Anderzander

Blimey !

My X-Springs need new springs and plates - but I'm struggling to get the replacement parts from Foundry. So I've been thinking of what my alternatives might be..... And it's either dislocation or spring retention (where I can't afford coil overs) .... So my question is can I calculate how much a retained spring will stretch ? The spring calculator does static sag - so I guess I could play with that on negative values ? But of course under dynamic movement the springs compress a great deal more - so will presumably stretch a great deal more too ... Anyone able to help educate me please ?

Terrible .... Terrible . Glad you received the money ok beforehand though - just send over all the posh diffs whenever you feel upto it ?

If you wish to add 'mechanic' to your list of hobbies - then it sounds like a goer ?

Could we convince him he has amnesia and was about to go Diesel ?

Good God ?

Ouch. Send him our well wishes ..... Somehow though I can't shake the image that he might have bandages 1/4" thick ?

Depending how soon - I might be able to pick it up from Clitheroe. Problem I have is my wife working opposite shifts to me and us sharing looking after a baby girl. If I can help though I will.

Though that sounds like more than his fair share of problems .... even for a Defender.

Can you get 45 deg castor correction arms ?

Perhaps it's worth considering just looking based on price - and then pick whichever is the best truck regardless of which year/engine/model. You might find a pristine earlier model, on a galv chassis, that drives beautifully, in the next village, and to turn it down based on it being a few years older wouldn't make a whole lot of sense .....

I'm in Lancashire but don't travel out much at the moment. Whereabouts in Lancs is it ?

Exactly as CW said - I'll be thinking good things for her. Very moving story.

Ruthless bunch

I think there's one out there like that - but I expect it to take a bit of finding. Mine is a 2000 model, had an easy life before coming to me, has been looked after by me, has 84k now but has still just had a new rear crossmember.

Chinley steps is I think another name for Roych Clough - which was permanently closed on the 19th of September and I think Chapel Gate has a TRO too. You need to look at more than maps sadly - or you end up driving them illegally as you appear to have done....

I follow the logic - though I don't enter competitions I wouldn't want to win and I suspect I'd feel a bit ungrateful selling it .... I've met some people who almost professionally enter competitions: buying numerous cheap magazines and entering every competition they hold with bulk entries. They'd won a lot of things too and sold the vast majority.

Land Rover : Saving Lives and losing Wives since 1948 ?

Is it not a lot of money for what it is ? It only reads to have had a basic re-furb rather than a nut and bolt re-build. A quick search on eBay is turning up Td5's 7 years newer, or rebuilds on a galv chassis for similar or less money.

You guys are making me feel like I live in chaos .... I've thrown endless receipts away, have forgotten my MOT was due more than once, etc etc ...

I've started using that - but it can't seem to cope when I don't fill the tank ? where it produces a really low mpg figure ... ?

Did you try soaking it in diesel ?

You should consider some suspension work Bill ?

Christmas came early then Mikey !

I emailed foundry at the beginning of the week and got an automated holding email - I need to replace the springs from my x-springs... Anyone know if they are mad busy ? I don't want to hassle them of it's 'all in good time' ...