Thread: JayBoRovers 101

Originally Posted by Brute

Just a thought John, if you booked in at Welshpool pits in an afternoon you could swing past my workshop in the morning on the same permit and we can sort the welding out first.

That's not a bad plan at all. Any day to particularly avoid for you?

Any day should be ok as long as you give us a couple of days notice

Winning!! It'll b on the road in no time then!!

I finally got a chance to make a booking for the licensing inspection at Welshpool! Next Tuesday could be a great day ... or a temporary setback day.

What time is your booking John? Do you still want to do the welding first

Originally Posted by Brute

What time is your booking John? Do you still want to do the welding first

My booking is for 2pm, so have to be there by 1:45. My permit starts at 8am so I figure I'll try and get a piece of 2.5mm plate cut to shape tomorrow and ready to go so I'll be all set for anytime in the morning or early afternoon that suits you. I have a bit more cleaning up to do to the existing plate and welds. If it's okay with you I'd love to call in and have you stitch the plate on if convenient.

I also have to play around with the headlight switch tomorrow as it's a little intermittent about its working. I have a LED fitted into the dash beside the headlight switch to tell you when the tail lights are on or not, as the headlights and dash will come on but not necessarily the tail lights. They work fine in the other positions where they're supposed to work and don't work in the positions they're not supposed to work, except for the main position where they're supposed to work with everything together. There you have to "jiggle" the switch several times to get it "just right".

I'll give you a ring to discuss.
Cheers

Any time Tuesday should be ok, just give yourself an hour or so. I have some 3mm that we can make a plate out which is what I rebuilt the series 1 chassis with, I'm sure no one would notice the extra 1/2 mm.

On a different note, had an interesting experience today when the 101 brakes failed. I was just pulling up outside a mates house to look at his perentie, when there was a loud bang and the 101 pedal went to the floor and I went sailing past his house. One of the steel brake pipes that link the top and bottom cylinder sheared at the fitting. Luckily he had some vice grips to clamp the hose and a bit of brake fluid. Not fun to drive with just one front brake though. And I never got to look at his perentie, hopefully it will be at Gingin too.

Eeek!! That could have turned out very nasty in a different circumstance!

Okay, I'll leave the plate other than to make a template ready to cut your 3mm plate from. I'll concentrate on the light switch and removing all the oil (under a Land Rover?? No way?? ) from under the engine, gearbox, transfer box and diffs and try to make it look like the brake wheel cylinders have never leaked in their lives. Shouldn't be hard??