turbomangler

Read my first post !! I said the pads where from another landy model !!! Never said they where from a disco one .

Ok i,m talking about enlarging an hole out by possibly 1mm i,ve been in engineering i n one form or another for almost thirty years and i have no hesitation about doing this. On the other had how many people on this forum are driving about in landys with waffer thin and badly patched up chasiss/rear cross members and don,t even bat an eyelid about it . Now thats an accident waiting to happen. I am 100% happy to do this mod so no more negativaty please DOES ANYONE KNOW THE PADS I AM LOOKING FOR ???

Ok bollocking over for not doing my weekly inspections. And yes i am a tight arse and try to save money !! I,m pretty sure that later calipers will not fit early axles as the bolt sizes are different so will not fit without doing " dangerous modifications" by drilling the mounting holes to suit the different size bolts !! Thats not what i wanted to do anyway. Now back to my original question . Does anyone know of the rear pads i need ??? As the disco i was looking at yesterday had this " modification " done. Steve.

Hi I was told yesterday that its possible to fit later rear brake pads into 200 series disco calipers to stop the pads dropping. The existing pin holes in the caliper need to be enlarged and the appropriate pads and pin kit fitted so the pins pass thru the pad instead of just cover them. I have just done the same job on my front calipers, WHAT I need to know is what model land rover the pads I need for the rear calipers are fitted to as standard then I can get a set ordered . I was told possibly 110 fitted with Salisbury rear axle ??? Has anyone already done this modification and can tell me the pads and pin kit I need ?? Look forward to your comments. Steve.

yep that does explain it, what i,m a little confused about now is the fact that about 2 weeks ago one of my posts got some serius critisism, i believe from the moderators, about a reply where "text language " had been used . this critisim was because using bad grammer was setting a bad example to foreign members and younger members !! yet 9 out of 10 posts i read on hear uses abbreviations that i don,t know the meaning of and i,m 100% british and in my 40,s . so if any moderators are reading this shouldn,t they be critisising this just the same ?? or are there 2 sets of guidelines for this using forum ??

whats IIRC mean ??? also on the subject of abbreviations whats imho mean ??

hope when you build your own , it turns out prettier than this one !! bend the sheet metal and put some shape into it instead of all the sharp angles this ones got . Turbomangler.

still waiting for dimensions ! i find it very hard to believe no one out there has got the sizes i need !!!

i don,t know where 30 quid has popped up from i haven,t seen them at this price 40 is nearer the mark , but reguardless 40 x 2 its now 80 quid that a days wage for me n i know i can knock up a pair of these in less than a day !! is it still not worth making my own people ?? and as for your A bar made out of 5mm plate , most people will probably think 5mm is a bit extreme for an A bar , but i guess you are like me make it strong and make it to last !. when i have made my outriggers i know they will be made to out last the replacement ones which i have not yet seen for 30 quid . just the same as the rearcross member i have already made from 5mm plate will last longer and be stronger . why buy something i can make myself ???

don,t know if people take me for a knobhead or not but as i said i,m a fabricator / welder and i feel a bit insulted that somebody might think for a second that i would even dream of making a set of bulkhead out riggers from 40x 40 box !!! when i said box section it does actually come in sizes bigger than 40x40 / 50x50 etc and as i work with the stuff alday 500x300 etc i,m sure i can find an offcut of the stuff that will be strong enougth for the job altho i do admit 500x300 may be a bit over the top !!!

i don,t have a problem with how to swap them , what i,m asking is does anyone have a sketch and dimensions for them so that i can make a pair up . i don,t want to purchase something i can make myself. Turbomangler

don,t know what "frugal nature " means but as to" why don,t i build a king cab" simple answer is ( i think i,m going to get some critisism on this !) i think they look totally stupid ! , but thats only my opinion of course. either go the truck cab route or hard top , i think even the factory king cabs look too "home made " its just something about the rear end of the roof that doesn,t look right. Turbomangler.

ok mate point taken but i didn,t realise that the original post by happyoldgit was aimed at me , i thought it was aimed at the reply i got , i just found it quite amuseing at the time , a grown bloke being told how to write something. but as i said point taken. end of winge . Turbomangler.

so in theory you should be able to use the rear panel from a series 2/3 on a defender rear tub and fit a defender truck cab roof ??

i know the difference between a defender truck cab and a series truck cab roof is obviously the shape at the front for the windscreen but is the overall size the same ?? what i was wondering is would the rear cab section ( the bit with the curved corner windows and the slideing rear window ) from a series truck cab be a straight swap for a defender one , ??? even tho they have different rear sliding windows . anybody know ??? Turbomangler.