Nigelw
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3yrs since I did my last in exactly the same way.
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Been 200kms on the new clutch but tonight I managed to slap it into 3rd not 1st and when booting it off the roundabout it slipped like a slippery thing on a slippery surface, an instant "Doh" moment and a drop into second got us on our way.
But what went wrong?
Any special procedures for bedding the clutch in?
Never had this before so looking for ideas here.....
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What does it cost to get a pump roconditioned these days?
Might be worth it for the good feeling inside knowing it's one less thing even if it does not cure it?
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I see no gains in removing from one to swap to another.
Why not just buy new OME to suit the lighter 90?
Ok high quality brings higher costs, if the 90 is going to be more off road orientated, why not look at some of the other potentially lower costing performance springs and shox, I have found Terrafirma a good choice for my driving style and less than 1/2 price of OME!!!
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Think you're onto something ther Mr. Hobbit!
I remember when you could buy felt tips that were invisible except when black light was shone, could be some interesting subliminal messages written on the bonnet, lacquered over and black light off the roof mounted light bar could be fun
The bonnet mounted light pod rules, leave that well alone Al....
Rigger boots, on order....
cammo trousers, on order....
one life live it stickers, out of stock....
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I have tried to get as close to the engine part for you in Adam001 build thread for his 110, he chose a BMW 2.8 STRAIGHT 6.
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=76920&p=764281
I found this on a facebook page a few months ago as i intend to go petrol power as I am sick of 568E per quartle for my Discovery, 48% of which is diesel surcharge!!!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/144267379068375?view=permalink&id=479883248840118
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For Sweden over winter I'd probably recommend 10/40 in the engine and maybe a 70/80 gear oils in the rest, it's a bit thinner and being multi grade will thicken up.
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Blimey, must dasy to "amber beacons "R" us" and get me hooked up, along with LED lightning rods for them 50" mega bars with 5 billion lumen on a cigar lighter plug.
Serious question, are go faster stripes back in fashion yet?
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Daan, I see your point but for me, the Disco needs to stay full bodied, trimming or rear arches at most!!!
The ability to swap out nut and bolt parts to get back to standard a priority, I have no idea which EU county is next but some get tetchy over little things, no need to give scrutineers something glaringly obvious to find fault with.
The one car needs to do absolutely everything from groceries to mud plugging, in this particular EU county I simply cannot afford 300E/month tax and insurance + diesel for one toy and half as much again just to have a eurobox burger bakkie +fuel(remember I am not in the UK, you pay for a whole year what I pay per month on road tax, and insurance is incredible, 5X what I paid previously in the UK for higher spec vehicles!)
Lewis, the Land Rover dominates the UK offroad scene, something I used be quite into from mid 90s to 07ish, here, unless you go for LR club events, then I have honestly found Land Rovers to be minority vehicles, especially people driving full bodied RRCs and Discoveries, like I said in a post in my members vehicles thread, 35" tyres seem to have become the norm and events, courses etc, are built to suit those size tyres. Yes after 2 happy years driving with minimal complaints and several days off roading, green lanes to pay and play days I was mostly happy with the Disco, still am, but I am also recognizing that I want to participate more in the heavier terrain rather than just watch, a great many Defs here run the same size tyres but with suspension lifts, not that many folk bother with Disco's here as they simply cost too much as toys, Belgium is a country where they are abused as commercial vehicle tax is cheap, also some are now turning 25 so get old timer status so even cheaper!!!
In Holland unlike the UK a full bodied RRC or Discovery is not a vehicle of choice for offroading, they cost too much to keep on the road and export value is 10X scrap/parting it out in terms of hassles! Defs around here are driven off road but I do more daring tracks in a diesel fiesta than some of them
Besides, if you can afford a Def around here you are most likely to polish it every Sunday than off road it, new prices are tripple that in the UK and second hand prices for good clean ones will surpass new prices when the stop is finalized.Oh and no, for as much as I see the 35" treps and think YUMM!!!! In reality I can't justify spending 3000E on diffs etc to enable fitting them!
Food for thought though!
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Rear bumper is not built but the card board can have extra taped on
No cage yet!
I will be adding a suspension lift but it will be no more than 2", I was thinking more that a body lift would or at least could double my gain even fitted early? It allows wheel clearances now for current wheels and also, if and when a suspension lift comes I don't have to fit extended bump stops and can let the wheel travel fully in the arches. Was looking at some 35" tyres today, maxxis treps ♡♡♡
The more I think about this the further away from any sort of answer I'm getting.....
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In a quandry, after the weekend altering my rear quarter panels and testing the flexion of my inner front wings on the axle twisters at Budel, I set to thinking about my best course of action?
1. 2 inch body lift to clear the body away from the already (in my opinion) big enough tyres.
2. 2 inch suspension lift with height limiting bump stops.
Been mulling over the pro's and con's of each in turn but can't seem to find a big enough advantage to choose one over the other.
I must admit that it was an eye opener to see that the most popular tyre height was 35" on most vehicles, the coopers stand a shade under 32" but there were a few of the big rig wranglers running 37s
. Much of the courses were built up with these larger tyre sizes in mind and this gave fairly standard trucks like mine a real pasting, the little zooks had many a body work altering session or a near death experience of a corner of their car disapearing into the abyss of a hole infront of them.who's done what and why?
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4BD1T ♡
How can you do it in France? Thought they were on par with Belgium for ridiculousness! !!
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Good work Ben, still thinking about fitting OBA on my 200Tdi and it would have been handy this weekend, better than putting 2 in the tank station to get me back up from 18psi to 35psi on the Dizco after yesterday's road book
How much capacity does the RR have in it's own reservoir?
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Boydie my hero
you just brought back one of my funniest memories of working on heavy plant, we had an old Volvo A25a articulated dump truck, it had some 24,000+hrs on the clock and consumed 2gal engine oil/day 1gal transmission fluid and some 5gallons hydraulic oil/week, boy was i happy when the turbo blew, rebuild time!!! The thick plumes of smoke hung in the quarry like smog and took forever to lift, there was nothing on the dipstick by the time it got to the road way for the low loader to fetch it.Back to the yard, engine out, boxes out, the strip and overhaul began!
After 3 weeks of this that and the other delays we arranged that I'd meet the fitter in the workshop at 5am and we'd set off with him escorting me the 11miles to the quarry where the rest of the gang was coming, start her up, everything seemed ok, set off down the road an suddenly the phone started ringing, the fitter was yelling for me to pull over as there was a 15 foot flame singeing every overhanging branch above the road
seems the exhaust got filled with oil and it was burning off on our maiden drive post rebuild, I thought it was hillarious
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http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=79562&p=716024
I had similar, once upon a time.
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Really like that, how much electrics have you installed? Just a thumping great leisure battery and 12V or you fitted it out with 240 too?
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If it gets bad cut the head off with a slitting disc on the grinder and drill it out, I remove the hub usually and drill it from the outside in, less metal and a lot more room
often drilling it out to 6.5mm and walloping a 7mm coach bolt in works, failing that be sure you drill it central an square as big bits carve more meat! Dont want to mutilate a thread if you can help it. -
It looks like the love child born of a Delorean and a 2dr RRC
YUCK!
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Get part numbers and google image both, also dimensions are worth googling too, there is usually a good reason.
I know a front prop for a 3.9 D1 is expensive due to it being a skinny solid bar as opposed a tubular effort.
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Amazingly the RRS has been far better received in terms of reliability compared witg it's platform partner the D3, odd though isn't it!!!
I was looking at either D3 or RRS of 07/08 vintage as next vehicle, petrol power is the only way forward!!!
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Oh yes, one of the main reasons I have a strap from starter battery neg to the block, it worked grpm new going round the houses via the chassis but age and corrosion shown here adds up!!!
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Luc had one fitted last winter 4hrs labor and he supplied the kit +hardware, cost him just over €300 inc BTW(VAT)
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If you have ARBs as I suspect you might, then nothing to worry about.
spring rates vary as do uncompressed spring heights, I had some genuine springs for an old RRC and a set of HD std height springs, the HD springs seemed shorter but had a much higher spring rating, the genuine springs seemed to compress to a similar height when under the vehicle. Probably not much help but I would fit them and plod on
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Considering the amount of soldered connections I made in the rebuilding of the burnt out electric on Rusty, I'll expect him to burst into flame every time I turn the key.
Besides, if you can afford a Def around here you are most likely to polish it every Sunday than off road it, new prices are tripple that in the UK and second hand prices for good clean ones will surpass new prices when the stop is finalized.
. Much of the courses were built up with these larger tyre sizes in mind and this gave fairly standard trucks like mine a real pasting, the little zooks had many a body work altering session or a near death experience of a corner of their car disapearing into the abyss of a hole infront of them.
you just brought back one of my funniest memories of working on heavy plant, we had an old Volvo A25a articulated dump truck, it had some 24,000+hrs on the clock and consumed 2gal engine oil/day 1gal transmission fluid and some 5gallons hydraulic oil/week, boy was i happy when the turbo blew, rebuild time!!! The thick plumes of smoke hung in the quarry like smog and took forever to lift, there was nothing on the dipstick by the time it got to the road way for the low loader to fetch it.
Bedding in a clutch.
in Discovery Forum
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Pretty much std clutch pack really, 200Tdi running 15psi at manifold and a mild tweek on the pump, not exactly a competitor to your Cummins Ash but it can't half shift when you push the 200Tdi hard!