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  1. l_jonez

    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    +1 on the crank oil seal
  2. l_jonez

    Skinners Sprint Micra

    Interesting idea I can't see why it wouldn't work, you'd have to swap the cams over and do a fair bit of porting. You would probably have to run a Standalone ECU and either ditch the cam sensor or relocate it.
  3. l_jonez

    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    It's something I've meant to do for years but never got around to as my garage is dark even when fabricating on the bench. I think I'm right in thinking that the auto dark is triggered by UV light? Which would explain why a filament bulb/ fluorescent would trigger it but the led doesn't. As you...
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    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    As I said before it all comes down to practice and experience. You will soon learn the settings required for the job in hand, for your machine on 2.5mm I'd be starting at amps 1-max and a wire speed around the 5.5-6 range and take it from there. Your welds are starting to look much neater...
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    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    For years I had a dedicated body work MIG, a Clarke pro 90. It had low min amps (20A I think) which was great for body work. After 10 years of hard service and God knows how many liners and tips it finally packed in. I know use my 151te which is OK for body work but not as suitable for thin...
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    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    Air dry, one half of the mount at a time to allow the polyurethane to set correctly ( middle doesn't set if you do the whole mount. Mind you VTEC mounts are much bigger)
  7. l_jonez

    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    On the VTEC engine swap in my mini I filled them with polyurethane adhesive, worked nicely
  8. l_jonez

    PollyMobiles Rebuild

    Trust me everything will fall into place, the best thing I did was to take a boring mundane retail job whilst looking for a career path. It got me out of the house and into a routine, also the constant customer contact helped with my lack of confidence. Yes I still struggle with large groups...
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    what did you do to your micra today ?

    Yep, bss sorted me out :)
  10. l_jonez

    what did you do to your micra today ?

    Started on the turbo manifold Tacked together
  11. l_jonez

    Controversial engine swap

    I doubt it they went bust a few weeks ago
  12. l_jonez

    what did you do to your micra today ?

    Not exactly micra but cg13 related... Started to look how the turbo&engine fit in the kit car Yep its very tight Does anyone know where I can get an exhaust flange from?
  13. l_jonez

    what did you do to your micra today ?

    My bad got over excited and posted before uploading pics A/R 0.47
  14. l_jonez

    what did you do to your micra today ?

    Well this arrived :) Time for some snail power
  15. l_jonez

    Which trolley jack to buy?

    I got one of these https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-ctj2250lp-2-25-tonne-low-profile-trolle?da=1&TC=SRC-low%20entry Low entry is a must for me
  16. l_jonez

    Tubular exhaust manifold

    I would rather it be a 4-2-1 but you can't fault the workmanship/quality
  17. l_jonez

    Engine ideas. Couple of choices. Come give opinions :)

    You already know my answer. Option 5 You do know that the 998 and 1.3 blocks are identical ? It was just the stroke that changed. Only saying so that you can pick the best out of the 2 blocks you have
  18. l_jonez

    Boot release

    I'm breaking my k11 with internal fuel cap mechanism if you are interested.
  19. l_jonez

    Parts wanted

    I'm breaking my 2000 k11. It's got spoiler and fogs if you're interested
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