Thread: Gav's 101.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Got a great little package in the mail today. It was very heavy so knew straight away what it was. My order of tooling and other bits and pieces from bigbjorn. If anybody needs tooling, HSS, taps dies anything like that I would highly recommend you speak to him. All of these parts came at prices that are much better than what you'll find on the shelves of your local tool shop by a mile. His expert advice was also greatly appreciated. As can be seen in the pic below I've got some HSS tool holders parting blades and holders, tap handles, Pitch gauges, knurling tools, boring bars set, high-quality Chuck and Arbor, and a heap of high-speed steel and tungsten tipped tooling as well. Although I've got no way of grinding the tungsten at the moment I will have something for that shortly. Should keep me out of trouble for a little while I'm going to go and put it all in my nice new tooling cabinet now.
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Are those salt and pepper grinders metric or imperial?

DL

I'm more worried about the blood pressure machine..!

Don't tell me that Chucky's heart is sick!

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

I'm more worried about the blood pressure machine..!

Don't tell me that Chucky's heart is sick!

Not Chucky's heart, no....

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Are those salt and pepper grinders metric or imperial?

DL

Metric all the way.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

I recently enquired on the load rating of some tread boards, for the intended being a 101.. The answer came back “not suitable for trucks”.

Just saw these and thought of this post

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10T Heavy Duty Recovery Tracks Sand Track Snow Mud Tracks 10T Vehicle Blue 4WD | Catch.com.au

ive never needed recovery treads in 40 yrs of 4x4ing . Always carry a number of hessian bags , half fill with sand, mud, stones, snow etc & chuck under wheels or in holes . They are there taking up no space or weight anytime you need them, & you don't have to look like a ******.

Originally Posted by goingbush

ive never needed recovery treads in 40 yrs of 4x4ing . Always carry a number of hessian bags , half fill with sand, mud, stones, snow etc & chuck under wheels or in holes . They are there taking up no space or weight anytime you need them, & you don't have to look like a ******.

On the western mail runs where there is a lot of sand and loose stuff we carried old coir hall runners. Jack up the wheels and pull the runners through and drive off. Roll them up and sling them off the lashing rails of the mail truck. Usually found them on the town tip. Does such still exist?

Finally back on the 101. Putting the bits together found a small discrepancy between 2 of the parts - now I have a mill and rotary table it was an easy fix although I would have done it with the grinder had I not. All parts together and run out on disc checked checked - 0.07mm which is well within spec. Fettled the calliper so it clears everything - again, easy job on the mill and neater too. Did find one problem - the wheel bearings on that side once cleaned up were found to be too far gone to reuse - which is a bit odd as the other side was like new. Anyway, will order some and this may slow things down a bit as I really wanted it back on its wheels this weekend but anyway, a lot closer now. Will start putting the dash and interior back together tomorrow so that's all done. Might also have a look at how I'm going to fit the PS pump - A job I'm not looking forward to...IMG_0838.jpgIMG_0839.jpg