miketomcat

i'm a boat builder and did the bonnet for petal and the fibreglass roof for dave haynes ibex if thats any help let me know what you need mike

i'm in southampton if someone is passing great if not looks like it might be post thank mike

i don't know of anyone but if your desperate i may be able to help i did the bonnet for petal and could easy mod a standard fiberglass bonnet to 07 style mike

i know how easy it is to fix theres no problem there but this engine has now blown 1 head gasket, snapped 3 belts and 1 timing case so i think theres a more serious problem. each time the belts snapped it's only done about 10000 miles and 6-8 months hence i'm now looking for another engine mike

i had a good day until it all went a bit pete tong in the afternoon first snapped a rear half shaft, then no bugger with tow bar the right hight to tow the club trailer for me. so i towed it back in front wheel drive then 2 miles from where the trailer lives (still on the M27) my cambelt snapped so many thanks to deano for towing me and trailer off the motorway so rich (dlander) could go home and get his disco to tow the trailer back while deano towed me home. not only that but then rich and tracy fed us aswell many thanks now looks like i'll be taking an engine out this week then mike

good weekend had by all i hope many thanks to all our marshals great job smoothly done weather got a lot damper and windyer on sun night my tent got blown flat at one point in the night and i've never been in a tent with rain that heavy without getting wet mike

yes there will be a bbq on sat night (bring your own food/beer) there may be one on fri night aswell but depends on numbers, time etc hopefully info packs entrance sticker etc will be going in the post tomorrow so if you don't get it by the weekend give me a shout mike

top story fridge your not trying hard enough mike

there will now be a burger van on the 16th yipee mike

last chance boys and girls entry closes tonight looks like it's going to be a good weekend mike

to all shire land rover club members planning to attend on the 9th sept the date has been changed to the 16th SEPT sorry but there will not be a burger van either now any quireys pm me mike

just a reminder we need your money by the 6th sept then packs will be sorted and sent out the following week hopefully if you haven't recieved your pack by the 15th sept pm me and i'll sort it thanks mike

for those that haven't paid up fully we need your money before the 7th sept then info/conformation packs will go out the following week thanks mike

sorry to hear about you're truck glad you're ok looking forward to the replacement mike

Seven Sisters September 22nd & 23rd The Shire Clubs bi-annual off-road extravaganza! Seven Sisters is widely regarded as the best and most varied off-roading site the UK has to offer. - We book the entire site, all 1600 acres for our exclusive use! - A fun weekend for the family as well as a chance for the extreme off-roaders to test their limits. Location Seven Sisters, South Wales Nearest Town - Abercave, Approximately 170 miles from Southampton Activities Greenlane style tours, Maxi trial, Informal punch challenge, Rock Crawling, Mud and water, 1600+ acres to play in, Off-site camping and BBQ Vehicles Any MOT’d and insured vehicle Front and rear recovery points compulsory A working mobile phone per vehicle compulsory Off-road tyres highly recommended GPS and CB Radio strongly recommended All current Shire LRC Rules and Regs will be enforced People Families welcome, but bear in mind the minimal facilities on site. Sorry, no spectators. Membership Shire membership required, new members can join on the event entry form at the normal £10. Camping Camping is at the nearby Dan-yr-Ogof campsite, arrival at camp is from Friday afternoon onwards. The campsite has showers, toilets, and washing facilities. Sunday night camping is available for a small extra charge. Alternatively the follow hotels are nearby: Craig y Nos Castle - 01639 730 205 Copper Beech Hotel - 01639 730 269 Abercrave Inn - 01639 731 002 Prices The following prices include site entry, Friday and Saturday night camping. £100 per vehicle (Driver & one passenger) Extra persons £25 per head Extra children (Under 12) £6 per head Sunday 23th extra night camping £10 per person / £3 per child Booking Pre-book only, no turning up at the gate - you will be turned away! Payment £30 deposit or full payment, in advance, to Joe Rose. Deposits are non-refundable if you do not attend. Cheque or cash, cheques payable to “Shire Land Rover Club”, postal address below. Facilites No on-site facilities except basic loos and running water, Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be on sale on site. The site will be locked out of hours and there will be no camping within the Seven Sisters site itself. see www.shirelrc.com for more details

The last of the IL6 Patrols with the 4.2 in Barge sized LWB are silly money cheap and will see 500k miles with ease whilst towing the queen mary every day. They have more space in the back than the Tardis. That Dave Symonds bloke wrote a series of articles on SH vehicles and his Patrol article makes very good reading... IIRC the patrol/landcruser option towing a def is very close/over 7.5 ton so i think you need a taco but i might be wrong mike

can't seem to get it to work but then i'm probably doing somethig wrong mike

i'm happy with that just let me know how much were and when cheers mike

just to add my five eggs when i built my tomcat i wanted a road legal every day truck that i could compete in if i wish. so reading through all the dvla paperwork i sumised that if i put my truck through a VIC if it passed (which it did) i have a road legal still registered on original plates truck if it failed the VIC it would need an SVA therefore passing that would give me what i wanted. in this case the decision as to legal or not is made by a man working for the government diretly as another point even the current 2007 defender would probably struggle to pass the car SVA so the only real option for an offroader is a commercial SVA if i was to build another truck i would build it with an SVA manual to hand at least you have something to work to then mike

i have used a snakemaster on a race car trailer (total weight 1500kg) behind my tomcat would tow upto 80 no probs not that i would know that of coarse i don't know if they are rated for trailer weight but i do know they are ajustable for stiffness mike

i have to say theres a lot of people moaning about the show but i think your missing the point. i was there from thursday to sunday had a fantastic time only saw half the show but that was mainly due to a broken ankle in plaster so i spent nearly all weekend sat in the shire shed but then i did go for the social side any way. many thanks to all those that helped me out trust me crutches and wheel chairs are interesting in that much mud but i don't care i loved it. a special thanks to top secert dave for giving me a lift and towing the club trailer. see you all next year (two working legs with a bit of luck) mike

this isn't going to help much but i had a cam belt snap no my disco engine (it was 10,000 miles short of change time) so replaced this. 6 months later (under 10k) got a serious rattle traced to timing cover so stripped it all down to descover the engine front cover (alloy bit the belt runs inside) had failed where the idler bearing bolts on the alloy casting had cracked this alowed the idler to flex thus nearly wipeing out another belt. replaced all this new casing, belt and bearings 6 months later (less than 10k again) the belt snapped again to this day i still don't know what caused the third failuer it's still going fine now (done about 15k so far) but still nervous all the belts were dayco belts if it ever goes again i'll be using gen landrover mike

put me down for 100ft let me know re payment etc thanks mike

all the best and don't break the bonnet!!! i can't nick any carbon from where i'm working at the mo but will have a go when i return to my normal place of work mike

hi we are now back in the UK after a fantastic two week holiday in your lovely country i got a message from fridge on thurs but by then we were on our way home. our trip was from bergen up to tromso but due to bad weather we turned back before we made it to the ferry crossing before narvik then got stuck on the way back down waiting for the E6 (polar crossing) to reopen it was shut for two days the longest for a long long time so we were told by locals the weather was bad enough to make norwegian national news mike