chrisbowler

Speak to PROLINX as they supply a Fox Shock that is a land rover OEM replacement with the correct eye and pin fittings for direct replacement. Worth a look. The Fox shocks are fully rebuildable, the others are great till they break or run out. Spend now and you will have years of fun with a Fox shock Chris Bowler

Strongly suggest you fit the exhaust shields, the heat build up will melt the bottom of the airflow meter pipes Chris bowler

If you need any parts or advice. Cambrian 4 x 4 farm

I assume we are talking TD5??? The pump in the tank pumps to 4 bar. The regulator controls this as required to maintain the pressure as demand constantly changes. As Mike has said - the standard system is 4 bar. What advantage is a higher DELIVERY pressure in a common rail system, when it is the injector that creates the high pressures needed. Never heard of a TD5 running out of fuel in the gallery if the pump is in good condition. Chris Bowler

Just to add, the injectors are a high pressure generator, there is no high pressure pump in a TD5 engine. The injectors have a chamber that when the cam moves a rocker arm, pushes a plunger that compresses the fuel, then at the right time an electric switch fired by ecu, opens the injector into the cylinder. Chris bowler

Diagnostic plug for vehicles fitted with MPi engine. Chris Bowler

Ed Before you order, speak to Paul at PROLINX. Very helpful and will guide you on best Fox shock for your truck as well as other details. Chris bowler

Challenge events were not really around when Mike was about - fair comment through - lets have a Comp Safari to remember him instead!!! Chris Bowler

If you are going down the route of more road going/ legal vehicles, why not tie in with the British Army Motoring Association - they hold an off road nav event in Nov/ Dec every years ROADMASTER, normally on military training areas in the Hants area and I know HBRO help lay out the trials sections - just up the technical level and increase the map reading to get the variety. Chris Bowler

You must do it when cold or else you will get a false reading- oil expands when hot!!! Use a diagnostic computer and check oil temp is below 40 degrees. Chris bowler

When using AUTOLOGIC, you can see a selection of details that are stored in the BECM. Engine size, mileage, date of build etc etc. included in these details is MOTRONIC Code and EDC code. It should give you an option to edit these details. If you know the EDC code you need to compare it with the stored value in the BeCM. EDC codes are usually 4 or5 digit numbers. Eg 1343 or 23353 I would expect the hawk eye to have some sort of scroll down menu that allows these details to be changed. Chris bowler

You CAN do it with Autologic!!! Chris Bowler

Fuel needs to be delivered at 32-35psi. There are some Bosch in line pumps on eBay for rover v8 that work very well. I use 8mm fuel hose and mount pump close to the tank. Chris bowler

Have you considered either head gasket or engine burning essisive oil due to a poss liner/ piston problem. I had a p38 v8 that I could not get throu mot . Co 2 values throu the roof . It ended up a dropped liner ( visibility dropped by 6 mm). Not that likely but may have to be consider particularly as the LPG cannot be set up . Chris bowler

I know it's got you by the short and curlies!!!!! If you get the LPG sorted, the moronic system will work with it. Get your LPG man to confirm that the LPG system works using the signals from the moronic ecu In otherwords it piggybacks off the moronic, not a stand alone system. This way the moronic learns everything that the engine does - provided It is working ok. Chris bowler

Can you use the hawk eye to read the EDC code. If so check that the EDC code in the BeCM is the same as the Engine ECU. They can loose the code and that will make the BeCM think is is running the wrong engine. Chris bowler

Every time you switch to gas the motronic system will compensate and learn the problems. You will then have to reset adaptive settings. Find someone with an AUTOLOGIC unit - you can reset adaptive settings on the move. Get the LPG system checked or better still get rid of the LPG cos that is going to reck the engine. Chris bowler

Rover v8 was designed to run on mineral oil 20w50. Anything else is not going to help. Try a compression test to see if a cylinder is down. Chris bowler

1 disco 2 does not have high pressure pump on engine( it has 5 EUI s )or 10as unit. 2. Have you carried out security learn with the fault mate thingies? 3. Does the central locking work. 4. Pump throttle 7 times and let the fuel pump run for 3-5 mins. Listen to hear the fuel swiching thru head. 5. Crank engine with throttle full depressed for 1 minute and see if you get smoke at exhaust. 6. What fault codes did you have on the old ecu. Did you have " top side failure"

While your at it Neil, there is about 250 yards of rock climb about half way round the course that really caused me a pain in the arse to get over - if we could get that turned into Cat 1 that would be really handy too!!! LOL CHRIS BOWLER

We did KOV in a totally unsuitable truck on 32" INSA TURBO tyres. They got everywhere everyone else got - with a bit of help from my winch, and in Hidden Valley were probably better in the mud than most. There were a lot of punctures on this event - the bigger the side walls the more chance of punctures. Some cars were getting 3 punctures per lap. We carried 2 spares and only used both spares on 1 lap. Some of the rock climbs were hard and the tyres did get lost in the holes but I still maintain that the 2 most important factors for KOV are good driving/ route selection and reliability - Comp Car should be fine Steve!!!. chris bowler

I have used Marlow DYnaline max 12mm - same rope for 3 years, it has done four challenge events and the Kov 12 pulling my fat 107 td5 many times up the rocks. It has greater break strain than either Bowline or PLasma by over 3000lbs and is not as expensive as you think Chris bowler

My 107 TD5 was build 4 years ago as a comp car only. It cost £8.5k including all fab work, the donor TD5 Disco 2, all the harnesses, seats, trutrac diffs and 10x terrain tyres. It did 2 years of comps with ARC and AWDC with not much more than maintenance costs - oh and a recon T Box. When we did the XTC in 2010, I upgraded the car to cover the "challenge" aspect with mud terrains, 2x Goldfish winches and the ground anchor and put a VNT turbo on it. For KOV, we spend over £2k in tyres, beadlock rims, BOWMOTOR on front winch, Ashcroft shafts front and rear, new wheel bearing units all round, new clutch, flywheel, alternator, rad and fuel press reg. All of this was put on the car to strengthen it AND replace knackered parts from the last 4 years comping. I think this was an expensive truck for KOV but then I don't have twin GPs, ARBS and all the "CHALLENGE GEAR"!!! which if you build a challenge car are added as you get more into the sport. Spread over a couple of years, the cost is in perspective. Sadly it will never do another "CHALLENGE " type event and all the special kit will be coming off when we go back to comp safari. CHRIS BOWLER

I put 60 ltrs diesel in the car over the whole course - 4.3 miles to the gallon - not bad for a TD5!!! Chris Bowler