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  1. Thanks but the discos don't really float my boat. Beautiful cars (3/4) but too expensive to run etc.

    My wife loves my 1986 90 so she should love a 2009 xs model.

    I had a freelander 1. It was awful! Sorry.

    We don't have any children yet. Only dogs. 4 of them.

    Would a defender hold its value better then? In that case I may get the 90 and then trade up for a 110 when children are imminent.

    Thanks for advice everyone.

    Sorry didn't realize you don't have kids yet in which case the 90 would be fine then trade up to a 110 when/if kids are on the horizon. Defender depreciation is glacial compared to most any other car.

    Mike

  2. We have a 90 and a disco 1(at the moment) both are dailys we have 2 kids 3.5 and 0.5 years the disco is great but rear seat belts are a bit short. The 90 has fwd facing rear seats which are a right pain with 2 kid seats we normal end up with 1 in the front the 2nd and wife in the rear (i'm way to tall for the rear) you would struggle to get anything bar a hand bag in the back aswell. But the bottom line is it is doable. Oh and it's I believe illegal to have a dog guard in front of the rear seats as only one door so a mate was informed by a copper. My advice would be stick with the freelander if you don't off-road much or buy either a disco or a 110 sw.

    Mike

  3. Actually the alternator warning light won't work because the light has a positive feed on both sides of the bulb ie ignition on engine not running the bulb earths through the alternator so light on. When the engine is running you have a positive supply to both sides of the bulb thus not giving it an earth so the light goes out. If you add a relay into the supply it will earth through it and the light will stay on regardless.

    Mike

  4. There is a bit of a pattern but it seems to be non consistent also the Devon link lists a 200tdi 90 as having different lengths front and rear when they appear to be the same length in use. I know there's a phase issue but that's just pull the spline section and clock it, except tdci that uses balls not splines on the front at least. All I'm trying to do is build a list that is all directly comparable as the list I have is meaningless when some measurements are working, open or closed. I didn't think I'd get much help if I asked for closed lengths mind the weather hasn't helped much either.

    Thanks mike

  5. Lengths I have are:

    Defender

    Td/200tdi: 90 front 667 rear 667, 110 front 667 rear 1055

    300tdi: none

    Td5: 90 front 627 rear 712, 110 none

    Tdci: 90 front 700 rear 650, 110 none

    V8: none

    All engines: 130 none

    Disco 1

    200tdi: front 637 rear 887 (i believe all discos are the same possible exception of td5 auto need confirmation)

    Range rover

    V8 Borg warner: front 688 rear 885

    VM: none

    LSE: none

    P38: none

    Please anyone that can use a tape measure and can spare 5mins It would be good to have a definitive list for everyone to see.

    Thanks mike

  6. Yes I have googled and so far I have a non conclusive list. So I'm trying to figure where to put my t-box (ibex 118" wheelbase) with the best chance of using standard props. On to what I need is some measurements from flange face to flange face with the truck on it's wheels preferably at standard hight but up to a 2" lift is fine. Now I'm quite happy for the measurement to be a quick throw a tape alongside it job but can we keep to metric, front and rear of any coil sprung land rover up to and including td5 and possibly p38 (if a grown up can confirm the flanges are the same).

    I have early td 90/110 and 200tdi disco (i believe all disco and range rovers have the same front/rear lengths except LSE and borgwarner but again confirmation would be good).

    Thanks in advance for any contributions I will turn this into a list for the tech section.

    Mike

  7. ....and rarely available in the home workshop

    if you get a sheet of A4 paper and wrap it tightly round the tube and line up the edge as it comes back on itself and

    continue until its all on then tape it the edge of the paper will be dead square to the tube

    A 4 1/2" with a thin slit disc will be much easier to steer too

    hth

    Steveb

    2" masking tape pulled tight and rolled round works well to.

    Mike

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