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  1. 7 hours ago, 440bbm said:

    Slab 40k?  my 108m2 shed floor i getting quotes for is between 8 and 12k. so much be a big concrete pad!

    The slab would be about 20x5m so probably about the same area as yours although I was allowing 10mm plus depth, at least in one patch where I'd want to put up my hoist. I pulled 40k out of my ass, good to hear it can be done much cheaper, we already have compacted gravel on the site so that probably helps too. 

    But given that I already have the containers, that 8-12k money for the slab would probably cover the costs for getting them gutted and joined, and of course they already come with a floor!

    Thought about the canvas archgola thing but I've only got a 6x20 site to play with. It's basically going to be a lean-to on the side of the workshop, I already pay lease on the gravel patch so kinda dumb to do nothing with it 

     

  2. looking at buying a new water trap / regulator for our paint gun at work, anything I should look out for? some of the fancier looking rigs have auto-oilers for air tools, I suppose you can just leave that off?

     

  3. when I pulled the head on the starion I found that the head gasket has a couple of holes in it that don't line up with anything. thanks to these holes, coolant (or rather, straight water by the looks of it) has been allowed to sit against the head and has started eating into it. in fact the whole area around it looks a bit corroded and I think I'll condemn this head

    I pulled the head off a spare engine and found the same gasket, same corrosion, same problem (but significantly less bad). the corrosion pit is pretty gnarly but isn't anywhere near anything, probably a good 10mm from the gasket fire ring so I think it's OK to run again? just wondering if there's anything I should/could do to prevent it getting any worse. A blob of silicone to close up the hole in the gasket?

     

    this is the old head:

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  4. On 03/03/2024 at 16:37, bigfoot said:

    I have a complete dash motor and just about every wire from a gsrx sigma taking up room in my sheds. Also have some starion front caliper kits if you want to give them a go

    man I think I've got real problems now, the bottom end is locked solid, I think I've disturbed the throttle body at some point and it's dumped the contents of the coolant jacket into the inlet manifold/cylinders. borescope tomorrow, FML 

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