Nonimouse
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Some interesting stuff there...
I'm still confused though - since when did electrically operated trailer brakes become legal in the UK?
How does a Morse cable work?
A handbrake works on the rear wheels, not all four - that's not legal...
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This has been bugging me for years for exactly what Mr King just said
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I might ask one of my colleagues form the DVSA
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I probably saw well over forty campers towing cars today. The smallest was a Yaris, so over 750kgs
None had any form of plunger arrangement on the tow bar - so possible inertia?
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I'm interested
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Ok...so... I work on the High Speed Road Network in the UK. Yes, I'm a public servant and yes, I work for Highways England. I can't make comments about that on the internet, but I still have a question about something I see most days, whilst out on the Network in the South West. Especially now, when the Silver Surfers are so proliferate...
Campers Towing Cars on an A frame.
Now, I'm old. I passed my test in 1983. I hold an HGV licence, although no longer current. Hell I even hold an H licence. I used to teach trailer handling for Land Rover and I'm still a City and Guilds Assessor for Off Tarmac Trailer handling. Yet for the life of me I can't work out the legality of a Camper towing an un-braked vehicle on a an A frame...
I was looking at these A frames today (whilst doing some hard shoulder running on the M48 and M49) and I can't see a mechanical brake link and I'm pretty damn sure that electric brakes are still not legal over here...
So tell me what I am missing
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Gear box piccies
Mostly good
However reverse is mullered. Cost from "UK Half-pint bits at a huge price' 130 English pounds
If we get 100 made up, 50 quid each
Ten pence piece for reference
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I'm not too keen on a mahoosive intercooler, as I do't want to waste boost pressure. Daan did some very interesting research on his old brown barge, that changed my whole attitude to improving the output on a 200/300
I'm actually very happy with the way the Lovemachine drives. Very little black smoke/wasted fuel, pulls beautifully, revs well, great economy....
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On 9/2/2019 at 4:59 PM, reb78 said:
Who are Hamlins?? I did try a search, but cant find them.
Thomas Hamlin and Co, Bridgwater. Been going a while, got a rough idea
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I reckon I can get it better
my old RRC produced higher figures after a trip to Alisport.
But that means bigger intercooler and the one I want is not easy to find - I 'm after the '300tdi auto aircon' version that alisport made. I'm also looking at a manually adjustable boost valve to experiment a bit
However there's no rush, what I have works well and has so far proved very reliable
Worth noting, those figures are on BP Ultimate. They are slightly lower on BP Standard, slightly lower again on Morrison's and best on Rape Seed Oil
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My 200 Disco has a Hamlin's stage 2 head, with matched inlet and outlet ports. the inter-cooler inlet and outlet and inlet manifold have been ported
The engine has now done 110,000, with 20 odd k since the top end rebuild.
The pump has been tweaked to match the work, but no ring or pin upgrades.
It's rolling road figures are 131bhp@4250rpm and 242 ft/lb@1800rpm
I'm particularly happy with this and the 35mpg I get at 65-70mph on the motorway, 33mpg around town. Towing sees very little drop, to about 32mpg.
I run Shell Rimula 15/40 Non Synthetic, with 5-6k changes. The right oil makes huge differences in a 200
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17 hours ago, Anderzander said:
Would you share progress please ? 😊
No worries.
Interestingly, the engine is the same as the post '71 Invacar
Need to find out if the gearbox is the same
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Leatherman honour their warranty - even after 23 years
I wore out the old pliers on my Supertool, bought in 1995. Rang up, was sent a form via email, filled it in and sent it back with said Super tool - week later Brand Spankers New Super-tool 300 in the post.
Gerber are an utter pain to get anything out of
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James has been after one for ages, but at auction a tidy one is 15k, so when this one came up in London On Sea, it was a no brainer
It's going to be a double cab, road legal, but useful for accessing the farm in the winter.
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so true 😄
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Nick - It's in the store waiting for your next return
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It is a very early long wheel base Halflinger...
£500 for the seized engine, chassis and some (very few) body panels
Engines are easy - we know a man with quite a few and some tuning mods
Note the portal axles
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Rear end, sans two cylinder power unit
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New project at the farm....
Anyone want to guess what
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I quite like it. My big concern is that it will mirror the idiotic issue with the D5, namely the tapered boot, chronically uncomfortable second row seats and finally, the awe inspiring unreliability (one of our motors is on it's fourth Turbo in less than 10k)
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Hi mileage on a 200 is 500k 😊
The gradual strip is probably your best option
Can you record a sound clip?
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Sounds daft I know, but sound can travel on a 200. I had an issue with an odd noise I couldn't pin down, sounded a bit like a lot of things. It was the vacuum pump.
I'd suggest chasing the noise around the lump
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Sounds all workable
I'll be at Adventure Overland if that helps..
If not, lets liaise
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Reminds me of the fun I had with my Rocsta/CJ5 hybrid
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Campers towing cars
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that's interesting
I've been looking at various set ups in services, trying to see what is what, but without alarming people too much
My colleagues over in the DVSA are having a pogrom aimed at trailers at the moment, so they are all a bit busy for a chat