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sailorboi
 


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My Narrow Track (potentially up for sale)

Sorry to bore with another Sankey build but tough cos he it goes Smile

Last Wednesday I went and collected my narrow track Sankey for a complete overhaul. It proved not to be as straight forward as I had thought it would be as the narrow track was not narrow enough Embarassed

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Big thanks to Moo (and his builders) Thumbs Up

Anyway we got it home safely Thumbs Up

Today I started to actually assess what I had and what to do first. The tub is rotten and this was proven when I strapped it down to bring it home and I could put the securing strap through the body work Whistle

Anyway body was the first thing to go:

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Then I set about assessing what the underside was actually like. The chassis itself is in very good condition just coated with a very thick tar like paint. But as you can see from the pic the original NATO green is there Thumbs Up

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I will be taking the chassis to a welder friend to be extended later on next week. Unfortunately Ray is too far away to make it viable.

Another job today I thought I would do is take
Off the sankey wheels and fit my other wider defender wheels. Well I knew I would need spacers so I wanted to see what size I would need. However I could not get the damn Sankey wheel off!!! Evil or Very Mad

So can anyone give me tips for getting it off? I took all the wheel nuts off and I think the hub carrier is just welded to the rim where it has not been removed for years!! Also does anyone know what size spacers I should be fitting with 16" x 7" defender rims? Do I need 30mm or 60mm spacers?
And does anyone have two they would like to sell?

Well hopefully I will get the wheels off this week and get all the drop down support legs off and serviced. Also on next weeks list is to get the seized handbrake off and apart and rebuilt Thumbs Up if anyone has tips/ instructions on how to get that apart Smile

Well that's all so far I will keep you posted though like all the others Thumbs Up mine is just a chassis rebuild at the moment though Very Happy
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Post #126171930th Mar 2014 5:16 pm
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Welcome to the sankey club Thumbs Up

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DiscoDunc
 


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looks a bit like like mine did Laughing

make sure you get yourself an Uncle Ray battery box and extend the A-frame Thumbs Up

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yes but the ally box is ok Whistle i have some photos of one of them i did extend will dig them out it was a long job but worked out ok
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Are widetracks easier to extend then Ray?

My mk2 needs dropping too though, have you done that one you have yet?
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Did that get scrapped in France Dunc ?

They've not still got it in a field have they, could use the spacers Whistle
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Post #126175030th Mar 2014 6:09 pm
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Ye Dunc I will be extending it and possibly some other thing up front but not sure yet so not going to say yet Thumbs Up

Hopefully will get to chat to my welder this week and see what we can do Thumbs Up

It's just getting the wheels off that is annoying at the moment and not sure what size spacers. I think 30mm?
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DiscoDunc
 


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I shared a set of spacers with Wiggs - I cant remember where he got them from. I think they were 30mm but not sure
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FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
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FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
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D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide 
 
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beanie wrote:
Did that get scrapped in France Dunc ?

They've not still got it in a field have they, could use the spacers Whistle


it was left at the garage along with the two 220ah batteries and the howling moon awning Big Cry
 Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide 
 
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sailorboi
 


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Ray are there any big issues to extending a narrow track? I will be dropping it too but leaving that with my fabricator Thumbs Up
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sailorboi
 


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I don't want adapters as am using defender where that are the same PCD but the tyres are a lot wider Thumbs Up I will go for 30mm but just got the get the old wheels Off Rolling with laughter
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30mm will be fine once you've cut off the lifting hubs. This is on my wide track:

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Adapters for D3 rims Thumbs Up

http://www.simonbbc.com/wheel-spacers/land...a1555d5952
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Post #126177130th Mar 2014 6:23 pm
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Where's the garage Dunc have you their details. If it's near us I don't mind salvaging what I can if it's still there?
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Post #126177330th Mar 2014 6:25 pm
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Thanks Greg but I am only fitting defender wheels as I have three already and keeping costs down at the moment Thumbs Up

That is the guy I was going to get them from though Smile

Thanks I will cut them off ye. But need advice getting the wheels off as they have not been removed ever Big Cry
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