miketomcat
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That would explain it so yes it was overzealous mot men .
Mike
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I was under the impression you had to have inner wings for the mot. I know several friends that have been picked up on this with flip front mini's but that might be over zealous mot inspectors.
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There is a slim chance they were something to do with the last Honda sponsored camel trophy but I doubt that as iirc they still used land rover for most of the support trucks and the ribs were built Hampshire.
Mike
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Never seen them in any of the videos believe me I'll seen most yes I am that sad.
Mike
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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
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Can I point out a 110 is smaller than a ford mundaneo saloon so a 110 isn't that big test drive one you might be suprised I was.
Mike
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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
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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
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Yes but you still need them to turn off when the headlights are on as mentioned earlier along with a wiring diagram.
Mike
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If the ref isn't significant ie makes it cheaper to own I'd go 110 it's probably the best all round truck land rover built bar a none rusty (if they exist now) disco 1.
Mike
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Got my new dashboard made so thought I'd hang it in place to see what it looks like. This is the same dash I made for 45 four year's ago so I'm happy it works. Also managed to get the rear axle out of the 110 now need to check it over, disc convert it and paint it.
Mike
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Yes fridge seen that but again the measurements are all taken in different ways it was that thread that lead to this one.
Mike
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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
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Rear prop on some td5 110 will be different as at some point not sure what age they changed to rover rear axle.
My biggest problem is I have no set position for the t-box so if I want to use standard props I need a working length
Mike
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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
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If I remember correctly the Saab 99 had a front wheel hand brake.
Mike
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Excuse my ignorance but are ABS callipers built with separate circuits for the pistons ?
If so you could use a set with one of the hydraulic lines running to a hand operated master cylinder as a parking brake ?
On that vain you could use 200tdi disco front calipers as they have separate ports for each set of pistons.
Mike
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Whats going on with the steering guard?
IVA! Because ibex is so short on the front the steering is really exposed and needs to be covered.
Mike
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They normally cost a lot more than that to build that's why I bought an old one cheap.
Mike
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For god sake don't let TSD see this he doesn't have enough room in his garage.
Mike
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Cool the rear prop is the same length as an lt230 range rover/disco.
Mike
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Steve is the range rover fitted with a Borg warner as the front prop is longer than I expected.
Mike
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Thanks Steve that's great just checked some numbers yours were the same as I had for a TD 90 to the mm but I had a figure of 685mm for the front so that's one confirmed.
Mike
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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
What wheels for my 110 hardtop??
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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45 has freestyle alloys on it but if I'm honest I prefered the modulars that were on it before mind the alloys were cheap with good tyres ;-)
Daans wheels do look very nice though.
Mike