[Rover V8 builders]

Best bet, give Real Steel a call, they can supply all the bits you would need and are sure to know of a builder.

[Steel.]

They also sell ally, but I have no experience of buying that from them as I use Aalco normally.

[Better than an axle wedge?]

Fao detonationretard :- that has to be a weaker option then welding.

Les.

Adjustable though. And it hasnt broken yet. Oops, shouldnt have said that

[Steel.]

Brundles, millbrook road, southampton. You can buy ther trade or public, setting up a trade account is easy,no hoops to jump through. Delivery is free if you spend over 95quid. As a price guide here are some recent purchases

7.6 metres of 100x50mm box in 3mm wall thickness -32 quid

25mmround tube with 1.5mm wall 6.1 metres 8pounds 50

48mm x3.2 mill tube, 7.6 metres (ideal rollcage stuff if you dont need CDS) £21.55

steel sheet 8"x4" 0.8mm 17.75.

their deatals as follows F H Brundle Millbrook road, third avenue, southampton so15 0jx

tel: 80703333 fax 80705555

If you just turn up and find the metal is too long they will cut it for you while you waitand help you load it on your roofrack or whatever.

[Better than an axle wedge?]

Elongate bolt holes on flanges at axle case ends, turn the casing upwards a bit, then fit slightly longer bolts and an old flange cut in half behind as a load spreader. Or use big washers of U have no flange.

[Garages near wilton]

Can anyone recommend an independant, non-greedy LR garage within striking distance of Wilton?

[disco alloys, what tyres?]

Disco one alloys, the ones that look a bit like milky way magic stars if you know what I mean. What is the largest trye that fits them? I was wondering if a 35 x 12.5 pro comp would go on or is it too wide. I have some on steels bit the rims are 8" not 7

[The Grave yard]

why are nuts called nuts anyway? Not the squirrel fodder but the metally kind, surely they are more like polos than nuts. More to the point, why do you lot have time to gab all day about trucks, this desktop revolution has gone too far, flipping Bill Gates has a lot to answer for.

[The Grave yard]

Now as I am a newbie I dont want to be starting trouble, but there is something wrong with this forum...

AREN'T TOPICS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HAZELNUT IN EVERY BITE ????

[How lardy?]

Hmm...if I've got to hack bits of bodywork either way I'm definitely going the hole in the transmission tunnel route

Do you actually want the gearbox out or is it solely because of the stuck bolt? If you remove the gearbox crossmember, support the box on a jack then undo its mounts you can GENTLY and slowly lower it a bit, you might be able to get to the offending item then? On the other hand it takes 5 mins to drill a hole and grommets are pennies - you could even fit a bath plug in incase one of your door seals springs a leak..... By the way, when I mentioned hacking the body to bits at the bonnet catch I meant at the front of the vehicle, not chopping flipping great 3 foot lumps out of the bulkhead just in case you think I am completely mad. Although it might be an interesting mod to do something like the early rangies had with the bolt in transtunnel/floor assembly...

[How lardy?]

Hello, newbie here, just reading through all the posts. I have had similair heartache trying to remove engine gearbox as one assembly on a V8 3 door disco. In the end I cut the top slam panel out where the bonnet catch lives. It didnt take much to make up two plates to use to refit the panel afterwards. I did this as the engine is frequently in and out of this particular vehicle, so you may not wish to go to those lengths I guess, but it is a useful mod if you are often messing about with big lumps of petrolly dieselly stuff.