Ed Poore

There are some spray on galvs you can get. Not sure how good they are compared to hot dip but I'd have thought like all paints it's down to the prep so as long as the surface is clean and degreased properly then that's better than nothing.

I put a Hi-Lift through my rear cross member a few years ago and got in touch with Clive at Blacksheep. Regardless of his skills he was quite frankly downright rude in his response to my enquiry - stating that he didn't do them any more. I ended up speaking to a friend who runs a trailer fabrication company (CLH Trailers) and one of their guys built a custom 'C' section one up to my specification. Main stuff was 6mm thick with then another 6mm plate behind the tow bar area, the welding was as always superb. Chris has commented he didn't think they could get their press brake into the corner to do the tapered bit (it's a BIG press brake) so they might have to come up with another approach for that. When I popped down to check it before they welded it on I reminded him of the comment because it looked like he'd managed to squeeze it in. I didn't believe him when he said that it wasn't bent - it was welded. Honestly you can't tell, I've challenged a few people and unanimously they reckon it's been bent not welded. One benefit of going custom is I did away with all the holes in the normal cross members and just drilled the ones I needed, not mentioning the fact that it's much easier to clean out. All in (I dropped the fuel tank and made sure all bolts would come loose) from me dropping off the 110 to them making measurements, cutting, bending and welding, cutting off the old one and welding in the new one took 1.5 days.

If it was an 8x8 with a roll cage behind either a shogun or 110 might have been ours... Dad picked it up on the 11th near Leeds and then north via Lakes and Inverness. I brought it down last Saturday but not through Yorkshire, down via Spean Bridge, Dalwhinnie, Dumfries, then M6, M40. Taking it to Wales tomorrow evening. Don't quite trust it to get up the hill so Dad'll fettle it a little before we take it back to the Highlands.

That's what I was towing but hardly anyone noticed it. Guess they're a bit more common here / people focused on their phones...

Depends on the kind of bench work... My preference is the JBC Nase but then again I'm probably dealing with much smaller stuff One of the technicians at work commented that the Metcals (at least some of them) are constant power rather than constant temperature, so subtly different in how they operate but can make a difference depending on what you're doing. I've got an old Weller in the shed for bigger stuff and it's perfectly fine and the tips have lasted for years.

I think given I had one second glance when towing an 8 wheel drive amphibious vehicle down from the Highlands last weekend I think Mike's pretty safe...

Ooo near Durness I think last week And bivouac location in Kyle of Eriboll at sunrise. First time a Land Rover has been up here And on the boundary to our small estate. To my knowledge first time a vehicle other than helicopter, quad or Argo has been up to this bit of the hill. 6 lockers required (none in the P38 but he did need a few tows).... Thanks @Hybrid_From_Hell for building the lockers. Joe might start saving for some lockers after seeing how the 110 and Shogun performed with them.

I've got to say that in my 110 I've never noticed the temperature gauge go above it's normal resting position about 1/3rd of the way up. I've towed the Full Fat a reasonably short distance (~20 miles) up and down some small but very steep (low range required) hills. But also towed the Hampshire Air Ambulance's 'pod' for many miles. Maybe the 1.2 transfer box does something for that in that the engine is potentially working less while cruising. I've got what I think might be Silent Coat across the engine vehicle (floors, sides and roof) and it does make a big difference both to noise and also internal temperature even though it's fitted on the inside of the vehicle unlike John's. There are also (ragged) carpets on top.

110's have larger diameter rear springs than a 90, also their brakes are bigger as well I think.

Hasn't @miketomcat got a 45...

One of the first times Dad went to the Goodwood Revival. One of the races had a starting line up worth around £12 million (for something like a dozen cars). At least half of them required a full rebuild at the end of the race... Hell if you can afford it at least enjoy it. He spoke with one of the owners and apparently it's only raced once a year at Goodwood, they then spend the rest of the year rebuilding it for the next year...

Well that's one way to knock up a free ground anchor spade... Cut on plasma, weld brave in. Put in press and voila! Still some work do to but for 30 minutes including thinking time wasn't too bad and was getting late so stopped making noise.

Bah just get a 110 and then you only have to crawl into the back (and in my case compete with two Labs). Slowly converting the back to be more configurable, building my own version of Mantec's load system, but stronger . In my defence because I've got L322 seats in both the front and second row the Mantec system won't fit even if I could source it.

Without a sense of scale they just look like standard 1/4" terminals. Note there are many different varieties because some of them have little tabs on for locking into holders like this.

Well if no one else can I could pop up to meet you on the M4.

He's nearish Haslemere without giving the game away. I'm near Farnham so if you were heading down the M3 I'm only 10 minutes away so could save you the trip to deepest darkest West Sussex.

I think it's more the fact that if you have the prop you'll never use it. Guarantee the first time you leave it behind you'll break one irreparably like Nige's on his thread about the axle strengtheners...

Hopefully he meant UJ? Although not something I'd relish changing on the side of the road.

If you've bent it I've got a normal one surplus to requirements . At least I'd expect it to be a normal one from a disc braked 300Tdi 110 CSW.

More details here by the looks of it https://www.offroadlifestyle.com/2018/05/16/il-defender-secondo-tornado-motorsport/

I've found TIG puts in waaay more heat than MIG but maybe that's cos I'm slow? Was sort of tempted but bit blingy for me and don't really have a need and don't have any spare cash so that solved that. I had the same thought over the holes and mud. Curious to know how a dimple die setup would compare to domex on strength vs weight vs cost.

Simples, have more tools than you have space for then you'll have to squish them in . The peli's we use at work (I think we've stopped using genuine Peli's to ship our products because they never come back) come with pick and pluck foam. If you're that bothered then I have a friend with a big laser cutter and she can cut foam on it I think. Normally I'm carrying some welding equipment so gauntlets can add some padding. In all seriousness I usually suffer from the first problem...

As an aside Solent Plastics supply Rose cases which are pretty much on par with Peli (except warranty I think) but probably a tenth of the price.

Surely that just means you can use it on sites as well with 110V?

Thought they went bust. Flat dog took bought the rights I think.