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Is the oil cooling required or can it be removed ? Regards Stephen

Stripped a bit more off engine heat shields will go back on unless i make some lighter ones, the two pipes I'm assuming are for the hydraulically driven cooling fan and i certainly dont need the aircon pump two exhaust studs that were already in are being a pain as they will no budge even with heat, however im not overly bothered because i will be removing the rather large Flanges and replace them with something a bit more streamlined oil filter housing has water cooling pipes attached to it never seen that before, does the remote filter set up fix on in place of the filter or is the whole casting to remove ? regards Stephen

NOW YOU TELL ME..... Haven't touched it as yet, other than to get it to a position i can work on, cut fuse box away as wires had been cut right up to it, with no length to work on, also missing connectors, deep joy and happiness Regards Stephen

To finish my mixed bag today I started building manual actuators for my diff locks, purely as backup because my concentric ones are a real pain to strip out, like just about whole axle to strip type of pain Not finished yet but you get the idea Regards Stephen

Could have sworn you guys said only 6 or 7 wires....... oh dear...... regards Stephen

That's why I'm stripping the loom, it will make it easier to check and also to remove wires I don't need Makes me sound like I know what I'm doing............absolutely not, this is scaring the carp out of me... Regards Stephen

Oh forgot to add, my engine is one of the later ones see below Cast fuel rail regards Stephen

Also trimmed extended bump stops an inch regards Stephen

Had a bit potter with 1uz engine, started stripping wiring sheaths offand whilst nosing around noticed this connector in the middle of the gap has a chewed through wire inlet manifold holes covered so i could blow debris away mouse or rat feast been going on more blocking of head inlets and then debris cleaned out looking better regards Stephen

Dave...build thread pleeeze.....lol Regards Stephen

Beautiful fabrication work Regards Stephen

You might..... However the 1uz is not in yet, when it is I will also be minus an aircon pump and an intercooler, so that might take it into @CwazyWabbit weight guess territory...... Watch this space.......lol Regards Stephen

Not really..... I was very pleasantly surprised myself Regards Stephen

So on Sids weight guessing... In first place @landroversforever with 1850kg - 89kg out Second place @Ed Poore with 1650kg - 111kg out Third place @miketomcat with 1875kg - 114kg out Regards Stephen

No need for that as yet, was very happy with suspension at Seven Sisters, just need to improve bump stop to axle clearance, also not going overboard with mods as I still have the 1uz to fit, then I will need to look at stuff in earnest Regards Stephen

I did, but going to do axles again with some smaller scales attached to the body Regards Stephen

Same as you Regards Stephen

I take it my Fox shocks are not good ............. Regards Stephen

So 1284kg of sprung weight.. what does that mean with regard to spring choice, never considered this before Regards Stephen

Depends what you mean by heat, I agree there will be some heat, but Sid has never got warm enough inside with a tdi, but when he had a V8...... Oooooo does that mean I might get warmth in the future....... Regards Stephen

Tdi's generally run very cool, especially at higher speeds some people put covers over part of the radiator to increase engine temp, nothing wrong with it it's how they are Regards Stephen

Once it's road legal I will get it weighed on the weigh bridge at work also to see if there is any discrepancies Regards Stephen

So my calculations so far Sid weighs this Axles held up with winches weight so thats 1704 +57 for tyre and wheel combo so weight without off road gear is 1761kg rear axle 223kg front axle 254 kg which leaves a sprung weight of 1284kg regards Stephen

Regards Stephen

Easy enough to screw a plugged fitting on the hose you remove Regards Stephen