jules

Fantastic see the Shire LRC supporting the local community but bring the other half to drive you home

Don't worry the marshalls on the gate have a list of new members we are lagging behind on the post.

Dyslexia rules KO

Shires 21st June Play day Shires play day with a few punches out for those that want to play and challenge themselves there will be a Burger van and all the normal rules apply members only so if your not a member you need to sign up fast..

We had a great time but got very wet Friday night and saturday so at 10pm on Sat we found that Sunday was not suppose to be any better so we chickened out, loaded up and drove home We did had a great time otherwise got loads of bargains and drove home with a very very loaded 110

I hadn't seen that pic that 110 I bought off him years later it was brand new there. that was also the 110 my day asked me to park when we were at Billing show 93 or 94 and I disapared for four hours (I was 16 ) ( In case anyone is wondering I'm on the left and Ali (reads90) is on the right with our late dad

My 90 had a 4.2 auto with a its LSE auto box I have no completes at all, with 34" simex and lockers its could do figure of eight donuts with ease if you think a LT77 would take that punishment OK but I wouldn't trust one myself, that box was just as good the day I took it out as it was the day I fitted it three years earlier. It was very good for hill climbs as well it was great for keep grip were manuals would always loose it but that due to the way an auto drives If I have the time I would fit that combo to my 110 tomorrow as I prefer the way it behaves over my 4.6 hse believe it or not

I will see you up there but if not say hello to Barry for me. Julian

I'm going after work on the sat and my old 110 is going on a stand for an african charity my co-driver is involed with. I'm just going to catch up with some mates

I've been competing and driven a 4.2v8 along a 50-60 deg trench on its doors and only being held up by its winches but the whole time I knew I was asking too much and at any time the oil light could have come on and my co-driver was watching for smoke to whole time. As it happens it caused a air lock and lead to the truck over heating and failing the timed section. unless your running a dry sump which will only help a bit your going to struggle with most engines than put out any real power on a side slop.

I have used single koni's and been fairly happy with them but any twin shock set up will be uncomfortable its more really for comp use than cross country travel a good quality shock with the correct spring set up should be more than enough to give you what you want. I was out in Aus a little while ago and drove both of Reads trucks on outback roads be it for a short distance the car was still comfortable and smooth well as much as one can be on corrugations. I can't see how two shocks working on one wheel can do anything less than over damp that wheel. Don't get me wrong when competing you need that but you’re not beating the death out of a truck on a expedition.

I've seen Suzuki sierra on a Nissan GQ chassis in QLD (the white Maxxis one) so I see no reason why a freelander on a Rangy chassis is any different

Just a small point car elecy fans are great but LR's weigh a bit more and demand a little more from the cooling system "If electric fans were any good Rande Rover's, Discovery's and Defenders would have them fitted at the factory and LR would not wast money on the Viscous ones would they all have" Nigel I was out in Dubai last year in the 40+ degree heat dessert in a 25 yr old 3.9 RRC FIA racer servicing and case car back up for a 4.2 RRC FIA racer both cars only had the factory cooling set up and neither suffered any cooling problems at all the racer would get turned off at about 6pm and would would be working on it well into the small hours and the plenum was still too hot to touch even after several hours so there was no ambient cooling at all. but the 3.9 we were basically living out of has AC and that car would not get turned off all day even as we sat waiting at the service points and that could be for four or five ours the temp gauge never moved I must admit I was shocked at how stable both cars cooling systems worked in the desert heat both me and my co-driver were melting but we were laughing about how our racers would over heat at the drop of a hat in the UK but the very over loaded classic we had when we were lost in the dunes for best part of a day and was being worked very very hard still the temp never moved so there is nothing wrong with the factory design on the I think they call it Saudi spec LR's

Isn't the block you have just bought your S1 from one of the fireman for the same islands

I think alot of people are forgetting is who realy runs things if your tyres are not rated correctly to the factory specs of your cars log book it's not insured which I would assume if your not insured the plod will slap a instant driving ban on you. But you would have to upset a plod alot for them to dig that deep to then ban you.....but in theory...

Valid point how many burglary's have killed people in relation to motoring offences I lost my Dad in a RTA

Never had a blow out on a motorway have you Most mud tyres don't have the correct speed rating for example how can people say that a 36" simex is speed rated to 100mph (which its not) but you must be pretty dumb to think that all the mods people do are all legal

Thats my Co-drivers car.... Steven Smith

Your right there it looking like a set of spare pannels to me

It was great to see how 4x4's should be used as cars are not allowed on the island

anything from £250 to £1000 but it would be a shed and is it realy worth shipping a shed to Canada

Your right its not a perentie This is a perentie

I don't have beacons fitted to any of my trucks but as a Civil Eng / Construction Site manager I still have loads of mag mount and suction mount lights for if I need them most of the site I have run over the last 7-8 years I have not needed to drive round but any plant operating on a Construction site must by law have a beacon to be allowed onto into the site. (Obviously not the car park but a large site which needs transport this applies to) The regs cover this on my cars with survey purposes and all my cars are insured for my business use.

The racer takes at least 8hrs normaly spread over a weekend but its very dependant were its been and if it was wet or dry. Slab or Hogmoor normaly the underneith needs a re-paint. The Tiverton BORC last year took two weekend to clean off once I'd removed the seats and and harnesses etc. (I still get the micky take for not doing a very good job)

My 1990 110 the wiper's only worked on fast and it was the stork at fault it was about £40 for a new one. having said that intermittent still doesn't work