken off and before the next component is removed.

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That just about summs it all up, how many times have you seen "unfinished project" it's not the compelxity of the build it's the poor planning and getting overwhelmed with the volume of work that you think that you can do yourself.

But I have been there myself, in my employment totally ****ed off, and having my line manager take me off the job to give me a break, something different.

So to recap as Fewnby says, if it is laying in a pile, break it down into smaller achievable projects. There is nothing worse than looking at a pile of rusting bits and bobs, so start transforming that pile of junk into a selection of refurbished components ready to be fitted.

Start with the chassis, the backbone of it. Fook it of and get it sandblasted, then galved or painted whatever, best to paint it yourself though, but never clean and paint it it wears you down.

One thing that wears you down is cleaning, so either get a pressure washer and sandblaster or get down and get somebody to clean them up for you. Get them powder coated or paint them yourself, there is something theraputic about seing a bunch of bits laying all nice and painted ready, screaming, "fit me".

It's just stupid trying to do all the jobs yourself, wheels for example, fook them off and get them refurbished, you will never, ever, do as good a job as they do unless you have a bead blaster.

Planning is the core to success, not enthooothiusum.

david451 said:

That just about summs it all up, how many times have you seen "unfinished project" it's not the compelxity of the build it's the poor planning and getting overwhelmed with the volume of work that you think that you can do yourself.

But I have been there myself, in my employment totally ****ed off, and having my line manager take me off the job to give me a break, something different.

So to recap as Fewnby says, if it is laying in a pile, break it down into smaller achievable projects. There is nothing worse than looking at a pile of rusting bits and bobs, so start transforming that pile of junk into a selection of refurbished components ready to be fitted.

Start with the chassis, the backbone of it. Fook it of and get it sandblasted, then galved or painted whatever, best to paint it yourself though, but never clean and paint it it wears you down.

One thing that wears you down is cleaning, so either get a pressure washer and sandblaster or get down and get somebody to clean them up for you. Get them powder coated or paint them yourself, there is something theraputic about seing a bunch of bits laying all nice and painted ready, screaming, "fit me".

It's just stupid trying to do all the jobs yourself, wheels for example, fook them off and get them refurbished, you will never, ever, do as good a job as they do unless you have a bead blaster.

Planning is the core to success, not enthooothiusum.

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Heres another bit for you, I buy fookal if I can make it, making sliders for me landie and today went and got the metal. Expecting to have to make a "u" section out of 4mm plate before I really even got started on the interesting bit, however I managed to get him to bend it into one and saved me hours welding it together and a much better finished product.

A small fistful of dollars and I have a smile on my face, and looking forward to the job now. Get my point.

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Heres another bit for you, I buy fookal if I can make it, making sliders for me landie and today went and got the metal. Expecting to have to make a "u" section out of 4mm plate before I really even got started on the interesting bit, however I managed to get him to bend it into one and saved me hours welding it together and a much better finished product.

A small fistful of dollars and I have a smile on my face, and looking forward to the job now. Get my point.

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i find making bits up helps as well, i was needin some footwell repair panels but managed to make up some usable patches out of an old electric heater! there's definatly something theraputic about bashing a bit metal into shape!!

doobie said:

i find making bits up helps as well, i was needin some footwell repair panels but managed to make up some usable patches out of an old electric heater! there's definatly something theraputic about bashing a bit metal into shape!!

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Yer right Doobie, I love it as well, speshooly when it's free, down liddles other day and they were ripping out to refurb, two complete sheets of 5 bar checky plate chiped out. Right in the back orf me landie and ome it went. Now I have a checky back door panel and floor on top orf the ply, and a sheet spare.

Need to find some metal to make up grilles on me rear windows next, keep lokin them skips