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It's in the silver/aluminium housing with the large diameter ruber hose connected above the alternator. Simply undo the housing and the thermostat just sits inline

It's in the silver/aluminium housing with the large diameter ruber hose connected above the alternator

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@smithbuilt No problem Sir! The bunker doors look spot on too!!

Yeah it's great for mortar removal but it can't cut blocks too good

I'm not sure. I've got a lot on the go and lined up, waiting to get going. I don't know if I want to add to the list. But if I could get the bearing, I'd just pull the gearbox and rebuild the diff. It's only a little one, not like the diffs I've rebuilt on my delicas them things are heavy and a fair amount of work just to get out from under the car. It's half a days work to get this out and swap it. I'll see I'm not that in love with this car, not like my delicas

@@smithbuilt Yeah, it's worse if you're not that happy with something Shane...do what brings the least stress into your life mate.

@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN you're van sounds like stress mate. What on earth did ya break to cost that much?

@@smithbuilt The head gasket blew, then a crack was found in the head itself when tested under pressure, new head plus skimmed, valve work, new timing belt and water pump, a slight modification to the new head, oil, oil filter, coolant, diesel leak fixed and new glow plugs and a new battery. That's about the most of it. Garage prices ain't cheap mate, I was so close to scrapping it tbh. I trust that garage more than others I've been to in the past, so I'm hoping all is good, they've been good in the past (prices edging on the higher end at times but not always) and other folk wait for work from them as going elsewhere can be dodgy.

@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN after my poor experience the first time I ever let a garage touch my car. I'm now completely convinced I can't trust people. Atleast you have a team you can trust. Sounds like you did a number on you're van

It can't be the fly wheel as it would do it all the time and not only when the near side wheel is raised and spun while being driven in gear. Put the near side wheel down and lift the off side and do the same and it's silent

I think CCA is 1100 and it's a 125ah. Can't remember the make. Yes you can swap out the filter with it in place. You might get sore knuckles but you can do it. If I find myself filming next time I need to bleed the system I'll get it on film

@@smithbuiltthanks for the reply! And that’s great info for when I need to replace my batteries down the track. I’ll look into an option like yours. It just seems more practical . Thanks. And look forward to seeing more Delica how too vids also regarding maintenance etc and common issues. There’s not a lot of vids on it… Cheers!

Thanks, I'm still getting used to how to edit stuff ect

@@smithbuilt nope, great video straight to the point no bullsh1t, best of luck with channel from an Irish brickie

You're very welcome

You're very welcome. It's nice to know people appreciate it. Makes it worth the effort of filming it all

No, I just put it on. The manual I use made no mention of it being needed plus there was no evidence of it being used before. I imagine you can use it if it makes you feel better but it's been fine

Just the gasket, I took the head to be pressure tested after I had checked for flatness on my surface plate just to be sure. Thanks for watching I'm glad you liked it

@@smithbuilt​​⁠​⁠between this video and the second one, you cleaned the bloke and left it ready to put the new gasket, would you mind telling me how did you clean ?

I think I did say how much in the video but it was around £60 i think for the gasket kit. The head was my original one I just had it pressure tested to be sure it was good and that was about £40 from memory

Yeah, replacing the timing chain would be a good idea, but, I my opinion, it's best to remove the front cover to do so. I was told you can split the old chain and join it to the new one and pull it through but, I feel there is far to much opportunity for something to go wrong. So I'd remove the bumper, grill, radiators ect then take the timing cover off. You can leave the engine in place and not move the timing and not risk any unforseen issues you might cause you're self. Thanks for watching BTW

It did say on the pack its for concrete blocks ect. But I think softer blocks would be where this blade works best. It's also great for removing mortar around a single brick if you need to remove it

That was only a quick test with my welding extraction turned off for the video. I moved on from this very soon after to far more nicer designs. Thanks for watching

Probably could

Will give it a try if I manage to come across any

You're very welcome, thanks for watching it

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Right hand drive.

Right hand drive

Thanks for watching. I'll give that a try when I'm back up and running in the new shed

Yeah, yeah I know. It's been said plenty of times. Thanks for watching 🤗

Yeah

Guard? On a reciprocating saw...?hmmmm

@@smithbuilt the grinder you melon

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Yeah I have like half a clue about what I'm doing most of the time, I typically get away with it. Yep the engine has been fine, granted I broke the transfer case 3.5-4k miles after I did the head 😅, really need to fix that 🤔. I miss having my deli

@@smithbuilt wow I've never heard of a transfer case being broken they are supposed to be weapons of things. Well can't wait to see more videos there are only you and 2 others that post these great videos ! Keep it up the Delica clubs need to see your content it's great! I personally know how to change my steering rack because of you!

Unfortunately, not mate. I don't know how they work

@@smithbuilt Cheers pal 👍🏻

Still use mine

I found that it's actually better to keep the feed tube cool to help stop blocking. The heating and cooling just causes crudd to accumulate in the tubes, but the extra heat can help the oil to burn better, it depends on if you're willing to keep cleaning it out vs having to get more heat in the chamber for start up

I had all my tooling in little metal Bisley draw sets, I found the 5 draw sets best as the taller sets tend to bow out and start to drop the draws, my new draws came from a local military contractors factory they were throwing them and there contents away into skips, a friend saved a dozen or so including huge amounts of tooling and he gave me these 2 as he ran out of room... I am absolutely delighted with them, only downside. I wish I had another one 😕

@@smithbuilt I got some of those Bisley drawer units as well, they're OK but not ideal. You did well with the ex-military cabs, jammy sod

I seem to have a gift of some kind but if can be a curse too as I often find my self trying to bite off more then I can chew simply because opportunity has presented but, it makes for fast thinking 🤔

Now, that would be awesome, but I'm either too lazy or impatient to make one, lol 😆 I think I'm almost there with the layout side of things. I'm just getting hung up working out where to put all the small things

That foot is still tender if you push where the pallet truck stopped. Good to see you got the go-ahead on you're build mate

Yeah that's kinda what I've been thinking. It's funny I spends hours sorting things but nothing looks different, I guess that's the best thing about setting up over a course of years, you just don't notice the amount of stuff growing as its gradual

I'm gonna call it a medium size lol. Its 10x6 meters but I got permission to build it out another 4 meters so you know in a year or two once I'm settled and all up together I'll have start to make it a 10x10 meter shed , nothing compared to my friend a few miles away he has a 10x40 meter shed but he's a farmer and calls it a barn..... maybe I need to get me some cows

Wow mate thats massive, you could be pretty productive with what you got. Plot must be massive. I cant wait to see it churning out some projects. Very come by a colchester chipmaster great price and a union pedestal grinder both 3 phase you gotta any videos about that?

@mikebryan544 my Colchester needs a strip down. I got it from a dealer who took it in part, ex. I've had a fair few issues pop up over the years with it, but I just did what was needed to keep it going as I didn't have the space to pull it all apart. So that's a job on my to do list. My union tool and cutter grinder is a similar thing. I got it in as is condition and just made use of it my biggest problem with the grinder is the head is just a frankenfitted bench grinder motor, I've always wanted to make a proper mounted pulley and spindel with a separate motor. There's just so many things I need to do and now have the space to do it! I'm bitting at the bitt every day wanting to get up and running again... I'm looking at for a mk2 roundhead triumph lathe long bed, I found my student lathe a little small and I know a master will end up to small for something so I figured a long bed triumph would be perfect, I do like the old chipmasters that triangular shape is interesting

@smithbuilt you’ll get to the jobs in time. yeah triumph would be the size of choice with the space. Interesting the chipmaster seems to be thought of as a fully rigid toolroom standard lathe but not much bigger foot print than myford. Thats why i went for it, ideal shed size, just looking for a 4 jaw for it as nothing came with it.

Always a shame when you don't get the standard extras with a machine, I had a ml4 lathe awhile back, I sold it as it was worth more then my student lathe.....crazy expensive little lathes myford but the chipmaster will serve well

Long way way from home, best of luck

How was the repair, it runs well? I hope you made it

Did you do it ?

Hi Matt, yeah, I had looked on the fb marketplace, but nothing came up after a few weeks of looking, so I thought I'd buy new. You should see the shop now, I've been at it everyday moving everything into place and trying to find an ideal layout to start out with and try to fine tune once I've had time to work in there.... It's so much harder than I thought it would be, especially as I keep changing my mind or coming up with a new idea

I'm very lucky to have an understanding family...... and a place to hide from them when they don't 😆

I know..... its a real illness 🤢😥, I think I need help🤒.....! To find more 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Yeah, I have the same trouble, acute iron deficiency, only helped by occasionally buying yet another old hunk of machinery :-)@@smithbuilt

@coplandjason ah thank you Dr Jason for finally providing a diagnosis and treatment. Love it Acute iron deficiency

Many, many nights and days lol. Cheers Paul

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Hello mate. I'm happy you think so, to me it just feels like it's taking forever. Totally agree with you on never having enough light, I'm planning on 2 flexible working lights at each machine but I think a 3rd row will offset the shadows and balance it nicely at the same time. Yep I'll be painting it. I want a wipe clean paint but I'm not sure what primer will stick to ply and let me use gloss? The big job now is to move my original machines down to this workshop to try and work out a floor plan. What's going to make it hard is my old shed has a 12" step to navigate down. I'll probably make a ramp or something Really appreciate the feedback Thanks for watching

I know that feeling, it seems to take an age to get anywhere when you're working on a project like that but you're making good progress. When I painted my shed interior (8x4 18mm plywood sheets) I used white emulsion paint - Leyland Trade stuff from Screwfix. It stuck nicely to the sheets and still looks OK, I didn't bother with gloss but the wipe-clean idea is a good one. If I did it again I think I'd do that, the wall behind my lathe shows a nice oil line where oil gets thrown off the chuck onto the wall :-) Moving machines from your old workshop will be fun, I suppose it depends what you've got to move but I think a ramp is a good idea, unless you've got access to something like a tele handler - I live on a farm and the farmer has been very helpful using the tele handler to lift things like my surface grinder, Bridgeport mill and my lathe, I would have been stuck without that or it would have taken me forever to move them using rollers and levers. Good luck!

@coplandjason no farmer here and only a 42" wide alleyway for access. Mills get there knees removed to get down it. I have a couple of pallet trucks and some cumbersome pallet stakers, it's a fun little game finding solutions.

Literally just remember where they go mate. I've taken most the auxiliary components of the engines at some point so all that was new to me was the head bolts and little case an timing bolts

A good trick is to get a bit of cardboard, and for each bolt, poke it through the cardboard, then mark on the cardboard what the bolt is. You can keep like with like, and even copy patterns on the engine.

Pleased that it's come in handy for people. Thanks for watching

Hello. yeah, I'm good, just spending my time waiting. The UK is just a mess, but from the looks of it, so is Europe and a lot of the world. Seems greed and oppression rule our planet.... what a strange species we are. Perhaps I'm an anarchist, but I long for the day it all collapses and people break free from the yoke of civil society and realise we have not been free for a few thousand years just because we get paid to "work" we think we have self control and choice. In reality, we are still slaves serving our masters. All they did was change our perception of freedom

@@smithbuilt Exactly! It's the same old game, the wizard behind the curtain pulling the strings and 'Almost' everyone is caught up in the illusion. The system is designed to take back what we slaved for...we have already been told we will own nothing and be happy...as if we really own anything anyway lol, 'they' don't live like they expect us to live, that's for sure mate...live whichever way you can, survival has a different mindset, whatever it takes; family comes first 👍

@@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN bang on point

I just looked it up. It's...... Great I can't remember exactly. High 700c. OK looked again its 770c. If I let it free burn the whole thing glows bright red along with a meter or so of the flue. I'm not keen on it as its a wooden , I restrict the air flow once i hear the magnet drop. Feels like I've been working on the new shed forever...... tore the old one down mid 2019 and started to pour the foundation in spring 2021..... been a long time

@@smithbuilt Thanks very much my good man. I will do some testing myself now

It's still going strong. I'll often just use it for the ease of mobility and simplicity

They left a nice mark too, the burn was more restricting and tight then sore