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Ben was looking at getting some old rims, but putting blocks of wood in the rims so they didn't dig into the ground. Just get some 2x4 and a hammer and your away. Supposedly some plant / fork lift trucks something like that where they are likely to pick up punctures. I have an old disco wheel / tyre that was my spare (it's a little under sized now ) that you can have. It'd get you half way there!.

Stange, is the diff nose bearing OK? The extra stress of the larger angle on the prop might show up slight play?

I had the same on my disco after I fitted castor corrected arms. I went for a wide angle double cardon prop and that did the trick. Are the props new / balanced?

Any idea where you can get the conversion kits from? I'm sure lots of people (including me) would be interested

Isn't 40 mircrons bigger than 20 microns? so your saying the additional bypass filter is worse at filtering than the standard filter? Also, having 2 filters in a system will be better than 1, and why the need to keep the original filter if these are so good? I also think you are a little misinformed about the big car manufacturers. Dealerships are independent for most of the big manufacturers, so the only profit they see from a car service would be from parts, such as filters (which in the case you give you still need to buy filters). A lot of these companies vehicle sales are in fact to the fleet market, such as company cars, where a big deciding factor for which car company gets the contract is vehicle running costs, so there is a constant push to reduce service costs as it is a deal breaker. Case and point, on modern Land Rovers the gearbox oil is no longer considered a service item, it is there for the life of the vehicle. Maybe if you include a magnet on the filter it would also reduce the friction in the engine by aligning the oil molecules, might even get a 50% fuel saving!

Thanks for all the replies, I rebuilt the master cylinder and put some new discs and pads on the rear and it passed fine. Might have been a mix of both, but the brakes to feel nice and firm now!

Thanks, was going to start stripping down tonight but thats a good check of master cylinder. I've got a flaring kit already, just need a bit of copper pipe. I guess I can even do this on the car as a very quick check!

Cheers Si, I didn't realise you could buy seal kits for them so I'll give that a go. Whilst its in the post I'll swap the lines round tonight, even if it doesn't lock the tyres (I have 33x12.5's on) and I don't fancy going very quick as if I'm right, I won't stop very well. I should at least be able to see how much the front nose dives at low speed.

Morning all, I'm after a bit of advice from people's experience. My disco failed its MOT at the weekend on rear brake effort, the % was too low compared to the front. The numbers for each side weren't too dissimilar, and although the rear pads and discs aren't new, they don't look old enough to be causing the issue (but I will change them anyway just to be sure). We figured it is likely to be low brake pressure and the MOT guys thoughts were it would be the pressure valve that reduces the brake pressure to the rear brakes to stop them locking up. These are quite expensive and just wondered if anybody knows of a way to test if this is faulty, or if its the brake master cylinder as I think this is split between front and rear system. Would swapping the front and rear lines to the master cylinder show up any fault in this? Thanks

Don't worry Pete will of course run the event properly, don't shoot him down just yet! He has helped me with MSA events before, not saying this will neccesserily be an MSA event, but he does know what is involved :-) I'm sure full rules and regs will be posted when everything is set.

What is the entrance to the site like? Is it a road or farm track? Just wondering if I come in the golf and same time + fuel, or the disco (not to compete in :-p)

The yellow SJ looks like Noddy's off-roader :-p

It should eat props if it's standard height. Are you towing heavy loads (a guess if you have helper air bags) so this may not help? Any slack in the diff? this coupled with heavy towing loads mgiht cause this? You could try a new prop or get the current one reconditioned with new UJ's and slider (should be cheaper) then you can find out if it's a problem with the car or with used parts.

There are also aftermarket air springs you can fit, think they are around £130 that are air helper springs. May be worth a google? As for fitting D2 air springs, if you want to go for it, but if it was me I would make sure I do it in a way I could go back to coils if I needed to. As for the work involved, must be modifying spring mounts and fitting an air compressor with some way of controlling the air bag pressure.

Could also use a quickfist, they make them big enough for a fire extinguisher. Not sure how much they are though

Hopefully these images aren't too big, they are copied and pasted from facebook.

Thought about using old school coach paint that can be painted on without a gun? My dad used it to repaint a gypsy (of the austin variety not the "tievin cerraven" type) Looks really nice and was easier than using cellulose paint we have sprayed before. It is expensive, think he spent £150ish on the paint, but then no need for all the extra spray gun / gazebo anti-static stuff.

I can indeed, there are just 2 clips (one on each side of the switch) you need to prize up/out and it should come in half. Like a simple electrical connector. They are really simple inside (well depending which ones you have) so just remember where any rocking bits of metal came from. You shouldn't need to take the rocker bit off, but these just prize off anyway (use a screw driver each side and you don't need to buy one of their special tools).

I think you can still say you supply / stock / service / specialise in Land Rovers, you just can't have Land Rover in your company title, like "Bucks Land Rover" for example unless you're a genuine dealer. I certainly don't want the little guy to disappear, but it seems fair enough (can't call you're corner shop "High St Tesco")

not a clue, haven't really had chance to look at it properly. It's tomorrow nights job whilst the girlfriend is away

Yeah I think it does, the other one feels springy. I'll see if I can find anything that fits and will let you know!

Hi everyone, Just bought a series rear truck cab rear part for the 90 (not sure if its series 2 or 3 but don't think it matters), one of the window latches doesn't stop the window from opening. They are the same as these, but it is missing the small pin which is obviously why it isn't working. Any places I can get a replacement pin, or anybody fixed it using anything else? small stud of some kind? Don't really want to pay £50 for a small pin! Or are there later (and cheaper) that will fit? If not I might just fix this panel in and only have one side open, it's for a challenge truck not a daily driver. I'm also going to replace the window channels, seems simple enough from the guides I've read but any tips would be much appreciated. Thanks everyone

I get diff bits from Andy at AW Transmissions. Really nice bloke, always happy to help (offered to get a diff and show me how to rebuild one!) He is also cheaper than ashcrofts :-)

Oh, and I think most winch bumpers are made from 5 or 6mm steal, 10mm might be overkill

There is winch mount that is genuine land rover which still uses the original bumper. it sits between the chassis rails and wouldn't be too hard to copy. It was used in the camel trophie. Google will be your friend on this one :-)