THE PORTAL HUB - Pinzgauers, Haflingers, Volvo 303s and more!

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Poor guy should have set it on fire and walked out

I get that I need to align the red light. But I was reading in earlier posts guys were measuring degrees so the red light was "on" a few degrees before TDC instead of right on TDC. If you remind me I will take some photos for you and post them up to walk you through it. There are photos i...

The second one

You still need to align the red light with the rotation of the crank.

But it is dead easy, just read the manual a few times.

Easier than a normal engine because of the wasted spark you don't need to worry about which stroke the engine is one, you just want TDC.

Not sure many of you would see this kind of paint job where you live :mrgreen: Not the best photo but it was a very matte finish, notice the guy on the left taking a photo as well. https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/v/t1.0-9/r270/12191413_10154040276502289_5281520373916145433_n.j...

Looks like a very neat shroud you have made. No where for that air to go but through the radiator.

So following the advice of above, the drums were full stripped back to bare metal and painted with a Rustoleum Black calliper paint. The I made a quick acad template to paint the inside of my hub to match the rims. Will need to sort out the rest of the hub when I sort the leaks on the portals. https...

VinceAtReal4x4 wrote:What's a "snag" and how does it taste?

A snag is an Australian word for sausage that you BBQ.

It tastes great when washed down with a hydraulic sandwich.

I know what you mean about shipping.

From the USA I pay 10 USD / lb or that's 22 USD a kilo.

Hate to think what 6 drums in packaging would weigh

OK. Great. Thanks.

My only concerns were overheating as I am probably 30-50C higher ambient temps than you at any time.

But after second thoughts a clean painted surface probably transfer heat better than built up rust anyway.

So I am painting my rims and cleaning up my brake drums as I work my way around the 6 of them. Ther manual says to check the internal face is 285mm standard and 287mm at the wear limit. Will get the verniers out for that job. https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12144735_1...

krick3tt wrote:Wrong pic...ignore this ...can''t delete it

Off topic, but what is in the centre area of your truck bed? A slide out drawer or tanks? Access hatches?

I just normally post in a hidden folder on Facebook and give direct links inside the image function like this : [img]link-pasted-here[/img] Or to resize on your computer you can download a free program called Irfan view which can resize all the drawings in a folder in one batch. You can make copies ...

Does anyone have the last serial number of the last 710/712? Would be interesting to know.

It is good news for us in the desert. We normally run 4x4s at 15 psi (1 bar). I would like to get some of these rims to see how they hold.

They look like the bee's knees Ian. Nice work.