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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Reply #125 on:
August 25, 2009, 04:51:38 pm »
Its a complement if you yank-guys like it
Loads more to do..
Anyone know someone who is good with CAD / Machining? A few of us were working on a disc brake conversion as a 'group' over on Earlybay, but now the main guy has left but will send everything we have done to-date to me - but then what
lol..
The kits you can buy for the conversion are £1200 quid with the cheapest and newest kit coming it at £800 is for vented discs.. So anything cheaper than that is what we need
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
Incursus
Blinged Up Pimp
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Reply #126 on:
August 25, 2009, 04:56:39 pm »
Looking
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F Body
Trainee Gangsta
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Reply #127 on:
August 25, 2009, 05:08:22 pm »
Quoting: Cunning Plan
Anyone know someone who is good with CAD / Machining?
There are a couple of CNC experts on the forum, PhilO, RK and Andy ?
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #128 on:
August 25, 2009, 05:20:06 pm »
Quoting: F Body
There are a couple of CNC experts on the forum, PhilO, RK and Andy ?
I had no idea!!
Okay so Ill get the CAD details so far then?
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
F Body
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #129 on:
August 25, 2009, 05:42:23 pm »
Quoting: Cunning Plan
I had no idea!!
Well I have a City & Guilds in advanced CNC programming ( not a lot of people know that ) but it's been over 20 years since I went near a CNC machine
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #130 on:
October 19, 2009, 09:07:48 pm »
Not much action right now as cash is rare! So I decided to do some stuff that doesn't need buying parts..
The seats arrived on a pallet and the passenger seat had a slight tare on the back of it. So I repaired it.
While I was doing this, I noticed that the seats have a pocked at the back - useful for maps etc I figured..
Also when the seats arrived, the passenger seat-back winder was missing along with the plastic plugs for the lower trim - which has now been tidied as much as it can to get the scratches out. The local scrapy had a Saab 9000 in, so I pulled another one off..
Next - the seatbelt clips - I took the original Saab ones off the mounting on the side of the seat and replaced with the correct Secron ones. The clips were originally placed where the old lower mounting point was, but the inertia belt will not reach that far..
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
art b
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Reply #131 on:
October 19, 2009, 09:44:49 pm »
how did the towing go with the mondy...?
we had a game with the pikey tranny we used for towing, the bus we bought back....
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Reply #132 on:
October 20, 2009, 06:20:24 am »
Quoting: art b
how did the towing go with the mondy...?
It was fine - way easier in the diesel Passat though. The Mondeo clutch is real worn though
Quoting: art b
we had a game with the pikey tranny we used for towing, the bus we bought back....
Yah, I bet it was easier in the tranny though. Replied on your thead...
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #133 on:
November 16, 2009, 09:41:44 pm »
Small steps, but slowly moving forward..
Figured I would start putting the deck lid back together..
One of the threads that held the hinges on was bent, so I had to bend it back into shape to get the bracket that has the thread in over the hole - anyone who has done this will know what I mean.. :msn4:
The other thread had a broken screw in it.. So I had to drill it out
Just need to get some fresh screws as the current ones have rounded-heads.. All fit nicely now though..
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1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #134 on:
December 24, 2009, 10:29:16 pm »
Back at my parent's house for xmas, so trying to get a bit done to the bus too. All little steps, but moving forward...
Uber cold out there!
Put down a protective coating of POR15. Then played with a coat of 'light-grey' Hard-nose paint which came out white. Not that happy with it so currently key-sanding it again and spraying it a savannah-beige colour..
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
F Body
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Reply #135 on:
December 25, 2009, 09:29:47 am »
Quoting: Cunning Plan
Put down a protective coating of POR15.
Looking good
Think you'll end up painting the garage floor when you have finished the van, like I had to do after Waxoiling the Camaro when it was new
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Reply #136 on:
December 25, 2009, 09:49:29 am »
Quoting: F Body
Think you'll end up painting the garage floor when you have finished the van, like I had to do after Waxoiling the Camaro when it was new
Yep, the newly painted red floor is covered with black splashes
Next time I paint the garage though, I want to go for a gloss finish
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1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #137 on:
December 25, 2009, 11:01:55 pm »
Started putting some colour down..
Need to put a few more coats down and laquireererererer... :party0021:
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
Andy
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #138 on:
December 26, 2009, 01:23:41 am »
Cool garage dude! Loads of room to work in that.
All looking good. Is the engine bay colour going to be the same as the exterior?
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #139 on:
December 26, 2009, 01:26:46 pm »
Quoting: Andy
Cool garage dude! Loads of room to work in that.
Yah, very grateful to be using it.. Still cold out there though
Quoting: Andy
All looking good. Is the engine bay colour going to be the same as the exterior?
Its a slightly darker colour, more sand-like where as the shell is more beigey...
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Reply #140 on:
December 27, 2009, 03:33:38 am »
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Mega Ho
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Reply #141 on:
December 31, 2009, 10:00:02 pm »
Right some pictures of progress taken with a proper camera not my mobile..
Just wasn't sure about this colour - you can see it against the shell colour and its too dark.. So a lighter 'beige' layer will be put down..
So keyed it back again..
Whilst waiting for different bits to dry, I decided to laqure the rear valance to make it 'wipe-clean' when spilling oil etc. I have only laqured the top section that is actually in the engine bay, the lower section I have left matt to keep the same as the rest of the shell.. The rest of the engine bay will also be laqured for the same reason.
I ran out of paint for the engine bay so decided to continue down the chassis with the protective paint..
Slowly edging forward..
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1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Reply #142 on:
April 28, 2010, 08:44:38 pm »
Applying sealant around the edges of the engine bay. Once this is dry, it is good for another coat of filler primer, a sand, then maby top coat and lacquer..
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art b
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Reply #143 on:
April 28, 2010, 10:07:57 pm »
lookin good....must start primin my dodge soon....
were off to stanford hall this weekend with the splitty club pics to follow...
http://www.stanfordhallvw.co.uk/
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Mega Ho
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Reply #144 on:
April 29, 2010, 08:36:23 am »
Quoting: art b
were off to stanford hall this weekend with the splitty club pics to follow...
Awesome! Same!
May see you there!
Quoting: art b
must start primin my dodge soon
Get started! And lets see some pictures
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
F Body
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Reply #145 on:
April 29, 2010, 11:37:45 am »
Cp's BUS updates are about regular as out town's actual BUS service
Keep up the good work
What sort of timing plan have you got
NB : You can't possibly take as long as Rocky is with his Vert Camaro
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Reply #146 on:
April 29, 2010, 02:00:55 pm »
Quoting: F Body
What sort of timing plan have you got
No actual plan, if I did it would be a cunning one!
I would be planning but I have no idea about money and availability..
Quoting: F Body
NB : You can't possibly take as long as Rocky is with his Vert Camaro
I don't know
am I ahead of him?
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1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)
F Body
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Cunning Bus
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Reply #147 on:
April 29, 2010, 05:30:08 pm »
Quoting: Cunning Plan
I don't know am I ahead of him?
Well he has top coat on
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Cunning Plan
Mega Ho
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Reply #148 on:
April 29, 2010, 05:53:31 pm »
Quoting: F Body
Well he has top coat on
Great! lol
I need to:
Finish engine bay / Gloss / rubbers back on (yeah that's right.. rubbers).
Roll shell, protect and finish chassis.
Replace all moving parts on chassis while rolled - bushes etc..
New wiring loom.
Roll back.
New front suspension.
Disc-brake conversion.
fit gear box.
Rebuild and fit engine.
Put headlining in.
Put windows in
Interior.
Gauges.
I think he is going to win...
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F Body
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Reply #149 on:
April 29, 2010, 06:07:57 pm »
Quoting: Cunning Plan
I think he is going to win.
Not necessarily he's been doing it 3 or 4 years with the mechanicals still in
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