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Good idea, Ive been trying to use Google images etc ,and it only seems to give up results on an off chance!

Guys, any one got any pics of a defender windscreen fit to a series, The more the merrier! I think Mr White has one fitted on his s3? Cheers Chris

Fridge, Recently fitted a sectional Hormann to my garage. I've got a non insulated, but even so it forms a perfect seal and keeps the garage so much warmer/ drier. I did also fit a "storm seal", a glorified bit of rubber that sits on the floor where it closes. It dramatically reduces the amount of crud that gets dragged in. One thing to look out for on some models... although the door sits higher, the spring tension mechanism (towards the middle of the garage) sits lower than the door. It means i have to park the Light weight front in. Saying that, my father in-laws double width Hormann has the springs by the door and doesn't have that issue.

TD4 same bolt pattern as K series by any chance?

Red 90 a good second hand boost controller can be picked up for £20... Normally from a crashed chav-mobilski! Although to be honest i agree with fridge and yourself. Keep it simple!

Why not just keep the turbo, but run a boost controller. I've seen it regularly used on turbo engines to reduce boost in low gears to save the transmission, or operate on a micro switch with the throttle, so that high boosts are achieved when you really nail it. Its a fairly in-expensive system, and hell of a lot safer than bottles of oxygen!

By altering the pitch of the chassis through the ride height, you will have the same effect as driving up or down a very small incline. and have the very affect you have described above. its only the load that acts down in the direction gravity, it doesn't keep perpendicular the the rails...if the angle of the chassis varies relative to that it will create xy components of that force which which change the C of G slightly. What your saying about no affect, is true if the beam is static at sits perpendicular to the load and supports, and sees no change in angle.

I see your point about moving the load Snagger, but changing the inclination of the chassis is surely going to have affect. Given that gravity will always work directly down, it will create a resultant biasing away from the direction of inclination. Admittedly its probably going to be insignificant and i was clutching at straws. Alternatively if the strut is creating a point load in the center of the axle tubing which is its weakest point, it could increase the risk of becoming a banana.

I was wondering what kind of weights a disco 2 rear axle could handle compared to others. Disco 2 coil sprung - 1720kg's Disco 2 self leveling - 1800kg's 110 leveled - 1750kg's 110 un-leveled - 1850kg's Apart from being surprised how close the disco axle comes to the salisbury, I'm confused by the 110 axle weights. It seems in reverse to what i would expect. Surely the leveled system distributes the weight better across the front and rear axle. I took these figures from land rover workshop manuals. Any ideas?

Nice and straight forward then! Will you be building a custom dash to clear the wipers? Looks great!

I might be wrong but i thought the Parker conversion is primarily the essex 3.0 /2.8 capri engine. they are all cast lumps so not really light weight, but quite short and sit nicely against the bulkhead.

Just check the chassis hasn't been compromised by Notching... its quite common in hot rods to cut big chunks out of the rail to give you the travel back, that you lost by lowering it. Had a essex v6 in my lwt when it first arrived, didn't get to drive it much before it was removed, but it seemed more revy than a v8. The only thing was the engine was original designed to be a diseasil, and there for not really the engine it could have been. On the plus side, uses 2 cylinders less of fuel!

Sorry Tuko, with Parrott on this one, I believe the army used them as direct replacements/ upgrades to the lt77 in some cases. A R380 main casing is 27mm longer than an lt77's case, hence this special housing is 27mm shorter. However an lt77 is approx4 inches/ 100mm longer than a stock series box.

Tried changing the synchro, it helped a little, but its still tight when fully bolted up.

Was a few years back since i used them. I think i have the invoice some where. I will see if i can dig it out.

Guys, Help! I've finally got around to trying to put a R380 back together. I've followed all the procedure for endfloat on the main/layshafts, without the 4th gear synchro fitted between the input pinion and mainshaft. When i finally go to assemble the box with the syncho in place, i find the main shaft and pinion locked solidly together. If i back off the casing bolts slightly i then get the pinion to turn independantly to the mainshaft. The only way i can see to correct the issue is to change the spacer behind the pinion support bearing, but it doesn seem to be an option. End floats: 0.05mm layshaft 0.06mm mainshaft I might have a spare synchro which might be worth a try, just incase the one fitted is oversize. Any suggestions welcomed! Cheers Chris

Another vote for propshaft clinic, I needed a shorter rear prop for my LWT when i fitted the lt77/lt230, they quoted £120 but found they had an off the shelf one that met my requirements perfectley and only charged £80. Also arrived next day!

Don't do it.... you will soon get p#$$#d off with the drone, and will attract every 1.1L Saxo and Bmw to your back end within a 10 mile radius. I cant wait to replace mine!

yours looks more like 3.9/4.2 range rover manual pipes. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID009276

Love the colour mike, great work

Looking good, are those the freelander seats in situ Mike?

I will probably get flammed for this, but why offer next day if you can't provide it?

The lro is a 110... this has a few more inches, same portal kit though i believe.

if its the selectors, you could pull the locator out the top of the box and lubricate the shaft directly, refit the locator, and spend a few hours shifting between gears. Hopefully that would free it up a bit.

True, although i think if you looking for greater pressures ( +10psi) its hard to beat a turbo. But that's probably beyond the rv8 without massive money. But i may stand corrected.