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I just thought I would follow this up and say since I have welded the whole thing up, I have done probably another 4 or 5 thousand KM and had no further issues, so it seemed the very attractive welding had reached an age it needed touching up, but the manifold itself seems to be good still. Cheers ...

I have been through this.

I fitted a sacrificial anode to the radiator.

It is slowing getting eaten despite all my hard work, but that is what its for


do you have a low coolant alarm out of interest?

I would say, oil in coolant, and blow by, and boost for years = motor on the way Mine first time was a cracked piston Then I had issues loosing coolant for no reason and ended up being a liner low of the top of the bore (Thanks UMR engines) Under both of these conditions nothing was apparent upon ...

what do you mean a small ridge?

I welded the crack, it has held, the bastard has cracked elsewhere.

Looking like I will pull it off and reweld the whole fecking thing as a temp fix until I have time to sort out a new setup.


Suggestions?!

ahaha nah she goes alright mate

Interestingly, I noticed the crack Sunday, got it welded Tuesday, and by Tuesday the front had cracked too, in the exact same spot, was just starting to go.

This spells bad things me thinks :(

so after 5 .5 years and I would have to speculate 175,000KM running max boost at 34PSI I have found a flaw http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c292/arowland2/laminova/20150906_171243_zpsw2p76eyo.jpeg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c292/arowland2/laminova/20150906_171203_zpszlf7qbsh.jpeg http://i29 ...

Yeah rad is isolated and I will keep it isolated. I agree that earthing it and increasing flow only makes it worse. I think I am going to put a sacrificial anode in there, clean all the earths and be done with it. You also jogged my memory, I actually had to get an indentation from a bolt head ...

Hey Guys, So the pootrol ate a all aluminium radiator in three years. diagnosis was stray current. trying to find the source, I had all sorts of strange things going on with it last week and advice was get a analogue mulitmeter, and flush the system so you have water only in there. OK, thats done ...

230-6368 in my patrol, replaced one recently, but cannot fault the product, would recommend these to everyone who wants to abuse a cheap battery. Have heard of some people having dramas but I do not know how or why. biggest thing to watch out for is DO NOT over tighten the clamp across the top, as ...

How much are the hubs?

Was the C clip issue something they have rectified?

Are you still running these CVs or have you gone another path after the "decent" but not really as good as may have been hoped performance?

maybe you could enlighten the rest of the board as to what the solution or your findings were?

at the end of the day you could get your factory tacho adapted to suit the sender you have, if it is not easily matched.

Cheers, Andy

anyone bought and run these yet to report back how they go?

haha even has replies

I did some research into who makes good tanks etc etc, and read some stories of these cracking.

But you cant win, theres a bad story about every brand!

Cheers, Andy

Was not them, I will retain the name of the company until after all is resolved.
I have contacted them about a larger tank and some detailed happy snaps of the construction as the largest they do for the pootrol is 146L

Cheers, andy

Thanks, have contacted, also contacted a couple of people selling brown davis tanks, which look a little neater but waiting on detailed photos.
Nearly a jerry can worth of fuel less in the brown davis tank is quite a bugger....

I will do that, I have some of Awills wonderful work, and really its just confirmed my opinion on this welding.
and some of the people that frequent outers

now, where do you get a good long range tank from?

Cheers, Andy

has anyone actually said the welding is up to the task though delirious? canyonero, I will answer in order He was never helpful in answering the question I asked. which is, is this welding up to the task or not, instead he said, take your money back, but I have one that looks similar that I have had ...

So that's a no? That it would appear to be , although I may be mistaken or I may have misunderstood . ;) Are you always a pompous dick, or are you just turning it on in this thread for some reason? come down from your high horse and make a constructive contribution, instead of fence sitting ...

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look at the photos I provided,

then look at this

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/power-settings.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

then tell me you still think the welds on the tank have full penetration and are strong enough for a very hard life under my truck.

the only reason they cant please me, if because they cant weld for shit...

sometimes its nice to be able to buy something that just works though right?
I dont have the time to build my own, nor do I wish to try organising someone doing a one off for me.
No one else made one this size from what I could find..

rock crawler, exactly my point, I would not weld it like that, so why should I except a professional job that is worse than I would except from myself in my backyard... came from a reputable shop $1200 NFI on warranty, I have never known a warranty to cover expenses beyond replacing the item, not a ...

I know, but I did those welds so its ok :P no shit though, I could do a neater job with my 10 year old buggered gasless mig If it came to it, what would the Xray testing cost chris? If they honour the warranty is right. IF. their service has been shit so far, no invoice, 8+ week production when ...

"If it doesnt leak then there is no issue as to penetration" I do not agree with this, it could not leak, but fall off its mounts. or open up in 6 months time on a corrugated goat track if welding to stop leaks was all that was needed to be a penetrating weld, then why would you have higher powers ...

I am, at the end of the day, a chippie not someone qualified to make these judgements.
Hence this thread.
you seem to be implying the welding is acceptable?
or just fence sitting/invoking thought?

Thanks Chris, Yes they have withdrawn the offer to supply a new tank as they dont think they can make something I am happy with. I have no intention of doing anything with the tank until resolved with the supplier. It may well go in there and never become an issue, but in a ute with no Aux tank, I ...

Sorry, I may not have made it clear, if I take the refund, they will take the tank back, which leaves me with no tank. which is no good to me. They were going to supply me with a replacement tank, but have most recently come back with Hmm, Our way of making tanks isn't going to change. I dont think ...

Hello everyone, I am currently locked in a dispute with a manufacturer of long range tanks about the quality of the welding/fabrication on a tank I purchased. I have photos of the welding and have shown them to the company who stalled and stalled, then offered a refund. I said I wanted a tank welded ...

ben,

this is the thread which discusses harmonics.
A very good thread too, not that I have managed to read the whole thing yet
http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/engine-d ... ost1669825" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

really good thread about that on patrol4x4 where oldmav actually measured the harmonics and the effects different weight crank had. it not the torsional load so much as it is the harmonics I believe and removing a bit of weight out of the clutch brings that harmonic point down further into the ...