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And they’re a fortune now it seems .... plus I’d probably lose a finger. I think t also helps to have two people - one to steer and one to work the winch?

Oooo - that all sounds interesting! Excuse my ignorance though - what does the Pierce look like? Is it an electric drum winch ? Or something else? Not sure I’ve ever seen one. Thank you for replying chaps!

There is quite a demand for those lights through the grill panels and grills ! 😊 Thank goodness you’re not chopping it up.

Caveated that I recognise that my taste is no more valid than anyone else’s - I’m really not keen on the whole Land Rover range now. For me, part of Land Rovers identity has been how aesthetics were secondary to function - making the most capable 4x4 vehicles seemed to be the soul of the company, and for very sound commercial reasons they have moved away from that. I like change and technology - for instance I’m interested in the whole Tesla thing despite still believing that the smell of 2-stroke would be my dream aftershave. I read a quote from Jerry McGovern where he said he’d got the internal structure changed - that Styling used to report to Engineering, and now its the other way around. That for me sums up the change - it literally is now style over substance. The heart of the company has changed and the new direction doesn’t resonate with me. It’s too strong to say I find it neither useful or beautiful, it would have use as a big family car - but the aesthetics I find so grim that I wouldn’t choose it. I’m not keen on the roof chop look, they seem to have lost their elegance, and maybe because of some of the customer demographic around here - they seem rather synonymous with ‘look - I’m rich’ - which interestingly is what JLR’s staff training said RR range is all about. There it’s off my chest.

It looks close ...........😊

When you push the pedal down it pulls a cable / or rod that pulls a lever on the injection pump. I’d when the pedal is flat to the floor the lever could still travel further ... then you aren’t getting full throttle. hows that ?

Well done !

Looks nice !! How did you get on with the engine (rubber) mounts fitting in the mounting brackets ? Did you have to trim them? It doesn’t look like it there ... 😊

That’s such a shame. She speaks so highly of you.

I’m thinking ahead to my 80 being finished and pondering what winch options I might have. Can anyone suggest what kind of drum winches might be available and affordable? I remembered there are a lot of good suggestions made in this thread: but, in the last two years, a good few of them seem to have become unaffordable ... If they are all silly money, then perhaps I should just pick up a tirfor ...

Here is a guy talking about how he fitted one to a 300tdi. he has another video talking about tuning the pump - and recommends starting with the max power screw as it seems to effectively work like a main jet in a carburettor - and then adjusting the others to tune the rest of the Rev range.

They do a 300 one: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F391230259052

Not really - I came to Belfast a couple of times with work, but only got to see some office buildings ... My series 1 restoration is coming on well, so I’m planning for us to come over in that. 😊 One thing I can’t get a handle on is how many days I need to take, I guess that depends on how many things we stop for - and there seems to be a lot to stop for on that road ! The other thing I’m wondering is where to stop so the 80 will be safe - and wether that means camping where I can park next to it or finding some quiet B&B. Any suggestions or recommendations will be more than welcome! Stephen

I’m planning to catch the ferry from Stranraer to Larne and drive the Causeway Road across the top of Northern Ireland. Has anyone done it and might have some recommendations? Particularly as for where to stay?

Hmm - thank you - I need to digest that !

Good grief - that’s over £900 😳

Fridge, you’ve exceeded even your own standards this time.... 😂

I read that Land Rover are keeping the patina and just doing a mechanical restoration.

I’d like to put heated seats, a diesel air heater, and so on in my series 1 without taking away the period look as much as possible - these potentially offer a way to have a set up in the seat box that could be kept very discreet. Also if they are the beginning of something that offers integrated voltage sensitive controls and remote control, it would be a one stop shop for adding circuits.

in a similar vein - http://www.ridecontroller.com/

I like these ! Particularly the smartphone integration. Excuse my ignorance - but how would you wire a remote control switched circuit to work in parallel with a physical switch? It probably won’t Ben long before eBay is awash with Chinese versions?

I’ve seen the sides trimmed with a cutting disc to make them fit - in fact I think Glenn Coyne suggests it in his fitting instructions.

That’s really helpful Snagger - thank you 🙏🏻

No sorry - the one in the picture is the original one ... I also looked at 2.25 petrol ones which fit. I’ll check !

Close to testing time. 😊