110 V8

Xtraordinary Spec XS-SPEC

Hi FF, I imported my 110 back in 2006 (permanently). They are strict on the cleaning but there are companies specializing in it and the company I used (Jeffs Vehicle Deliveries) did it for a fixed fee including pick up from the port in an approved curtain sided vehicle, transporting to the approved cleaning facility (also owned by Jeff's) and delivery to my home. Personally I would say if bringing your own Land Rover Camper is affordable for you, do it! There are so many places to go here that you would not be able to visit in a rented camper. Some due to lack of off road ability but also some due to them being off limits for rental vehicles (for insurance reasons). Skippers Canyon near Queenstown being one that springs to mind. Its a public gravel road but very narrow and cut into the side of a gorge with big drop offs. Its spectacular but no rentals allowed. Also places like Macetown, Big River and Denniston Plateau (to name just a few) would not be accessible for you. There are many, many places here that your 127 would access easily and are genuine off road adventures. The self contained sticker would be a good addition and give you additional freedom of not having to find a proper camp site each night. Andy

Saw my first one yesterday. In Merivale, which is the Chelsea of this City.....

I agree, but its possibly not on the side of the dizzy on a 98 disco. I think they had moved to the coil mounting bracket by then.

Hi Rikk, as others have said, put a 3.9 in it. For what you would spend on the 3.5 its a no brainer although technically here in NZ you will need to get a cert for the increase in capacity. Whereabouts in NZ are you? Andy

You can definitely just plug them. I did it about 2 years ago and oil pressure all good. Thread is M20 x 1.5 Andy

I fitted a factory low pressure in tank pump to an under-seat tank about 11yrs ago as part of a twin tank setup. Extended the support leg at the bit where the factory slotted holes/2screws were and added a short piece of hose and solder/heatsrink to extend the leads. I just used a holesaw through the tank with 5 rivnuts around the hole. But I did put a sheetmetal reinforcing ring on the inside clamped by the rivnuts to stiffen it up. Fitted with a standard cork gasket. No leaks. About 2 years ago I swapped the LP pump for a HP when I went EFI/Megasquirt. The heatshrink did not seem to have been affected by the fuel and I'm still using the setup now. Andy

1mm cutting disc in an angle grinder and lube with candle wax every minute or so (just cut into a candle with the wheel). Cuts aluminum like butter, does not clog/pick up on wheel and leaves a pretty tidy edge. Andy

Stainless is typically used in very high temp applications, cooker elements etc where the temp would cause tinned copper to loose it's spring tension then arc and fail. They need a special crimper. Tinned copper is better unless ambient temp prevents it's use. Andy

There is a method used widely in Australia and also popular here in NZ known as the 4psi rule. Basically you measure cold pressure, drive for 20-30mins or so and measure again warm. The pressure gain due to tyre carcass flex should be about 4psi. If more than 4psi increase, the starting pressure was too low. If less than 4psi increase the starting pressure was too high. Andy

Does it lose water, blow water out header tank vent? Or just read high on gauge with no other symptoms? Andy

Did you ever do this mod? Did the ford sensor work with Gems?? Andy

Collapsed wheel bearing?? Andy

Fuel tank breather clear and not blocked? Andy

No sense of scale from pic but look like aircraft wheel chocs Andy

Using "fixed map" sorted the first start of the day issue for me. I ended up with similar settings: Use fixed below 30deg Time period 8secs Fixed map value 50kpa Can start through the window from cold any time. Its a 3.9serp with ms1 and edis Andy

Where is your map hose connected? What you have posted above makes me think maybe its on the nipple that used to go to the dissy? If so its in the wrong place and will read atmospheric pressure when the throttle is closed.

I smashed the middle out of a sparkplug (wear goggles) then put a piece of fuel line up the middle with a round head bolt through the middle (m5 I think) then used continuity beep on multimeter to tell me when the piston touched. Did it in both directions and tdc halfway between. Andy

The complete backplate assy with shoes and springs etc fits over the output flange. No need to remove it. Andy

My 2 cents... I do a fair bit of 4wding with Toyota's, Nissans and a hybrid Toyota with Nissan axles here in NZ. All are on 35" or 36" simex's and locked both ends. I have no axe to grind and all have pro's and cons. These are issues I have witnessed personally. As for me I run rover axles with a mixture of Ashcroft and Kam internals on a 3.9 megasquirt & EDIS 110. I have ditched the Salisbury and fitted a rover axle in back as well. Both diffs are locked and pegged but run factory crownwheels/pinions and 35" simex's. I have blown one diff and I blew 2 AEU2522 cvs and a locally made 4340 shortside front halfshaft before fitting Ashcroft's gear but all good since. I went this route as it allowed me to upgrade over a number of years as I could afford it and it didn't need certification (Engineer Certification required in NZ for major mods like axle swaps). I would be happy to put whatever gave me best bang for buck under my truck but this is what I have noticed. 80 series cruisers have a 9.5" rear diff and a high pinion (hypoid) 8" front. The rear is very strong but I have seen a couple with factory 4.2 diesel motors shear all the studs off the drive flanges on the hub (as per previous poster) and a long side halfshaft with a twist in the splines bad enough to stop the sliding dog on the factory locker moving. Recently a club member's LS1 powered 80 lunched a rear diff towing his jet boat but may have been damaged during a pretty rough long weekend on the coast a week or so before. Factory lockers (front and rear) are operated by a small 12v motor with a worm and crescent gear. The motors are a bit of a weak link as they get water in them or the magnets (which are glued to the housing) fall off and stick to the armature. Vacuum, air and cable conversions have all been done to address this. The front in stock form is a bit fragile in reverse. I have seen two 80s lunch front diffs when reversing from nose down in a ditch. It is common here to fit the 8" hi pinion diff head in the front of hilux's to improve front prop angle with big lifts.I have also seen a hilux do the same thing in reverse with an 8" hi pinion front diff. The pinion bearing preload is set using a crush tube and replacing this with a solid spacer seems to help but its a precision machining job. The axles and CVs seem pretty strong but have seen 2 blown CVs. Longfield CVs are available for them and take an incredible amount of abuse but worth noting that the "Longfields" that Trailgear now sell are not made in the same Factory (RCV - Rockford CV) that made them for Bobby Longfield before his death. You can however now buy direct from RCV which you could not while Bobby was alive. Also, the steering arms are bolted to the swivel housing on cruisers (not part of casting like rovers and Nissans) and these bolts can come loose if running big tyres. Marks adaptors in Oz does a one piece cast swivel housing to cure this. Different years got bigger brakes (as per previous poster) which don't allow 15" rims and also some have narrow drive flanges which can strip the splines but not sure of the years. Nissan GQ's run 233mm diffs (9.17") Rear - I've not seen one let go yet. Rear middle diff is wrong setup for landrover but seems very strong. Rear brake calliper design allows a badly worn pad to fall out followed by the piston if left unchecked! Factory rear locker is vacuum operated and actuator is reliable but have heard of people blowing the teeth of the locking dog (mates truck has ARB in rear now for this reason). Halfshafts are not floating like Rover and cruiser which I don't like as halfshaft directly supports and locates the wheel. Front diffs seem equally strong but housing can bend by the swivel ball. Welding gussets in here seems to be the cure. Freewheeling hubs and hub gears seem to be a weak link. When these fail they can destroy the splines on the end of the CV. Have seen CVs fail but not commonly. Cool bits for Nissan axles are not as varied as Toyo because the USA never got the GQ patrol/safari but Nitro gear make shafts and CV's and I hear RCV do now as well. Spares (stub axles, seals, bearings etc) are considerably dearer for Nissan or Toyota than Rover here. I bough a new stub axle complete with bronze bush and seal for my rover the other day and a mate with a Toyota commented that a stub axle for him would have been 2-3 times the price. Andy

MS can control fuel injection and ignition but MJ is ignition only. I bought a secondhand MS cheaper than MJ and have been using it for ignition only for last two years (edis) and its been faultless. Planning to start using the injection capabilities as well soon. Andy

Did you ever try the long injector leads through the window idea? Im picking a wiring fault (short to earth) on that injector. You say you checked pulses on all injectors except #7 as it was covered by plenum but im guessing you meant #5. Andy

Long term the thickening agent in the grease (soap) will cause the diff oil to foam up and reduce its ability to lubricate the diff properly. Andy

I got stuck in deep water a while back and had same symptoms after I got out. Turned out bell housing was full of water. Andy