My 109" Series 3 :)

Bloody won't with all the lights im fitting

Int you gonna have a convoy light too? Just the orange flame plus a lil red light

And anyways what you doing on here? Get out and sort your series out you only has till feb to sort it

robbh said:

Bloody won't with all the lights im fitting

Int you gonna have a convoy light too? Just the orange flame plus a lil red light

And anyways what you doing on here? Get out and sort your series out you only has till feb to sort it

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Snigger, I's having HID lights on the front plus my 150w daylighters

There'll be a convoy light fitted if the axles ready on time! If not it'll just be a standard axle but I should be picking up the new single phase tig/mig on tuesday

And I would be sorting it but I cant get my pinion til monday then I has to sort out getting it into the gearbox!

Once thats in I'll blitz it on my next day off

mine,s black .stealthy look

got her up running.

now do i keep the essex 3ltr lump / or go for the v8

Dr_evil said:

Snigger, I's having HID lights on the front plus my 150w daylighters

There'll be a convoy light fitted if the axles ready on time! If not it'll just be a standard axle but I should be picking up the new single phase tig/mig on tuesday

And I would be sorting it but I cant get my pinion til monday then I has to sort out getting it into the gearbox!

Once thats in I'll blitz it on my next day off

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Think i might upgrade my headlights to hid's the light output atm is poor!

Luck bugger i wants a tig welder! but then again i is having 3 phase power fitted soon

tyre man dave said:

mine,s black .stealthy look

got her up running.

now do i keep the essex 3ltr lump / or go for the v8

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I think its gonna have to go black

V8 all the way i would fit one but I'm gonna be doing a lot of miles in mine so it's kinda not an option

robbh said:

Think i might upgrade my headlights to hid's the light output atm is poor!

Luck bugger i wants a tig welder! but then again i is having 3 phase power fitted soon

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Oh I'm just using HID spotlights not the headlights


haha well its DC only, just waiting for a reply from the seller with the address

Dr_evil said:

Oh I'm just using HID spotlights not the headlights


haha well its DC only, just waiting for a reply from the seller with the address

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Fair enough. What about beam pattern?

Still even if it is only a DC tig i want one may have to buy one afterthe laning trip

robbh said:

Fair enough. What about beam pattern?

Still even if it is only a DC tig i want one may have to buy one afterthe laning trip

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These are my KC 8000 HID's beam pattern is good, phone camera doesn't do it justice









I wants it lay down a nice stack of dimes on the outside of me axle case then no need to clean up the welds

Tis not too bad they look bloody bright though!

Bastid I suppose me mig will suffice for now

I want a go when i come up though

They has crazy range on them 850,000 candle power each

Well its currently set up as a mig, need to buy the tig torch and stuff for it plus argon but mig will do me for a bit womans still not sent me the address yet

I prefer the old battered look

But if you're going for satin black I have a 5l tub of vehicle paint you can have for nothing, if it's any good for you? I only used a little bit of it!

Cooper267 said:

I prefer the old battered look

But if you're going for satin black I have a 5l tub of vehicle paint you can have for nothing, if it's any good for you? I only used a little bit of it!

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I do quite like the battered look but can't help feeling that the stealth look would be better

And i may take you up on that offer have you made a start on your series yet?

Ronsealdeath, nice tip about squeezing the wheel cylinders in when bleeding the brakes.
Only problem I had I managed to break the post on the brake shoe as I got carried away with the ratchet strap but got over that problem and I now have a nice firm pedal.

robbh said:

I do quite like the battered look but can't help feeling that the stealth look would be better

And i may take you up on that offer have you made a start on your series yet?

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I'm working about 20 minutes from yours all week, so if you want it let me know and I'll drop it round

Nope, mines still sat in the shed was meant to be moving house tomorrow, but not moving til next week now so it's gotta sit in the shed a bit longer!

Cooper267 said:

I'm working about 20 minutes from yours all week, so if you want it let me know and I'll drop it round

Nope, mines still sat in the shed was meant to be moving house tomorrow, but not moving til next week now so it's gotta sit in the shed a bit longer!

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May aswell have it if you've got no use for it well I'm about every afternoon this week so feel free to pop round for a brew :tea: just text me to let me know

That's s**t. Not much longer until you can have a tinker though will have to come down and see it once your moved and sorted

like to see a pic of it satin black, the kids are pressuring me to paint our s3 black instead of marine blue.

robbh said:

May aswell have it if you've got no use for it well I'm about every afternoon this week so feel free to pop round for a brew :tea: just text me to let me know

That's s**t. Not much longer until you can have a tinker though will have to come down and see it once your moved and sorted

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Okay mate, will probably be Thursday or Friday.

Yeah, feel free to come over whenever you want. I have a lot of welding that needs doing lol

Cooper267 said:

Okay mate, will probably be Thursday or Friday.

Yeah, feel free to come over whenever you want. I have a lot of welding that needs doing lol

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No worries

Cool sounds good will definitely pop over soon and i don't mind doing some welding

Hello. small update.

Front axle is now fully stripped, ground back, and wire brushed to buggerery. So is now completely ready for the new HD diff pan and all the new spring mounts and bump stops to be welded on........... Well once I've got the old axle out so i can put this one under to set up the castor angle




Whilst on the subject of the front axle both swivel housings are currently at work. One has been machined slightly to accommodate something im making to relocate the track rod. Other one will be machined next week. Pics of this to follow.

I've also made a start on the rear axle. Some of the mounts were about as thin as tissue paper so came of nice and easily. Once this ones has the same treatment as the front i will get everything lined up and welded up on the bench as there's no need to worry about castor angles etc



Once welded up i will get on paint them both. Then comes the fun part of stripping and rebuilding the diffs and then i can finally start putting the axles together and think about putting them underneath the series

oo that's nice and shiny

Finally an update.

Been so busy with work and other things i haven't had time to do anything to the series

Anyways a very nice courier man dropped off a very nice box with lots of goodies in this morning



Headlights are shot. One nearly fell out the other week whilst sorting a loose wire so thought an upgrade was in order so have decided to fit crystal halegon headlights. Also decided it was a good idea to replace the sidelights and indicators. Few pics














Mucho betterer

Also been having a problem with loosing fluid from the clutch. Found the problem to be a fractured flexi hose so got shot of the old and fitted a nice new braided one in place.

And then last but not least i thought I'd get the paint out!




Not 100% sure i like it at the minute but i shall carry on painting it black regardless :doh: