Stellaghost

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

It's on my check list anyway, also it depends on the age of the engine, some of the earlier ones you could snap a belt with no damage, the later ones were interference fit Regards Stephen

With that experience I could do with you here...... Regards Stephen

I'm definitely bald.... but is my nose really that big................lol Regards Stephen

A bit more done Plenum and throttle body off for cleaning EGR delete Flanges made and fitted regards Stephen

Possibly.....if it didn't need the little copper worm's....... Regards Stephen

Parked in my village this morning I could definitely see me driving one of them... regards Stephen

A very quick mobile engine test rig knocked up this morning A trailer chassis I had laid doing nothing Fit jockey wheel, mag drill helping out lifting operations off table in garage Some quick engine mounts engine and gearbox fitted, sitting nice and level I can add brackets to this to hold temp fuel tank, ignition and whatever else I might need now the dreaded electrics....... Regards Stephen

Hi Dave, Can you or do you have access to aluminium welding, if you look back on my mog thread to page 120 you can see I welded in some 10mm aluminium and drilled and tapped it to take the long bolts ( page 121 ) If you were over here I could have done it for you Regards Stephen

About bloody time.......... Looking forward to this, now your actually going to do something, instead of pontificating about it.... Think long and hard about your rear prop set-up, I had the lt77 and lt230 in my lightweight, still have, but to make it work prior to increasing my wheelbase I altered my diff nose angle so prop shaft was at a less severe angle, having said that LGT gets by ok with a very short prop Good luck I'm looking forward to see if you can justify the engineer in your title...........lol Regards Stephen

Send me a drawing of sizes and I will see what I've got in round shaft, might be able to help out Regards Stephen

Any more progress with the axles @dangerous doug Regards Stephen

That may be so, but most rams are standard sizes and you would have the size of the pistons, surely they could have quoted for top notch and middle of the road seal kits Regards Stephen

Wow, that does feel like a lot, hindsight is always good, if they had priced the job before hand I would have been asking them for a seal kit and had a go myself However it's fixed now, so just need to make it earn its keep Regards Stephen