miketomcat

surely theres some loony out there interested what more could you ask a lot of snow like minded company and the northern lights what more can i say mike

thanks mountain cabins were aleays going to be an option. we're takeing the ferry to burgen otherwise we won't have enough time did you take/need snow chains or were the roads clear enough to not need the any advice you can give would be apprecated thanks mike

theres a group of nutters from the shires going to norway on the 31st march returning to uk 13th april we're planning to drive to tromso to see the northern lights via nord kapp if its open. we will be camping for the most part so a little chilly temps for that time are about the same as mid winter here. it's likely to be a round trip of about 3000 miles mainly road miles but bear in mind there should be a lot of snow around. costs are approx but its £430 for the ferry fuel is about the same as here food is slightly more and beer is extorsionate sorry chaps, so all in 2 people in one truck it's looking to be about £1500-£2000. if your interested let me know we've got 3 definates and 2 maybes would like to have a max of 6 trucks. come on you know you want to!!!! mike

you could try antifoul stripper (boat bottom paint stripper) it's water soluble and works quite well mike

there's a group of us from the shires going to lapland the begining of april to play in the snow not planning on taking skis though as there's no spare room in my tomcat and as the other trucks going so far are a Dlander and an ibex its not looking good on the sking front oh and did i mention were camping we must be mad!!!!!! mike

i'm number 81 do you think she's got the message yet oh and she's still the only supporter tee hee

normally 90's have a 1.44:1 ratio 110's a 1.41:1 and discos/rangeys 1.22:1 200tdi onwards its on a sticker on the lower edge of the rear face of the transfer box just to the left of the drum looking fowards i have a feeling they may have put a 1.6:1 in either turbo diesels and or series but i'm not sure on that failing that if you put it in 4th gear high range (this should be 1:1) with the ignition off and roll it forwards you can see how many times the crank goes round hope this helps mike

I'll be at work sat and sun mornings as i'm skint if thats any help mike

i maybe telling some to suck eggs but if i remember correctly you sould never grind non ferous metals on a bench grinder as particals get stuck in the wheel then expand with the heat of grinding thus causing the wheel to shatter which is nearly as messy as a fire ball mike

my EP9 will be there mined might need more dead weight as my tomcat has a habit of sliding something to do with lack of weight so i'm told don't know what they mean mike

not sure which side you mean offside or passager side rear? but part no's for the rubber strip between the top of the door skin and the glass is BTR8866 OUTER-RH and BTR8867 OUTER-LH MIKE

i know its not a challage truck but what about popays its a 90 caged winched 2" lift etc only little tyres but haven't you got 35's on the ibex just a thought mike

when i registered my tomcat (was a disco) i had to fill in the form and send a cheque for an SVA they then gave me a date for a VIC as i had the correct no of points but they needed to check to decide. i had already MOTed and insured it due to misinformation turned up points we checked off and the only part of the chassis he showed any interest in was the wheelbase, as this is unchanged no probs so new tax was paid SVA cheque riped up and new log book saying tomcat in post. so you tell me because i know other people have had differing experances as for SVA/MOTs you have to get the car SVAed then MOTed but most test stations will do the MOT after they have finished the SVA (they charge you for SVA and MOT at standard rates) hope this helps if not your welcome to PM me if you want mike

you can talk yours was supposed to be ready for our 7s event and its still in the workshop tee hee

rest of trip was good not many lanes though maybe more next time the short rear i got was a new one was quoted £120+vat but got it for £90+vat which is why i gave you chassis no's prehaps you can find a second hand set at a better price mike

firstly many thanks to all who attended 7s every thing went very smothly special thanks to joe(shires event man) and all the marsals new and old. on a personal note i would like to add my thanks to lewis landrovers of neath and swansea vale 4x4 who both were very very helpful in helping me sort a broken halfshaft and a blown clutch slave cylinder hats off to both companys. B) finaly for bish part no FTC3186 short 10 spline rear halfshaft and FTC3187 long 10 spline rear halfshaft fitted to discos from chassis no JA032851 to MA118844 hope this helps mike

funny as u like but i know how u feel i can lift just about anything but cleaning my teeth can be agony like u say u just have to live with it mike

if your stuck give me a ring on sunday and i'll pop round see what we can do mike

about half of the shires lrc are going see you there

hi all i'm coming to wales for the shires 7s weekend but i'm staying for the rest of the week with a friend and plan to do so laning. so can anyone recomend/tell me which are open or shut, will be the last week in sept grid ref would be handy. will be running caged etc 90 and tomcat 100 many thank mike

the peugot/citron 1.9 turbo diesel will run quite happly on avtur with the ocasional tank of diesel also discos will put up with a couple of tank fulls over a period of time not that i know of coarse oh and avtur has no pigment in it so its not going to alert customs tee hee

i've built several cars now some Q plated some SVA'ed and some just VIC'ed. to be honest the "rules" have a lot of grey areas and are open to a lot of debate thus things can vairy a lot from place to place to make my point i built an ABS freestyle as did my brother mine was SVA'ed in taunton and passed my brothers which was identical bar colour failed at southampton so go figuer my tomcat on the other hand acording to the DVLA only needed a VIC which is a check carried out at your local DVLA office to see that what you tell them on paper is what you have on the road as for insurance just use a company that does kit cars as Q plates aren't a problem for them hope this helps mike

i thought it was the britpart stand that had a new engine they clearly don't know how to build. come on si bring on the X-tie the absolute must have for every offroader mike

rebecca says hi see she said you'd remember her name!!!! fantastic weekend lots of good comments about my tomcat, me well chuffed. as for birdlip i manged 30mph all the way up towing the shire shed and no over heating see will what you need is a tomcat tee hee. only down side some idiot beat my towing mirror off just after leaving hay ho mike