Anderzander

The French will be trying to win their business right now...

Fabulous ! I want to ‘like’ but the forum isn’t telling me I’ve done too many 🤷‍♂️. That motor is going to look right at home in the lightweight 😊 I like the heat shrink ... what’s the thinking behind it? Im thinking of changing the dip stick on my 80 to that style, the 200 Defender has that short freestanding one, and if I can have it twisted to the front it should hopefully clear my exhaust.

Well .... I think they don’t build a massive pharma company without being somewhat ruthless and commercially astute. They’ll do the numbers and we will know which one was the most economically advantageous.... because they will choose it. In someways that attitude is in part what gives me confidence that they’ll make the automotive business viable. They’re not just car enthusiasts or dreamers with no business sense.

Couldn’t agree more.

P.s - a bit late but if you need some carbide burrs again, let me know - they are easier and give a better finish than stones.

This is a great thread ! And somehow I missed it. I was thinking ‘no updates on the lightweight for a while’ and then 32 pages of goodness to read. Great work Gazzar- can’t wait for this to jump threads and land into the Lightweight build. 😊

Tons of heat in cycles - from a blow torch. You can file the plug flat and get something to fit it nice and tight if you need to - a good adjustable works well.

My wife is due to change her car next year ... 😊

Dr Charles Tennant was the former chief engineer at Land Rover and has held a number of senior roles in industry and academia.

This is quite a good read: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/motoring/motoring-news/ineos-grenadier-what-experts-think-18538959.amp Two ex Land Rover staff reaction to the Grenadier. A chief Engineer who loves it and a former PR executive who doesn’t (and reads a bit like a fan boy to me 🤷🏻‍♂️ ).

Yes - you’re right : £26k exc VAT. So that’s £31,200 So at that price it would be spot on in the right place.

Hmm - a Hi Lux is £26k start I think - so I was kind of thinking they’d aim to get it into the 30’s so there wasn’t such a big gap between basic utility choices now. 🤷🏻‍♂️?

Do you not think part of their brief was in effect to modernise the Defender ? I don’t think they would make it look like much else when that’s what Jim Radcliffe likes. I like it - but there again I like the Defender!

I followed that for a few years and then lost track of it. I’d forgotten about it until you shared the link here. Is it nearly done yet !?

I saw Ineos reply to a question on social media about price - saying it would be competitive with utility vehicles, I wonder what bracket that is ? Will it be the pickups ?

They were scary things.

Doesn’t that just sum up the inconsistency of their messaging on the Defender.

Good point !

The fasteners May lock in from the outside and only be released from the inside Geoff ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes - great idea to have a full width opening. Depending what it has in wheel boxes it should be able to take a pallet.

Have we had this one ?

Good stuff here - thank you guys. I’m having much more success upping the pressure. I’ve made a hole for the hoover to draw from and that’s made just the right amount of negative pressure. It’s loads better. Still more to do. One thing I need to learn is when to replace the media - I notice that the hoover caught quite a lot of media to start with that still felt abrasive To the the touch - so I put that back in the pot. The next time I emptied it - a lot of it felt just like powder. I tipped it back in but then reflected that I should probably be sieving that out. I still need a more flexible hose - it’s a pain to use as it is. But it’s coming together as a useable set up. I’m very grateful for everyone’s input.

Find out tomorrow !