Cornish Rattler

I am very sorry for causing this argument as when I thought about posting this thread I wasn't sure if I should as on most other landy forums there is an Anything goes forum where you can ask / talk about almost anything and as I couldn't find a suitable forum on here I just thought the International forum would be the best place to post this thread. the only thing I am a bit annoyed about is if you go on the International forum there are loads of other none landy threads and on reading some of them I have not seen anything said about the threads, hence why I posted this thread here in the first place

Thanks guys for all the kind words as all this really helps and only the other day I was looking at B.C. pups on the web but I will wait a bit till I decide to get another one but I really do miss him though

Hi guys Had to have Jasper my 16 year old Boarder Collie put to sleep today due to old age

Yeah I would have thought it should have crush tubes in the chassis for that really

Yeah this one I've got on a new galv rolling chassis atm is in Limestone which I like but its original colour is Bronze Green which I also like so as I have had one in Marine Blue, one in Dark Blue ( none landy colour ) and not sure of the name and my last one was in Bronze Green so with this one I will stick with repainting it in Limestone

Hi guys Just wondered if anyone is running their series on Cooper ST tyres as I am thinking of fitting some to mine when I get it to being on the road, are they ok on a series

Have you tried an electronic ignition one had one on mine years ago when it was a petrol never had any probs, there is also the Ducelier ones but not sure what they are like

A couple of pic's

Just an update, managed to get round to insulating the wall at the back of the stove aswell as the sides using two std plaster boards stuck together for the wall behind the stove then used two single boards one on either side on the stove to protect everything from getting hot and it throws out more heat now and everything around it stays cold We also raised the stove by about 8" aswell as it just makes life easier filling the stove, will post pic's later

I only want to go this way if it will go as I don't want a big drop plate hanging down with a ball on it as it can get messy if the ball cover is off and reaching in the back also ever since the accident we had with the 90 which involved replacing the chassis I want it so I can remove the drop plate when its not in use as I have been doing with the 90 since fitting the said tow bar to the 90

I see, think I will go with the setup I have for now but try and get a HRTC later as it makes more sense

Nice, wish I could weld

Mmmm something to think about then

This one is fitted with a std transfer box hence why we have fitted Def diffs and possibly the need for an o/d

Hi guys Just thinking ahead really but does anyone know if a Defender Extreme 4x4 removable tow bar will fit a S2a swb the tow bar atm is fitted to my 90 with a new Richards chassis and if it will fit swap the tow bar over to the S2a with new Richards chassis, its the holes where the front fixing plate and tow bar fix to the rear X member I am thinking about, what do you think

Yeah with my last 2a I bought another one as a donna car and used the gearbox from that as it looked in better condition than the one originally in mine when my bro opened it up to rebuild for me, and that's when we found out it was an Ashcroft gearbox but the s/n inc the Suffix wasn't present on the gearbox so we never nu what the other gear ratios were so it will be interesting once we get it back on the road

Ok I will look round for an o/d to add on aswell, cheer's Snagger

Are right I see so really if I was to fit an o/d aswell I would more or less end up with the same gearing as I had with my last one but that was fitted with std diffs, an Ashcroft gearbox and an o/d, I would be happy with that

Ok I will see how this gearbox is with the Def diffs fitted and if need be I will fit an o/d aswell, just thought higher Suffix's had higher gearing

I find it quite confusing as a few months ago I was on their site looking at something else and I came across a table with all the different Suffix's and different landy gearbox's on giving the different ratios of each Suffix / gearbox but as I was looking for something on Defender gearbox's I didn't take much notice of the series Suffix's and ratios and it looks like that's all changed now

Hi guys Can anyone shed any clear light on S2a /S3 gear ratios please as I am trying to find out what gearbox would suit my 1971 S2a currently fitted with a Suffix ( F ) gearbox and a 200tdi engine, I have been looking in the Haynes book, and online but they all seem to specify from Suffix ( A ) - ( B ) and from Suffix ( C ) onwards and just wondering if higher Suffix's had higher gearing or not, what do you think

Yeah it's the first time I have used the stove with the garage being empty as the 90 was out having its MOT and the 2a was still outside and the garage seemed to get warmer but outside it was quite mild anyway so maybe it was that not sure

I've been getting a few egg pallets from work ( white wood ) recently and I gave them ago yesterday just to see how they are and I am quite pleased with them as they burn a lot better, slightly slower than what I have tried and quite hot aswell so I mite keep to getting these instead as it's free aswell

Nice neat job that, sadly i can't weld and although the tdi power steering system converted to fit a series truck is the way to go I will just have to suffer and stick to manual steering