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Think the opti/accumate will charge those, in a car it's only going to get the same old alternator current anyway.

No complaints with my optimate, it's revived my (very dead) battery many a time, used it to charge all sorts from small YUASA sealed batteries to big LR batteries. Have left it connected in "maintain" mode for weeks/months to various batteries with no probs. Only trouble is I keep putting off buying a new battery 'cos it just keeps reviving the old one...

People were admiring my dad's one at Minstead and actually asked him who sold it, took them a second when he said "B&Q" Will try to get some photos from him at some point.

Well I counted 3 trucks on portals there - the trend is growing... be interesting to know how they did in comparison to the "normal" trucks.

I have a complaint - Nige hasn't done anything hilariously stupid during all this work usually by now he'd have either endangered himself or a household pet in a suitably slapstick carry-on kind of fashion. Standards are slipping.

Series brakes aren't supposed to work anyway! You're so picky...

Fatboy - just stumbled across this on eBlag, of any interest to you? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Austin-Gipsy-fire-en...1QQcmdZViewItem

As I understand it you need to have the pump in working order for it to be so, you'd be best off phoning the DVLA to find out for sure how to go about keeping it legal, otherwise they might assume you're dodging tax/SORN and send you a fine

Aparrently there's a device like that HotShot fitted to new caddilacs (sp?), you can buy them on eBay for not much $$$ (well, less than that hotshot thingy)

Any vehicle that comes with petrol at $2/gallon is my idea of fantasy- 'specially a V8 Rangie

Al - the one in Dan's garden had been acid-dipped and cleaned, I think that should be enough to tell you it's not the same block yours comes with added fibre... and loam

No Dan, the wine rack is currently occupying an engine-sized space in my chassis for measurement purposes. The one Al's got is that tiny little 3.9, soooo last year

Markie - renault espace air filters are pretty big and not a million miles off the shape of the LR one.

TC - Car body on car chassis with ever-so-slighty raised suspension and fake plastic "protection" bits... Agree though you don't need a big body on a 4x4, witness the Mog/Corolla from ladoga: On Mog portals and 44's ideal for sainsburys I reckon

I see they still count disc brakes as a safety feature

They carry the magic smoke that makes everything work.

I think someone's being pedantic, aren't they? Granted I'm unlikely to work my way through the entire fleet, but when the van breaks down (quite regular) or goes in for a service (less regular) I don't know which vehicle I may get to replace it out of probably 500+ locally. When out working as part of a team there can be up to 10 assorted vehicles from various places, any one of which I may need to drive. If there's an emergency somewhere remote or flooded (or just needs a genset towed to) I may need to ditch the van and collect the nearest 4x4, again NFI which one of the many that will be. If we need a cherry picker for access I might have to go and get one, then there's the 7.5 tonner emergency exchange on wheels, cable jointing wagons... My point is I can reasonably expect to require the use of a hell of a lot of vehicles, especially when the manure hits the rotary ventialtion apparatus, and not easily identify which ones they may be at any given point in time, certainly not with enough notice to apply for a new licence card to drive it! What about emergency services, they need to be able to drive any vehicle they find, whether it's stuffed into a hedge, broken down in the fast lane or whatever. Not just talking police/fire/ambulance but what about the AA blokes? Then there's people who work in garages or even kwik-fit for that matter.

Oi Tonk - he said you can't apply! so I'd better do it: 3 Leaf Fronts, 4 Leaf rears Nige! Coat, hat, and boots on and running like a waxoyled cat...

02 - Err, it differs in that you WOULD take the Disco to a play day! It's done the Camel Trophy after all...

Niall - that's a nice price for an exhaust system B) 1) They do, as has been mentioned a lot of cars these days have a flexi section from downpipe to system. 2) You can get SS flexi, and at £8 a length I wouldn't mind replacing it more often. 2 (the 2nd one)) I've crushed my exhaust a few times, but if it'd been flexi it would have moved out of the way instead. 3) Spend £8 and replace it

See how there's no pictures of it doing anything but drive over very flat rocks... very much like driving on a road I'd imagine... 02 - I think you'd reliably look like a right numpty driving one good point but LOOK at it (or look a tit) you're not gonna be going to any play days in it are you?

Will - there's a very nice toob bender in the workshop with dies up to 2.5", for a twin-exit system that should do it, it's just the lazy factor of flexi that appealed...

Joseph - nowt wrong with primeras B) Ian - assuming the pipe is of decent bore, does it really make THAT much difference? I've got SS tubular manifolds so the first metre of gas flow is down nice smooth tube to the 4-1 collector, plan after that is a balance toob and then out either side of the vehicle for the full stereo surround sound

Perhaps getting a bit ahead of myself, but when my truck eventually fires into life I'll need a custom exhaust system. A full SS system was my first idea, but they're pricey and I'd cry if I ripped it off on a tree. The flexi hose stuff can be bought for relatively little money, and rather obviously you can bend it to whatever shape you want (and if you bend it on a tree stump you just bend it right back again). So, bearing in mind it's a Land Rover not an F1 car, is there any reason not to plumb an exhaust system using flexi pipe?

It's wires - buy a reel of wire and a load of crimp terminals and you can stick it wherever you like If you want to be really swish use more than one colour of wire