miketomcat
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Great show keep it up.
Mike
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1 hour ago, Mo Murphy said:
You can use a drain cleaning attachment for the pressure washer.
HTH
Mo
This ^^^ would be perfect for the job I've got one not used it on a chassis mind but it should work well.
Mike
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If you make a former up your welcome to come and use my press.
Mike
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If you like filled arches 285. If you like over stuffed arches 315. I think you need 10" rims for 315 so your choice may be made for you. I run 285 75x16 on 45 and 255 85x16 on the 110.
Mike
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If your not bothered about having to IVA or have a q plated then a second hand chassis is fine just make sure it's legit. I would if possible get and keep the v5 for chassis and major parts plus receipts for it all.
Mike
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10 hours ago, GW8IZR said:
Your standard diffs from a coil sprung vehicle should be 3.54:1 ratio, the only minor difference is a Discovery 1 rear diff has a three bolt prop flange compared to the 'normal' four bolt flange. You can swap the flange if your donor diff dosen't match the prop.
HTH
200tdi series disco 1 input flange is a standard 4 bolt flange and the last year of that series were 24 spline.
Mike
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You need to buy a hydraulic press and leave the poor vice alone. You can pick up a bench 10 tonne for around £100.
Mike
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1 hour ago, BogMonster said:
Got any alternative angles of that? Looks very nice
Mine currently. Mine was a crew cab but I built the back to make it a utility wagon.
Mike
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5 hours ago, miketomcat said:
They are designed for 33's but the gearbox and chassis are set higher relative to the suspension mounts. In fact the gearbox doesn't hang below the chassis.
Mike
Mike
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They are designed for 33's but the gearbox and chassis are set higher relative to the suspension mounts. In fact the gearbox doesn't hang below the chassis.
Mike
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1 hour ago, daveturnbull said:
So I got brave and showed this to the wife this morning.
Her response: "Not unless you want to be single."
A tempting proposition, but I'd probably get left with the two tiny terrorists which would mean even less (i.e. none) tinker time.
So, that leaves you TSD - rescue it into the LR4x4 family.
If it makes you feel better my wife doesn't like them either. However she said she can't see it when she's inside!
Mike
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Doesn't appear to have the 3rd hinge (middle) but that's only two holes. Our 110 has three hinges so I don't know how they figure "early" vehicles.
Mike
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I'm pretty sure your "painting guy" owes you sufficient favours to drop what he has on to paint it for you. We already have a plan hatched to give you spannering room. Your d3 is getting old now.....I can go on....and on too.
Mike
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20 minutes ago, Mo Murphy said:
It's a bit long ...
Bit of a barge really
Mo
But with the same ramp brake over and departure but better approach than a 90.
Mike
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Go on dave do it.
Actually either of you show do it.
Mike
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Nah I've already got one very similar.
Mike
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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
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My Ep9 went between the rails with 6mm steel each side on my disco/tomcat.
Mike
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2 hours ago, honitonhobbit said:
Nice Mike - will you be bringing it to Davefest?
Not this one. That just means you'll have to do it again next year......or the year after.
Mike
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Which easter????
More than welcome. I'm about 30mins from Emsworth.
Mike
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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.
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Well at least you get as much sympathy as the rest of us.
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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
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Replace or re-use rocker arms? **see pic**
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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Personal I've never given it a second thought. I've always just refitted them unless I've bent or snapped them
. To me yours just look polished as I would expect to see so I would refit and set the clearances.
Mike