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Wedding night and honeymoon? Surely she would go for that. Hat, coat........... out of here :-)
Mike
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Give TJ a prod katy is his wife if not i'll see him thurs.
Mike
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If it helps I like the safety devices style on the fact its bolt together meaning you can remove parts of it to replace part of it or the truck without having to remove the whole thing.
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Good site good day turn out was a little on the low side don't really know why? As has been said like bunny lane will be evil when wet. Something for everyone we had freelanders to a unimog. Looking foward to returning.
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No need to bring it with you I trust you unless it really is a shed ;-)
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Yeah all our events are i'm afraid.
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Sorry so yeah its mainly to cover us in the event of an accident. Mike
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interestingly we towed my brothers race car trailer with car on set at the correct nose weight and it was real uncontrolable so reverted it back to way over the correct nose weight. Never had another problem so i say its all about weight distrabution mind a driver knowing how to tow helps. Mike
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If you don't go off-road much then why not just have either standard out of the factory set up which is very good at what it does or (the set up I used on my tomcat and now my 110) 1-2" lift springs plus dampers and leave everything else standard this is better off-road without to much comprise. gwyn Lewis knows his stuff as he makes the stuff he sells company's like extreme don't really care what they sell you as they don't make it. A good driver will take a standard truck any where a bad driver can take a challenge truck.
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Try mitcheldever tyres I think they are the uk importer I got a set of 33's from them a couple of weeks ago at a good price unfortunately there down near me but they might do mailorder.
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Get a stainless/tektank (plastic) tank made to fit where ever you want any shape, size and mounting is possible all marine tanks are made this way.
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I for the life of me can't understand why manufacturers don't make rear seats with adjustable seats and belts to eliminate the need for boosters. The US seats sound perfect have you spoken to some one at VOSA if you can get it in writing to police are powerless. I'm really interested to see where you end up. I've just bought a set of freelander seats to go in the 110 as I don't like the way the booster seat fit with current seats.
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I might be wrong but I vaguely remember Andy m saying you could "tickle" the flange (ooh good word) to help get them out but I think it didn't leave much for the gasket. Please don't quote me on any of this mind.
Mike
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Fab day
bought 4 bacon & egg rolls, 2 cups of tea and a portion of chips, totalling over 20quid!!
bumped into a multitude of people and had a great day.
And you wasted some of the egg!
I bought some peddle rubber, wing top vents and a full set of freelander seats in good condition now where's that welded they will fit a 110.
Had a good day mind I'm paying for it today probably shouldn't walk so far a week after an ankle op. The other half even picked her seat (the bloody drivers one) and carried it back to the truck while I pushed the pushchair result :-)
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Axles, gearbox etc all have breathers when a warm axle etc hits cold water the air and oil inside contracts causing a vacum if the end of the breather(normally terminated at the back of the head) is wet/underwater at the time the water gets pulled in mixes with the oil rendering it useless. There are breathers on both axles,gearbox, transferbox, injection pump and fuel tank. The timing chest doesn't have one but many people fit one in the blanking plate at the side of the water pump bell housing is another good one to do. If you never wade more than say a foot deep breathers are not a problem but it's cheaper to fit them than fix the problems caused by not having them.
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Get finger out of butt finish 109!
Or for what your asking diesel rangie, disco or 110 station wagon. You won't get outlaws in the back of a 90.
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It goes to the heater there's a vacuum operated piston that closes the flap for air intake iirc. If its the plastic pipe the warm it remove the t and put a bit of correct size tube in unless your using the heater [:-)]
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Interesting read this. So is the conclusion that the temperature is controlled by the stat, in so far that it does the best it can with the heat sink available.
If the heat sink is very efficient, the engine temp is absolutely controlled by the stat. In marginal situations, the overall heat sink's performance mostly determines the engine temp, which is modulated by the stat
I think you have nailed it ^^
Nige sort your cooling then look at the stat :-b
Hat coat out of here
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Yeah it's in member vehicles but it'll be a long way back. Fibre glass takes a fare bit of pressure before it breaks and doesn't dent but unlike metal when it breaks it tends to tear mind it's surprisingly easy to repair when you know how.
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Don't know about the ones you mean the ones on my tomcat took a hell of a beating and still looked fine.
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My understanding is the thermostat opening temp is the minimum temp the engine should run at therefore if you put a low thermostat in you will run cooler only in cold weather. This as far as I know will cause increased engine wear. Your problem is firmly in getting rid of heat as I said in your other post my tomcat had to much cooling thus my thermostat would close at 70mph on a cold day!
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I bought 5ltr of two pack when I sprayed 45 used about half of it. Plus about the same in primer. That was 1 dust coat and 3 proper coats. I took most the trim off opened all the doors and masked across the shuts I also took the spats and bonnet off. The roof was done stood through the sunroof then finish round the outside. You need to build a good poly tent please use extraction and you will need an air fed hood two pack very bad for you as are all paints. Metallic two pack gives a good finish and doesn't need lacquer.
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A blow torch on the housing helps but the rubber and grease smells real bad.
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Put the rad in the back job done you gain about 4 litres of water in the system plus using stainless pipe work is additional cooling and finally it never gets clogged. If anything I had trouble with over cooling with a standard rad on the tomcat
Mike
Getting yourself a Cheap strong 4 pin differential Unit
in Tools and Fabrication
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"Hijack on"
Moose I put 24 spline disco shafts and diff in a 10 spline disco axle case and hubs rear only never got round to doing the front and I have a pair of disco rear shafts if your interested.
"Hijack off"
Looks interesting nige.
Mike