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  1. Ah that makes sense as the new relay has got an adjustable knob on top and I've just bought a trailer tonight so I'll go and try that out in the morning! thanks
  2. Hi Guys, So I changed all my side lights (except reverse light) to LED and ever since the little green dash trailer light is always on, regardless of lights on or off, permanently on. Do I just need to change the Relay? I had to swap the relay and use the one the LED kit came with to make the indicators flash correctly as the indicator flashed super quick with the original Relay in. Any help would be great! Ive had this for about 2 years now but never bothered to sort as I never towed with the 110, however Ive just bought a trailer and want to get it sorted! Cheers in advance.
  3. Simple things: So often is, So often overlooked! You'll never be rid of me now Bowie69, My 110 is already an heirloom and will remain with me until Im dead! Which unfortunately means I'll be on this forum for the foreseeable!
  4. Update, After all the above........turned out it was the joint on the steering shaft! Not the wheels Bowie69 (although I wanted to change to black anyway) Changed the part pictured and all was well! Annoyingly this had been checked but the play was so slight I'm not sure anyone would have spotted it!
  5. I can confirm mine sits in the same way as yours Roverdrive, and does press on the pedals when locked (thought that was design intent?).
  6. I have a 50" LED bar above my windscreen that has a combination spread (spread/spot/spread) and this doesn't reflect or bounce off my bonnet...... You can get e marked driving LED's, try Wilderness lighting, great products, unlike the cheap LED's these days these CREE's are A grade and the bar itself doesn't weigh a tonne, which most the cheap fleabay options do and isn't often considered. Hope this helps. Post some pics once you've made your decision and fitted.
  7. Great news! This is mine being tested for the first time in the Garden!
  8. How have you got on with the tent from direct 4x4? we have just bought the 4 man tent, looks and feels good. Terrible manual, left to do a lot of guess work!
  9. Any Pics of this Brian? Install and location of heater and remote etc?
  10. Rem can't remember the figures for how out they were, what with all the knowledge he was throwing my way.....Yeah I think I have found a good Mechanic, Although like I said I will try to do most things myself but Im also aware some jobs will only be made worse if I try them alone so Its nice to have him to fall back on and teach me also!
  11. Hi Bowie69, I am surprised also, but in fairness your right the tyres are in great nick and I didn't expect to get them on rims either so Im not too fussed, plus your a nice chap so I doubt you knew like you said! No drama as I want some black rims anyway! plus the buckle wasn't the sole problem only added to the preload and pan hard rod! Cheers
  12. So quick update guys.... I took removed the track rod ends off the wheels and could literally blow on the tyre (over exaggeration) and it would turn, so the preload needed looking at, which my mechanic sorted, tell me he had to remove 2 shims off each side. That didn't fully sort the wobble but helped a great deal. We looked at the rest of the steering and he noticed the pan hard rod still had some play on the bushes, even though Id swapped them for new. The mechanic told me these can warp if bushes have been swapped not using a press or if the bushes have been swapped a couple of times (to be honest the chew I had getting the old out and new bushes in I wasn't surprised if the rod was a little out of shape). He swapped the pan hard rod for another he had off a vehicle he knew drove well and this then helped the now slight wobble even more. So It looks like I need a new pan hard rod, at £40 with bushes isn't too bad.... So the pre load and the pan hard rod were the culprits BUT, even with the healthy pan hard rod fitted there was still a minor wobble.......Which was just my luck......So we looked at the rims....and we could see when spun the two at the front had a buckle, one more than the other but both noticeable. We thought about changing them round so the back wheels were on the front but, after looking at the back wheels we soon noticed the front wheel were the best of the lot. We rebalanced the wheels and had to add a whopping 100grams of lead 1 of the front wheels. This has helped yet again so I think Im 96% fixed.... The truck now drives at any speed (before anything over 40mph caused the horrendous undriveable wobble) and Ive only noticed a tiny wobble after hitting a bump in the road. Next on the list is a new set of rims, will get the same for now but in black (Attached Pic) at around £120 for the set and a new pan hard rod with bushes for about £40 all from Bearmach. The mechanic worked through the truck with me and has passed on a great deal of knowledge which I am grateful for, he has been building and working on Landrovers for 30+ years, from bowlers to series landys so he really knows his stuff and it showed during this last day. Quick question guys as you have been so helpful already, but how hard is it to buckle a rim? Specifically the ones I've pictured? I don't do any crazy off roading, just green laning and possible some light pay and play days in the future? Cheers all
  13. I saw this multi panelled Landy broken down on the M42 yesterday around 3:30PM....... having previously read this thread I hoped it wasn't you who was standing on the side of the motorway! Says it all imo! Hope you find a good example!
  14. Guys again I appreciate it all, Ive spent a good day looking at everything but Ive got a fear that I'm missing some tiny tell tale sign due lack of experience on my behalf, hence why I have taken the decision to take it to a specialist to cast his eye and point me in the right direction.
  15. Thanks Bowie and eb78, I have now changed both the damper and bushes and the panhard rod bushes both ends...... Thanks Peter, I think this is my next step but Ive been told and expect it is beyond my skill set at the moment, so I will take it to my local landy specialist and ask them to check the pre load and the swivel joint itself. As above, I've now changed the steering damper and pan hard rod bushes and mainly BALANCED ALL THE WHEELS! (I know, I know I should have checked this straight away, but to be honest I just assumed they were balanced!) Balancing the wheels really helped obviously but now the wobble is less frequent and almost completely gone but sometimes I do experience the odd wobble now and then, still around the 50mph mark when I let off the throttle. Ill let you know if the mechanic notices anything amiss with the swivel and preload, maybe the slightly larger tyres (gone from 7.50's to 235's) needs more preload or something, I'm out of my depth a little in this department so just wanting to get it sorted now before the issue worsens maybe. Any more input you guys can give is much appreciated! Cheers Joel
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