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And that's why I thought the water heater suited my application better - I won't be sleeping in it and its the quicker warm up I wanted.It's perhaps for me to just understand the battery scenario better and see if that swings the balance. I don't know if any of the modern cars with one fitted have twin batteries ? Though in the main I presume they are employed as auxiliary heaters - used in conjunction with the engine running ? ...... Though I see remote fobs for sale for Audi's etc. So if I wasn't going to be using the blower without the engine running - just as a water pre-heat would a healthy single battery cope with that ?

I'm not sure I follow that in the context of what we are saying ?

Bent it over his knee I think . * * ref super-human skills

That's something I hadn't thought of ...

I'm pretty certain the cooling system is working to spec - certainly the last one was the same. Perhaps 25 mins is overstating it - but they have both been slow to heat up, and I've heard others say the same ? It also seems they get warm enough for the low fan speed sooner - but need to be quite hot before the full fan speed is useable.

Can I just canvas some opinions on diesel heaters. I'd like to improve the heat up time on my Td5 90. My journey to work is only 25 minutes - but that means that the heating has never really started to work before I'm getting out at the other end. I actually think that once the standard heater is up to temperature and working, its more than adequate. However - I was going to put an air heater in either the battery box or ECU box - the plan was that as I have no centre bulkhead I'd have the vent in the strip of floor panel that runs along where the centre bulkhead would be - as thats a central point. I's thought to have the air intake into the footwell - to draw out the coldest air. I guess I'd also need to think about how much heat comes off one with it then being in such close proximity to the ECU. But anyhow - I'm now thinking that perhaps the water heater is the better option if it gets the standard heater system to the point where it can blow warm air before the engine runs - do they do that ? The air heater seems like it would come into its own if I were to sleep in the car - which I won't be and if I wanted the car warm for a long period without running the engine. The water heater seems that if it eradicates the warm up period - and of course is kinder to the engine - that it may then be the better option for me. It's potentially an easier install too ? So I just wondered if anyone might share the pro's and cons as they see them ? Or pass an opinion on my reasoning ?

That's a shame given that the suspension travel was so balanced beforehand. Is it something that changing the spring rates would address ?

Can I ask an ignorant question ..... Why are they £700 ?

I bought one of the Dutch ones - not had chance to fit it yet though. Hopefully it works as per standard....

I never knew that ! I've slept in my clothes when its been cold. Mind you I always had carp sleeping bags.

Can't wait to hear more about it ! Are these lanes or private land ? Do they offer different routes ? Or is everyone on the same track ?

Brilliant !! Looking forward to hearing how team DumpiDump get on ?

I'll be really interested to hear about how it goes. I've looked at this for a long time. I'd be interested to know how difficult it is - the application has a fairly minimal vehicle spec, whereas some of the videos show sections that look to require a locker and have the potential for damage.

Quite a nice video on YouTube from the 2010 event :

Ahh they don't call him M. Bosse - it's....

Lolololol M. bosse

Anyone translate that for me ?

Have a look on YouTube - it's like a giant Laning trip for 200 people - organised by GRM through some amazing countryside. They used to have that one as the 'easy' one and the trophy cevanol (sp?) as the extreme one - but they lost access to the land for that one.

A trip I hope to make on the next few years - hope you have a fantastic time :-)

And they mention 'economy' in the write up. I don't think you could live long enough to see any economic benefits to having that done !

£25k for the TdV6 ??? http://www.jeengineering.co.uk/je-super-defenders/je-defender-saluki

They are held on with little spot welds. If you run a bit emery around inside you'll see where they are. I asked the same query some while ago here: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=42144

I saw it at their workshop when I had my last 90 re-mapped. He'd done a really neat install - very factory looking.

Get 'em if you like them. We're allowed to lose the plot.

I doubt it. Whilst the D3 has a chassis my understanding us that it takes its strength from the monocoque bodywork - this why they said it had 2 chassis. Additionally the modifications required to just line the body up would be enormous.