NickJ

If I can salvage a strip 350 wide it might be close enough

Do you have any door skins in the "not quite right" pile that have the hip folded nice but not much else? Decided to tear out the damaged section on mine and replace it, would save me much time if I could complement your bank acc instead Raw panel size is 350w x 700h

Work is totally going to be in the way and we have to find some way to occupy the dog while on the 4wd trips. Having a shit year so far so just gunna book leave and walk out the door, figure it out on the go! No accom booked and plan to be camping at various locations during the stay if thats up your alley?

See you there Going full barry and joining the Land Rover display......

Battery terminal hasn't come loose?

BYOBarry..... Registering interest!

Still haven't got around to fitting the valve or searching further for the leak but.... found a part of the problem! One night during our recent 4wd tour of the south while enjoying a beer I heard hissing from the fuel cap, gave it a spin and it gulped in a huge mouthful of air, even better, the next morning it started first pop. After the next full day of driving I released the cap to the same result and sure enough, the engine firing up first go the following morning. I now need to look into the tank breather set up (likely the fuel cap?) and probably looking for a small air leak such as renewing copper washers on the filter (As this is all that has been messed with since before the issue arose other than the new lifter pump) Positive progress

Unfortunately not, West is 40-50C then it really gets soft, with post cure you can push it nearer to 70C but even then I wouldn't want to go over 50 service. Of course this will be fine if there are no structural loads (Pressure) it may just deform over time or leak a bit. Adr 243 + 140 hardener will get you in the mid hundreds happily, may even get away with a service post cure depending on layup technique. Potentially get away with tapered fittings but it will be prone to small leaks through thermal cycling, BUT I design these things for vacuum service so my expectation for leak tight might be a bit excessive!

Temps will be way high for west system, will need to pick the resin carefully. The tank would be simple and straight forward to make, variety of methods to achieve the end goal, pick the one you like the best. Biggest single hassle is the inlet/outlets, getting fibre orientations etc so they don't snap off or enlarging the bond area to handle it can really complicate things. Perhaps a bond in flange for the cap with integrated fittings?

return off the injectors always has air, kinda bizzarre, tried to bleed it out but its direct back in there. The fuel lines from the tank are plastic so will have a measure up this weekend, that valve is worth a shot for $20 (if it fits)

yep, arm was broken so that was replaced early on, bleeding the system as usual works quite effectively. No abnormal performance when running, actually quite impressed with the motor otherwise.

Nope, living with it cos I just don't have the time to pull the pump and check over all the seals. Where can one find a suitable no-return valve? if its an inexpensive 1 hour fit kinda job it would be useful for diagnosis

Had a pretty bit scare and save with the Datsun a few months back, went for an extended cruise up to Arthur's Pass and had some weird handling issues, incredibly unpredictable bump steer which felt like a gust of wind picking the car up. even getting out multiple times didn't show anything wrong. The following weekend with the car on stands it was obvious, the inner control arm nut had fallen off, the only thing holding the bush/arm in place was the steering knuckle (which obscured it from view on the roadside) all time holy fuck, bullet dodged kinda moment! Searching through my collection of odds and ends I found a new nyloc but the washer has a tab to prevent spinning, quick CAD and sent to the waterjet This has left me wondering if the mystery wobble i've been chasing is related, I can confirm the handling has been far better since. With the car on form, we loaded up the convoy and headed to Datsun Nats in Cromwell, not many pics cos driving, but a bloody good weekend! Tomorrow's rust, today! Did get a few laps around Highlands, quality teaser to wish I had the money to do it in anger.

The Niva's replacement has settled in and proven it's worth, so unfortunately the rego is very much on hold and not looking like revival any time soon. The financial roller coaster of 2020 has had my finger hanging over the sell button, so far i've managed to hold off and I really hope thats all over with stability actually on the horizon. Lockdown feels like so long ago, like everyone else, with time on my hands I got stuck in with general maintenance and cutting out some rot, quite glad I got in when I did! This location behind the front wheels is a standard trap, there is a panel to flush the gunk out but, yeah, rust Over the winter the Defender was needed for another mission so with the aid of WOF extensions, I threw a month rego on and took the Niva for a spin up to work Was bloody good fun to have it on a skifield access road again and quite a fitting last trip. Right now there is no reason that it shouldn't pass a WOF so i'm quite happy to be putting it to bed in this condition, sleep well wee Niva, you shall hoon again!

I forget which resin combo you were on but some of the adhesive tech resins will show an increase in toughness after an elevated post cure. Can you not make the flange as a seperate plate and bond it to the runner?

How did you cut them, looks really neat? We do plenty of that kind of stuff with the waterjet cos its a pain most other ways

Give Shuk a go if your local Para can't help

Rimu dust.... Gives me terrible throat/eye irritation in small doses, mask is compulsory, partially why completion of our kitchen is dragging on!

Three people with gear is a bit much for the rear suspension and the Defender is much, much quieter!

With the Defender, who tows who home is tbc....

Took the Datsun for a WOF, tows really good, just unsettling that you can't really see it except in the reverse camera!

Had a bunch of Lada stuff sent down and amongst was a Fiat starter motor, little use to me (except I might steal the solenoid) effectively mirror of the Niva unit, any interest to ya?

Possible to clarify piston or slide? Could be very pertinent to us as piston boots are NLA for a vehicle we're about to re-reg

Did it die with honour? Hoping you were out on an adventure and not in the driveway?

Cos the Datsun is quite loud and unsocial for long trips I planned to tow it down to Datsun nats this coming Labour weekend. Upon finding the cost to rent a transporter and having the welder set up to glue some beams for a mate's house build, I spontaneously decided to build an A-frame. Bit of a cock up, the horizontal was meant to be at the kink, but that would strike the number plate, was also meant to be collapsable but I couldn't decide on the design so we'll call this v.0.1 Hopefully build the courage to hook it all up and go for a drive next week.