BogMonster

Where on earth do you manage to square the power output!!! Two lots of 6hp made 12hp last time I looked

I don't know the measurements in this example but for instance a 2 inch drum should provide 50% more line pull than a 3 inch drum for the same torque input to the end of the drum I think? 1.5 times the pull, multiplied by 2 motors could be three times the pulling power in theory?

Given that most of the casing and drum and mountings are presumably still original, I'd say an 8K designed winch...?

I reckon you need to decrease the angle slightly. The reason I say this is I have one of Nigel's KittyGripper anchors which is more or less a Pull-Pal. It worked well when new but has since been "Milemarkered" a few times and the pin holes which retain the blade are, erm, not all that round any more this means the angle of blade has increased a bit and I now have to stand on the back of mine to get it to set most of the time, when I never needed to before. So I figure a shallower angle should get you back to where mine used to be I have a wireless remote for my winch so it isn't a problem, push the anchor in by hand, stand on the back and winch in till the blade is mostly below ground, then go back and drive if required.

Tut, disgraceful Must try it some time

I have no need for such a thing but I take my hat off to Jim for developing something - that video is impressive and surely has to be one of the best electric winch setups anywhere

Milemarker H12 std kit on a Bikini mount, with ZF74 pump and 90ft of Dyneema 10mm. Why? Had an 8274 and Husky in the past. Husky was good but too heavy. 8274 I always thought felt short of puff when things got iffy. Pro's of a Milemarker for me - Speed doesn't really matter to me due to needing to rig ground anchors etc which takes more time than winching anyway! - 100% reliability and duty cycle is there if required - 100% independence of any vehicle systems apart from electrics which are on a 5 amp fuse - if you blow the thing to bits (unlikely) all you need to do is cut the belt off with a penknife and you still have a 100% operational vehicle. Not so with electric unless spending £££ on multi alternator multi battery setups. - Cannot be overloaded, get to full load and it just opens the PRV. Not that I have ever found full load yet (only in high range) - Awesome power, the tortoise and the hare.... seems that it will shift anything on a single line pull which may be quicker than messing around double lining an electric winch - Starts when you say Go and stops when you say Stop no run-on Cost - well there was some duplication (cables and fairleads and of course freight to the moon which increases costs a fair bit but about £1200 for the winch/mount landed here with wire and roller fairleads, then another £200 or so for the Dyneema and the alli fairlead, about £50 for a Husky wired remote and another £100 or so for the Milemarker wireless remote. So about £1550 all in. Still to come, a Lodar one of these days as the MM wireless is not that great. I like it because it is bulletproof and when you are in the middle of nowhere that is the most important thing of all

I have never owned one nor would I want to, from what I have seen of them they are noisy, slow, heavy lumps of pig iron that should be fitted to a canal boat and might have made a good conversion back when the peak of Land Rover engineering was the 2.25. Tin hat and flame proof coat on Buy a boat and use it as a mooring. It shouldn't drag! Sorry, Perkins-hater here so I will shut up now

A Td5 alt is 120A and I think the D2 V8 one is as well...

Diffs in a D2 are 2 pin same as you'd get in a 90, don't know about the rest sorry!

I'd look at all the earths as Chris suggests.

Are you sure it's the turbo? We had one at work like that and it sounded terrible but it turned out the last person who looked at it hadn't seated one corner of the air filter box in properly and it was air whistling in through the hole. Also seen one where the intercooler had fractured producing a similar effect. There always is noticeable play in turbos, Tdi ones anyway, can't say I have ever shoved my finger up a Td5 one.

What's the verdict on Redex vs Millers then?

Don't know, I suppose if a hose bursts its all very well having the winch lock solid but you may need to let the load down? in which case a brake would be required I haven't really done any lowering in mine but you can hear the power it soaks up when you winch out just to pay line out, so I think it does absorb a lot of energy and I should think it is very controllable on lowering out.

I got a whole new radiator unit (just the rad not the intercooler or frame) for my old 90 from Bearmach and I seem to remember it was only about £100 so not a lot of point recoring at that price I thought. Seemed well enough made when I got it...

To add to that, there is a valve in one of the hoses which provides "braking" on power out e.g. for lowering, so the fluid flows freely in one direction but in the other direction a plate drops over the fluid inlet from the motor so the fluid all goes through a tiny hole, this provides a strong braking effect and then when you take your finger off the button the valve closes and stalls the motor as Tom said.

All the Rostyles I have ever seen have been tube type. I think it says "tube type" stamped on the wheels somewhere doesn't it?

Ah the human torque wrench "3 grunts on a 4 foot bar and she's a good 'un"

Les, three words Pot Kettle Black

Can't remember if this has been posted or not but still worth a read, found it while looking through some old email from a year or so back According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played knock-and-bolt and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mum or dad to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law. This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them. Congratulations! Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us. This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face: Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle. For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born. Michael Jackson has always been white. To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone. Now let's check if we're getting old... 1. You understand what was written above and you smile. 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the next afternoon, after a night out. 3. Your friends are getting married/already married. 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers. 5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head. 6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around. 7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together. 8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some one in particular.

I have my own printer but the cost is much more than that. I think the paper is about 5 or 10p a sheet for a start (6x4" photo).....

Power to the ECU? Ignition is independent from the ECU Does it have a crash (inertia) switch to cut off fuel in an accident?

If **-*** is Hi-Lux I should think he gets a big enough laundry bill with a 350?

No the clue was the bit that says "From: Belgium"

Probably for ABS or something else that you don't have fitted? Not sure though...