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miketomcat

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  1. Certainly in Russia we put the doors on the first click before entering the river, this allowed the truck to sink and keep contact with the bottom. Even so I was still pushed sideways. It was however 3ft deep and flowing, ash was walking it in front of me and the winch line was already out just in case. Mike
  2. Have you shared the pin off the freespool lever. The pin locates in the gearbox outer sleeve, when it's missing or broken the whole gearbox spins in the housing (this is the freespool. One of my winches (I bought it second hand) had that sleeve in the wrong way round so the pin wouldn't locate thus no drive, took me a while to find it. Mike
  3. What bit do you need I can send a photo if that helps. Mike
  4. Finish the trailer. Fit out toilet area and create/install kitchen area. Rebuild a 200tdi for the ibex. Finish house remodel. Mike
  5. There's a post office across the road from me so I can post it for you on Tuesday if you want. Mike
  6. Been done, he used to be on here too. https://youtu.be/0yxbXCnwvgw?si=wVgd-V5GzF0z3gdj Mike
  7. I can absolutely guarantee Mr plod doesn't like 'no bonnet'. Mike
  8. You've got a hell of a lot of work to do if you think you'll get your wife in the 109 for longer than about an hour. Mike
  9. In reality it's a tragedy caused by poor judgement and bad luck. Mike
  10. I don't see a problem with it taking months.... However my boss might. Mike
  11. Reverse light. It can affect the disco box quite badly but I can't remember how much it effects the defender box so worth checking. Mike
  12. When will people learn fords are dangerous if flowing. Discovery's etc are worse than defenders because they are more watertight and tend to float. Mike
  13. Check the reverse switch adjustment as it can affect getting into reverse. The other thing to check is making sure the clutch is disengaging properly a dragging clutch may not notice to much into first because of synchromesh but may cause issues with reverse. Mike
  14. If you do that I'll either have to extend our planned euro trip (not happening anytime soon I might add) or split it into two trips. Mike
  15. Stock axles are fine up to 33" tyres. You can get away with 35's (especially if the rear is a Salisbury) as long as the tyres are just muds and not simex/trep style. At the end of the day it depends how mechanically sympathetic you are, I know people who have destroyed axles on stock road tyres. Mike
  16. I've seen your truck like that on the day of the ferry. Mike
  17. My build tread is. TSD's 300 build thread. And the op. Mike
  18. Funnily enough I came across them about a week ago. It appears to be a russian land rover specialist. I suspect main dealers are a bit scarce over there these days. Mike
  19. My ibex is on 33/12.50x15's and I run 30psi front and 37psi rear but my weight distribution is slightly different. The wife's 110 on 255/85x16's is 30psi front (massive pto winch) and 35psi rear. Mike
  20. I believe the basic swb kit starts around 8-10k but theoretically all you need is a defender and some paint. You can build one for around 25k which sounds a lot until you realise the equivalent defender, galv chassis, fresh paint, cage, suspension, winch etc will probably cost you a lot more and you end up with a bespoke truck that is more capable and suprisingly practical (I daily mine) I was very lucky and found an unstarted kit for sale with quite a lot of bits missing. So although mine worked out cheaper I had a lot more work to do and a pile of bits I had no choice but to buy from foers (they are more than happy to supply parts for older ibex). Mike
  21. A little bigger than a 110 but that's more down to the tyre width I'm running and it's only really noticeable with a trailer in reverse. Mike
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