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They pay big bucks for a VW TDI in the US, as they are quite rare over there. But for us in the UK, these engines and their parts are pennies. I paid £150 for mine. You can fit them on landrover boxes, like this one: VW TD Engine swap into Series Rover (66rover.com) I am aware of someone who did have one in a challenge buggy, coupled to an LT77. The BMW has an inherent cam chain problem, but that is probably solved by now. It could be interesting to have an M47, as I believe that has an aluminium block (Edit: BMW M47 = 172 kg). The VW tdi is 150 kg though, (Edit: heaviest 1.9 is 297 pounds= 135kg, 2.0 is 350 pounds = 158kg) so not heavy for a land rover. Max factory power is 150 HP I believe, and some mental souls have taken them to 200HP.

Is that the engine that the YouTube chap ‘dirt lifestyle’ put into his jeep ? The one he used seemed very well suited to a TJ used on and off road. In fact I seem to be seeing them put in quite a few things in the states - perhaps becoming a bit of a go-to engine swap choice?

I've played around with weights in the back, tools etc. Most of the bad experiences were with potato boxes full of logs on the trailer. Six to be exact, so about 2.8 tonnes, with the trailer weighing in at 800kgs. I've tried with the pick up empty, brimmed with logs, half full, with tools etc. No difference. Yet put the 2.7 tonne double axle Ifor on the back or the tipper, no worries. Comparing the various pickup to the Disco or the SWB G wagen, both of which tow anything at all up weight beautifully, is interesting. hauling out of the woods is also so much easier when not using a pick up, with one exception, a mate who has a 3.0ltr Isuzu Rodeo, with the full Superpro suspension set up, and that also tows well on road

Yes here too. l've been looking, new they now start at £65,000 but there's quite a few with negligible mileage at under £50,000 and not the basic versions either.

I think it's often an issue of a lack of weight on the back of a lot of pickups. I know a few with various triaxle trailers who find the same unless the pickup is weighed down a bit.

The price of Grenadiers appears to be continuing a downward trend, at least in this part of the world.

Even though the gear is made from a forged blank they are still heat treated. This makes the surfaces “hard” you can simply grind some of the surface where you will drill. You won’t need to go very deep, maybe 1mm. This will help to start and drill the hole. Of course it won’t help the internal side but that’s only the last bit of drilling. I don’t see the appeal in using a masonry drill bit. Yes they often have a tungsten carbide insert but their cutting geometry is very poor. A good quality HSS drill bit will do the job with prior surface grinding…

All 4 remaining wheels welded and blended, pity it's started to rain.... Pretty sure it will stop at some point in our 4 season days.....lol Regards Stephen

I'm surprised that you are having issues with a tri-axle Ifor. BUT. The tri-axle ifor that I use might be superb on the Disco, but it's appalling on any pickup. Snakes like a b£st£rd, even when empty. Hitch height has never been an issue but moving the hitch further back has helped a bit.

When I was into challenges it was superb, having a manual it helped tickling over rocks etc and gaining traction to edge up to a punch with less wheel spin and more control which an Auto was more suited for ( 7 Sisters it was fantastic), since I dont do this any longer TBH its not used, to the extent with fitting the 8HP I've left off and its tucked away in the shed lol

I need one of those! My new radiator is bothering me. It's not quite perfect.....

I suspect your both right, never had an issue with the ball hight before, hopefully a learning point for others.

They need swapping round because when i plugged it in, the TPS dial in tunerstudio went red with the needle round at 100% and when I moved the spindle it went to 0, so i'm guessing the signal wires right but the outer 2 need swapping round. Will have a look on ebay for unpinning tools. Cheers.

Why do they need swapping around? To remove terminals you will need a de-pinning tool, I think for the TPS it is just a circular tube, if you look on ebay you will find electrical terminal de-pinning tools with all sorts on one keyring for very little money, one of which will do it.

So, after a long wait for dvla to sort the log book out, I now have a 4.2 auto in the 90 running and sounding pretty damn awesome! First I would like to thank FF, HFH and Bowie and anyone else who put their 2 pennorth in to help me get her up and running. The landy seemed to run fine but gear changes on the autobox were quite harsh. Did a few autotune runs with cell change set to easy and then used the landy for getting to work and was quite happy with it. Took it out on sunday to do an autotune run and barely made it out of town. every time I touched the throttle it would cough and hop and nearly stall. Nursed it into a car park and looked at the laptop and noticed the TPS gauge was reading -14% at throttle off and wobbling all over the place. Because I had autotune sending results straight to the ecu this was causing accel enrichment to go through the roof. turned tps off and switched to map based AE and that cured the problem and let me get home. I bought a used TPS off eblag a couple of months back when I saw it for sale at £45 inc delivery. Bargain I thought even though I didn't need one at the time. It's fitted with the right connector to marry up to the connector on Niges loom but the wires need swapping round. How the hell do you get the terminals out without damaging them??

59mm , centre of square (10mm ) to centre of bottom hole (6mm) 39mm to top hole between centres. HTH. Richard

Looking forward to seeing the suspension AND the tyres flex

t that is exactly what I meant about the cost being involved in the bureaucracy (mostly well warranted) rather than the direct manufacturing cost. It should be a good guarantee of quality, but sadly it isn’t as robust as expected.

All 4 remaining rims welded up, two still to blend, hope to have them painted this week Regards Stephen

If you are having to push the hitch down onto the ball you have the ball set too low for sufficient nose weight. A short (12/14') tri axle will always bully the tow car unless the tow car is LWB and or heavy in my experience, Unless you have stupidly heavy springs more often than not 90's need to look 'sat on their arse' to tow nicely with more adventurous loads I think.

You're not wrong - one recent discussion I saw was someone trying to work out how much battery they'd need to run their 2kW+ air conditioning unit in their camper overnight

Not necessarily true. I have worked in aerospace manufacture / supply and there are many additional 'operations', just, for example, to provide the necessary parts traceability. Every part used in an assembly, right down to a screw, is traceable. The batch number for that screw from the previous manufacturing process (or supplier) is recorded on the build sheet. That sub assembly part number build reference is then carried forward to the next. The result is that a huge cross reference is built-up, just for that one part of compliance. It goes on and on...

Bang on Regards Stephen

Absolutely, even more so combined with the weather Regards Stephen