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Thanks guys - I did get off unbelievably. The car in front braked hard and then hit someone - so he was stopping far faster than a 2 ton landrover with no ABS can. So I went for the gap - but it started to go out of control - I can take some credit for missing everyone ..... .....but how I hit the central reservation and somersaulted it, landing facing the other way in the fast lane of the other carriageway without hitting someone - or someone hitting me - I've no idea. Can't get my head around that. In fact it doesn't seem real - but that's what happened.

Aldi have a half decent tablet for £80 on this weeks special offers - running android too.

I've crashed my 90 ..... The tubs damaged, sills and so on - the wheels are bust and it's more than likely they will write it off. Not sure if I'll get opportunity to buy it back - but even if I do I don't really have the time to either rebuild it or really strip it. Very sad. The plus side though is that I'm in one piece and that's a remarkable outcome.

I put the Shultz gun on my wood burning stove - forgot about it for a bit and came back to it boiling over through the air hole. Sprayed beautifully at that temperature though - and gave a nice finish to the stove too

Did the oil pump bolt on my Td5 Defender tonight. Hell of a fiddle with the 3 link being there, a tense moment when the last bolt started to round, but all in it seemed to go ok. Though oil seemed to keep trickling out the block ceaselessly ... So the gasket and the three places that need a bead of sealant, all had a bit of oil on them by the time I was torquing it up. Finished off in the near dark - swapping out the oil filters and filling it back up ..... and it seems to be leaking from where is joins the gearbox. BLX I'll clean it up and have a proper look in the morning.

I've borrowed a hi-lift attachment to use today that's rather good .... Very stable. Made by Jackall.

Thank you - just bought some I'm fitting side windows so taking the opportunity to do the cappings at the same time I need to get my panels painted yet - but I'll report back when they go in.

I'm going to be doing mine shortly - so thank you everyone it's all really helpful to me too. My replacement cappings are genuine parts that have been galvanised - they are late seamless ones, though I'm not sure what that means - but it will be interesting to see how they line up. Can I ask what rivets you've used ?

I think your reply was to Deranged ? No matter though.

I think they did a group buy / manufacture thing on lrsoc a while back.

I can't imagine dislocation suits high speed suspension travel ? Super long travel seems to be the sole domain of crawlers. It's good to see a different slant on this - it's usually long travel vs. lockers. I don't know the answer but it's really interesting. How much travel can you get from a coil over ? kind of presume that you're still limited by the dynamic and rate of the spring, with it either coming 'loose' - or being a low rate enough to be able to compress significantly. I seem to remember Dan saying that most common problems on long travel set ups is that they are under-sprung..... So I've no idea where that leave us. When my x springs broke earlier this year I did think long and hard about using retainers on the springs. I replaced them though - but I am still very curious.

Is it Yan the Landy Man ? With the body being alloy - the corrosion would be only on the chassis and front bulkhead. You may know that - but bear it in mind if you're trying to judge corrosion from photographs.

It's very interesting - I'm sure I read that a few people had used Vaseline/petroleum jelly to good effect. I presume that if it liquifies it still remains a barrier ?

Aaragon abandoned the Audi and went with a Td5.

That's good to know ! I'm going to swap out the van sides for windows and plan to drop some galvanised cappings in at the same time.

Is it possible to remove the side panels and leave the roof in situ ?

Would you share any pics please ?

No diagram - but they come up into a little clip behind the cylinder head.

I tried a few things - but when I followed EXACTLY what it said in the instructions, it was fixed.

I had if - and used the instructions and just a standard cheap silicone to fix it.

Ian May I ask please - do you have any of the pictures left from your thread here : http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=25692 It'd be super helpful if you do ...... Stephe

My 80 needs a new bumper - it has a s3 one on at the moment and it looks huge ... So no option - even though the s3 one has a bit of patina, replacement is still the better option.

Is that because it's an etch primer rather than a straight primer (so to speak) ?

Well done James. What a milestone !

Dave - did you take pictures ? I'm wondering if you could do a write up ?