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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Rob E » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:09 pm

SteveRST wrote:Never seen that happen before!

Did the alternator mounting break or was it loose, allowing the fan to contact something it shouldn't?

Lies, yours took a finger out :lol:poor old four fingers Gary
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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Rob E » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:10 pm

I'd take the wrap of the nose and get it to a fibreglass specialist :D
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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Tony B » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:29 pm

Rob E wrote:I'd take the wrap of the nose and get it to a fibreglass specialist :D


does that make me a fibreglass unspecialist :lol: - anyway, it wasn't my fault, Martin bought the wrong colour... :D

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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Weathers » Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:41 pm

Tony B wrote:
Rob E wrote:I'd take the wrap of the nose and get it to a fibreglass specialist :D


does that make me a fibreglass unspecialist :lol: - anyway, it wasn't my fault, Martin bought the wrong colour... :D


I don’t know Tony - does it? :D

The one I’ve just contacted wants 1,000 of your finest English pounds just for the BONNET. Bloody hell a new one from Westfield is ONLY 700 odd.

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Re: Latest modifications

Postby andyf » Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:40 pm

Weathers wrote:
Tony B wrote:
Rob E wrote:I'd take the wrap of the nose and get it to a fibreglass specialist :D


does that make me a fibreglass unspecialist :lol: - anyway, it wasn't my fault, Martin bought the wrong colour... :D


I don’t know Tony - does it? :D

The one I’ve just contacted wants 1,000 of your finest English pounds just for the BONNET. Bloody hell a new one from Westfield is ONLY 700 odd.


A bit of P40 and some gelcoat should sort it :lol:
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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Rob E » Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:42 pm

Tone will sort it, we did marts , perfect, you'd never know we'd filled all the cracks
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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Martin S » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:40 pm

Blimey sorry to hear this...yeh tony does a great job :roll: maybe a v8 bonnet

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Re: Latest modifications

Postby kenton » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:21 pm

hole y poop (see what I did there). Very strange, some of the denso alternators are designed for slow revving diesel engines, maybe it was beyond its design limits?
Siltec do a carbon nose and bonnet I think. was talked about recently on the westy forum.
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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Rob E » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:24 pm

kenton wrote:hole y poop (see what I did there). Very strange, some of the denso alternators are designed for slow revving diesel engines, maybe it was beyond its design limits?
Siltec do a carbon nose and bonnet I think. was talked about recently on the westy forum.
Good luck with the fix
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Re: Latest modifications

Postby Rob E » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:25 pm

Martin S wrote:Blimey sorry to hear this...yeh tony does a great job :roll: maybe a v8 bonnet

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