miketomcat

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

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