Topic: disco truck. (Read 124625 times)

boss · « **Reply #390 on:** August 09, 2008, 20:11:06 »

that thought did occur to me but then i also thought i have to change the tyres over after i take it out weather they be muddy or not and what ever the weather! also got to find somewhere to keep 4-5 38" boggers! Chris Abel is selling his iroks and i got my eye on them but I'm not paying over 550 for them! i think he wants allot more than that, they start at 400 but i refuse to get into bidding wars on eBay! if in the event that i do get some nice big tyres then i will be going down the farm and hijacking some of marks old wheels! i will probably have to do this anyway because the cage is going to put another 2.5" inches in to the height, still no word from Shaun BTW. he is going to lose out on business if he doesn't get a move on, i cant afford to wait much longer!

can anyone tell me whats wrong with this dimension

2.5"

the first person to get it will get a free k&n sticker!

jonny ramrod · « **Reply #391 on:** August 10, 2008, 15:04:39 »

mix of metric and imperial..??

Disco_Stu · « **Reply #392 on:** August 10, 2008, 16:55:35 »

Should be 2 1/2" :) Do i get a sticker?

Jake · « **Reply #393 on:** August 10, 2008, 18:23:03 »

The problem with 2.5" is its a very small length for a pen is
:lol: :lol:
:twisted:

bravo669 · « **Reply #394 on:** August 10, 2008, 18:48:04 »

hehe!!

jonny ramrod · « **Reply #395 on:** August 10, 2008, 23:39:28 »

Quote from: Disco_Stu on August 10, 2008, 16:55:35

Should be 2 1/2" :) Do i get a sticker?

but i was first for a special sticker.....

boss · « **Reply #396 on:** August 11, 2008, 15:14:22 »

blast! pm me your adress and ill send you an assortment of stickers

clbarclay · « **Reply #397 on:** August 11, 2008, 23:01:24 »

Quote from: jonny ramrod on August 10, 2008, 15:04:39

mix of metric and imperial..??

Wheres the metric? decimal maby but its still in inches
Doesn't matter whether you express it as decimal or as a fraction its still measured using imperial units.

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because the cage is going to put another 2.5" inches in to the height

This could be classes as wrong though where used both the abriviation for inches and the word. For example have you ever done the same with metric and writen
2.5mm millimeters

Obviously its late and any sense of humour has left me.

boss · « **Reply #398 on:** August 15, 2008, 18:35:12 »

i threatend to do it ages ago and in the end finaly made a start on making the axels look a little better. wasnt nice looking at nice shiny new parts and having nasty muddy crappy axels! took those stuped disk protectors off too! appart from that [!Expletive Deleted!] all done!
going to be sorting out the rear "bumper" soon aswell, i dont like it!

crazymac · « **Reply #399 on:** August 15, 2008, 18:52:26 »

Good idea to get rid off them disc protectors, I just had a stone stuck in there after laning at the weekend, makes a horrible noise :x

davidlandy · « **Reply #400 on:** August 15, 2008, 19:40:54 »

Glad youre sorting that back end out Boss.

boss · « **Reply #401 on:** August 15, 2008, 22:25:44 »

im thinking about going down the line of not having a rear bumper! jsut a tray....but then again ive also been leaking about with the idea of selling the body and make a 100" hybrid trayback! or get a RRC. getting annoyd with the body work TBH. not modification frendley!

boss · « **Reply #402 on:** August 18, 2008, 18:56:12 »

OK, childish side coming out now! caught jays thread lastnight and saw how far along he is, i have been at this for longer than him and i am falling behind! this is not good! and makes me look bad! nothing against jay at all just it has made me realise how much of a slacker i am! SO, started a little bit of fab work today on the arse end, lights will probably be in tomorrow provided nothing goes wrong(touch wood) it does all look a bit scruffy but its a really hard area to work properly so i have done it within the time i have allowed myself and i will make it look a bit better later down the line! it holds fine so its OK for now!

started the day outside then the wind picked up

fold it

seen worse

needs chopping :|

glued with silicone and popped with rivvets!

as i am writing this i can almost hear some of you saying "why the hell has he only done 1!" well its one of those jobs where is takes hours to do the first one then about 45Min's for the second one. hopefully should be done for tomorrow.

boss · « **Reply #403 on:** August 19, 2008, 18:56:47 »

more lazyness!
cut my hair too....gave my self a jar head......

plugged the lights in and nothing happend....maby missing an earth or a fuse has gone, i don't know, not one that works with wires well :roll:
Ive got this spaghetti mess that is the wiring loom in the cab.....i don't need half the crap on there, is it possible to cut all the unwanted feeds off with out any major repercussions????

bravo669 · « **Reply #404 on:** August 19, 2008, 19:28:48 »

no idea about electrics, but it does sound like a bad earth or a fuse, that would be a good starting point. back end looks topjob now, i like how it looks alot. good work!

boss · « **Reply #405 on:** August 19, 2008, 19:45:04 »

ta bud, the back end will look a lot better tomorow when i get the bracing for the lights back in (i had to cut aload out) also now those stuped disk shields are off i can clean the inside of my wheel.

does anyone know where i can get disco breaks on the cheap? they dont have to be good as its only going to be on the road for about 20% of its life now!

davidlandy · « **Reply #406 on:** August 19, 2008, 21:25:49 »

the back looking much better - welldone, its a difficult thing to acheive with those arches

boss · « **Reply #407 on:** August 20, 2008, 17:35:52 »

HOWS THAT?! :D

crazymac · « **Reply #408 on:** August 20, 2008, 20:10:09 »

Yeh, much prefer that back end now :clap:

bravo669 · « **Reply #409 on:** August 20, 2008, 21:13:39 »

love it!

Jake · « **Reply #410 on:** August 20, 2008, 21:15:46 »

Thats better
Good work Doug
:clap:

boss · « **Reply #411 on:** August 21, 2008, 20:35:06 »

thank you for all the positive feed back :D

new photos for jay(and the rest of you i guess), that ought to hold you for a while mate but you really need to get yours muddy! :lol: :thumbup:

boss · « **Reply #412 on:** August 26, 2008, 18:45:32 »

went on down to BOC today and got some gas. along with other goodies like self locking mole grips! amazing

! anyone who has done a project like this can tell you that there are highs and lows to it all, i was approaching a low then this happend and made me smile again!

i think it is all coming together pretty well! its the first time that i have truly felt Happy about it all!

the amazing molegrips that don't need to be adjusted! spent ages just seeing what they would and wouldn't grip on to!

as it was before the paint.....still not sure on the shiny black! but this is it after i ran a flap disk over it....some rather hideous welds i know but they have all penetrated! would like to invest in a nice 3phase MiG set and an AC/DC TIG plant but i cant afford to do that and continue with the truck so i think ill make do for the while.

boss · « **Reply #413 on:** August 27, 2008, 19:16:51 »

today there was lots of swaring, decided id had enough of oil patches on the garage floor (started to look a bit messey...er)so i took the sump off and put some new goo on it. fingers crossed that will be that . i had never done the job before and looking back on it it was a stuped mistake but when i undid the drain plug i had the bowl under it waiting for it to trickle out......it [!Expletive Deleted!] out! all over my neck and right arm! will not be making that mistake again! also shed aload of things that wernt nessasary/broken, the doghnut thing and my steering damper was pretty mullerd so took that off too.
took a photo of the back end with the lights in and i now know it wont be long now

TDi90 · « **Reply #414 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:47:54 »

i have done that before, it goes EVERYWHERE

now i know where to strategically place the bowl about a foot further back from the sump lol
good work buddy looking gooooood :clap:

boss · « **Reply #415 on:** August 28, 2008, 18:18:48 »

ah! at least I'm not the only one! :lol:
did nothing today. had to help some one get a fridge and move it about. and do some painting.
cut the waffle board to fit, shouldn't have really because there my dads but i have used them more than he ever has/will! my case proven.
sprayed all the raw metal i could find with plasticoat and made measurements to finally fit and secure the light fixings properly. so should be "done" tomorrow
i know i shouldn't make claims like that but i think it might be.

boss · « **Reply #416 on:** August 29, 2008, 18:18:55 »

came home early today, feel like [!Expletive Deleted!] and there are problems with the females of the species and on top of that my driving test was canceled which now puts my apprenticeship in jeopardy all this is making me weld like poo and i haven't been sleeping well and I'm just not up to it all. there was a threat of it being finished today but my already lousey attitude took another blow when the lights still refused to work. just went down hill from there.
some pics of crap welding for you, now I'm going to crawl into bed and die!

Disco_Stu · « **Reply #417 on:** August 29, 2008, 21:22:20 »

Boss, my only observation is this.... You may not name your disco "Daisy" as it is my daughters name and therefore taken. Also IMHO Landrovers are boys, just ask our Hercules :lol:

boss · « **Reply #418 on:** August 29, 2008, 21:29:33 »

ok.....so your ride is a guy!
says alot about you :lol:

ben_haynes · « **Reply #419 on:** August 29, 2008, 21:32:59 »

im with boss on this

mine is called dent for obvious reasons but she is most definatly a girl :lol:

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