lightweight buggy

id do something to stop my arms from going under the rear wheel. all the same a nice-looking off-roader.

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id do something to stop my arms from going under the rear wheel. all the same a nice-looking off-roader.

i agree  it needs a B post or maybe  two 6" apart to stop rocks protruding into the cabin when it falls over
not that ive got that many rocks or things that would do that in my back garden
 

well i thought i was just going to jet wash the axles paint them and pop them in.............  how stupid of me 
while the front was on the bench l tried turning the pinion  .....  it would only go half  way then go really tight...
better open them up and have a look l suppose

plenty of water in with the oil

and plenty of sand packed in the hubs  

but im sure i can sort it out

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and the engine and box for the buggy are here 

I really hear you man. The other thing that happens to me is, "while I have it out you'd be best off replacing ........everything.
Your build is interesting to me because I find it difficult to understand the ecu etc and how you are going to make the ecu think everything is ok now please start engine.

Transplanting engines with ECUs isn't too bad if you have the whole donor car. I've done it a few times. Basically I carefully pull out the whole loom then plug everything together on the floor and make sure the engine still runs. After that it's a case of referring to the wiring diagrams and stripping out everything that isn't engine related. Immobilisers can be a pain, especially if they have a few sneaky undocumented wires in there just to catch you out.

Baloo, what engine + box did you go for in the end?