Blitz 2 buggie rebuild Discussion Thread

[Phaeton]

Thought I'd set you one of these up, that way the actual build thread keeps clean & easy to follow.

Whist you're stripping it down assuming you're staying with the tractor engine consider turning the gear mechanism around, it does make a difference & you also get a proper reversing switch if you're going for IVA.

http://www.muddybuggies.com/forum/m...cts-f37/mr-bumble-s-rebuild-t1456.html#p10844

 

[Danny]

what were the point of those side wings?

 

[Phaeton]

Either splash guards or for carrying bales of hay

 

[Boilerman]

Thanks guys for setting the build thread up. I've no idea what the side trays were for. I'll take a look at the gear change mechanism, didn't know it could be turned through 180.

 

[Boilerman]

Phaeton, I can't open the link you sent. Is the info in your build thread ?

 

[Phaeton]

Looks like Danny's new software has broken the links, there are full instructions somewhere I'll have a look tonight for you (if I remember, memory isn't what it used to be) but basically you take off the bottom plate off the selector, knock out the 2x roll pins that hold the rods into the selector, swap them over & put the roll pins back. You may have to experiment with the bottom plate, in the Freestyle instructions you're told to spin this around to have it the way you currently have it fitted, if you spin the rods around it may need to go back on the same way, if that makes any sense at all. But doing this gives you the gate that you have to lift over to get reverse on the correct side & brings the factory reverse switch back into play

 

[Danny]

yeah gone for a more stable version... I will see about getting a rewrite script working

 

[Boilerman]

Thanks Phaeton, I'll give it a try soon, hopefully self evident when it's opened up.

 

[Boilerman]

New photos if I can get them on the page. I'll try here the different address codes.
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[Boilerman]

Original rear locking arm.

 

[Phaeton]

That rear steering arm looks interesting

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[Boilerman]

Interesting is right, engineered not too sure, I'm going for the bracket and rose joint.

 

[Boilerman]

New rear steering lock up bracket completed today.

 

[Boilerman]

Shot blast cabinet made today, it's made from a gardeners grow housing, Perspex front screen and a foam filter at the rear to relieve the internal pressure while retaining the grit. It's a removable base to facilitate the grit recycling. Works a treat and can be folded away.

 

[Danny]

Nice idea... I just took my bits to blaster... I don't have to do any clearing up

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[Phaeton]

What you using for gloves?

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[Boilerman]

Only took an hour and £20 to build so I can do most cleaning jobs now anytime and free )

 

[Boilerman]

Normal gloves, slipping hands/arms through side splits, works well enough, plain and simple.

 

[Boilerman]

Seat brackets welded in place, very secure, braced forwards and backwards.

 

[Phaeton]

Oops was just about to post 'Just be careful there is not a lot of room for your knees under the steering wheel' then remembered this is a Blitz not a Freestyle so you may have more space.