Nonimouse

I like to forward plan.

Be a bit careful with the Britpart/Bearmach SS pistons, they are are very soft metal

I'm hoping to retire at 75, so another 19 years. I may go down to 4 days a week for the last few years. Alternatively when I finally get divorced, I might just buy a van and travel round Greece and Albania until I manage to drink myself to death

Membership was pretty steady before TW2, and as there were people happy to teach how to research lanes, it al worked well. Then membership more than doubled. We were finding that suddenly a huge number of social media groups were started by one or two people with access to TW2, who would then provide details to the members. VRO's became pointless, because there is no legal preotection. Honeypot lanes became trashed with over use. New commitee members came in, some with their own agenda, upsetting long term reps. Lack of man management skills upset more of the reps. Then tour guides got involved - easy to charge a small fortune for a guided trip. A large number of these tour guides proved to be less than professional... I resigned from my posts about this time - I'd had enough. I'm still the Chair of the Somerset LAF, but I'm resigning in October. Laning for me is no longer something I want to share. I go alone, when I feel like it. I won't use TW2 or the ATUK version. I research every lane I use, the old way. I also operate a lane recovery service - not like the plethora of untrained, uninsured folk on Facebook. But working with the local RCT. Laning has been destroyed by overuse, missuse and 'organised' tour guides.

Levelling and reseeding will simply create a cyclic need for repairs. Actually fixing the problem would be better

The big issue with it was that for under 50 quid no one needed to do the work they had had to previously, So yes, great for people who didn't have the time' but it's opened up laning to the irresponsable masses. Since TW2 came, out incidents of lane damage have increased tenfold. Many rural crimes officers put TW" at the top of the escalation of laning issues around the UK. It also turned GLASS into a wealthy organisation, with a commitee that was simply not ready for it. This then caused internal friction and a lot of good people left or simply resigned their posts.

I don't have access to TW2 anymore and I still believe it was oneof the most stupid things GLASS ever did - simply to build up revenue. IS the SCC TRO signposted at either end?

Typical, completly the wrong time of the year

Hamlins in Bridgwater is like that - founded in 1898 No idea why this post is taking up so much space

Park's in Malton - there's a blast form the past. They did the heads on Series 1 80" V6 back in 1981

Looks like that lane gets misused a lot.. Is there no winter tro on it?

Should be okay then - they buy from Elring. Can't see Tina buying cheap knock off's

Was it bought direct form Elring? Lots and lots of knock off Elring copies around....

A friend in 'Murica (top end You Tuber and ec Tech Editor) put one in his Jeep TJ, to replace a 2.5. He did the install with the Cummins Design Guru. He's never stopped raving about it. It has more grunt than a in line 6.

Cylinder and coolant system That dirt looks like casting sand

really lovely engine - very pricey

Pressure test?

https://www.cummins.com/engines/repower Very modern, but designed as a re-power

Excellent suggestion on the drop arm

All very pretty stuff - but most of it is simply bolt on bling unless you are looking at doing competition. The underbelly plates can be useful for sliding over stuff, but rarely for more than the few seconds before you belly out. There's a chap called Ben Hilton, he's with the Scottish 4x4 response. Ex Coldcream Guards, left his legs in Afghanistan (attention seeker). He's a very experienced responder and off road type. Have a chat with him. He's in Elgin. Sound bloke I would suggest that in a 130, you protect the steering components (don't use guards, use gwyn lewis replacement steering bars), rear prop into diff and diff pumpkin, front diff pumpkin and sill bars. That's everything covered for non competetive off tarmac driving and you could enter the vehicle in mudmaster. You don't mention tyres, but if you haven't already, grab some decent 255/85x16's. If it was me, I'd use Falken Wildpeake MT01's, simply because they are better than any tyre ive used before; most of the folk on here will suggest BFG's Then learn what the vehicle will do, in that set up. Military off tarmac driver training is somne of the worst in the world, simply becuause the ethos on the vehicle is wrong. Get some decent training. Not Land Rover Experience. Duncan Barbour used to do some good stuff - he may be able to help. Response Training is usually good, but limited - I don't know about Scotland, but I've trained well over 500 response members form around the UK, on intensive courses, to support their in house courses. There's a chap called Chris Putt - the Off Road Consultant on FB - sound bloke, covers Scotland. He's probably the best off road instructor in the UK (at the moment)

That would be the crate engine cummins then. I read your post and was wondering how an LT77 would stand a 5.9!

Ignition live feed to the switch feed 400amp may not be enough - nost winches will run to 450, even 500amps before stall

Likewise. Contracts have got silly money. I'm the same with WP8 - if it's not in my pocket, I really miss it. Went to a funeral yesterday - obviously left the phone in the car - felt weird. I habitually wear work trousers, with loads of pockets and pouches; the RHS nail pouch always has the phone in

How well you know me

Also look for Vauxhall Corsa and Skoda Yeti steering column conversions - the former is a favourite in 101's in foreign parts