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hello peeps, have decided to bite the bullet and get one of those wee diesel heaters, I’d like to wire it all in myself and am thinking of using a standalone leisure battery. Is this a good idea? I dont want to add much more load to the main battery as I’ve got a heated screen running off that...

Here's mine I welded a metal piece then riveted them on been in a good 5 years now

+1 for Camac, still have two on my series from my time in spain Great tyres, werent dear in Spain dont know abt here

+1 for conveyor belt, v hard wearing. I worked in a granite quarry and we all had belt mudflaps on various 4x4s...

Top class mate, thanks v much, will make one and itll finish the job off nicely

Looking great, my first series was Atlantic Green, it’ll be grand when your finished! I didnt have a garage when I did mine so I did the whole thing on a nice day! Still looks fine a year later !

I just t washed mine down wi white spirit and painted it wi a 3/4” brush. No problem.

I only said it was an interesting exercise because : A) all the bits went back, but not necessarily in the right order B) there were no bits left over C) I didn’t have to buy any bits D) it works. Oh and Mrs Fatrover is highly pleased. Which in and of itself is a miracle.

Entirely true. Add sad and lonely for the full effect.

Update: handbrake removed, ratchet reprofiled along with pawl and reassembled. It turns out that someone in the dim and distant past had put the plunger rods in the handle in wrong, and while they worked, just, they didn’t provide the correct tension on the pawl. Anyhow, I removed the plunger...

Connect your wallet to it. Then watch it suck all the money out .....

I think it should be fairly easy with a bit of care ! Now to find a decent file.....

I think, altho not sure, that I’m missing washers and or a spacer between the ratchet and handle housing, which, I think, has caused the rod to pull the pawl on at an angle over the ratchet causing the burring and eventually the symptom I have of the handle not pulling on fully and jumping off...

Yes, will try and reshape the ratchet a bit first, pawl seems ok, perhaps slightly rounded, so I think I might re profile it slightly as well! Nothing to lose really! P.s thanks again for the workshop manual link, really helpful

Extracted the entire mechanism today, heres what seems to be the problem, a lot of burring on the ratchet

Excellent, thats what I was looking for, will give it a go tomorrow, many thanks

Ah thats interesting, must check and see, I couldnt budge any of it!

Thanks guys, its def an issue with the ratchet, ideally I’d like to take the whole lever handle oot and clean it etc an check if the rods are bent apparently that can derail the ratchet mechanism but I’m buggered if i can see how to get tit oot

I am wondering if this is wots knackered

hi folks, my ratchet and pawl isn’t pulling on fully, if i stick my finger against the pawl, I can cause it to click into the ratchet, otherwise it goes a couple clicks but won’t pull on fully. So, am thinking either ratchet and pawl are worn or one or more of the springs in the handbrake lever...