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If i remember correctly you said you extended your front dumbirons, and rear mounts. would it be too cheaky to see if i can get some quick pictures to see a tried and tested method as future reference? it would be greatly appreciated

i think we need some pictures of this rubber to asses

this is how 101 swival seals come

Has anyone ever got the crank bolt undone with a mini impact gun, i ask as the 1/2 inch drive all seem to be rated at 230lb/ft and isnt the bolt at abot 270lb/ft ???

Omg... how is it that you mis read it twice... but the third time you realise... thats a very clever bit of electrikey.

Ok so im pondering the possibility of twin alternators, and a few quests arose. first of all running 12v system can they simply be connected in parrallel as long as both units are running. do the alternators need to be matched/ give the same rating? can a single fan belt ( old school technology style) handle the loading of two alternators or is advisable to run one on the water pump belt as normal( on a series) and use an additional belt off the crank for the other... Please correct me if my train of thought is heading towards a dead end with no brakes chars in advance

its around effingham/ ranmore common area. (pic taken towards the end of the lane) following the bottom route off the fork. http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?cli...x=8&out.y=6

in 30 yrs time the v8 will be extinct and People like Bish will be humming around to the smell of kebab vans and fish and chips.

its highly likely they will baring in mind these arches are about 4 inches. and a normal series "additional bump" is about 2"

oh what a shame. looks like im gunan have to buy a new toy heh cheers

The nato hitches where being sodl by a bloke called Graham C holding. if you think the nato hitch is bad... he continues to carry round a mint lwt bonnet priced at £275 but has yet to clean off the £75 price tag he payed for it...

what about an engine thats not in the car ?

sorry i should have given more information. i think i get it on a certain section of road which has a large yump that kicks the rear up enough to give the graunching noise.

indeed it is. cheers

sorry to hijack the thread, but does any one have experience of prop binding at speed, Giving a rubbling noise?

as it says, does any one know the threads for both the feed and drain pipes on the turbo from a 200tdi disco engine. any help is greatly appreciated

what do they say about a bad workman always blames his tools.

what transfer? lt230?

Oh just a general bit of carp. when at capel i decided to do a quick comparison between my lwt and a standard 90 on similar size tyres My findings where that with military shackles on the front end only and running CP springs (2 leaf all round) it was sitting at the same height if i regain the 20mm lost by the range rover axles... so i might be getting some where

im also running a rangie braking system from a series peddle... works fantastically

Just as i thought... Nutter Does chopping off 108mm not give you any isues with vibration at cruising speed?

Are they your own unfolding ( as your that crazy sorta guy) revolvers.. what ever you wanna call them. or did you get them from gon2far? Are they the same length as military shackles on the front when in folded state? Also is it not the point of the gon 2 far wobblers, that they can be locked out on the road... or are they just not up to the job? i can see the potential for them to loose the rigidness of the front end set up due to all the joints and tollerances. hopfully i shouldnt have much problem with the yolkes on the front diff due to the pitched diff nose. Out of interest how much have you had to shorten your rear prop to run the lt77/series transfer?

i disagree. the bring and buy has always been like that. if anythign its getting slightly better. there use to be half the stalls there were this weekend. i beleive the off road club is either south london and surrey or, south coast landrovers. i always thought it was south london... but i hada flyer for south coast on my screen. apparently the club has 10 sites that they alternate between.

Cheers Jon you have been most helpful. do you know if Tonk extended the dumb irons to a specific dimension or jsut used 1 ton irons? i was thinking about using the wobbly devices gon2far manufacture. i meant to say. out of all the potential solutions im trying to approach it from the less leathal method. after all a bent track rod has to be considerably less dangerous than the weld holding the conneting bracket between the drag and track rod essentially rendering your self helpless in the situation. Chris

sorry i think im confusing the matter. essentially what im trying to do is get a 20mm displacement at the tips of the track rod so that i can gain a little more clearnace above the leaf springs so im not dependant on military shackles. basically creating a standard series ride height. this is difficult to describe so bare with me: At the moment im running the front range rover axle with the +20mm at 3 degrees castor. to compensate for this i put military shcakles on which increases it to 6 degree castor but still less ground clearance from under leaf. ive modelled the axle and foudn that if you reset the castor from 6 degrees back to 3 you could remove the 20mm blocks. the problem is if you remove the military shackles you would effectively have 0 degree castor and it would all be a bit dodgy because the lwt wings are basically set lower than a normal series reducing the size of tire you can have before you start bending things, it means i need to add more lift, particualrly on the front. i know tonks running 34 inch, and your using something nearer but alot wider... i think to get this lift i'm going to have to extend the front dumb irons, which would have the same effect on castor as putting it on standard shackles. so i would also have to make up rear shackles that also extended equally to that of the dumb iron... but if i could sort out the track rod clearance issue i could just extend the front dumb iron with out having to do the shackle as well. If that hasnt sent you sleep i dont know what will. i agree with mark 90 on the tension compression due to turning but i think jon was considering when you hit bumps where the force is equal on both wheels backwards.