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Postby sabretooth » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:25 pm

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Any volunteers? :shock:
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:44 pm

Just cover it up with some random silver paint.

It'll be good as gold. :mrgreen:
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Postby fastfreddygassit » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:16 pm

Dude, I'd love to help but am a little too far away. :?
I'd be thinking about putting some minor bracing in that area
to tie it all together/add strength and minimise the flex there.
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Postby Fatty » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:22 pm

looks like that sucker has seen a few too many heat cycles :mrgreen:
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Postby sabretooth » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:42 pm

Fatty wrote:looks like that sucker has seen a few too many heat cycles :mrgreen:

Guilty as charged. :)

fastfreddy, I'm considering putting a flex joint further down - I'm assuming that the diff work I did (which required detaching the exhaust) ended up stressing the dump pipe, and leading to that! I should have braced the exhaust.
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Postby lowmiata » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:24 am

can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:23 pm

lowmiata wrote:can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?


Sorry to hijack - Have you guys got an RSVP to send?

Back to thread.....
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Postby mickfred » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:31 pm

lowmiata wrote:can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?


It'll be well worth it ;)
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Postby jules » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:44 am

Uncle Arthur wrote:
lowmiata wrote:can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?


Sorry to hijack - Have you guys got an RSVP to send?

Back to thread.....


I believe ours is sent? or so Mummy says.

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Postby sabretooth » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:50 am

lowmiata wrote:can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?

You live in Ormeau now don't you? I don't think I'd be able to - the MX is the only way for me to get down there. I'm -hoping- for a "drive in, let it cool, weld it and bolt it back up" kinda deal.
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Postby lowmiata » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:20 pm

Uncle Arthur wrote:
lowmiata wrote:can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?


Sorry to hijack - Have you guys got an RSVP to send?

Back to thread.....


Will be in mail tonight.
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:35 pm

lowmiata wrote:
Uncle Arthur wrote:
lowmiata wrote:can you take it of and leave it with me for a couple of days?


Sorry to hijack - Have you guys got an RSVP to send?

Back to thread.....


Will be in mail tonight.


I also still have your winch. And you haven't yet seen the fruits of our labours......... :)
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