Peaklander

Jacksons Leisure Supplies offered the best price when I bought our fridge. They have an online shop.

We have that. In fact I’m sitting drinking a beer from it right now, on the Llyn peninsula. its great. In it at the moment is: 2x 4 pints milk 2x 500ml cans beer 2x big yogurt pots bbq meats for four more days sweetcorn, cheese, mayo, courgettes, butter … You get the idea - it’s big and much smaller than some ppl will say is needed. it sits behind the driver’s seat, sideways against the 2nd row door and across almost half of the cubby. Fed from 2nd battery with solar panel etc.

I really don’t know what the differences are between SuperPro and Genuine. However I have SuperPro on my 110 and have driven all over Europe and many twisty, narrow roads, some unsurfaced. As far as I can feel the ride is great and so far I’m about 30K miles with them. Maybe more challenging terrain with the consequent longer and ‘twistier’ suspension movement would test them more but I’m happy. I used a vice to fit but some were a four handed job as they are very slippery with the silicone grease used to lubricate.

Well, played Widow Twanky or maybe an ugly sister at S-I-V for a start! Left the place where you now work Learned a bit about making cars and engines in Japan It was quite a year around 90/91

111,111 mile trip? Must be a decimal point wrong somewhere!

I bought a 1996 110 for a bit too much money as it was supposed to have been overhauled by the guy running a business that did that sort of thing, then selling on. I should have known better but I was crazy busy working and living away. I didn’t have time or enough knowledge to ‘go through it’, even though I had restored an 88”. That vehicle was a total basket case so my £250 (in 2003) was money spent ok. This is a list of the essentials that I did in the first year: New shocks as it bounced all over Front discs. They were worn below the minimum thickness. New calipers and pads because the pistons were stuck and it was easy to do Front hockystick bushes were loose but this took some time to find. Ended up replacing all bushes. The internal lights and alarm didn’t work properly. That took some sorting Tub cappings looked ok until I drilled for a swing away carrier (spare wheel) then I found they were rusty under the paint Chassis was ok for a few years but I did replace Eventually I had to do the footwells and repairs higher up on driver’s side bulkhead The engine was in good nick but even so I bought it without a full history What’s my message? Look at the vehicle as much as you can but be prepared for repairs (costs) that you can’t see at purchase and try to factor that in to the price if you are at all unsure of maintenance history. If the seller can show you invoices for maintenance then that would be brilliant I can do so for my vehicle now and if I ever sell it will be useful I feel

1991. That brings back memories 😄

Many happy returns Cornish. The years seem to speed-up as you approach / turn 60.

Have I imagined it or was there an instance of a non- flat one exploding when being carried like that and causing a horrible injury?

Now that is a good point.

I always have a spare wheel in cars and in the 110. The most recent puncture wasn't mine. I was on a campsite in N. Wales last summer and stopped a young guy who hadn't noticed that he had a flat. Also he didn't know what to do and was going to call his breakdown company. I checked that he had a spare and then showed him what to do and it the correct order, such as crack the studs before lifting. I ran over a big nail on a country lane near here in my A6 - that quickly went flat and changing it meant I was back home and getting it sorted easily. Had a blowout on a caravan on an Oxfordshire road and changed that at the roadside. Again it was quicker than waiting for recovery to come. When towing a trailer I (nearly) always throw in the spare wheel as I wouldn't want to leave it at the side of the road or call-out recovery. I do make sure that there's a decent bar and socket in our car and 110 (even when no other tools) so that cracking the studs is easy.

These are the suggestions earlier in the thread. This is where to look.

It's been perfect and has been in use for years. I bought the original stove in about 1974 (yes I know) and must have had the gas burner for it for twenty years at least. We have cooked on it a lot, particularly when in areas where charcoal bbq are not allowed - Portugal a few years ago had a total ban on personal bbqs. Two pan cooking over one ring can be done and we also splashed-out and bought a kettle for it. I think this is the way to go - been thinking about it for a while. There's perhaps a bit more room under the ambulance? I think mine would need to mount next to the back door.

We have used a Trangia for years and years and years. In fact I bought it as a meths burner when I was in my teens and later I bought the gas burner to retro-fit. Only recently we started to use a double burner gas stove with a hinged lid. This is so that when we aren't outside with the bbq we can cook more complex stuff than on a single. We run off 907 gaz cylinders as they are available on continental Europe but it's an expensive gas to buy in the UK. I have bought a few empties for about £5 each. Some have the carry handle or you can buy replacements for under £4. They have to have the handle fitted when you exchange for a full one. Other people swear by the Coleman double burner petrol pressure stove but I don't want to use in a confined space. On a longer trip though I think we might need to go that way.

Looking good. I have some genuine, unused Wolf rims sitting waiting for mine. I am currently on 235/85 BFG AT on Boosts but they have been on for six years and are definitely wearing. I would love the 255/85 profile too as I like the slightly taller stance. I see you have opted for MT. What mix of tarmac, gravel, sand etc. are you expecting? I wonder if I would notice a change in noise from AT to MT and would a brand change at the same time also affect it?

The older I get, the more annoying I find it! There’s rebuilding stuff which is hard and only a few can do and there’s repairing which many could do if they try to and make time for it. Then there’s total laziness, not just about making do and mending but the “can’t be bothered to see if anyone else might want it” attitude. That’s where the local FB groups are at least helping to slow this by offering free ads and people around here at least, are gifting stuff or selling cheaply.

That's the photo I was thinking about. 😀

A guy at our local re-cycling site had cleared the deck of his pickup and was just moving a Stihl chainsaw along the bed, when he picked it up and was about to chuck it into the non-recyclable opening. I made some comment like, "you aren't throwing that are you" and he said he was and "did I want it?" I did have it and even had petrol in the tank. It worked first pull and. He said "he'd got a newer one".

The photo in that link shows an unfamiliar connector. I can't find my own photo that I have posted on here in the past. I'm sure it's on the transfer box but maybe you've found it anyway. I will check tomorrow as I am replacing an A-post bulkhead foot - arrghhh

They go together on one bolt. It’s on the right side of the transfer box, high up. Best look rearwards towards output flange at front prop. You can see it up and to the left.

They are very similar to mine. The pressure relief valve operates at around 50psi I believe so that’s probably where yours maxes at startup. The test though is after those days of sitting.

^^^ this! It’s a good point and had forgotten about them. A right pain IIRC.

I used the electrician pull rod things too. I bought a set in Aldi years ago and have used them in plenty of diy electrical stuff as well as during the chassis swap. I also left a length of baler bind in the chassis ‘just in case’.

The roof tent was more like a roof marquee but I didn’t snap it from the correct angle.

I have been meaning to post these. Both seen on Mull a week or so ago. I had to park next to the first one, just for comparison.