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hey everybody! thanks to all who voted for alex, he was just announced to be the winner of the series III cheers, robert

hey guys! i'm not that frequently here in the series area of lr4x4.com but i wanna ask you for some help. a german website (www.mobile.de => similar to www.autotrader.co.uk) has started web a based competition with the star price being a land rover series III. Since the website is in german language here some details: Alexander - the guy i ask you to vote for - and his young family have what we call the "series-virus". Alexander's brother Oliver has already a series land rover (that's the one you see in the youtube clip) and wants to help his brother winning the series. i know oliver from germany's largest land rover forum, www.blacklandy,de Alexander could stay ahead for a long time but now it seems one of the other two guys is catching up. the guy's daughters are posting unfair comments on the website underneath alexander's video. to save the series and to bring it in good hands folks on blacklandy.de are voting for Oliver. However, since one of the competitors - the guy who's daughters are posting the comments - is catching up alexander needs as many votes as he can get. i know the website is in german but could you guys help to save the series III? helping alexander to win the series will make sure it will get treated as it deserves it. every single vote until tomorrow (thursday) 11pm your time is greatly appreciated and will help!! below you will find the link directly to give your vote for alexander. you only have to click the facebook button "Gefällt mir" ("like") as shown on the below screen-shot. before you vote (or after ) watch the video of alexander. then you know why he and his young family deserves to win if you have any questions just let me know. many thanks, robert here is the link: http://cooltimer.de/...sung/kandidat2/ source: http://www.serieblog.de/

Adding an oil cooler will help a lot as it takes much heat out of the engine. RV8's always had oil coolers fitted from factory - at least 3.9 and above. The engine and pump speed is a valid point, haven't thought about that before. However, I'd first put an oil cooler on as this will dramatically increase cooling

Nope, they won't fit. If you bought them already I'll take them Seriously, they are the same. As western already said, only the wheelbase is different but not the body Robert

Yes, leave your mech driven pump in Why would you put in an electric pump? The only benfit I see in putting an electrical one in is that it would allow the water to circulate once the engine is stopped. However, you should let the engine cool down before you stop it anyhow. All the other things are bullsh!t. Fuel efficiency? BMW has/had that on some cars but there the pump was made for exactly that engine size. More torque and HP? Where is the difference whether the pump is directly driven by a belt or the alternator and then an e-motor to drive the pump? The belt might have higher efficiency. Replacing a mech fan by an electrical one makes sense, no question about that. Replacing the pump is imho not even worth thinking about. Robert

It's a mechanical controlled injection system. It can not control injection quantity like an engine w/ an ECU. Therefore it's over fueling at the low revs during cranking. Mine does it too, no reason for any concern

I agree w/ simonr. Driving the pump w/ a poly v belt shouldn't be a problem. I like the idea w/ the channels across the pulley to let the water drain out. I had a smaller hydraulic pump on my older SIII for the snowplow. It was driven by a standard 9.5mm v-belt w/o any problems robert

As mentioned above snow chains are put on when the traction of the tires alone are not enough. What happens when you are driving on slippery ground w/o difflock is only that the rear wheels will spin and the truck gets stuck. On the photo above I had all 3 diffs locked and I would have done the same even if I had only snow chains on the front axle.Sorry mate, but what you are talking about might work on flat ground where none of us would put snow chains on or where you put them on to get better brake performance (but then you are at risk loosing control as the rear wheels will jam). It won't work in the tyrolean alps where I live. The photo above was just another day in winter. Cheers - r

Guys, Honestly, when do you put snow chains on? Me personally when I'm driving in deeper snow or when it's very slippy. Therefore usually the center diff should be locked. Putting chains on the front tires first is right, you only have to be careful when going downhill, breaking or going in turns as the rear tends to pass front of the car I like the OM in saying "not driving off-road" HAHA. Next time I'll go by feet. Would have saved my front right stub axle (cracked when going with 4 chains on and all 3 diffs locked in deep snow steep uphill ...) Cheers - Robert PS: I got a good and cheep source for unused snow chains of older military inventory. If somebody wants more info pm me with the tire size including the dia (horizontal measured) and the width of the cap of the tire, not the balloon (e.g. 235/35R16; dia 806mm, width 200mm => 235 is not the real width therefore you've to measure; see below)

Hey naks! Thank's very much, great thing! Robert

A 300tdi should fire up at -3C w/o pre-glowing at all. It only has a little rougher idle for the first few seconds (at least mine one has). How many miles do you have on the injectors? Robert PS: Check the glow plugs before you replace them (disconnect them and check on continuity to ground).

You can give Guenter a call. He's located in Germany - only 4 hours from The Hague so shipping shouldn't be a problem. He's got a lot of used parts in good condition (e.g. doors). I was in contact w/ him after my roll-over, very friedly contact. Robert Günter Boes Alte Dorfstraße 22a 21702 Ahlerstedt Phone: 04166 / 84 86 43 Telefax: 04166 / 84 86 42 Cell: 0171 / 8 31 30 14 email: info@landrover-secondhand.de

The hole pattern looks the same. How many thooth has the sleeve? iirc it were 18 on the 300tdi with the R380 and LT230 but I'm not sure about the Td5. Didn't you have a hydraulic pto just recently that fitted to the Td5? Do they look the same? Robert

Buddy, you are not only close, you got it!! What counts is the dynamic radius of the tire to calculate the dynamic circumference. The dynamic radius is somewhere between the static radius (distance between the center of the axle and the ground when the car is not moved) and the radius of a fully round tire. The higher the tire is inflated, the less the weight is on it, and the faster the car is going the less differnence between the circumference of a fully round tire and the dynamic circumference. Depending on the type of tire and the above mentioned variables this can be from nearly nothing to really much. To answer the question in my first post: Yes, a lower inflated tire turns more often over the same distance than a higher inflated tire. Thanks for all your help guys!! Robert

If it's that easy I would have never asked that question, believe me. We had already everything from wheelbarrows (the dia of its tire is changing with pressure as it isn't steel reinforced) to track type tractors and so on. No real answer. I think rtbarton is very close, I'd just like to see some maths confirming that Thanks guys!

Yes, somebody in Germany tested it. The problem there was that it was only a very small difference which could have been a measuring error too. He ran a test at 44psi.

Sorry for my late reply; I was very busy today... We were talking about different gear ratios and the impact on engine speed. I got a chart from D. Ashcroft's website and posted it. Then a smart guy came up w/ the theory that the calculations and chart I got from Dave's website are not correct as I used the half dia of a tire of the above dimension We got over 20 postings in this forum, nearly 6 pages on the German forum and I had a lot of discussion with guys over here in the US. I see some truth in both or in other words both theories make sense to me but I have not idea what's true. Anyhow, thanks for your thoughts...

This was my first thought too. But then the idea as quoted below came up. The first part is something that sounds logical to me but I doubt your example w/ the tracks. In tracks a sprocket is turning that doesn't change shape at all. Also, the small wheel can turn in the tire but this is not true for a tire fitted to a correct size wheel. This thing really makes me nuts I have no idea what's correct so I'm still hoping for somebody with engineering background who is good at maths and physics too. Somebody in here

Thanks buddy, taht's exactly what I was looking for. Do you have any experiece what the radius on a normally inflated tire (3bar/44psi) is when mounted on a standard unloaded 110 or ninty, just roughly. A 235/85-16 has a dia of 806mm => radisu is 403mm. Is 15 to 20mm something that sounds ok to you? Edit: Now I see the same discussion starting here, only it is supported by math sorry

Hey guys! We had a discussion in another forum (Germany) about different speeds and revs between tyres with different tire pressure. As that discussion went over a couple of pages now w/o a real answer I'll try it here. The main question is whether a tire with a much lower pressure turns more often over exactly the same distance as a tire that is at a higher pressure and with that more round that the one w/ the lower pressure in it. Please don't add any comments like "too low pressure can cause damange on the tire" and so on. I'm looking for somebody who is really good in physics as I'm completely confused now. Thanks - Robert

Sounds like injection is out of timing or you got an issue with the injection nozzels. But as western alreadey said, back to the garage...

Be careful with overreving the turbo as there is no backpressure. You may will see some peaks in revs...

You can ask him here directly. His nick is ECR

Are you sure about that? I always thought they had the highest transfer box ratio. Was this on 4-cyl trucks only?

To some extent you're right (I have both, a 110 300tdi w/ manual trans and a 3.9V8 auto. The tdi is more fuel efficient but the V8 has much better performance). But what I like on auto boxes is that you can change gears without any interruption in traction. You can go up steep slopes and shift gears easy. You can go very slow on steep slopes or in mud w/o burning the clutch and so on. There are many advantages of manual boxes over auto ones. Anyhow, the question was about manual boxes. I'd go for an R380. It is good to cover up to 450Nm so you shouldn't have any problem there. How to attach it to the V8 was already discussed...