DB8-TypeR

As an electrician I can say that if you are getting shocks then the appliance is not earthed. Electricity is lazy and takes easiest way to ground (path of negligible resistance). So if you get a zap its because you are that easy way. So earth the drill and check all earths back to the earth peg. The voltage is NOT being induced by the magnetic fields. Its a small motor with minimal load, it cant happen. The insulation resistance of the motor is probably low mixed with a poor earth. If you have wired the place (dont care if you wired you first at 15 as it doesnt mean its been done right just that you have been potentially doing it incorrectly for ages) then be sure polarity is correct everywhere, that maximum earth resistance is less than .5ohm and that you have continuity. An rcd probably wont even work if your wiring is incorrect.

Have you seen the grey one that is often between Kawerau and Whakatane? Seen it three times in the last 2 weeks

I would quite like a Manx style buggy, I think I know where one is that a guy is "going to fix up one day". Quite jealous of your purchase

Awesome drawing! Are your plans to live exclusivly in the truck or fit out the mezz of the shed as a loft?

Stolen from where you park it at work? That's gay as aids

When you are in the topic the search bar on top right will search only within that topic to save you manually searching every page. With advanced search you should be able to search by posts rather than topics which would also find it though I havnt tried that on this forum

^one of their mechanics got DIC'd whilst road testing a customers car. Thats how you know they are good.

I had Type RA, they had done 5000kms. They were nice on the track but the dampning didnt match the spring rates for comfortable road driving

I have had Tein and now have Fortune Auto 500 series, difference is night and day. Fortune Auto are soooo much nicer to live with, actually absorb bumps rather than smash into them. Would recommend Fortune Auto to all, especially considering they are cheaper than buying new Tein and not much more than D2/Ksport/Other generic taiwenese stuff

Im planning on doing PCH from LA to San Fran, then San Fran to Vegas via Yosemite/Death Vally next year. So also looking forward to seeing what else you guys get up too as beyond that Im not sure what we have planned at this stage

Have you seen the automatic clutches as used in Moto X bikes? A couple guys at work do trail rides and have seen some guys with these clutches that disengage when the RPM is below whatever so when they are stuck in a mud bog the bike doesnt stall.

They will either replace the cable or join the cable with crimp links/heatshrink. Dunno about costs, depends how much more cable you need and if you dig the trench or not (if you dig it ask them how deep they want it, there is a regulation for it)

There was at least two on trademe about a week ago

Wow! Looked nice to start with, now it looks amazing! If it gets a RB it would be awesome if it was N/A with ITB's to hint back to its heritage

I had one of those stop lights, they are pretty rubbish and fall apart if you arnt careful. A hint though, dont stick it to the window, its ugly and it will fall off. Use small screws to screw it the the trim above the windscreen. Do you have any plans for modifying this? Or is it just a tidy up and roll as is sorta thing?

They are gunna be pretty noisy on the road, even my Bridgestone A/T are pretty loud on our shitty roads. You need to take this along the dunes from Taiwhakaea to Thorton along the dunes, M/T will help you dig holes but its a pretty easy off road track. CR-V does it mostly in 2wd. Its easier to go that way rather than start at Thornton as there is a little bit of a soft rutted hill that would need to be climbed, much easier to go down it.

Did they tyre shop laugh at you like they did when I fitted large tyres to my CR-V?

Dang I was thinking I still had my old Shuttle bullbars which would have looked cool on this, but I forgot they went to the scrap man last year

You better make it the Toyota version of this: Supercharged 1600cc, 6Speed manual, 4" Bodylift etc etc

That looks suspiciously like my uncles old one, it hasnt spent any time in Tauranga that you know of? Say 5 years ago

Ahhhh gotcha, move center and add spacer to maintain current wheel to guard fitment. That makes sense

My brain doesnt understand how moving the wheel center will change the wheel to caliper clearance? Surely it will still be exactly the same just the rest of the wheel now sits further out, what it needs is more "meat" added to the mounting face of the rim (like a spacer)

Fair enough, it looks amazing. I was only asking as I figured it might be easier since its been done before and could even go 1800cc for even more power (not that its needed!)

Looks amazing! Is there any reason you didnt go with the proven combo of Mini+B16a? Seeing as there are kits available for fitting it etc?

Dont take it to Ken at Commerce St for a WOF, he has one and will know exactly where all the dodgy bits will be