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https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/restomod-week-chieftains-700bhp-range-rover-extreme WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT etc etc
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I love reading adverts like that , written by someone who knows naff all about land rovers , and probably cars in general , but knows a heck of a lot about writing BS š¤£
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Volvo C303 Overlander Build
Ozzy50 replied to HoSS's topic in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
@HoSS not trying to tell grandma how to suck eggs but I take it you are going to support that top hose ! loving the build šš» -
How much are you taking off the rear overhang AND is it really necessary?
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Ah of course , the a frame crossmember has moved forward , DOH ! Yeah you are certainly making packaging a problem for yourself š¤£
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It hasnāt moved for 10 years so no problems at all , ha ha !! Seriously though I never had any problems with it , they sit well above the lower chassis line , I never got round to fabricating a tank guard for it but it would be prudent to do so . As you say with the new front suspension mounts a standard tank wouldnāt fit , hadnāt thought of that ! Iām un-bobbing MUD so the tank will return to the rear of the chassis covered by an almighty tank guard that I got from somewhere that I canāt remember š, I no longer do the sort of off roading that makes the 110 rear overhang a problem and the tank guard and body protection I have planned will cover me if I do decide to be silly. I reckon thereās enough room behind the cab above/between the chassis rails for the tank although you are extending the cab so again it might not fit ? You certainly like to make life hard for yourself donāt you !!!
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90 tank under the drivers seat , pre TD5 I think ? Thatās what I did when I bobbed MUD
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Makes me glad to be in Blighty where I can remove my viscous fan and run standard radiators with out any problems š¤£
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Likewise! @miketomcat so full width Ali rad is what you need then ? deeper core with bigger tanks , throw the viscous fan and fit a fixed unit plus an electric fan on the front .
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Sorry but Iāve never overheated a tdi in my life , laning , pay n play in serious mud , towing 3.5 ton over the hills in Buxton !
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Yeah I would say that if you need extra cooling on your tdi then thereās a problem somewhere, I always remove the viscous fan in favour of electric and it hardly ever gets switched on
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@missingsid awesome video thank for that , some of my all time favourite comp motors , the aliquat, guy smiths buggy , the appleyard buggy and Pete Roweās landrover , brilliant.
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Classic Defender Reimagined - From LR News update
Ozzy50 replied to Maverik's topic in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
All marketing buff , surely itās a bulldog with a station wagon body ? Having said that I want one š -
The EBay Christ I fancy that 4x4 + its cheap thread
Ozzy50 replied to Hybrid_From_Hell's topic in International Forum
If you include your own time at Ā£60 an hour itās be quite easy I suppose š -
The EBay Christ I fancy that 4x4 + its cheap thread
Ozzy50 replied to Hybrid_From_Hell's topic in International Forum
My favourite piece of āengineeringā is the B+Q gate hinges holding the fuel tank in place , that will account for at least Ā£10 of the 65 grand build cost š¤£ -
The EBay Christ I fancy that 4x4 + its cheap thread
Ozzy50 replied to Hybrid_From_Hell's topic in International Forum
A claimed 65k build ? To build that monstrosity š¤¢, itās simply awful. Iāve seen it before , not sure if it was an article or a previous for sale ad , whichever itās still a hideous thing -
Automatic Fire Supression
Ozzy50 replied to ThreePointFive's topic in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
I have to ask , would it put a diesel or oil fire out in the same manner , I have my doubts. -
What do you do when struggling with enthusiasm?
Ozzy50 replied to lo-fi's topic in International Forum
Did I mention that I have two stockcar chassis that I would dearly love to rebuild/restore ,an F1 and an F2 (big and small!) the bad knee and wrist have most likely put an end to any thoughts of actually racing them ,at least thatās one of my excuses as to why they havenāt been done yet š -
What do you do when struggling with enthusiasm?
Ozzy50 replied to lo-fi's topic in International Forum
I think itās safe to say we all have a serious problem š¤£ -
What do you do when struggling with enthusiasm?
Ozzy50 replied to lo-fi's topic in International Forum
Fingers crossed I can convince SWMBO to let me keep the Octavia as my daily ,DEFINITELY wonāt sell it as it only cost me a grand and is worth keeping MOTād for emergencies, an hour in the computer and you can be taxed and insured , she likes driving it and it laughs at icy roads . failing that Iāll happily run round in the rat van or at the worse Iāll daily MUD if i have to . I guess Iāve been lucky in that Iāve usually had a vehicle I could fall back on when the land rovers were inevitably broken , more than once Iāve collected Land Rover parts in the tractor ! A farm I used to work at they always joked that I had the most expensive car in the car park (25 grand worth of tractor !) -
What do you do when struggling with enthusiasm?
Ozzy50 replied to lo-fi's topic in International Forum
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What do you do when struggling with enthusiasm?
Ozzy50 replied to lo-fi's topic in International Forum
This is my 110 , MUD , it originally came into the workshop for a clutch change after it packed in on the way home from work so to keep me mobile I borrowed my old 200 disco back from a mate who Iād sold it to a year previous , ended up buying it back , then nicked the engine out of MUD when the 200 in the disco suffered terminal oil pressure loss (rod out ) , that disco died of terminal rot , bought a 300 auto disco , that went the same way , bought a Renault Clio diesel van , the rat van ,for Ā£125 ( still got it and will never get rid of it )and used the wifeās Kia Sorento or the tractor for towing duties , all the while promising myself I would get MUD back on the road , wife got a new car (Ford Kuga , lovely ) so I had the Sorento , I fitted a new timing chain as it had gone noisy hence the new car for her , two weeks after fitting the chain , which is a horrible horrible job , it died on the way home due to the immobiliser ecu packing in , never to run again š. Bought a Renault Kangoo Trekka to keep me mobile and vowed to get MUD running , even started a thread on here about it , still using the tractor for towing duties (pita when moving just a few pigs in the livestock trailer ) THEN in March of this year a bolt came loose in the timing case on the tractor and locked the engine up solid ,breaking the end off the camshaft in the process , luckily it was only ticking over at the time š¬, now down to borrowing tow motors when needed as I refuse to use the Kuga ( mucky boots and pig muck covered clothes in her car !no way ), 6 months ago the Kangoo was running out of MOT and needs two front driveshafts and an ABS pump , my mate offers me his low mileage Skoda Octavia 4x4 tdi estate at trade in price , a car I had found for him 18 months previous and always had a soft spot for so bought that , got a tow motor again š¤. All this whilst struggling with depression of varying levels , something Iāve struggled with for most of my life , the last 12 months have been very bad BUT Iām out of the other side of it now thanks to my doctor and some new meds šš» I have two bad knees from years of working on cars without a hoist , kneeling on concrete without knee pads , my right knee is pretty much shot , my left wrist is wrecked with arthritis, I put it down to nearly 30 years of driving machinery with the steering knob on the wheel (not the knob doing the steering!) ive spent (wasted ?) countless days /weeks /months / years racing or helping others racing stockcars , or building and off roading landrovers but Iāve enjoyed it so maybe it wasnāt wasted time and money So ...... I realised not that long ago that itās ten years since the clutch went on MUD , ten flipping years ! I recently put MUD up for sale on this very forum at the wifeās behest but my heart was very much not in it and within a few days Iād managed to convince her to let me keep it so today I dug it out of the corner of the workshop, fixed the workshop roof above it to stop it falling in on me and here we are , I have a plan and a rotten 300 auto disco donor for engine and box , just got the camshaft to replace in the tractor which Iām going to remove tomorrow then order the parts next week and once thatās running I can finally , finally start on MUD , and itās about chuffing time ! I can feel a thread resurrection coming on . My point is , motivation? Iāve got mine back , if youāve lost yours then donāt worry , just do what makes you happy James -
Automatic Fire Supression
Ozzy50 replied to ThreePointFive's topic in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
One thing I will input to this thread , dry powder extinguishers make a hell of a mess , they probably do as much damage as the wiring fire itself , yes they are ultra effective at putting the fire out but the powder stick to everything! I put out an under dash fire in my previous maxxum (tractor, the ignition switch shorted out , common fault apparently) and the resultant mess wrote the tractor off !