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They will acid dip it prior to the galv, so if the anodising/passivated layer is carp, the acid should shift it. I'm no fan of galvanising, tbh, more of a decent etch primer, marine primer and industrial enamel kind of guy

I fitted an RRC hard dash guage set to my first Hybrid, in exactly this place. It worked well. I think this will look really good - it's a nice set up

It's not so much the salt as the foul air blowing in from industrial England 😆 I get your point. Who did you buy from. Some of the bolt on companies get stuff made in Poland, and it's not bad at all. Some stuff comes form Turkey and it's appalling..

Sounds like it's been anodised. Not uncommon. Some anodising is very good, some not. If it was me, I would see how it goes. It's a simple thing to remove. Give it a winter, look at it in the spring. If it's rusty, rub it down a tadge and take it to the galvinisers. I was given a saw bench a few years ago, with a chainsaw mount. It's really useful, but I keep it outside year round, just greasing up the moving parts. the PO did the same. It's anodised, not galvinised. I recon it's been outside twenty years. Rust is just starting to show, so in a couple of years, I'll either pain it or get it galvanised.

Thank you.

It's a low volume manufacturer - most efficient way is to buy in, thus throwing liability and production costs to someone else

Those that have a transducer still have a drive to the transducer. No transducer, still have a cable gearbox. Duh!

Depending on where the MAf sensor is, it is possible for the modified airflow to provide the incorrect signals to the MAFF, resulting in lean or over rich fuelling. A snorkel or 'hi-flow' filter can do this. Possibly causing hotter running temps. (I attended a very interesting seminar on petrol and diesel engine tuning by FOMOCO lat week) Peak torque on your engine as standard, was 2000rpm, so you are running at a less efficient rev range, again possibly causing hotter running. Remember, this is a Ford Transit engine, modified for the Defender. In the Transit it was particularly infamous for various issues, inlcuding the MAF sensor

I would say that's about the nail on the head, Mike. Land Rover had them made by someone else. I expect they were designed out of house and there was a production deal.

Last weekend, I was marshalling on a BAMA 'excercise'. Martin was there, as was Neil Waterson, Editor of LROi (he was CoC). What was good to see is that they are both friends, and there is no issue at Martin's move. Neil is a genuine enthusias, and very knowledgable. However he's been 'over managed' by senior management. Hence the reason some of the contributors are maybe not the best... Enough said, my apologies for yet another thread divergence

What fault codes did your garage spot? Also, do you run a snorkel?

I get LRO as a free sub. I like some of the scribes, but others are just same old , same old I rarely look at LRM, although it was my favourite mag as a scribe. SInce the present Editor took over, it's gone down hill in a big way. I don't think it's even on the ABC list CLR is just John Carrolls personal blog. It can be very boring and low in technical value I do get TOR as a free sub. but it generally stays in it's wrapper, then a firnds teenage son takes it away. It's a very sad state of affairs really. But Martin is a time served LR mechanic, as well as having a skill with words. Nice bloke

Martin Domney from LROi. Excellent technical knowledge and a very keen classic car/land rover owner/enthusiast

First thing I would check is that you don't have an earth issue and it's earthing through the flex drive. Then I'f do what Bowie said...

You can spin it over by attaching a drill to the cable. It's not ideal and you need to be careful. I would (and have) just fit the replacement and log the change of miles in the vehicle hisotry file

LRM's new editior will be taking over very soon. He actually knows about writing and editing

I take it this is an auto?

which is the highest value?

Hell yes

A hybrid conversion kit would be the way to go. It removes the massive carbon hole created by the build of any modern vehicle. Removes a big chunk of the cost and hits the economy, reduced emmisions requirement nicely, without having to live with the charging issues

It's definitely British Leyland's preffered brand. Rover P5 and 6 used them as well

A vague memory is Superslim (T Williams)

I believe so. Can't knock it, the money it's brought into the area has been very useful

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Especially when you consider the build cost and time, for Hinkley C. Four Biomass power stations have been built and integrated into the Grid, since Hinkley C was started; and well over 50 AD units All in the Southwest