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Unless you are painting the whole vehicle when buying paint by ref no is OK you are better having an existing panel scanned and the paint matched to that as the paint will already have faded. Peter

It is acceptable to use cable ties to retain TRE boots, if you buy a CV boot kit for a modern car the chances are that it will come with cable ties instead of metal clips. People like Blanchards may have better quality NOS boots. I keep a stock of boots in as they split on a regiular basis, whatever they are made of they are not the same quality as originals. Peter

You would expect them to include all the bits in the kit!! Peter

Moving the backplate round 1 hole is common, it also make bleeding them much easier. I am fortunate though I didnt need to do it on mine but I did fit the cylinders pipes and shoes on the bench before fitting on the land rover. Oh and I also filled the cylinders with brake fluid whilst on the bench. Small ratchet strap round the shoes to keep in place and I bled the brakes before fitting the drums. Peter

You could also bring a bucket load of the pierburg belt drive pumps from your local scrappy. They were standard fit on PSA cars in the 80s and 90s. Peter

Our conservatory roof is twinwall plastic sheet, 27 years so far and still going strong. To save future problems with the dormer would it be possible to put a sloping roof from the front up to the ridge line then slate it even of it is a shallow angle, the alternative would be a fibreglass cap. Bothe are more expensive than refelting but you will not be facing a replacement in 10 years. Peter

It is the exposed part of the thread that corrodes. It is worth while if the studs are in good condition putting double nuts on to cover all exposed threads, then you dont destroy the inner brass nut when undoing. Peter

Excellent, you will not be disappointed with the standard of their work or their prices Peter

Leaf Sprung Landys at Stalmine near Fleetwood, are really good craftsmen who have a passion for land rovers. They own and drive them as well as repairing and restoring them

Early 2s (58) withe the IOE engine were a darker blue. Peter

Measure the distance round all the pulleys and go to your local bearing supplier, he will be able to get a v belt to fit that is cheaper than a normal fan belt. If you can work out the sizing you can also buy from Ebay. Have you checked that your pulleys are in line as that is the most common cause of belts shredding. Peter

If you notice my bracket is a slightly different shape to the pukka one, that is to get round the galvanised capping. Peter

The mirror arms are the same as fited to early Sherpas and some Bedford CFs.. Peter

I have home made versions of the type that 17H is showing. I did buy some but somewhere along the line the hole spacings didnt work so I bent some steel to the same shape and adjusted my hole centres to my mirrors and hinges

I have mirrors Like the ones shown in 17Hs first post, they are on home made brackets that fit behind the door hinge and I have large tractor mirror heads, they are brilliant Peter

Another vote for Timpson!!

Belt drive pump, bracket and associated parts from an early 90/110 2.25 diesel would be stock, it is the same 5mb engine as fitted to the later 3s Peter

Get rid of that awful unreliable bit of kit and fit a proper vac pump. Electric is easiest, lots of modern cars have them I have a belt drive Pierburg at fitted to many older French cars and by Land Rover when they realised that the inlet manifold thging was not up to scratch. Peter

Thes flat L488 lenses are all glass, be careful not to drop when trying to fit Peter

M7 is an uncommon size in the UK but is used extensively in the French automotive industry, what you call a person I'm not that keen on size. How do I know? Bour eurobox suffered a rusted sump, as it is the base of our camper I fitted an alloy sump from another model, thicker flange, needed longer bolts. Ended up buying from the Citroen agent and they cost a fortune, but the sump was cheap and wont rot away again. Peter

A bit of useless information that applies to factory recon series engines. LR or their reconditioners always machined the number off. There is a service bulletin that ells dealers to stamp the original engine number on the machined surface. Many didnt bother though. There is also some confusion with log books/V5s where the engine no and the chassis no appear the same. They cannot be as they use a different system but laziness when first registering meant that the chassis number was just copied into the engiune number space. Peter

I think the problem with the BSF standard pull in studs is aesthetics rather than safety. There is more than enoughof the stud in the double ended nut to be safe but they just dont look right and have been the cause (wrongly) of MOT failures in the past. They look OK with the BSF half nuts. Peter

Zeus, the land rover disc conversion company sell extended studs about £40 for an axle set. They are shown at the bottom of page 1. http://www.zeus.uk.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=3 Peter

You can fit either Sparto (unavailable or mega expensive) or Lucas L488 bases with either flat lenses or domed ones. The holes should be the right size for these. I have them on my 58 S2

grease for me, bare metal will rust and the springs will become solid. Peter