Moose McAlpine
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Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!View attachment 441688
I knew owning a Land Rover would involve a lot of work, but every time i touch it i find more things that need fixing.
Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since
If you fish out the seal spring and overlap it by a couple of turns, often that's all it needs to make a better seal by putting a little bit more pressure on the lip.Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since
It's a few years since I had a D2, there was a long running thread on the D2BC forum where people were having issues with new seals leaking. Apparently most aftermarket seals are the wrong size and leak, someone on there had found a source for the correct Cortico seals and there was a link.Ah yes I remember doing the ball joints on ours, if you find a decent half shaft oil seal that doesnt leak let me know!
I replaced the oil seals on ours as everyone was saying "you should change them!" and they have leaked ever since
but it's not going into a competition
Pigeon poop on it alreadyI was given a couple of bird-feeder stands last year. I came to assemble today...
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Typical.
I had an old piece of gas barrel, so cut a sleeve from it and dressed the joint.
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Rammed it together and put some metal glue on.
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Not the prettiest of jobs, but it's not going into a competition, after all
I was thinking Mr Blobby.I was given a couple of bird-feeder stands last year. I came to assemble today...
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Typical.
I had an old piece of gas barrel, so cut a sleeve from it and dressed the joint.
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Rammed it together and put some metal glue on.
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Not the prettiest of jobs, but it's not going into a competition, after all
I ain’t no ornithologist, but definitely not pigeon…but blobs big enough to maybe be Ar$estretch….Ooh, that hurts
You get extra points, just for having done some welding.Ooh, that hurts
Welding? Wozzat?You get extra points, just for having done some welding.
Yeah, nearly unheard of.Welding? Wozzat?
will you be polishing it up. or leaving the patina?View attachment 441944
This Mini zippo was mine for £0.50P
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But it was broken.
The hinge pin was gone, the flint wheel was wonky.
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A new old stock axil pin was used.
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New hinge pin was made, by liberating a bit of brass wire.