When cleaning one of the rear hubs I noticed i crack in the housing, damn. So, that had to be exchanged.

Upside is, trying to give a optimistic swing to it, I now have one less hub to clean.

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Got my parts back from galvanising today. What a difference a little shine makes! Most of the items were from the donor handbrake calipers, which were in pretty bad shape when i got them.

Using the rivnut tool i bought a while ago, the little covers were repaired with a new rivnut and although i still am missing a …

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Reading it first in Big Trouble Ahead, there is a development in legislation going on which is rather worrying for all kitcar builders.

The UK has a system to allow people to build their cars <strong>and</strong> drive them on the public road. The Single Vehicle Approval is key to this system and issues …

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I have been looking to buy a new welding machine for a while. Initially i had my mind set on a TIG machine, or one which could do both MIG and TIG. The lure of the very nice TIG welds got to me i guess.

A short talk with the guy at the excellent Rustbuster shop quickly convinced me that MIG was the better option …

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I am not sure what happened exactly but last week the power went out and I could not get it back on. The earth leakage circuit breaker activated and kept doing that when reset. It turned out the compressor was the cause. Unplugging it allowed the power to come back on. This weekend I had the time to figure out what …
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