honitonhobbit

Came home from the dentist... You know how it is. Feeling much like a good looking young man in a prison in Turkey. Can't speak properly. Bloody drool in my beard. She yes "I'm off to work in 30 minutes,please don't disturb me, I'm watching The Following on my kindle" The Following is about serial killers, a personal favourite of hers. I'm starting to think maybe I could pick up some tips. So she's at work. The kids are at home - being great and very sympathetic. I go to the fridge. No cheese. So I can't make a nice cheesy scrambled eggs to suck down my through. Luckily mobiles are not allowed at her work place.... The youngest wants to look at the 'holes in my mouth' so she can see 'all the blood'. They both want to know the full and gorey details and hear about the old greasy set of pinch nose mole grips and the cold chisel... I'm going to bed early tonight. Does single malt scotch count as alchohol or pain meds?

good point

It seems so It's interesting working through the maths on this... Buy a second hand engine; refurb it, fit it - do say two a year for ever

Sounds about right

Not that often - say 1 in 10... Those that don't get big mileages and will run on veg oil

I have a bump on the head... who are you?

Long story. Simplified. Bare in mind I am a City and Guilds Assessor for Wood Chippers I part own a large wood chipper - a 10" TP I was using it on Saturday - to chip some pruning's from my garden It got a blockage in the outlet shute I switched it off and climbed up on the top of the input shute, undid the bolts for the output shute. Lifted it off it's mount (it weighs about 30kgs), then slipped. I fell 5 foot, onto my back, hitting my head on the fence on the way down (twice). I managed to cushion the fall of the output shoot with my chest and right thigh Needless to say I was somewhat winded, but I crawled from under the shoot - thinking 'great, I can move my legs' I staggered into the kitchen. Took a massive bollocking from my wife for the blood trail on the floor, from the gash in leg. Had the 'not another trip to A&E' telling off - you know the one. Then had the massive "why do you do these things on your own" telling off. Then she went off to work, leaving me with the kids A&E told me I was an idiot. Picked the splinters out of the bump on the back of my head. Stitched up the gash. X-rayed my chest - cracked ribs and sternum; X-rayed my back, neck and pelvis, fine. I've got a stinking cold, so coughing and sneezing - hurts like a hurty thing And this afternoon I'm having two wisdom teeth out and a molar

The way I see it you need: enough power to get around Not too much power so you can keep your R380's going a bit longer Diesel Reliable Readily available if possible Relatively simple to fit - production line type mods for 15 vehicles The 606 has reached almost Urban Legend on here - no idea why. It's good, but not that good. However MB make good engines more readily available and easier to fit; The OM605, OM 602/OM662 and the OM603 (3.0ltr not 3.5) are the best more modern lumps - although the 617 Turbo is the toughest engine very made. The 605 can be fitted with the pump off the 662 to lose that nasty electrical stuff. Of the lot, you may find the 662 the easiest to find as it's fitted to the SsangYong Musso and Korando and is built in Korea. It's basically a mechanical version of the Sprinter 2.9 lump. Easily capable of 135 to 150 decent low down grunty hors power and plenty of torque The South American Ford Ranger runs the International Motors 2.8 version of the 300Tdi. It's sold in Africa - not sure if it's available in your part of what is a big old place The BMW M57 will destroy your drive train and isn't that reliable Isuzu 3.1's are okay but need a big radiator The Fuso Canter 4D32 and 4D30 are good - but low mileage serviced units are simply not available No matter what Fridge says about old engines, you need 15 engines plus 5 spare units to fit easily and reliably to 15 big heavy Land Rovers. They need to be reliable, day in day out, with loads of abuse and poor maintenance. What's your budget? The best engine for Africa that Land Rover made was the 200Tdi. Then the V8 (on carbs). Then the 2.25 Petrol... I would suggest making a list of options, spec for prep to fit from crate, container to ship etc

Fridge? Re-born? Bowie?

EP9, T Max Outback, TDS (Both Champion and Goldfish), Warn M8000, Warn XD9000, Superwinch Talon, Tiger Shark and X9. EP's are copies of the Come Up range - these are very good and generally cheaper second hand. These two Warn's are good but when you take them apart you realise just how much of a marketing job Warn is The best is the X9. It's relatively crude - no external brake, so you have to know what you are doing; but it's nails hard, beautifully built and parts are ALL available form Tavistock (or First Four Off Road) and it's low geared compared to the rest in it's weight range, so it will pull all day and night. The very best is anything from RED but these are so much money The cheap copies of the T Max are actually okay - so Winch Master, GWS, GEW etc. They just need more maintenance - lots more ALL winches need maintaining though; and decent solenoids, decent wiring, decent switch gear A 9k winch is fine. Learn to use it. Get taught, get competent. Learn about pulley blocks and proper angles of pull. Also start with steel wire rope so you know what you are doing, before you get nice easy string

Don't go by the figures. That's like believing VW on emissions. The RED unit is very, very good

Oh I'd still stick with an RV8 - but that's my stock answer with a problematic RV8 install. I just liked the Cummins option in that episode of Dirt Every Day My ethos is 'why make life difficult?' so many stock engines are actually very good. If you want to go faster, buy a hatchback. If you want bigger tyres, change the gearing. The RV8 is so basic and simple it's open to a huge range of reliability permutations for relatively low bucks. Even in the US of A or Canada

I watched that episode with a big smile. Did you see the later one where they replaced that preproduction engine with the new crate 2.8? The sump got smashed because it was plastic - now sorted by Cummins

Red have a new motor out...

true..

Payen or Elford - but buy from the manufacturer or importer Our local engine re-builder who is quite good (been doing it since the late 1800's) do a light skim whatever. They also use a liquid metal injection process on the cracks which is guaranteed for 100k

Fridge is actually quite clever

Nope. Series 2's and Discovery 1's

As mentioned elsewhere, I went up to Solihull yesterday for a Reborn VIP tour. It's like the normal Reborn tour but a bit more chilled. The Reborn set up is very interesting - worth going. It's moving to Coventry soon due to the enormous demand for very expensive, better than new 80" and 86" vehicles (and 107" if you are particularly flush with cash). It's not exepensive for the standard tour https://experience.landrover.com/manufacturing-tours/land-rover-reborn-tour BUT there are NO biscuits. Yes I did see the RRC and a 107" SW. Both caused me to need time to myself in a dark room

To be honest it's not really bio-diesel; it's pure rape seed oil, pressed from seed down at the workshop I think a Power Race thread is a good idea

AOSTYPII Any Old Sh!t That You Put In It It's a special low cost type of fuel, beloved of the Soviet Union. The pinnacle of an engine running on this type of fuel are the YaMZ-236M2 and YaMZ-238M2; as used in URAL trucks 'back in the good old days. The 236M2 is a V6 Turbo diesel, displacing 11.2 litres. The 238M2 is a V8 NAD displacing a nuns chuff short of 15litres. These engines are reputed to be able to run on the urine of conscript soldiers who have 'had a heavy night'. If it is possible to compression ignite the fuel, they will run on it. In this modern world of rapidly deteriorating technology, the ability for an engine to be 'hard as nails' and 'fixable with a hammer' is far more important than its ability to push out oodles of power

http://lifehacker.com/5875184/is-there-an-easy-way-to-measure-the-height-of-a-tree this is how we used to do it in the olden times

basic trig works fine - although theses days I use a laser measuring doohikey

I'll just have to make more bio-diesel then... I'm always fascinated with the perverted love affair with power in 4x4 circles. Must have more power. must make drive train stronger. Must run bigger tyres. Must run stronger drive train. Must have more power... Seems somewhat foolish. There's enough power. Too much power is fun but simply pointless in the end. Too much torque breaks traction and components. Smooth delivery is better. What Fridge said about his frolics, chasing a mouse in the woods, like a less hirsute Gruffalo, tells me he's got it right. On the subject of OM606's, the NAD version is really quite amazing. It's torque is not quite in the 'towing a big barge covered in armour plate' category. But it pulls sweetly form nothing all the way to the best part of 6k! 134bhp at 5k, max torque at 2.2k. And no bl**dy turbo. It also runs on AOSTYPII and is smoother than Private Walker on a date.

Stick another V8 in... Or an MB 605. It'll be a nightmare to fit but parts are everywhere In fact fit anything but a TD5