If so you can have your own thread in this section.
This section on other websites has led to arguments and contention. People are posting pictures of their pride and joy and therefore CONSTRUCTIVE comments only please!
Dave's la(te)st buggy build...
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X8GGY wrote: Having turned the buggy round and thought about the enormity of what’s left to do...
The other side of the rear of the cab needs boxing in the same as the driver’s side
The passenger door top needs boxing in half done
The front ‘wing’ and battery / washer mounts need making half done
The A-pillar tube needs shaping and fitting
The snorkel needs finishing off
The tree wires need finishing off
The doors need new door cards making with door pull handles
The mirror guards need finishing and fitting
The inside needs bed liner
The outside all needs a light sanding and final paint
All the wiring needs doing to the lights
A new clutch needs fitting (noisy thrust bearing)
The engine needs a new radiator, belts, plugs, etc...
A new windscreen needs fitting
MOT Inspection
... so realistically I’m not going to make the mid-August trip with the lads...
... so I’m now aiming for the BigJimny Meet in October!
Hmmm, just realised the BigJimny Meet is only TEN weeks away! I’d better get cracking! And prioritise what needs doing, and what can wait for later?... mirror guards for instance!
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I started the day with the box section door post -
Sat supported by an axle stand, I marked the outline of the door, and then marked outside of that for where it would eventually fit once the box had been trimmed to go around the door hinges and the contour of the body...
Something like that...
Pop it out with a special engineering (wood) chisel!
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Inspiration arrives from my lovely wife
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Carry on cutting, test-fitting, marker pen, cutting, etc....
Get it right, and then start welding it up... 2" of weld later....
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Ran out of welding wire!! Got gas, now no flipping wire!
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Then get back, crack on, and forget to take any photos!!! D'Oh!
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Anyway...
Door post finished, welded in, wing top "bent" box section cut to length and welded in too, and A-pillar tube cut to length at the bottom end..
And snorkel and mudguard template popped in place...
Blimey!
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Just about lines up with the door line
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I HATE snorkel's (heads)... I know they have their place on 4x4s and protect the engine from drinking water, but they always stick out to high and wide, ready for them pesky trees to step out into the 'lane and try and steal them!
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Add the tree wire and wing mount for a look...
Hmmm, it's still in the line of fire... even a branch sweeping up that stainless helicopter winch wire is goign to steal that snorkel head!
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Hence, the original idea (photoshop'ed? NOooo!
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Plus, by the time any water hits that snorkel head I'd have drowned anyway!
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We'll see...
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Hope the rest of the lads had a good time in the Lake Distruct and all got back safely and under their own steam... I'll be back with you all soon!
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kirkynut wrote: I'm intrigued Dave - why have you put the snorkel on the other side of the car to the airbox?
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I was wondering the same thing, or have you a grand plan for a turbo?
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We missed you on the lakes weekender mate, some great lanes and light incidents on both days including broken transfer mount & snapped transfer stick on saturday to one car. Winches out 2 times saturday and once on sunday. We had 1 car in slip into a ditch (winch out again & lost wing mirror) and finally a snapped off CB aerial courtesy of Eversley
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..other than I'd already done the driver's side before pondering the snorkel... so it ended up on the passenger side?...
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J999 MNY, ULYSSES M18 VVT with ITB's Dyno tested at 130hp
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Riccy wrote: www.aliexpress.com/item/32872027826.html
EDIT: but yours isnt a M series engine is it?
$2.999 !
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silly suggestion, but is it worth combining the left hand front roll bar with the snorkel, so that it does both? that way it isn't limiting vision too much on that side.
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Rhinoman wrote:
X8GGY wrote: $2.999 !
Plus delivery.
And Import Duty / VAT / Carrier "Handling Charge"
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Front bracket
Mudguard trimmed to fit
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