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As a Boilermaker/Welder since the late 70's with welding certificates and welding inspection and welding supervision certificates I can give an honest appraisal and those welds are sh1t. I would never ever let a job leave looking like that. That being said you should have accepted your money back ...

Get all the info you need on the Pajero club forum. http://www2.pajeroclub.com.au/forum/ Assuming your NS is diesel it usually has 3 possible issues. 1: inlet manifold full of crud from the EGR system, see pics below. The only remedy is to remove the inlet manifold and physically clean all the crud ...

My new toy I bought today.
350 amps of Tig welding awesomeness.
Cheers Andrew.

I bought 5 Goodyear DuraTrac tyres from them just over a year ago. It took about 8-10 days delivered to our factory door and that included a delay of a day or 2 while being inspected by customs at the FedEx distribution facility in Melbourne. The tyres came by Air freight and the air freight cost ...

Excellent work Chook.
It's great to see people having a go at Tig welding.
Regards Andrew.

Have either of you ever seen just how restrictive the gas line is in a water cooled Tig torch? I haven't found one regulator at the bottle that shows an accurate gas rate of flow at the end of an 8 meter water cooled Tig torch. Measuring at the torch is the only accurate way of getting the right ...

My argon reg has a flow metre on it as like the one in your link Is that doing the same job? It does the job up to a point. Different torches, be the Mig or Tig will flow differently as some are more restrictive than others on the way they flow gas. My bobbin at the regulator will be showing around ...

That's good news Milo. Everything you told me on the phone pointed to a gas issue, it's good you sorted it out and it will give you confidence your machine is fine. In the meantime, below is an Ebay link to one of those Binzel gas flow testers I was telling you about. I would highly recommend you ...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OFF-ROAD-CAMPER-TRAILER-CARAVAN-INDEPENDENT-SUSPENSION-1200KG-RATING-/180803684232?pt=AU_product_Trailer_Parts&hash=item2a18bd4788 That Huntsmen independant suspension is cheap nasty shiat. You would be better served by buying this SugarGlider suspension system. http ...

I forgot to say you can usually use the system for through tubes on 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 5/8" etc sizing in bolts. Some sizes have a better range in tube sizes than others and one more thing you can get Chrome/Moly tubing in a wall thickness that is already suitable for running a tap through ...

Try to base your bolts around Imperial sizes rather than Metric. For example: If you wanted to use 1/2" bolts then you can use 5/8" X .058" or 3/4" X .120" or 7/8" X 0156" or 1" X .250" Chrome Moly tubing is available in all the above sizes. (We use them to do exactly the same thing in race car ...

Can either of you explain the technique and why you would use it over the normal tig process? Ray, it's a technique primarily used on pipe welding and sometimes on thicker plate butt welding. It can give an even arc length and this is its main benefit. It's not suited for thin wall or small ...

UNJUST wrote: also a pic of my turbo manifold I tig welded (purged) with a technique that is know to me as "walking the dog" !! well thats what my mate calls it who is a contract tig welder

It's actually called "walking the cup".
Regards Andrew.

Wherever possible use a rest of some kind. I use 90 X 90 blocks of pine cut to different lengths for most of my bench work. I also use adjustable stands if I need them. For our Sprintcar chassis work I use spring clamps around the tubes to rest my torch hand on. They are quick and easy and will ...

I quite like the barrel idea too, been working on this but not for a TD 42. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j212/FJ40_LOCKED_N_LOADED/Intercoolers/EPSON005.jpg I'd thought of something along those lines as well Matt. Potentially you could run massive boost pressures as a cylinder gives the ...

Bingham wrote:Could not see myslef on that list.... Add me please 06, 105 000 km bang

Don't worry Bingham, you're on the latest revised list.
That one was back in 08, it's a bit bigger now especially the Patrol forum list.
Regards Andrew.

Hardy, have you got a Tekonsha Voyager electric brake controller wired in?
If so, they are well known to cause the problems you describe.
Regards Andrew.

Miller helmet will do it but I am in the middle of buying a Speedglas 9100XX which is the best for Tig as it has 2 shade variables, light shade 3 & second darkness variation 5,8,9-13. Not cheap at $500+ but I have the original Miller Elite & the Speedglas will be for Tig as I want to get back into ...

Sweet as! I was trying to get one of them but the shop i was at talked me into the Mach 4 telling me it was better as they didn't have the Miller DE in stock. How low have you gone down to with it? I take it you have one? My Kemppi goes down to 3 amps (the arc is bit inconsistent at 3 and it's ...

Miller Elite Digital will.
Regards Andrew.

I havn't glossed over anything. History is history. Your outdated list is is primaraly made up of pre 2003 Patrols. We all know that these had issues. You have also included minor issues like blown gaskets and bolt on items not made by nissan that have failed. The list includes engines that had ...

And what Skegbudley likes to gloss over is that even with "Nads" fitted there are still some posters on the Patrol forum that have suffered the dreaded grenade syndrome. Also there are currently 109 (perhaps even more) members of just the Patrol forum that have suffered from the grenade and that's ...

If I didn't already have my $5K Kemppi MLS 2300 then I would buy an HTP Invertig 221 220 Amp Inverter AC DC TIG from the USA. They are an Italian machine built for HTP so no Chinese crap. I've closely looked at the specs and it's damned impressive and at a price that's impossible to beat for a ...

When you want to get really serious the only way to go is the LSX cast iron block. That's what it going into my mates twin turbo'd 52 Mercury. Along with a pair of 6 bolt LSX/LS7 heads with Titanium inlet valves and sodium filled exhaust valves. He's keeping it little as a 427 cuber so it should be ...

I'd post the list I started about ZD30 engine failures but I don't think there's enough room with just under 190 members of a handful of forums that have suffered from the dreaded ZD30 disease so I think it's just the tip of the iceberg.
Regards Andrew.

Has anyone got a comparison of sizes of conrods for the TB 42, 45 and 48 engines. I know the 42 ones are beefier than the 45 ones but I'm after pin to pin sizing and a comparison of small end and big end sizing to see if there is any difference between all three engines. The info is wanted for a guy ...

I didnt weld this, it was done by an engineering shop. He did ask me if it was Die cast and i said i have no idea. Is that different to pressure casting and would it be reasonable to expect him to tell the difference by look or not? He seemed confident of being able to do it. obviously i wont be ...

Can anyone tell me what went wrong with this weld. It is the rear bracing on a highmount winch (gearbox end). It looks like it is going to be sufficient to do the job its intended to but is very ordinary looking. If i hit it with a grinder to tidy it up will it be ok? Ok, 1st up. You've picked a ...

The generic chinese Tig machines (and this includes the UniTig 200) are ok for home handyman type use but won't hack it in an industrial evironment where you start to push the machines close to their duty cycle. The on/off switch and H/F boards are cr@p, the air cooled torches become a limiting ...

Pictures as requested. http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n487/northside4x4/Misc%20and%20Old%20Photos/IMG_0027.jpg http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n487/northside4x4/Misc%20and%20Old%20Photos/IMG_0026.jpg You're a "braver man than I" using a bar and plate core for a water to air application ...