honitonhobbit
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I had a leccy fan in my 200 engine 100" - in the 6 years I drove that the thermoswitch never came on... ever
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Although I'm an ex 4x4 Journo/hack I still have 'sources'
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If I told you that....
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I was chatting to the guys form Yanmar Diesels at a trade show recently. They have a pretty comprehensive range of engines for re-engining plant. All are modern style with DPF's and all the gubbins. It was interesting talking to them about the placement of the exhaust being critical within the engine compartment, for emissions figures - they run the exhausts close to the intake to warm the intake air...
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I had the cylinder head done by the local engine specialist http://hamlinsengineering.co.uk/contact-us/
They did a great job - ported, swirled, valve work, light skim. Worth every penny. Some mild tweaks and I'm seeing useful improvements on the rolling road without stressing the engine in any way
Might I suggest you find a decent rad - in copper and brass - and get it re-cored by Arrow Radiators. None of the that cr&ppy plastic and alloy stuff
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They are adding Discovery 200 series to the list next
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I'm of the opinion that the youngest 200 is 23 year sold. Prior to it being in my ownership I have no idea how good the maintenance was. So I like to replace stuff; always for good parts. So if I'm doing a wheel bearing set, I know I've got a stub axle, gaskets, half shaft, oil seals, tab washers etc. I've also got a recon'd calliper, disc, flange bolts, stub axle bolts, shocks bushes etc. That way My vehicle is a proper rolling resto
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I turned down the present company's car allowance because of the 'Green' conditions they required. Not over 7 years old. 120gms/km. 55mpg.
Benefit in kind is going to hit the roof in April.
My present one is due back in mid May - Skoda Roomster Scout, great car - I had ordered a new motor, then found out I was going to be TUPE'd in July, so I'm just taking on a colleagues Leon Estate for the 6 weeks or so....
I don't like the Ford's looks... not keen on the latest Mazda looks either. Best looking truck IMHO is the Toyota D4D
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Years back in the days of The Japanese Off Road Club and the Adam Jenkins Challenge, I used to be the clerk of course; our recovery chaps were all from the Gypsy Register. Wonderful made bunch of eccentrics. 3.8 Perkins lumps out of JCB's, front and rear mechanical winches off Q9's or White's half tracks. Additional T boxes... Great blokes
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The company I'm working for at the moment haven't approached the "company car as a working vehicle" concept yet. So my company car gets so much abuse it's unreal. The contract comes to an end in June, so It's TUPE time again. I'm thinking of going down the 'money in hand, 44p a mile' option now that tax is so crazy. A pick up will then be very much on the cards; and the sale of at least one Disco. I'm thinking that I might keep the Mpi now that diesel is the sum of all fear
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The build quality of 200 Tdi water pumps is genuinely suspect now. Have a good look at the local motor-factor one. It should have a big old chunk of warrantee on it; and if it's Unipart then it may have fitting costs in that warrantee. I treat a water pump as a service part, so when the cambelt is due (every 3 years whatever the mileage), I replace the water pump. I tend to get the Unipart pump as it's well priced and because of the warrantee. I also replace the aux belts and alternator and PS pump mounting bolts/nuts and the timing chest cover bolts at the same time....
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Mind the Sitka, lodgepole, grand and a few others are all starting to get it as it crosses species
They stopped re-planting a while back - happier to let it develop successionally. So we get birch, gorse, scots pine, elm, bramble, more bramble...
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We live too far from civilisation to be a one car family. Added to which with a wife working crazy shift patterns 35 miles from home and my need to be on call anywhere over 1500kms of road network... To be honest a bit of common sense and we could sell the Discoveries, sell the Audi; buy a pick-up and use the company car more. But then I would have no toys
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Both - the dash display on both motors is surprisingly good. We both tend to use shell fuel (closest garage and air miles) with every third tank being Shell sooperdooper (always gives better mileage). I drive both motors on a fairly regular basis. The sheer get up and go of the 178 is rather entertaining - although the 140 is better at 6th gear 70+ acceleration. The 178 is an S line so minor issues with suspension bushes very noticeable and not ignorable.
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An excellent likeness old chap
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Interesting. Our family hack is a 2.0litr Audi A4 178bhp 6 speed. It's just coming up to 180k. We've not had any issues with EGR blockage - just DM flywheels, water pumps, sensors... It's still getting 60mpg plus - but that's my wife's daily commute which is mostly motorway out of traffic times. At 65mph it is relatively uneconomic - about 52mpg; at 80mph it happily runs above 60mpg. My mum has the same car but with a 140bhp 2.0ltr/six speed. She finds the same - at over the legal limit it is always more economic. She not had any EGR issues in her 140k miles. Neither car is fitted with a particulate filter
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Most utility vehicles were built by SVO at Land Rover and had, dare I say it, "IVA" approval so the vehicles weight limits are higher
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Very true. I'm still convinced it the way to go if you live in the more remote parts of the country, have kids and dogs, tow, move tools about etc.
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How are you coping with Phytopthera?
The way things are going with commercial forestry down here (which I'm no longer involved with I hasten to add), the general consensus is within 7 to 10 years it will be worked out due to lack of replacement planting and thanks to Phytopthera.
I work in utility arb/linear landscape management and it's completely the opposite - the biggest veg management contract ever seen in the UK is about to start down here and will be rattling on for the next 15 years. Rail is also coming back on strong with a big budget plan for the next 15 years. HV and LV is still going steady
We still supply a lot of poplar for pallet wood - but nowhere near the levels you do
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I've towed the odd load over the years, so have tried the usual tricks. I know the suspension on the Rodeo and D max very well - helping to develop the aftermarket suspension set up from IM made sure of that. There's no obvious reason why. I'm surprised the vehicle has such a high towing rating. Very few pickups tow well at the top end of the weight scale
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The biggest annoyance I've found with the Isuzu has been towing. The 2.5Td has different towing characteristics than the 3.0. Not in power but when towing the same tri axle trailer with the same weight on. The trailer snakes at over 50 on the 2.5... No idea why
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True...
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Bowie
Mk1 to Mk 3 Ranger (UK) is a B5000
Mk 4 is a BT 50
Mk 5 is Ford's own.
But this is different is many countries world wide
Worth noting that the Ranger built in Brazil uses the 300Tdi and the 2.8TGV
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Generally it's easier to harvest softwood - lots of technical reasons - with a machine
The chestnut is most likely coppice wood - so younger stems off a regularly trimmed butt.
Thinning is generally done by hand
It's all about money. Softwood over here is worth next door to nothing. So you need to maximise the amount felled in the shortest time. Most UK grown softwood goes for pulp - either paper or stuff like sterling board. Or these day Bio-Mass
Hardwood has loads more uses - like your Sweet Chestnut for example; split rails, palings, shingles, work tops, fire wood, turnings, furniture, window frames, veneer. All higher money value. Semi mature and mature Sweet Chestnut are dangerous trees to fell. There longitudinal cell structure means that they have a habit of splitting when you start the back cut. So 5-10 tonnes of tree splits twenty feet up and swings out the butt past you face faster than a fast thing. One of the few trees you burrow the nose of your saw into and reverse the back cut form the hinge...
Adjusting driving style to avoid clogging inlet and EGR?
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That was pretty much what they said... Nice engines mind