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NRC9708 Not had any problems cleaning mine out. Its the little plastic drain plug you have to be careful with as they can snap off easily.

There are 3 to choose from... Chassis number would be good to confirm. MPH, LESS EFI, (-)HERITAGE --- YBC101520 MPH, LESS EFI, 5CYLINDER, HERITAGE --- STC60688 KMH, LESS EFI, (-)6CYLINDER, (-)HERITAGE --- YBC101530

Got 3 different motors in varying states of knackerd-ness... All the splined shafts measure approx 50mm. Casings measure: Bowmotor... 180mm Iskra... 177mm ComeUpDV9000 motor... 170mm (still fitted to winch, so could be a few mm out ) Hope this helps Dan

Sounds like what you need is Rivnuts. Like these... You need a special tool to fit them... as discussed here Or you can use the patented X-eng method

Grand Junction... you lucky sod! If you like mountain biking there is a place called Fruita next door that is slowly becoming very popular. Moab is one of my favourite places on the planet! When we shipped our Camel out there (to Baltimore) in 2007 we put it in a container rather than Ro-Ro. Despite living in Southampton and Southampton having a fairly large container port, everyone we spoke to at the time said it was cheaper to ship from Felixstowe Maybe worth looking into. You are right tho, its a lot of hassle to do and the costs can soar if US customs decide to have a poke around. On a couple of occasions we were offered $60k for our car, so if you are considering it, it could be quite profitable IIRC there is a large import duty if you sell the car within 12 months of it arriving tho (approx $10k). Dan

WOW.... Thats not quite "work-safe" is it... watch out for the nice young ladies advertising their services

Cheers JU, cheques in the post

Errrr... its a 92" wheelbase... but its a '72 Rangie Chassis... so therefore it's been shortened? In my book that means 1 big SVA test. Love the sellers advice about insuring it as a Rangie... Any modifications sir? Noooooo, none worth mentioning!

Going to play this year rather than be involved in the organisation... looking forward to it!

We'll be there too hopefully... depends on if Will has registered my interest!! Steve, tulips are fun and easy, even I can understand them. Not sure how they are going to run it, but you will probably need a working milometer or some way of measuring distance. See ya there ;-) Dan

We picked up our black nato ones at one of the shows a few years ago... paid a fiver each for them. Obviously this introduces the uncertainty of not knowing what's been put in the container, but a couple of washes with some sterilizing stuff should make the world fresh and fluffy again Having recently squashed one between our 110 and a Cross-channel ferry I can confirm that they are flippin' tough!

Hi TeriAnn, What a fantastic trip... good luck to you, I hope it works out for you! A few things to bear in mind with regards to getting spares. I vaguely remember reading your website some time ago. Spares and repairs shouldn't be too much of an issue, but remember that not many people run yank V8's here in the UK so sourcing parts may not be as simple as if its standard Landy bits you need. When we did our USA trip we used a company called Kingstown Shipping, based in Hull to organise the container. They specialise in shipping cars from the US to the UK. Maybe worth a look. Car Insurance is mandatory in the UK... It may be expensive so make sure you include this in any cost calculations you do. UK car insurance will generally cover you in Europe too, but read the small print as some UK companies like to limit the amount of time you can be aboard for. The UK does suffer from a congested road network, so while it is easily feasible to travel great distances in a single day in the US, doing the same in the UK may present a problem. Mainland Europe always seems to me to be much easier to navigate and far less chocka-block! Camp sites are usually fairly well signposted in the UK, but there are very few in and around the big cities. Safety-wise I don't think you have anything to worry about here in the UK. Most of Europe is just as safe, if not safer. Usual precautions though, have a fake wallet/purse with expired credit cards and a small amount of cash. Not sure if anyone has mentioned yet, but the Alps between France and Italy has some wonderful derelict fortresses. Camping up in the mountains is not an issue, I've done it many times. Nothing quite like watching the sun go down behind the mountains. Camp sites are common place if you want something a bit more civilised. In the UK, my list of must see places: The New Forest Lake District The Pennines Wales Devon & Cornwall Scotland. Best of luck to you, if you make it to Southampton I'm sure the ShireLRC boys and girls will make you welcome! Dan :-)

Personally I'd fit "G"-spec stub axles, or genuine if your local Landy dealer can give you a good discount. Having worked in the trade and supplied many pattern parts, I have seen a large percentage returned because the machining isn't up to standard and the bearings don't fit properly. If you can swallow the prices, buy genuine.

Another Britpart Radiator... ordered off ebay because it looked like it wasn't a britpart job. When it arrived in the Britpart box I just knew things were going to to wrong. Sure enough the Rad was too tall to fit in the bracket, and when I did finally force it in by taking the rubber support bushes out, the bolts that hold the frame together were rubbing on the rad side tank.... not good. Britpart rock sliders for the 110... had to grind the brackets off and reweld them in the correct place. When I was "in the trade" we had the Britpart salesman in regularly asking why we didn't but must of their kit. The honest answer was that it was rubbish. Anything mechanical could be guarenteed to fail. However as has been mentioned, sometime you'd get rebranded Genguine LR kit at the britpart price. For example I get a set of lightguards for my Freelander. They arrived in a Britpart box, and I paid britpat prices... opened up and all was wrapped in Land Rover packaging. Dan

Well, seeing as nobody else has mentioned them, Myway could be another option. They do a lightweight nylon jobbie or the traditional thick canvas one. Having used both I'd definitely opt for canvas, especially if you are going anywhere that doesn't have a night-time! Jen and I used ours every night for 5 months while on our little jolly and it fit the bill perfectly for us. It has survived many storms, including two that brought trees down. Ok, it was a bit noisy but you are going to get that in any tent when its windy. Space wise, our 1.6m Myway has a double blow up matress in at the moment. This doesn't touch the edges of the tent which means when you get condensation it doesn't get the bedding wet. we also have a large area in from of the matress for boots and stuff. The sales people will tell you that their tents don't suffer from condensation due to this technological doo dar or that unique canvas fibre they use... my view is thats all cobblers! Condensation seems to be an issue in all canvas tents, its just the degree of dampness that varies. Ventilation seems to be the key (or not breathing!!) so make sure whatever you get has ventilation. Trouble with roof tents is its quite a personal thing, for example I couldn't live with a maggie, where as others swear by them. They are pretty expensive things too, so make sure you do your research properly, try them all out, see how they look when packed away as well as erected. One of the big plus's of the Myway for us was that even with the pillows, bed, sleeping bags etc etc it still packs away pretty slim unlike things like the Howling moon which has that big sticky uppy ladder bit in the middle. Another reason we chose the Myway is because the windows and doors can be opened up and your view is not obscured by bits of tent. A small consideration but if you are camping somewhere orgasmically beautiful it can be important. I'm not sure if Myway are exhibiting or not at Billing, but if you want to have a look and feel, we'll be at Billing all weekend on the Camel Trophy stand, so feel free to come and grab us. I am in no way associated with Myway, I'm just well impressed with the product and Paul is a genuinely nice chap. Hope this helps. Dan

Unfortunately this is why most after market bike racks have in the small print "Not suitable for Freelander". As far as I know there is no documented method of turning off the rear wiper when the car is is reverse and the front wipers are switched on. I initially got around this by trying to remember to turn off the wipers before selecting reverse, but I invariably forgot and on more that one occassion had to remove the rack to release the wiper. I finally decided to ditch the bike rack and get a proper one.... See here

The genuine freelander bike carrier fits behind the spare wheel and pokes out through the centre cap hole. Ebay linky If you get one of these just remember to cover the hooky bits some pipe lagging and gaffer tape (true land rover style ) otherwise your bikes crossbar will get scratched to buggery! Hope this helps Dan

Can't say what the Bilsteins are like as I've never used them, but all the other shocks I've used in the past I've been able to compress by hand... it's hard work, but I've never needed my entire body weight to do the job. I've used Delphi's and Old Man Emus as well as the standard cheapies that you get from the likes of allmakes and Britpart. I ain't no heavyweight so unless you are an anorexic midget I'd say they could well be past their best Dan

Got mine from a chappy by the name of Charles off ebay... JCS tyres Very helpful chap. I even got a saturday delivery which helped massively! His Mobi number is 07505105027. Dan

You'll need to chop the arches both front and back. You can just about get away with 235/75 on modulars or 8spokes.

Cheers for the input chaps Mickey, I like your manifold... think I may see if can get something similar machined up when we get back from Russia, but as time isn't on our side I'm just gonna go with some jubilee clips and randon bits of pipe hacked out of my central heating system (summer's coming, shouldn't need it for a few days!!) Jason, Thanks for the insight... good to know that what you have done is having no ill effects. I think I'll be taking a stanley knife to my pipes tomorrow night! Dan

Hello boys and girls Looking for a little experience based advice here. I'm currently installing on board air into the camel using a Denso Aircon pump as fitted to the 300TDi. My question is where should I get the air from? I'm toying with the idea of tapping into the crankcase breather pipe and have the aircon pump suck nicely lubricated oily air through itself, thereby keeping the pump lubed up, then through a separator before exiting the tank. But I don't want to start hacking at pipework until I know that this is either a tried and tested method or that someone can tell me definitively that the suction won't collapse the pipe or that the pipe isn't big enough. I have read Diffs and Les Brockswriteup with interest and Diffs thread does mention using the crank case breather, but no conclusions were drawn about whether or not it was a viable option. Anybody done this? Cheers peeps Dan

Please forgive my ignorance , but what is the purpose of the extra spade connectors on this type of isolator? I've heard talk of fried alternators due to "cheapo" isolators. Is this just hearsay or is there something sinister going on? Cheers Dan

Hey TJ, If you are going to Eastnor, mosey on over to the Camel stand and have a chat with Duncan (tall bloke with a left hooker 200tdi Camel Disco). He has been to Iceland more times than i've changed tyres in the past week Tell him we said hello! D

Just thought I'd keep you all updtaed on this... The wheels and tyres turned up over the weekend, so it would have been rude not to fit 'em... OMG... Soooo big!! Thanks again for your advice chaps... in the end that very nice chappy at JCS sorted us out I'd highly recommend him if you want Mudzillas or Creepy Crawlers. Dan B)