miketomcat

Standard 20 tooth will read about 10%-15% slow with those tyres. I didn't think there was a drive that was correct as I haven't changed my drive. Mike

My Ep9 went between the rails with 6mm steel each side on my disco/tomcat. Mike

Not this one. That just means you'll have to do it again next year......or the year after. Mike

Which easter???? More than welcome. I'm about 30mins from Emsworth. Mike

Finally it's coming home: The wife is doing a uni coarse so she's on her computer most nights so I pointed out in was bored. After a little persuasion she agreed I could bring it home. Mike PS it's definitely a land rover the weather was appalling today and yes I do have some leaks to sort.

http://r.ebay.com/a89pck Mike

Well at least you get as much sympathy as the rest of us.

Personally I would go ep9 or tds for the money you won't beat them. I believe the land rover chassis isn't rated for any more than 9000lbs and the higher rated often are only geared down from 9000lbs to get the higher rating thus slower. I had an ep9 on my tomcat and have one in the ibex. I would also only use 11mm plasma I have a 9 year old plasma on the fairey 525. Mike

Only a Dutchman in France is daft enough to take on a project such as this. Good luck looks interesting though. Mike

I wouldn't worry about painting however I would give it a good clean and Polish inside and out. You'll be surprised how much better it will look and therefore more sale able. As others have said UK ticket and registration. Mike

When I started to build my ibex I looked at all sorts of engines. My conclusions were ANY non lr engine probably has more power great but will kill the gearbox and axles. In my case it came down to td5 or the 200tdi I had sat in the garage. Land rover spent millions making sure their chosen engine wouldn't destroy the gearbox it was bolted to. I'm sure you can guess what I fitted. My long term plan is to convert to td5 when I have to. So to your problem your best and most simple solution is to replace the td5s with new td5s this has a secondary benefit you will then have a pile of spare td5 parts. Mike

I was going to say are you sure it's a rear stub axle and not a front. Although I thought the only difference was a recession for the bronze bush on the front. Mike

Harness are great in the right vehicle: a racer or competition truck however both must have a cage and therefore somewhere to mount the harness. If you have them in a truck without a cage and roll it there is no way you can move when the papermache roof structure collapses. I had a harness in my mini, mini jem and tomcat. You need to get real good at reversing in your mirrors and are a pain getting in and out. Mike

I've had both notchy and just tight all round. Mike

Wd40 the hell out of the column uj's and then work them till they free up. Mike

Should swap straight over unless you have a really early disco axle which were imperial. PCD is the same but holes are smaller Easy to tell as the drive flanges bolts don't fit. Front iirc you need to swap cvs as well as shafts and possibly drive flanges. Rear either shafts from disco or defender. Mike

Can you start at the beginning as you are not making an sense. What vehicle, what mods and what do you want to do. Mike

The point of pulling it with no replacement is two fold one everyone and I mean everyone is talking about it. 2 because the old finished a year or two ago no one will be able to directly compare them fairly. I call that inspired marketing. Mike

I've got two varta "stop start" battery's as they are agm like optima but half the price. I think they are listed as 110 amp hour. Mike

I quite often roll the wheel on to my foot to get it on the studs. Mike

Pretty much every thing you've listed above would trigger the need for an IVA except the chassis swap to coils (that's IVA no matter what). Most of the others could be done on there own but the trouble is if you do each one one at a time you still end up with a truck that needs an IVA once there all done. As for registration basically if you use most of one vehicle you get an age related plate not tax exempt though. If it's a bitsa you get a q interestingly I want my ibex on a q as if it's q plated everyone knows it's been tested at some point. Mike

My tomcat was 1840kg in road trim including spare wheel but excluding driver. So yes you can still loose some but your not to bad. Mike

One on eBay at the moment. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361898318707 Mike

If it was off a suzuki then it would be from an early swift as the only cars I've broken are minis, land rovers and a swift. Mike

Unless you charge lead goes to the battery side of the cut off once started it will continue to run with the battery disconnected until the alternator goes bang or the wiring melts. Mike