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**digger** · 30th August 2010, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Dinty

Sven was rather partial to the 'Gunbuggy' like a lot of others LOL, , cheers Dennis

I gotta say it........

MMMMMMMMMMMMM GUNBUGGY!

great thread Dennis, keep it going we all love it just the way its going!

re brass welshplugs

Graham Matthews Auto Products

11 Ontario Avenue

Panorama

South Australia

(08) 8276 2066

he makes brass welsh plugs and sells worldwide, when you see them they have "GM" stamped on them... it doesnt stand for holden!

may be worth a try!

digger...

(I'll PM my details for inclusion as the next keeper of the gunbuggy (MMMMM) in your will if you'd like!!

)

**chazza** · 31st August 2010, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by digger

he makes brass welsh plugs and sells worldwide, when you see them they have "GM" stamped on them... it doesnt stand for holden!

Top work Dinty!

Why doesn't a clever bloke like you make brass core plugs?

I made some for my Wolseley years ago, by turning a male and female die out of steel on the lathe. The brass sheet (2mm) was annealed and pressed into the girlie bit and ejected using a parallel punch through a hole pre-drilled in the back of the die,

Cheers Charlie

**Dinty** · 31st August 2010, 07:06 PM

G'day All, The thought is never far from my mind, I know how to do it but it is time consuming

and I know that sounds bloody ridiculous given I paint the backside of washers that no-one is ever going to see

and I'm trying to have this vehicle ready for Corowa 2011.
I did make a stainless steel one years ago, it wasn't for a vehicle it was fire hole door cover for my 5" gauge live steam NSWGR 32 class loco.
I have 2 Brass 'welsh plugs' that I reclaimed from the engine, that have little or no damage to them, I could turn a ? mandrel and reclaim them, anyway I'm not yet ready to run the engine so I will sit on it for the time being, but thanks for the encouragement, cheers Dennis

drifter · 31st August 2010, 07:19 PM

Fantastic thread - the documented attention to detail has me pouring back through the post. Thanks!

**Sth65pacific** · 31st August 2010, 07:51 PM

Dennis,

All going well

I will be following you....or you following me to Corowa. We discussed a lot of options on getting there: Drive/tow/truck/trailer/the 109"/.... I am also burning the midnight oil to get 112-464 on the road for the event. I am chasing you in many areas, but I am lucky I can rely on a few jobs being fast (I hope)

oh and its like the backing plates: No one knows if you painted the mounting bolts on the inside.

you only see the nut & spring washer...

Ian

Originally Posted by Dinty

G'day All, The thought is never far from my mind, I know how to do it but it is time consuming

and I know that sounds bloody ridiculous given I paint the backside of washers that no-one is ever going to see

and I'm trying to have this vehicle ready for Corowa 2011.
I did make a stainless steel one years ago, it wasn't for a vehicle it was fire hole door cover for my 5" gauge live steam NSWGR 32 class loco.
I have 2 Brass 'welsh plugs' that I reclaimed from the engine, that have little or no damage to them, I could turn a ? mandrel and reclaim them, anyway I'm not yet ready to run the engine so I will sit on it for the time being, but thanks for the encouragement, cheers Dennis

**The ho har's** · 31st August 2010, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Sth65pacific

Dennis,

All going well

I will be following you....or you following me to Corowa. We discussed a lot of options on getting there: Drive/tow/truck/trailer/the 109"/.... I am also burning the midnight oil to get 112-464 on the road for the event. I am chasing you in many areas, but I am lucky I can rely on a few jobs being fast (I hope)

oh and its like the backing plates: No one knows if you painted the mounting bolts on the inside.

you only see the nut & spring washer...

Ian

Don't forget about us we will be there again....2009 was a terrific event ...can't wait for 2011

Mrs hh

**Unimog down under** · 1st September 2010, 06:15 PM

Hi all, isn't 2011 the year of the oil slick? "Land Rover".
To get there faster & less cost in fuel, take that eight bladed govenor / fan & throw it at

<you choose> but just do it.
regards Stephen.

**The ho har's** · 1st September 2010, 07:08 PM

Yes "The Year of the British and European Vehicle"

See you there

Mrs hh

**Dinty** · 3rd September 2010, 05:53 PM

G'day All, After a very early start

What an interesting day it has been weather wise, rain sunshine overcast cold windy n wet warm to hot

, anyway I'm certain that I have secured a bulkhead, I have paid the man in full, just need to go back now and select which one's I want, along with a heap of other stuff

all in all a good trip, albeit very quick 12 hours on the road, I will be going back in about 2 weeks, and will need most likely 1 1/2 days onsite, better get the swag ready anyway cheers Dennis

**Dinty** · 5th September 2010, 03:59 PM

G'day All,
Well day 239 was not much different from any other, apart from yesterday with rain n more rain, and I supervised the change over of 4 coil springs n shocks on my daughters 4b.
Today I revisited the RHS wing assembly, it had multiple little faults. I had used paint stripper on it some months ago, it had several layers of paint on it including the 3 cans (spray cans white knight) Brunswick Green as applied by Graham for the R&R run in 2001

the paint stripper does a fabulous job, but it has it's drawbacks firstly the smell in a confined space

+ you have to be fastidious with removing all the residue paint stripper, I generally pressure wash the parts almost 100% gaurantee of removing residue.
The guard had been sitting in the side garden

much to swmbo disgust and threats of taking them to the dump (dunno how you would fit a wing off any Land Rover in a 2001 Astra

) it needed pressure washing to remove bird s**t etc let it dry out of the weather, it can be seen sitting in the garden against the fence in this pic LOL

It had many small dings which needed attention, so out with the panel hammers, dolly (no not Barbie) and my much loved wooden plumbers mallet, and a block of soft wood, the small dings dissappeared. Certain areas of the guard had electrolysis on them from steel not being painted, mainly the pioneering tools, so those areas got extra attention, I did find a few spot welds that had let go, 3/16" blind rivets in place, etch prime the panel and the underside of the rivet, then fit, that eliminates electrolysis in the future. The whole wing needed a touch up with the orbital sander (Metabo grunt)

and with it's velcro pad makes life very comfortable although dusty.

once I was satisfied that I had been over as much of the guard as I could, I mixed some 'Protec' etch primer and sprayed the guard inside first, and because it flash dries very quickly, turned it over and did the outside

Attention has now been turned to the outer wing, the original has a very long stress fracture in it, and as I don't have TIG, I used a spare that I had, and I knew it had bog in it, Land Rover panels and bog don't mix, they generally fracture/split as can be seen,

I know I'm going to have to use some bog, hopefully with a bit of dexterity using the panel tools I might be able to knock out some of the dings and lessen the amount of bog, time will tell, I do have several outer wings for S2/2A civvie L/R's, I don't relish the thought of having to cut one down

anyway thats how I spent day 239 aka fathers day cheers Dennis

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