BogMonster

OK well the particular issue I am aware of is that if you fit a gauge into a Td5 with a Tdi instrument pack harness, the gauge reads too cold. No idea why, all the plugs are the same, it just does (harness has different part no, though I don't know what the actual differences are). The reverse is also true; fit an instrument pack built with a Td5 harness in a 300Tdi (the new sort - like mine with the Td5 instrument pack electronic speedo etc) and the gauge says it is over heating (but it isn't). If the gauge in your other Td5 is working, I suggest try swapping the whole instrument pack (not just the gauge) over including the harnesses clipped to the back of the pack. If that cures it, that is your problem, if it doesn't, it may be something else in the loom that is causing a similar effect (but as I don't know what actually caused the problem I can't help with that).

Full story here Not a dangerous recovery, but undeniably an F great big one

What was the original source of the temp gauge and wiring harness for the gauge? Have you used a whole Defender instrument pack out of a Td5 age Defender? I have an idea ... but it's a long shot....

Box thing? Not sure what you mean but I guess it is a rock Les

True. Tracks aren't necessarily the solution to everything though Reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago, a big campfire close to MPA, apparently the fire brigade from the base were sent to sort it out in their big rescue trucks. I think the sequence of events went something like "Tally ho this thing's got 6 wheel drive so it'll go anywhere" - floppppppp - brum brruuuuumm brum brum bruuuuuuuuum - "oh bo&&&&cks!" I understand the little Scorpions and Scimitars got on fairly well in 82 though - and what better vehicle to do a kinetic recovery with, just close the hatch and floor it, the rope can't get you through all that armour not sure I would like to try 70 odd tonnes of Challenger 2 though, it might end up like that photo above

Paul, It would have been perfect for it, but BBQs are strictly off limits up there! All the deep tussac grass on the point is incredibly flammable and if it caught fire it wouldn't stop for anything, it would devastate the whole area. As there are quite a few visitors, you can't trust people's common sense so the rule is just No. Steve, correctly guessed Apart from the one at the top which is the rare shady eyed penguin

20mm Phalanx 6 barrel CIWS?

Today I went to the northernmost point of East Falkland, Cape Dolphin, a couple of hours on the road and an hour or so off it gets to this Some penguins A nice bit of coastline, and a passing turkey vulture or two which is home to some of these One on the left saying "Oooooooooooh what was in that bottle" Penguins are not top of the food chain Right at the north end, I stopped for lunch and a beer. View to the left was this and view to the right was this You don't get much better spots to stop for lunch, anywhere in the world Went back to the 90 to discover the locals were investigating the prospects of using this curious metal tree for a nest Cheeky little b*gger! A thoroughly enjoyable day out

Must be better than the regular type then While it should never be doubted that I am grateful for the military presence in this part of the world, one thing they don't have a reputation for here is skilled off-road driving - in fact two words would spring to mind, one is "elbow" and the other one I couldn't possibly use on a family forum

Two other words #Kin Expensive that debogging probably cost more in fuel than the rover was worth!!!

Ah, that one was taken not far away from me, while Mount Pleasant was being built I believe I'm amazed somebody wasn't court-martialled for doing that with a multi million pound helicopter... Can just see the air accident investigation report: "Cause of accident: rotor failure following impact with Land Rover bumper"

Coo eck that looks a bit complicated for me ... not sure I would be brave enough to start lopping holes in the axles I think I'll stick with the ARB's when I eventually get around to lockers, that looks a bit too much for me, nice job though! One for the tech archive I think

Geoff (user number one) registered 3 August But it was 6 Aug when most logged on for the first time, in my case to the welcoming message in the Discovery forum.... So I vote 6 Aug as the Official Birthday

I'd go along with that. One of the Janspeed turbo converted RR's (3.5 I think) found its way here, never drove it but apparently it went like %^&$ off a shovel, while it went (which wasn't for all that long), then blew up.... never seen it again Nightmare of a thing, had a look at it once, seem to remember lots of non standard parts on the engine, funny exhaust system to go with the turbo, blah blah. Words "touch", "wouldn't", and "barge pole" spring to mind

I think you probably need thicker cardboard, that stuff doesn't look up to the job to me

I nearly had the same thing. The plugs in the Thor V8s are fancy platinum tipped ones that are supposed to be good for 72k miles or something stupid, mine got changed a couple of years ago as I think the quoted service life figure is just stupid (though when you see the cost of the Thor plugs you start to realise why ... about £8 each IIRC!) I took them out for a look just to see if they looked OK a few months ago, I had awesome trouble with about four of them, they were really seized in the head and came out so far with that "skreeeeeeeek" that bolts usually make just before they snap off... I was having kittens at this point and nearly left them but I decided they would only get worse so slackened each of the troublesome ones off about a turn and hosed a load of WD40 in around them, left for a while, hosed a bit more in and wound them back in a bit, after that they came out OK. They went back in with a fair bit of copper grease on..... I guess the problem is that the plugs are (presumably) some sort of steel and the head is aluminium. And as Land Rover owners we all know what happens when you put those two together.... From now on I am going to take them out at least once a year for a look just to make sure they haven't seized in.

Filling it with sand I think...

Chomping my way through the output from my barbecue this evening and the phone rings... it's Paul. "You busy...?" "Having supper. Why?" "Well you know down at Mary Hill, where we wash the rovers off, Stevie's got his Pajero stuck in the east end with a trailer on, we came down to pull it out but nobody's got a tow rope... oh and you might want to bring a camera" Hastily finished supper, grabbed camera and headed off..... to find this (and a couple of people with slightly wet feet) A quick tug removed the Pajero, and a second removed the trailer, though towing a trailer on the end of 10 metres of rope does let it have a bit of a mind of its own as far as direction is concerned, probably not recommended for on road use Quote for the day: "Oh yeah it's a quarry, hard in the bottom, you won't get stuck in there"

So you do 60mph and 3000rpm then

Hmm I had it in my mind that it was 2x for pulling, 5x for lifting and minimum 10x when personnel transport is involved i.e. lifting people. Which means if I wanted to hang myself I'd need a decent rope for safety's sake One criticism I saw somewhere about wire winch cables is that 8mm wire rope which is commonly used is only rated to about the breaking strain of many 9000lb winches, giving almost no safety factor at all.

I think you'll find a DIY repair won't last too long - it never seems to whenever I have seen somebody do it anyway! - so it might pay to obtain and fit a proper leakoff pipe before it goes again. It's another thing where genuine ones are a lot better than cheapo ones as well - the cheapo ones sometimes have the pipe blow off the unions, where the genuine ones have a proper lip that the pipes push over on each union to hold it securely.

That is my other pet hate. I spent an hour and a half fitting a middle silencer to my old 300Tdi 90, it should have taken about 10 minutes (four bolts and a rubber mount). Old one came off easy enough, but the new one was the wrong length (by about an inch) and the hanger bracket was welded on both in the wrong place and at the wrong angle! There was some swearing... and I swore at that point I'd never mess around with cheap ones again!

I'm surprised at that Tony. We change a lot of exhausts at work and the Genuine ones whether Defender or Discovery are usually excellent. My 1995 90 still had the original exhaust on it when I bought it, I did have to change a couple of bits of it about two years ago but that was still 8 years old... my old 200Tdi Disco had the original exhaust on it when I sold it (1991 vehicle, sold in late 97), and even the V8 I have now is still original at 4 years old and petrol engines chew up exhausts much quicker.

Yes you can, 300Tdi auto and I think there may be a few 200Tdi autos as well, not sure about that though (never seen one). The best advice I can give is try before you buy, some people swear by them but I hate them, too much noise and not enough go for me. Others think they are wonderful... so try it first if you can.