miketomcat

rolling roads are for engine power testing your after a brake tester which are at all MOT stations the MOT man i use is friendly based in shirley called motorhouse ask for derek 02380220237 i'm sure he'd be able to help you out but whats the problem you're trying to sort mike

here here you might need to be a little more desriptive as a lot of us on here are from that area and green 90's are a little common and if you haven't seen fridges 109 i'll give you a clue it's the one that you could drive an mx5 under!!!! i don't have a 90 either mines the black tomcat 100 mike

land rover series III disco 200tdi tomcat 100(built from the disco) range rover classic(for spares) off road ABS freestyle(road legal kit car mini based) cars 3 mini saloons 1 mini cabrolet 2 mini vans 3 mini jems(kit car) 4 mini marcos(kit car) i may have a bit of a mini thing going on bikes kawasaki KE125 MZ skorpion sport honda fire storm honda africa twin(crashed) aprilia caponord mike

welcome to the forum bunch nutters here well i am anyway the shires welcome all members but due to insurance constraints you'll not be able to drive till you have a licence, but theres no reason you can't come along blag lifts help out etc. i don't know if all clubs/off road centers are the same i suspect there is some out there that you could drive at. hope this helps don't be put off though 17 is not far away and it gives you chance to build a truck mike

just like to say thanks to all the guys that marshaled for us the day went down very well it seems mike

not much help but i've used an old fire extinguiser weld a mini neck and locking cap on the top drill and tap the bottom for fittings job done the car i used them on was a freestyle and i had two look here and you'll see http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/freestyle/index.html mike

but if i say go straight away ryan will have nothing to film will he and we can't have that can we plus we need to point and laugh first mike

as above but i wouldn't use silicone if you go to a friendly screen fitter they can either fit it for you or sell you the proper sealant it's much better than silicone mike

my pipework runs down the side of the gearbox and over the top of the hand brake drum theres just enough room on a tomcat so should be plenty on a 90 header tank can go any where as long as it's above the rad and engine for my oil cooler i just got some pipe fittings and a length of copper pipe bent the copper onto a zig zag mounted it in the air flow up front (behind the grille) and conected it to the original pipes seems to work fine mike

yeah andy's real shy thats why he built an "orange" truck says me with a tomcat i suppose i should be there to really (SLRC committee member). may have a spare seat from time to time other half gets borred of me can't think why mike

IIRC EP9's draw 450 amps at stall i use 50mm2 which i think only has a contiueos rating of 150 amps but the sparky at work reckond it was enough and i've had no problems with it mike

you might find the narrow ones are designed to allow bikes but not 4x4s theres was a lane in hampshire that was open for bikes but not 4x4s this was marked up and the gap was to narrow for 4x4s mike

i've put a RRC 200tdi in a tomcat (disco) and the gauge now reads at the quater mark instead of the half mark did think i had the wrong termostat but the heater seemed fine what your saying now makes sence mike

later 200tdi's had yellow filler and dip stick they also had the rubber head noise cover like others said belts the best way to check mike

still i reckon you would have trouble pulling one out of the ground failing that why not just rawl bolt a bit of 10/12mm plate down with a hole big enough for a shackle might need to put a bend in it to clear the floor nothing a big hammer won't solve mike

you could try a motorbike ground anchor use for locking a bike in your garage not tested for pulling but most are very secure ie 4 M10 rawl bolts mike

something i found when i still had the disco was that part of the windings in the motor had shorted out so if the motor stopped in a certain position it wouldn't start again but if you spun it around a bit it would start fine mike

when we were out in norway in march we did about 1000 miles on snow and ice at 45 mph but spent the whole time being overtaken often by cars going sidways past you (thats a little worrying i can tell you) but it's when lorrys towing trailers start overtaking you realise you really are going to slow blooby good fun though mike

sorry to go back OT briefly jules go and have a look at the front spring seats on a disco 2 they have a rubber dislocation cones i know this because i have a set of genuine land rover front dislocation cones on my tomcat so there for i'm assuming that they are in fact legal i don't think land rover would overlook this. back nearer to topic there are a lot of uk companys selling usa spec tyres (BFG crawlers) which are illegal to sell in the uk (not E marked) but legal to use on the road because they meet the requirments i suspect it's a similar problem with mach 5s but hey don't quote me on this its only what i've been told by someone with a much bigger brain than me(dosn't take much) mike

all i can say is bugger my trucks in bits again what with busting my ankle and breaking my truck i haven't managed much offroading this year roll on 2008 mike

for ref the disco 2 front prop is 5mm longer than a 200tdi disco front prop when both are fully closed mike

i use my tomcat every day but i am a little nutty also i work in a boat yard so suits are not really an issue for me having said that i'm also a biker so as a back up i've got a bike but i'll fix the truck if i can because bike gear is a PITA just to go to work mike

the flange also fits straight into lt230 front and rear (mines in the rear with a modded drum) mike

some pics of my tomcat here http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=15406 mike

if enough people want one to make it worth while making a mould i'm willing to knock some out let me know mike