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A little warning Les,
I've just come back from the Belgium National where I had a small argument with a log on one of the lanes and it did this to me rear arch flare
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Not sure if I can repair it yet or if I have to fork out for a new one, if D44 sell them in singles!!
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Anyone you know doing the Sunday trial then Tony?
and I think this is the tree you had fun with!
We didn't make it though the tunnel and managed to find a way round!
We were the last vehicle up the second hill on the night section before the SIII rolled and they closed the hill.
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If the CV is clicking without the difflock engauged then I woud tend to change it, if it's OK without difflock then you should be alright, just change it when you get back.
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Chris,
FTC8387 have a U/J at each end (200 TDI & V8) and FTC3705 (300 TDi) have a U/J at the gearbox end and a large rubber doughnut at the diff.
If you're in need of FTC3705 then I have a spare up here that needs a new doughnut but is okay apart from that. I could post it too you, just depends on when you're leaving as it'll take until maybe Monday to get South!!
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My view:
Stay here, get the archive from the old place and let the poor thing die in peace.
It's like keeping someone alive just so they can be an organ donor at the moment.
The members are the forum, not the URL or the programme!
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It feels strange over there now, a bit like when you were a kid and you were made the ware your brothers hand-me-downs!!
Or is that just me?
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Okay John, so we were posting at the same time!!
No link to here yet though!!
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Not sure if it's revived or not, all the forums are back (with original post & thread counts) and this is at the top of the page now:
We regret to announce the closure of the LAND ROVER enthusiast forum. We are grateful however to Trevor Cuthbert, one of our moderators, who has agreed to assume responsibility for the archives. All of the information contained in the LAND ROVER enthusiast forum is now available at Land Rover Addict.
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Just give the U/Js a good soak in light oil, like 3-in-1, leave it over night, give it another soak in the morning and start turning from lock to lock. You should feel them loosening up.
You don't need the nuts loosened off!
Aso, if your going to the look at the free-play adjustment then make sure the wheels and steering are in the dead-ahead position if you alter it at all.
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Mine also did this witht he 3" lift until I fitted caster correction radius arms and all is well again, no wondering or pulling to the left.
Of course, if your Disco has standard height suspension then these won't help.
What sort of steering damper is fitted, I've heard that some of the gas dampers will cause a constant pressure to one side as they try to push apart, but not experienced it myself.
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I got here cos Les, the nice chap, sent me a PM in the "other place".
Name/URL - there are addresses available for landrover-addict, landroveraddict, lraddict, lrforum etc etc
It doesn't cost much to register a URL for a couple of years, about £18 for a ".com" or £8.50 for a ".co.uk" and once you've got the name you can link it to this site.
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The problem with the letter above is that no magazine would ever dare publish some of the recommendations that appear in the forums because they are, by their very nature, risky, amateur and strictly unapproved.
Imagine the litigation if, for example, somebody injured themselves after following a magazine's recommendation to remove a crank pulley nut by wedging a big spanner on the nut then turning the engine over on the starter!
I'm not saying print our advice word for word but they could have used our experiences with the likes of the pitfalls with suspension lifts, how it can effect the steering and why you may find your anti roll bars flip over on full articulation etc etc.
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Copy of my email to them:
Dear Sir,May I refer to the comments left by your administrator on the LRE Forum when
you decided to close it.
"We regret to announce the closure of the LRE forum. We no longer believe
that the forum is used for the purpose for which it was intended. The regular
postings by a few mindless individuals are of no interest to the majority
of our users and certainly not to the magazine. Although the technical support
section was well liked sadly it too became tainted by the activities of a
minority of individuals intent on filling space without any real purpose
or value. This closure is purely a commercial decision.
Should you be looking for a new forum we strongly recommend The Land Rover
Chronicles run by one of our correspondents."
As someone who has followed the forum and editorial team since the old days
when you were LRO, has attended the LRO/LRE show at Billing for over ten
years now and holds LRE subscription number 198, I feel that the personal
slur on me and the other members of the forum in the above public announcement
is neither warranted, necessary or something I would expect from a company
such as yours.
From the above explanation, which has now changed I note, I can see that
you have not read, understood or taken an interest in YOUR forum for quite
some time. I visited the forum nearly every day and have not seen any instances
that come close to what you refer to.
You also seem a little confused as to why you felt it necessary to terminate
the longest running Land Rover based forum on the internet. Was it because
of the "mindless individuals" or "a commercial decision"?
The part that really gets to me is that you include fraises like "individuals
intent on filling space without any real purpose or value", when over 50%
of your own magazine consists of adverts with very little useful information
between the adverts for the real ENTHUSIAST whom you claim to write the magazine
for in the first place.
You have terminated a prime source of technical information that could have
been used within the pages of your publication. There was a vast range of
knowledge about every aspect of maintaining, refurbishing and modifying a
Land Rover. If I ever needed a proper, unbiased product review then I simply
asked on the forum. The only product reviews that we see in the magazines
are what the companies selling the items want us to read, there are never
any practical tests done any more because of the threat of litigation if
you say their product is rubbish.
Finally, it saddens me to say that, because of your actions over the forum
and the lack of content of late in your publication, my subscription will
not be renewed when it is next due. I can not see the point in me spending
good money on a publication that is mostly adverts and whose articles and
product reviews are only repeats of what the other Land Rover magazines reported
a month earlier.
Martin Collins (Budgie)
No: 198
I had time on my hands and felt like a rant!!
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Photos on your email John.
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Did you get the email okay John?
I didn't get round to doing the photos today, try in the morning.
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Here's a couple of the Disco:
River crossing on a beach one the island.
Langdale Quest.
As I got it.
As it is now.
My old Rangie bogged on the hills over Helensburgh near Glasgow.
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I've got a Rimmer Bros "cat back" system on the Disco, got it cheap about 4 years ago at Billing, £80 for a new system!!
The silencers are OK but the pipes are showing signs of surface rust. I went for stainless cos of the salt rich air we have up here and the system seemed reasonable to me at the time, even if it doesn't have the lifetime warrenty form Rimmer Bros.
Would I got for the same again?
We recently replaced the full exhaust on the Rangie and went for a normal on cos' I can get 3 standard systems for the price of a stainless one so not sure really.
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<wipes spray of coffee from screen!>
Very good, I want a set!
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I had "Fair play for all" on the other side but that was put there by one of the mod's after I defended the small guy on a thread years ago.
Think I'll change that to: "No Cheep Trill!" when you get the time Les.
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There we go, all unpacked.
Let me know if the blatent plugging of my website is a bit much on here and I'll find something else to use.
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Hi Peeps.
I must remember to check my messages more often, only just picked up the one Les H sent me yesterday!
I'm sure we will all find out the full story in time, I did wonder where the internet forums page had gone too in this months LRE!
Well, looks like here and the Mud Club for me in the future then.
Oh, I'll unpack by bags and get my avatars out when I get a moment.
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Rangie Arches
in Range Rover Forum
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The ones D44 sell are made by Rangie Spares in Oz. I'm going to try & repair my rear drivers side one, after catching it on a log in Belgium
, but if that fails then I'll need a new one, if I can get just the one!!