RedLineMike

i believe the project was canned due to issues & delays on the fabrication side , the rolling chassis came up on ebay about 18 months ago for sale, BAS & Nene did put the TDv6 engine into several defender at one point but the cost of the ecu & its finickyness to run the ecu outside the donor vehicle is what stopped the project, https://www.bodylogicuk.com/index.php/10/327154/

@FridgeFreezer what size / cost was that shed you put up?

in all the time ive worked on TD5s, the Crank sensor is a much rarer failure point than the common issue with the starter motors,

do you mean spigot rings to reduce the centre bore of the wheel to suit?

yes, when the starter breaks down internally it causes elecro magnetic interferance (EMF), ive had it on my own defender plus several others on customers, if you can get it plugged in the fault code for noisy crank signal is the indication that the starter is causing interferance

id suggest changing the starter motor itself as they can cause EMF interferance with the crank signal,

Q1 are they the same ratio? Q2 were the pinions matched to the crownwheels? its not a massive issue but it certainly helps as they are made as a matching set

h1 portalboxes are now very sought after unsurprisingly 🤣

Zim 😂

i can bet that they were the owners of hi vis, camo jacket, rigger boots & a popcorn & smoke map

As a thought, just seen m7 bolts are a common fitment on BBS split rims , might be worth looking in that direction, Main thing is for the love of baby Jesus, say no to stainless #chromewontgetyouhome #saynotostainless

these were my go to alternator for 24v applications, https://tinyurl.com/fdwxm8j6 renualt magnum truck,

the fact the terminals got hot enough to melt the vaseline that you put on there would indicate to me that you either have a poor connection somewhere or a very high resistance

personally i prefer the head to head with the side by side starts,