Dave’s long-term Lil’Bugga Buggy Build

Yes, the forum I have read on using these for fiddle brakes does say that the (Hillman Imp) master cylinders will need stops in front of the actuator levers to stop the pistons being pushed out when the 'normal' vehicle (in my case the standard Jimny one) master cylinder is pressed with the normal foot brake pedal that would pressurise the (Hillman Imp) master cylinders being used for the fiddle brakes...
 

Fiddle brake systems are the future. I have them on my massey ferguson along with a diff lock, you can virtually pivot round either back wheel if you need or control a slip across the axle. Takes practice to be quick with it though.

Ooh! The tyres finally turned up! Ordered on the 27/7 delivered on the 10/8, supposedly from Lichfield as listed on eBay, but they wandered over from Poland...

 

 

Pleased with them now they're here though, and eventually went for 235/75 R15's (so approx 29" x 9.5" ... lil'Bugga sized then! )as they were on offer at the time at £365 but they've since gone back up to £406...

I'll drop them round to the friendly tyre bay at the of our road with the rims tomorrow...

Looking good Dave
Nice Wheels and tyres are always good for motivation
I'm going to drop the tyres off mine this week and send them for shot blasting cant be doing with tatty wheels lol

Thanks Baloo... yes, worth the wait! :lol:

Just finished a bacon butty, so now going to pull the Boogie out of the garage and pop the car cover over it as it looks like rain today Hence being at home and not on a 'lane somewhere... And then tidy the garage, organise and start cleaning the parts I have, clean the replacement wheel (one had a big ding in it) and then drop the tyres and alloys round to the tyre bay (50 metres away?!) to be combined

There was some discussion on facebook about putting balance beads in first, but with this eventually going to be a crawler buggy and offroad only, it won't be going fast enough to warrant the beads... 

 

I had these tyres Dave grippy as hell 
Just keep an eye on pressures cos side walls are so strong.
i was running one tyre at 9psi others at 20 for how long i can't say 
but you could not tell it was down. but i think this lead to the side wall cracking within a year