Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Quick question ... my dad has an old 1 or 3 phase (convertible) 250A Lincoln welder with high and low ranges that he needs to get rid of ... it's probably from the 1970's and is the size of an under-desk set of filing drawers. Is it the kind of thing that anyone would want anymore or does he just ...

Grave dig for future reference by others. Found this in a search re something else and thought I should update as to the solution. Wasn't the alternators at all ... was the pulley slipping on the shaft :oops: Hence the alt light coming on at higher revs. Had to swap the multi-V Falcon pulley for a V ...

Okay thanks for that, still kinda stumped on the people that dont run mufflers/resonators ? People say 2" the whole way which I assume they mean nothing but 2" pipe the whole way?

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Ever heard those Excels at the lights sounding like a wet fart as they take of in a cloud of clutch smoke with ...

Pyrotech wrote:it is just above chassis height and sits about 200m in front of the tank

Well there's ya problem! Too much friction loss over the 400m of return pipework. How's your turning circle?

Most mid to large passenger sedans and wagons would not get below 10 litres per 100.
Commadore, Falcon, Camry, Magna etc will do high 10's at best when driven @ 110 with load on board and far worse in stop go traffic.
Nup, disagree with that. I had an EL Fairmont Ghia with the (very slightly ...

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Bloody brilliant. :armsup: Thanks for that - mate borrowed my welder and manual at one point and the manual never returned. Now I know what the various settings do I can experiment :D

Some of the Chinese machines aren't too bad for layout - mine is reasonably good in that ...

Realised I never posted a pic of the finished bar. Here 'tis. :)

Lightforce 170's mount on tabs on top of bullbar cross tube, above and just slightly closer together than the XGTs, for country trips. Also drilled a couple of 25mm holes in the mount plates for recovery points.

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"Spooki"

'93 tintop
Reco'd 1.3L with 4-1 extractors, 1.75" exhaust
31x10.5 STTs on 15x7 F100 rims
RUF with 100mm shackles (+30mm) and relocated hangers, 2" OME springs rear
TrailGear 6.5's
Lockrights F&R
Custom bullbar, Lightforce XGTs and 170s (both 55W HID), custom shelves, amped stereo, UHF ...

Any chance you could do a quick 'how to' write up for TIG settings awill? Just explaining the general effect of 2T/4T, pulse width, pulse frequency, AC frequency, AC balance, etc?

I bought a cheapy WeldSmart 200P as they're based locally in WA and were the only AC TIG I could find for under $4k+ at ...

Other option would be to pick up a factory deck out of an older Hydundai etc at the wreckers. Still fits in a standard DIN slot but I'll be bloody surprised if anyone flogs that!

I guess it's too hard to teach road rules as well as flow and timing, which is 90% of driving a car and especially a manual IMHO. I work very hard at this, and I'm quite proud that I can drive at about 8/10ths (on a familiar road) with my wife asleep in the seat next to me. I'm not trying to talk ...

Just buy an el-cheapo brand for $80 or so. Will do everything you need it to and nobody would be bothered flogging it.

Very very nice

Agreed with the ease at which scum can steal these lights, I have to come up with a way to prevent mine being nicked, also, the 'traditional' lightforce lights can stick out too far on some bullbars, not a problem with my 45, but hilux bullbars come immediately to mind. Might ask the brass on AHN ...

They look nice ... which is the most important thing when buying spotties, right? :cool:

When are Lightforce going to help us keep our lights by coming up with a theft resistant mounting system though? I guess they like the turnover ... more sales ... but the up/down pivot bolt is just dopily easy ...

All the detail for HID or LED headlights / spotlights is in this thread:

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic156778.php

Up to date as of March 2009 so presume it's still applicable? Will get ya started anyway. Here's my condensed post from that thread:

Under ADR13, filament headlamps are ...

ariel doesnt have to be same brand as your uhf? Probly sounds like a dumb question but i work in the marine game! And we match VHFs' with the same branded ariel always! Mostly becuase others dont fit!
Nope - standard end plugs on all normal UHFs. Have a look at this one as well:

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Looks the goods for weekend trips away on the zook!!! Where did you get the tent from?? I rate this idea, just wondering what it would cost me to retro fit my existing trailer.
eBay. Think the seller was arbshop or similar ... Arb something anyway. Search eBay for "roof top tent" then look for ...

Okay ... here's some decent pics. All ply has been coated with 2 coats of glass resin so should be pretty waterproof. Will add struts to the top / more seals / battery, water, lighting, etc as time goes on.


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Hmmm. Never quite got back to posting the fitted up pics, did I? Took it out for it's first use over Easter and it was just brilliant. Takes me 4 minutes to set up / pack the tent by myself, or 2 minutes with someone helping.

Crap photo (taken in the rain) but this is on the weekend at Mt Barker ...

I'm doing RUF on my Zook and have discovered that my drill template slipped when I drilled the driver's side perch - it's now 3mm further forward than the perch on the passenger's side.

I've measured from the ends of the diff (where it narrows to meet the CV) to where the bumper bar outrigger meets ...

Haha ... shhhhhh, that's meant to stay under wraps! No idea who cruises these forums.....

Gotta say the satin black looks pretty nice after the first coat. Will give it another coat tonight but it'll have to sit until I get back from Adelaide then. Got more done on the RUF last night too and took ...

By far the best:
http://ii.net/~alien/piccies/moph/bar-lego.jpg
Even has a little Tim in the drivers seat =P
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That rocks!!! :D If I didn't have plans for that car I would be sorely tempted....

Hmmm. White does look okay. Tell ya what - I've already got a coat of satin black ...

Here ya go Aron ... let me know if you want bigger pics and I'll email them to ya. The slight droop on the right hand side of the bar closes up once the mount bolts are tightened.


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alien wrote:

Moph wrote:(paint's drying).

Your build is like watching paint dry =) lol

You're right. I should have just got SuziStore to build mine!

Had the same on my Zook with the 235/75R15 MTRs on there. Rear of the tread blocks (right hand side of photo) wearing quicker than the front. Both front and rear tyres. This is at about 30,000km ... front of tread is 12-13mm; rear is 10-11mm. Always ran them at 20psi too.

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Here is the custom bars that i make up.
Made from 2 mm mild steel and flat sheetmetal thats has been folded to shape. 60mm tube for the crossover pipes and mounted to the chassie with 3mm mild steel.

As said before, why make it so thick and heavy. If u hit something u are going to do more harm ...

Nah definitely going black alien - can't imagine it looking right in white, especially when it won't colour match the Zook and will have large black spotties fitted.

Weighs 33.8kg ... its flamin' heavy. Would have been smarter to cut the entire thing out of 4mm plate in retrospect.

Not planning on ...

Well finally got my butt into gear and got it (almost) finished. It's now in primer - still needs a few holes drilled for mounts and spotties and a lick of bog before it gets painted, but its 95% there. Pretty pleased with how it turned out! Never trying another one though ... I'm just too slow at ...

Perth to Adelaide is generally a bit easier on fuel than Adelaide to Perth due to tail winds across the Nullabor. Mine isn't real good on economy at the best of times tho - I've never seen better than 10L/100km out of it when taking it easy, and never get worse than 11.5L/100km when thrashing it. So ...