Anderzander
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That's very kind of you Ed.
We're (the family) going to drive to France in April - so our attention is absorbed trying to put that in place.
When that has been a raging success
I will mention the Dunsfold plan .... -
I didn't know about the glue lined stuff ... I still have a giant box of normal stuff to get through yet too
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I just googled 'faro arm' and watched a sales video on YouTube - amazing !
Can't imagine they are cheap.
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I'm a bit of being ready to fit them - so can hold on until they either come to hand for you or I am able to take some measurements on the 80" ?
I'm going to put a 200tdi in and may need some chunky bump stops to deal with the front crank pulley.
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That would be marvellous Jon
. Are they the rears then ? It would either be a forum relay or I could pay postage ?
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Hi Soren
I had some tubes tapped out some time ago to thread onto the S1 top mounts and take the later series shocks - hopefully I can find where I put them !
The original shocks were different front to back though. I checked against a couple of other 80's and the measurements came out to be :
Front:
Compressed 270
Extended 410
Rear:
Compressed 300
Extended 480
All the (expensive) replacement sets though were the same size front to back.
Good to know that you are happily running the rears though
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not meaning to sound daft. but its not in low range is it??
He covers that here :
I'm running 267/75 16 BFG at's so a standard size tyre so it's not that and it's not in low box as that all works fine and it does 25mph in 5th gear in low.
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That is helpful thanks - I'm looking at fitting later series shocks to my 80" to keep the costs down a little.
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Anyone know the compressed and extended lengths for the standard series shock please ?
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If it's not clarified this evening - I can take a picture for you sometime tomorrow ?
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Spi-defender .... makes more sense when you read it out loud
...... Your coat sir .........
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That was some help - I missed that ! Thank you
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What engine is it ?
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It's an idea !!
I'll explore its popularity with the women in the house and report back.
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That's very kind too ! Thank you
I've been looking at this one on eBay ;
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161633158420
Quite local to us and cheap to boot.
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I think that 1000 ton one broke doing my last A Frame ball joint .
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I've got a 15 Te one Stephen & at times it feels like its working for a living, I wouldn't buy one with a lower capacity.
If you don't want to purchase one your welcome to use mine, only over in Blackburn.
That's a kind offer thank you !
I have a bit of space available and was thinking, that whilst i don't expect to use it that often, I do want to work through the 90 and replace all the bushes for new standard ones. Plus the a frame ball joint....
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What's the minimum tonnage you'd consider useful for a LR ?
The price jumps quite a bit from 6T to 12T and onto 20T.
Is a gauge of great benefit ? Or just press it until it's in ?
Apologies for the ignorance !
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On the series 1 front - once my 80 is done I plan to take a summer trip into the Alps with it. A bucket list item for me.
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Wow thanks everyone - tons of good info here !
Is it definitely a hi vis per occupant ? Everything I've read seems to be saying carry 'one' ?
I've bought LRM to see what info is in their article.
I've also spent a bit of time fiddling with the Michelin route planner. What makes the route planning difficult though is two things :
* I think when it estimates journey time it uses the maximum speed limit. So when using Auto Routes it's thinking I'll be doing 80 ....... So I can't get a clear comparison to how much longer the smaller roads would take.
*when picking where to deviate from the auto routes into the RN's I don't know which are the most scenic areas to do so on.
If I was on my own I'd be less fussed about planning it so accurately - but I'll have my 3 year old girl in the back so I need to factor breaks and length of journey in for her.
It's all very helpful - thank you. I'm less daunted and more excited now.
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It's a 10 hour round trip for me
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Thank you
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That is helpful - thanks.
We're driving into the Alps. First go for us - though I've wanted to do it for ages.
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Coupd anyone tell me the gasket/seal part numbers that go behind the td5 windscreen brackets.
The bolt part numbers would be useful too please.
I will mention the Dunsfold plan .... 
Replacing Bellhousing cross-member
in Series Forum
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Excuse my ignorance ..... I have a replacement bell housing cross-member to replace the rotten one ok my series.
Do I ensure it goes back in the right place just by scribing lines to locate it ? ...
When I cut the old one out and grind it back flush I presume some lines across the top of the chassis rails will adequately locate it front to rear ? And lines scribed on the inside of the chassis will locate it's height ok ?