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Just spent a few days shifting a 24 foot site office container from one side of the garden to the other using poles and a mini digger - thought my heart was going to burst with the effort, glad I didn't have to get it on & off a trailer as well 😄

In my experience containers are usually able to be delivered (and put where you want by the Hiab) as part of the sale at minimal if any extra cost - is there a reason that isn’t an option for you?

Very well executed!! Some good work in that. Its just a shame these smaller parts can't tell people how much time and effort went into making them 😂

I don't think there's a single inch of my workshop that's as clean as that

I used to hire containers off a firm who did local deliveries using a Disco 2 and a three axle trailer. Legal as far as I could fathom.

So first step was to source a new lt77 gearbox... no bother, off to ashcroft I went. Unfortunately, ashcroft no longer rebuild lt77 gearboxes due to some parts no longer being available from land rover. I could have sent my current box down for a rebuild but if it the certain parts were not in good enough condition, the box would have essentially been scrap to them. So my only option was to buy an R380 however this would be without exchange, costing around £1800. Everyone at ashcrofts was helpful and I can understand them wanting to gaurantee quality but unfortunately this was out of my budget. So a bit more googling (and searching on the forum) and I found myself on the phone to Beaumonts. Who were willing to do an exchange unit for a freshly rebuilt lt77. Result! Beaumont were a joy to deal with start to finish and gearbox is now sitting in my unit waiting to be fitted! Great price, very helpful and very patient.. I would highly recommend for anyone in a similar situation. I will get photos of the box this weekend hopefully. Now down to fitting. I will be fitting this box immediately just to get the land rover mobile for the time being (as currently it is only mobile in 4th gear) so I need to decide what geabox oil I am going to order.. Unless it has a note on the gearbox when i open the packaging, I am thinking about using an MTF 75w 90 as opposed to regular ATF and was wondering if anyone else had done this and how they found it?

Portals and more:

Hi All, I thought I'd introduce my new project. I have recently become the new owner of my uncles Defender. He owned this vehicle for about 15 years and it was this very vehicle that got me obsessed with the green oval! Many hoyrse spend in this vehicle on road trips, off roading days and later in life l, using it as a tool to tow my motors.. My uncle never planned to sell it as it was his pride and joy but unfortunately, due to a mixture of unfortunate circumstances, the landy slowly fell into a bit of mechanical disreapare and eventually ended up parked on the drive with a blown gearbox in 2022. So, December this year I received a somehwat early christmas present.. a phone call asking me to come collect it off his drive! My uncle decided he didn't want to see it sit land rot on his driveway and as I was its biggest admirer, it was offered to me. So all other projects and bits swiftly went up for sale (or will be going up for sale shortly) and space was made for the new addition. So, the plan is to get it ready for its next 15 (and hopefully many more) years of life and give it a fairly intensive restoration, starting with: new door skins and bonnet, galvanised bulkhead, galvanised chassis, any other body repairs required before treating it to a new lick of paint! To those who were following my series 2 restored thread, I apologise.. but this motor was one I couldn't let go!

It’s been done, I have a photo somewhere😂 due to the modular construction of the 404s it was a beautifully simple conversion and seemed to work well! nah he has a v8 to put into it first😂

Someone got pulled for this a few years ago. In the end as that could be pinned on them was no tacho, as they were in business. Once it's safe, within limits, and seriously, seriously secured, then why not? Any worse than a glider trailer? Or a horse box? But I'm not a lawyer, so know nothing.

Watch it, he's probably done it already.

We converting to independent portals while we’re at it😂

Surely that's just an invite for inboard brakes ala jag e type?

Won't work, angle of wheel centres will catch brake calipers, that was my first check.. Regards Stephen

Drop me a message if you need dimensions Regards Stephen

I will do my best. I now do t have halfshafts for reference but I’ll get as many measurements as I can

@dangererous doug next time your shed dwelling, see if you can get some measurements on how long the shafts need to be just I don't see any value in cutting 100mm+ spline lengths when they are not required, mainly for the diff lock shafts. Ta very much Regards Stephen

That really is exquisite Regards Stephen

Whatever way I decide I will sort it...... That's put my money where my mouth is.........oops Regards Stephen

I have two plans of attack up my sleeve... 1st, dismantle one rim and see how far I can push things 2nd, knock up some flat plate inners on the lathe or mill using rotary table Regards Stephen

You’ll be able to use the centres to get the positive offset and also caliper clearance then convert the pcd for the hub again no?

Complete insane. there are firms that specialise in this who have wag n drags that have twist locks in the beds and hiabs for moving.

Well, having got it all dismantled now I can see that I used the self same parts on the last occasion and it is clear that the manifold has been blowing at the heatshield.... looking at the part numbers they all supercede to the later number in each case and mine would be the later one in any case. I have two choices, no heatshield and just use gaskets or try and add thickness to the heatshield somehow?

Your better off without it at the moment, my work.ethic has been rubbish this year so far... Regards Stephen

I like the thought process......... However there is nothing on a mog rim I can use, wrong bolt pattern 20" rim Regards Stephen