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    impact drivers/rattle guns - knowledge me up.

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    Have old hitachi 18v, still going after 5+ years of weekly use and abuse and dropping, one of them was a bit week turned out it was a 12v model that we had been using 18v battery's on never died tho

    One of the contractor had the new version with variable torque and brushless, was lush no brushes sparking (really should service ours)

    Also the torque thing was bang on had at lowest setting doing up bolts, then torquing them afterwards was another 1/4 turn or so so pretty damn consistent

    Ford Guru's Wanted (2007 XR6)

    in General Car Chat

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    Had a leaky territory, they were known for it tho, (when parked on a lean in the rain the water would drip onto the side intrusion bar and splash onto the padding behind the door and then dribble down behind the door card into the cabin) haven't heard of it affecting Falcons tho

    But I fixed the doors took the scuff? Plates off and jammed a bit of wood under the carpet as the top of the carpet seems fairly water tight then parked in shed with dehumidifier,

    Have also heard that a heater/heat lamps under the car helps to get it to rise up, but wasn't real keen on that being left in the shed etc

    The vintage/cheap rego motorbikes, pedal cars, powered bikes and supercharged yikes thread.

    in General Bike Chat

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    Bit of Friday motivation, only just heard of this guy, without an electric bike he wouldn't be able to get out again

    Martyn Ashton (born 2 December 1974)[1] is a former British and World Champion[2] mountain bike trials rider, stunt rider and team manager. He had been riding professional trials since 1993[3] and is often described as a mountain biking legend.[4][5] He has been credited with turning trials from a niche form of riding into the sport it is today.[6] Ashton was paralysed in an accident in 2013, during a bike trials demo at the British Moto GP.[7]

    https://youtu.be/wToZJ_bfUYM

    2000+ Utes

    in General Car Chat

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    I had a 2010 2.5 2wd Navara drove sweet on road shit on hills/gravel and have heard motors shit, got rid of that when some 2008 rangers from another site where available

    Loved the ranger 4wd tho, towed my 2tonne merc on semi Inclosed trailer no worries (over raglan divy easy) only thing was the door seals where a bit noisey going round corners (it had had a hard life manly on hilly gravel roads- our store lady's one was whisper quiet)

    Then got a new 2014 hilux which has now just cracked 50ks no problems other than service and tyres (tyres last waay longer with traction/ stability control compared to the previous two), doesn't have the torque of the old ranger

    One of our guys burnt out a hilux clutch in 3000ks I think I rode it a lot round town, mine gets a bit stinky when 4wding round opening and closing gates on site

    Another mate has new rangers they've gone through a few gearboxes (clutch cheaper the gearbox tho?)

    So yeah get older ranger

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    my compressor is being a dick. suggestions?

    in Tech Talk

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    Yeh have a look and let me know what your ones are, i'm interested to know how yours is plumbed!

     

    The unloader that is part of the pressure switch only operates the tank side. Well on the few compressors that we have at work and my 2 at home. It's not even plumbed between the motor side of the NRV, therefor it's can't even access that air.

     

    The unloaders on ours are just part of the switch that the piston is held up due to pressure, as soon as it comes up it switches theelectric motor off. if it is held up then it allows the air to vent. and that is where they get sticky and hold open.

    This is how adjusting it up and down a little can help. if not, pull it apart and clean it and will fix it.  It also did to mine, and that was without touching the nrv at that stage. I did have to fix that also as it was slightly leaking but I couldnt hear that untill I had fixed the unloader from jamming because it was so loud.

     

    Happy to be proven wrong, just my experiences!

    Of the few thousand I've worked on/ built its the nrv, as they have a line to the p.switch which is open when ever the comp gets to pressure or is turned off at the pswitch, if you turn it off at the wall or as op said a switch on motor it won't open the valve thus it won't leak air, you may have a self unloading nrv that isn't connected to the pswitch but they are generally more troublesome to set up hence we only fitted them when requested

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    my compressor is being a dick. suggestions?

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    The valve at the pressure switch end should be open when ever the switch is off or at pressure to make sure there's no back pressure when it starts up, but if the nrv valve is leaking it will back track

    Commonly happens if a bit of rust flake gets stuck in the valve or it's been run to hard and melted the disk thingy inside

    Dump the tank pressure and pull apart hopefully just give it a clean otherwise buy new Teflon/rubber disk

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