miketomcat
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It's only a 6x4 so completely useless. However if it was £5k it would be worth ditching the tipper and fitting a camper body. Then if you figure out proper 6x6.......then it could be very cool.
Mike
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You can also roll stuff backwards and forwards with a pit which can be useful.
Mike
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That looks like it could work out fine. Probably easier for me on the Sunday but could probably do Thursday evening without to much trouble. I've pm'd mat so as long as he's happy I'll pay him and we can sort the rest out as we go.
Thanks, mike
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If your building the workshop a pit is a no money option and can be built with proper stairs/ramp to get in and out. Ramps are more versatile especially 2 post but 4 post is definitely safer with 2ton+ of land rover.
Mike
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As long as mat is happy with this it looks like a plan. I can definitely get it from fridge and possibly on the A303 depending on timings (though I probably shouldn't do the 26th as it's my daughter's birthday
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Mike
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It's this one:
there's no rush so if we can get this to hang together that would be fantastic. I can collect from fridge or Salisbury ish without to much trouble.
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In my infinite wisdom I'm interested in mat2495's welder. Is anyone able to get it a bit closer to Southampton. Or collect it from Matt and hang on to it till I can get down to collect it (likely about a month).
Mike
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Any/all of the above trips float my boat. I hope that someday I able to do some of them preferably with friends but happy to be just me, the wife and or kids.
Mike
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4 hours ago, Bowie69 said:Are you mad? Arjan would just drive there overland.
When do we go.
I told a friend I'd happily drive to aus just to turn around and drive back rather than go to Disneyland. He thought I was nuts (he may have a point).
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That's the one.
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As long as the push rod and plastic clip has stayed on the arm you'll be fine.
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That's britpart for you, it will mate up to there mid pipe I expect. If the socket fits the pipe I'd re-drill the flange to suit or take it back and get one from another source.
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On the basis there isn't many around they were either very expensive or didn't work very well.
Mike
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Somewhere on here is a cut away drawing of an Esarco that shows what a feet of engineering they are.
Mike
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Just remember if you use the rover axle you'll need a different rear prop to. Personally I went with Salisbury and upgraded to discs on the ibex but then I wanted the strongest stock axle without spending a fortune on diff, shafts etc.
Mike
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When I did a 200tdi conversion a few years ago I found a TD cowl turned upside down and trimmed for pipework fitted perfectly so it might be worth measuring a few cowls. Failing that as has been said just go electric.
Mike
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As far as I can make out doesn't stop you fitting E marked led units, just led bulbs into old units. Ironically the only thing that isn't led on my ibex ate the headlights.
Mike
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10 hours ago, simonr said:
I considered Fibreglass too - but my previous experience with it, a sort of rat-bonnet, said stick to what you know!
I mean if only you knew someone who could do fibreglass.
To be fair I don't blame you for using off the shelf it's often far cheaper and less hassle.
Mike
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Or just put the drain in the middle!
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Jez has left the country to renovate a mill. If it's Volvo portal stuff @FridgeFreezer can help with some bits.
Mike
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3 hours ago, reb78 said:
Its interesting. I only ever really think about chassis swaps in defenderland. But you noone ever says you cant change all of the body panels on the defender with other secondhand ones without a test, so why do i sense some implying that Simon would need to do more with a body swap on a discovery3 compared to what we might do on a defender?
Can I point out I said it shouldn't be a problem legally. But even if it was, IVA is the worst case and that's not really an issue with a standard car bar the additional cost (around £500).
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Theoretically yes you can swap the body as the points are in the chassis, suspension etc. Worst case you would need an IVA (not the full kit car one) which shouldn't be a problem if standard vehicle. Then it would probably get an age related number plate. You probably should notify DVLA and your insurance. I'm not familiar with d3's but you would need to transfer the id from the chassis to the new body and this maybe troublesome.
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Defender 110, a Bedford cf and a utility truck walk into a bar...
in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
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Careful.....
Mike