Recent content by dag019

I am sure someone on here will have what I am looking for in theirs and save me a whole load of googling for measurements etc. Having converted my hardtop to a station wagon I have lost all of my storage between the front seats and the bulkhead and I also lost all of the storage behind the...

Actually get this one. I struggled for a long time (years) with the cheap multi piece sets you get with the little round dies. When I eventually gave up and got this one I was cursing myself for not spending a little more and getting this one first time around. It is much easier to just and...

If the concern is the roof gutters taking the weight there are several roof rack designs that are available to try and mitigate that. The old brown church HD roof racks had additional support struts that came down to the windscreen hinges and the rear body capping as seen here (pic from google)...

Is it, I thought that was about right for an anlternator output?

This is what I ordered LINK

The test sheet that came with my new alternator. If I am reading the performance curve correctly does that mean that at a little over 4000rpm it will produce 160amp? I will need to do some maths looking at the belt gearing but the engine can do 4k rpm. The pad pump is maybe geared down (crank...

This^^. I am in exactly the same position and could not have put it better myself. 200tdi 110 has been my daily drive since I was 18, I do about 30k miles a year, and the wife's car just feels terrible to drive. they are perfectly capable of doing large mileage in all conditions with no trouble...

It depends on the alternator. You can do that with the Lucas alternators, but certainly not with Magneti Marelli as I tried that with the one I got form Newbury and then had to resolder all the windings before giving away as the end cover is integral to the rest of it. The new britpart one...

You may want to skim through some of them, two of them are rather long documenting the whole build process most of which is not relevant to your original painting question!

I did not think t-wash was a true etch though hence I still used an etch primer on things that were getting a body coloured top coat. Everythign else is zinc 182 for as much protection as posisble.

New alternator arrived yesterday (my mistake, first one arrived Friday but realised I had ordered a defender one not a discovery one and they are handed opposite!) and was fitted today, all being well it should not require anything for a good wile now, but it was the britpart branded one rather...

No need to key the surface as it is a chemical reaction rather than needing to adhere to the surface like paint. This^^ I completely agree with. For the price and ease it is not worth the risk of not using it in my opinion. In terms of patio cleaner vs t-wash i have not bothered to look into...

I have done bulkheads, chassis and lots of galvanised brackets from YRM. The technique and order I use is: T-wash Primer Topcoat Dintrol The primer I use depends on the applications and part, I use an acid etch primer for body panels, and Zinc 182 for everything else. The choice of topcoat...

I glued my old fabric back on with impact contact adhesive and it has not sagged yet. There is clearly different fabrics used though as three out of four of the sections I have done this with have been fine, but the fourth reacted and wrinkled the fabric for some reason. But it is the rear...

Has it stood for a long time? Could be condensation? Also goes a pale pink emulsion colour if it is running low and filled wither bubbles. The power steering reservoir often looks like that but settles back to normal red atf.