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3 hours ago, L19MUD said:
The Evans stuff is popular (and I think originally designed for) with vintage car owners. We have a 1929 Morris Cowley that does get warm if it has to sit in traffic, this car does not have a waterpump and relies on the radiator and fan too cool the water and create a flow. We had planned on using Evans on this t see if it would help
That’s what I gathered from the various online reviews.It does look to be popular with the air cooled engines too, trail bikes etc.
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Does anyone have an experience with this in their vehicle?
I’m replacing the radiator and was looking at a decent coolant for the upcoming trip and came across Evans waterless coolant.
It does look to be a faff to set up ( no water allowed in the system (less than 3%)) but the benefits seem to be worth it.
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On 8/15/2022 at 8:13 PM, simonr said:
Continuous trickle charging is a great way to kill batteries!
But, wait a minute, some battery manufacturers sell trickle chargers? Hmmm....who stands to gain if you buy a product which gradually kills the battery over a year or two?
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For that money I’d expect a professional finish, not the DIY plywood job with EBay special switches and fuse box and cheap stereo.
Regardless of what the vehicle is capable of, it isn’t a professional job and Im not saying it doesn’t do the job, or being snobbish about the finish, but for that money I’d expect much more of a refined product with top end fixtures.
To me it screams of someone who has produced something either for themselves to use or on a whim and thought it must be worth a fortune due to the market for extreme Murican Overlanders and thrown a figure out there hoping someone will bite.
I foresee it still for sale in 12 months at half the price…
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Some people clearly live on a different planet to the rest of us
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To be fair it has a little more surface rust around the rear A frame area as that’s the centre point in between the chassis rails, but I didn’t get a pic this time, I will do next week when I swap the exhaust.
I’m not planning on any protection…if it starts to fail anywhere I can see it
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On 8/8/2022 at 10:02 PM, monkie said:
Oh yes please!
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22 hours ago, Anderzander said:
Oh there’s no pressure - just an open offer 😊
I can confirm Sam’s great company 👍
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Mines 11 yr old now, one of the last 2.4’s and if I’m honest, the underside isn’t too bad.
There is some surface stuff but not anything I’m worried about and I live near the coast, I reckon I’ve got another 5-10 years before certain parts are going to need replacing, but that’s to be expected from anything produced in Solihull.
I’ve also still got the original chassis sticker on it 😁
I’ll take some pics if you like, so you can see
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It might be an age thing ( i was dragged around europe as a kid with my dad's Datsun Urban converted with rover seats in it and with a caravan on the back), but i really do see the attraction of a caravan for holidaying.
It does what you ask of it and no matter where you are, you have somewhere to sleep, cook and do your business.
Now if the off road caravans weren't so stupidly expensive, it'd be a perfect set up.
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3 different tyre/wheel combos on one side…
I do like it though, purely for the ballsy idea to pull it off!
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The system from BAS is pretty good as it doubles as a diagnostics tool as well, plugs into the OBD port and provides a lot of information.
You can turn off certain aspects of the tune as well as perform your own pump learn, injector learn which normally have to be done by a garage or someone with a plug in tool.
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2.4’s have very comfy seats, XS spec with A/C & heated seats and by far the best bit…heated windscreen!
The actual cabin heater is a pain for the footwell as it heats up the handbrake so you burn your leg on it ( you can buy an adapter to re direct the heater ) but the rest of it is good, it’ll even demist the side windowsTC is good and anti stall for when your lazy in traffic…not sure if these are standard or XS models only?
you can tune the engines up to silly spec if you really want to but the standard tune takes them up to 180bhp from 140bhp which really does make a difference, much quicker on accelerating and more torque which means less gear changing on long runs. The engine/running of the truck feels more free if that makes sense?
gearbox wise, 1st isn’t much use and 6th is more like an overdrive…you’ll find yourself pulling off in 2nd the majority of the time.
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13 minutes ago, Happyoldgit said:
Personally I would think it more likely to be whoever assembled the shafts, in whatever in house or outside manufacturing plant, not doing their job properly or that the amount of lubricant specified was not sufficient. The fact that failures were random leads me to suspect the former but who knows.
It’s an interesting point you raise there as the gearbox is a Ford item and the Transfer an original LR item.
Perhaps when assembling both items and coming from different areas of the factory no one thought to lubricate the shaft?
A simple mistake or oversight…
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I do find NFU good.
Once the mods were done with the 110 we were able to get appropriate valued insurance -
Just as a note regarding puma powered Landy’s.
A concern is regarding the engine elastictrickery as the rest of it has no real difference to previous models back to the 110/90.However the engine ECU isn’t going to stop the engine working unless there’s a major issue, which means it shouldn’t be driven regardless.
some might say that a dodgy sensor can stop the engine but I found it hard to find anyone who genuinely has had a sensor stop a puma engine working and if so they are in the minority
It’s a long way from a single wire to the fuel injector pump on my 200tdi but it’s not as bad as a CPU chip heavy newer vehicle.
The fly in the ointment is the Immobiliser unit.
I’ve had mine programmed to be switched off via a program should I need it to be, it’s quite a simple process.
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2 hours ago, simonr said:
I think, for some people, building trucks like that is a displacement activity. Most of them won't or more commonly can't go off driving around the world due to commitments & responsibilities. Funneling their desire to actually go overlanding into a truck that could do it is better than getting depressed because you feel trapped by your life.
I love building stuff - and for me, the eventual 'purpose' of what I'm building is secondary, almost an excuse for all the time & money that goes in to it. I'll probably try whatever the purpose was a couple of times, then move on to another project! Anyone who tells me I'm wasting my time and I should just.....(put a mettress in the back of a sprinter, for example 🤣) better have thick skin!
From my point of view, I can appreciate the work that has gone into something as the whole of the thing. Whatever the intended purpose was, barely matters so long as the builder / owner is happy.
sums up a creative mind.
i went through 4 changes in the truck to get it where it is…not because it needed it but because I constantly wanted to try different ideas
The journey, not the destination, is the goal
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They’re aftermarket, originals are clear with a coloured bulb
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840mm from the start of the wing at the bulkhead to the centre of the indicator
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Ralph's link is good for what you want to know.
I have the towing pack which has a larger plate i believe than the one you've listed
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After spending years reading up on travelling in all manner or vehicles from bicycles to bus's, 99% of the time, it's all good.
You're just as likely to lose your vehicle or bits off it in this country as anywhere else.
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1 minute ago, ThreePointFive said:
But the point remains, if people want to role play as survivalists on campsites that have toilet blocks and a swimming pool, so be it.
At my age, a toilet block is well worth looking for
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I'll take a look over the weekend and let you know
Waterless coolant
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No issues but as I’m replacing a tired radiator and flushing the system through, I thought I’d ask if there was a benefit or some experience of it