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I used to have a Ring solar charger on the roof of my powerless garage for the S1 but they are not waterproof so it died after a number of years. Internally the cable connections corroded off the cells inside the glass.
But it was great over that time and was cheaper than changing the battery every other winter.
Back to the thread though, I have been interested in a waterproof pack for a while so this has helped immensely in my understanding.
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As I already said being Mr Grimpy, I don't watch these kind of films since oddly, I can do pretend films but not ones trying to be real films. But when ever there is a car flip in a film I just look for the cannon. So Simons work and this tread is great and interesting. I'm really interested in how you test your theories out, like on a quarter of an axle.
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2 hours ago, sean f said:
I wonder now much of Tesla's business case relies on getting large payments from other manufactures for credits like this, doubt anyone will find out "real" numbers as they will get buried in corporate financing and accounting (that's not a dig at Tesla all large companies arrange there accounts to show what they want to show to some extent). Must add quite bit to there bottom line, are they viable with out it, what would the cars cost with with this or tax subsidies?.
I have always assumed (and most articles agree) that the manufacturing emissions for an electric vehicle would be considerable higher than than for a standard petrol or diesel vehicle, basic shell / trim etc will be largely the same but electric motors and batteries use a lot more rare (and often difficult to handle at end of life) materials than a standard alloy / iron block, which is largely recyclable.
Would be interesting to see numbers for total life C0 emission for equivalent vehicles say tesla verus Ford Mondeo from raw material to final end of life disposal with say a 15 year 200,000 mile life which includes electric generation using current average UK emissions per unit (with what ever the current average mix between wind/solar/gas/nuclear etc is), any spares repairs (servicing oil use etc against battery reconditioning / replacement) trouble is I expect any answer would end up so fudged by which ever side created it it would be meaningless.
There was a top 40 (or 70 cant remember) list of worst CO2 offendets based on cradle to the grave a few years ago.
Toyota Prius was worse than a Jeep Wrangler.
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27 minutes ago, uninformed said:
The mount on that particular model does not look to rotate in any direction except around the round mounting rod. The others look to rotate and gimble within themselves. I could be misisng something ??
No to me that looks to just clamp on a round rod, so length and rotation adjustment only is my guess.
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On 12/2/2021 at 10:20 PM, Will@LRW said:
Sounds like PCI DSS compliance caught them out. Their shop software was 5 years after end of life and PHP version 3 years, which shows a lack of investment. It got them in the end.
There's some other parts retailers with even older websites....
That was my thought, but naive if so as they should have had annual checks for compliance and a forward plan. It kind of depends if the bank was working with them proactively or just sat back and threw in a deadline.
If they'd had a breach the multi £m fines could have killed them either way.
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3 hours ago, Mo Murphy said:
Do you think that a military event in the late 1950s is still having an effect ?
Mo 😉
If it is you can blame my dad as he bombed Egypt.
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Always sad day when a good company closes.
That Facebook comment raises more questions than it answers.
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We had an inch of snow, very mild on the M40 but drivers stamping their brakes and hazards on down to 40mph. If it was rain they wouldn't of batted an eyelid.
God knows what December will be like.
That's what I love about the UK. Rain **** crash, snow **** crash, sun **** crash!
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15 hours ago, reb78 said:
Hmmm. Will that bellhousing fit a 200tdi?
The defender engine is the one I bought from you Mike. Its a spare for the 110 but could be made useful in this offroader.
(unless anyone has a good 3.5v8 on carbs to attach to the running gear currently in the RRC but they dont seem easy to come by currently!!)
I have an ex RRC 3.5 but the carbs are on my S1 and it has sat for 10 years with rags in the inlet manifold so can't guarantee its condition. It was running until I wrecked the TB bearing in the LT95. It will need taking out of the hinted.
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56 minutes ago, Cornish Rattler said:
Didn't get the seats as the person selling them wouldn't msg back after accepting price ( £50 ) ☹️
Either got a better offer or expects you to wait until they can be bothered, not unusual flebay practice.
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1 hour ago, Snagger said:
Old school! It used to be normal practice but seems to have declined. I don’t recall the Haynes manuals commenting on it. I did it as I’d read about it elsewhere, and even if it isn’t strictly necessary (and I suspect it is), it can’t do any harm.
Don't know if I knew this and forgot or never knew it!
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39 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:
Not sure I have ever heard of a LR torque converter fail.....
One less bearing to fail, for sure
Until now I'd never heard of a spigot bush failing but plenty of D3 TC failures!
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1 hour ago, yalan said:
No Idea I’m afraid - they were locally sourced for about £30 from someone who had stripped out a minibus / coach. They weren’t anything special really and needed a fair bit of cut n shut to separate out the seat base from backrest. That type do come up periodically but not particularly worth holding out for I wouldn’t say.
OK ta, its just a case of looking to see what is available.
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3 hours ago, yalan said:
Thanks - glad you like it!
The pics are part of a full catalogue of build pics. You can see the full collection of this and other projects at http://www.85ninety.co.uk
Do ask if anything isn’t clear.
What seats did you use for the final frames? the pics show the original mobility seats then a pair of other seats that you reupholstered with a load of work. Great job.
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8 minutes ago, yalan said:
Is this what you’re looking for?
Yes thanks, it was not searchable from my phone. The Unwin site had a camper van installation sheet apparently.
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I've been looking at Unwin rails, not bad price on fleabay.
The curremt owner of Unwin don't seem to be keen on providing access to the installation notes that were available on the Unwin site.
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That I like alot. I am looking for a solution but currently an looking at putting a LR bench seat in the gap on a frame. Your idea is much better.
Is it possible to get more info on the conversion please.
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20 hours ago, missingsid said:
Dumb question time.
I know it will leave more drop box exposed and negate some of the clearance gained but, if you swap the swivel and drop box locations over you wouldn't need the brace bar.
Woke up this morning, (cue blues riff) and realised the issue here. The drag links and track rods would be at the bottom of the drop boxes completely negating the lift. It would need tractor type steering.
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On 11/14/2021 at 11:02 AM, Anderzander said:
I’ve had it on both td5’s I’ve had. I was convinced the plastic bearing carrier had something to do with it - so I put a better HD quality one on last time and it improved it a lot - it still gives a squeak when it first ‘wakes’ up - but it is better.
Is this the reason that they are different? Or this a different part? It seems like LR have made some interesting changes since the early 90/110s?
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26 minutes ago, HoSS said:
The prices don't seem too bad for custom stuff. e.g disc brake conversions are a fraction of what they are for my C303
He did comment on FB that the track increases by 5" even with custom offset rims.
Surely 5 " on both sides looking at the drop box width?
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I looked at their site the other month. nice stuff some items seem pricey some reasonable. did not see the Portals though.
Easy way to spend lots of cash!
Found this on their Facebook page.
Dumb question time.
I know it will leave more drop box exposed and negate some of the clearance gained but, if you swap the swivel and drop box locations over you wouldn't need the brace bar.
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11 hours ago, Jackjack said:
the gearbox is noisy on light overrun I changed the diff but as it is worse in 4th im guessing it is a layshaft bearing or something along those lines.
Fourth gear in most gearboxes is a 1 to 1 drive as it is the one gear that does not use the layshaft so it is not turning at all.
That is why when the layshaft breaks you can often drive on in 4th at a cautious speed.
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11 hours ago, smallfry said:
We can dump them in the huge open cast holes they are digging in Africa to get Lithium for batteries !
Add that to the tree destruction in order to mine the titanium needed to make the white paint for the trendies white cars.
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1 hour ago, mad_pete said:
You can go to a provider that only gets stuff from renewables.
stuff like this
I’m with Octopus I think.
How's that work? It all comes from the same national grid, they can't pick out the eco electrons.
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300 tdi 50th Anniversary?
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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Hmm if this was one of 150 made I would expect him to know which number out the 150 it is. I don't believe it is no 1 of 150 as he would be asking much more and would target Dunsfold as a buyer.