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Jim How big a head do you make? just wondering what the success rate was in something like this and how big you found it needed to be? (Future requirements at this end in mind!!!)

I don't really know - except that it was an aerosol can of some sort and put out a good long spray - he stood back about 4/5 feet from the tyre when it went on. Wasn't really much flame as I remember, just a bang and the tyre popped on! I guess if you put too much in you might end up with 400psi in the tyre which could be interesting

I went away for a bimble around the hills this afternoon & ended up with an unexpected challenge: found a deserted Merc, having "failed to proceed" quite seriously did a good job of it too - big 11.50 tractorgrip tyres, right out of sight: As I've said on occasions it can be a bit soft here, even if it often doesn't look like much in the photos No sign of the driver but I knew whose it was so thought I would try and shift it with the Milemarker - G-wagens are heavy bits of kit at the best of times, never mind when they're bogged out of sight on one side in a swamp! And nobody else around meant it was going to be a dead weight - should be a good test First attempt just ripped a load of ground up dragging the 90 forwards, second attempt I spun the front wheels in using reverse gear, which just made a bigger hole (90 still moved forwards) so I had to wind out more Dyneema and drop the front down over a bank: mid pull I got out for a look - you can see what sort of strain is on it by the suspension - with all the recovery kit in the back, the back normally sits slightly lower than the front, not at the moment though! must have been nearly on the bump stops I reckon Shifted it so far but then the bank also started to move but the Merc came out - just. I had to have both feet on the brake pedal to stop the front wheels turning (there was so much grip with all the weight on the nose that I couldn't keep the wheels locked with one foot) So the Milemarker might be slow but I regret to advise I still haven't found anything that will stall it in low range. Damn I love that winch B) Then the owner turned up with another guy in a 110 to pull it out - about 5 min too late having walked for an hour to get help Later on in the afternoon, bit of a scenery shot All in all a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon on the 3rd rock from the Antarctic

I have a vague notion that a Disco one won't fit for some reason (does it hit the front x-member maybe??) not sure? If it will go on, then yes you can use the normal ball joints. There are kits to fit the damper onto a Disco at the front, I am not sure who makes them but I seem to think Kev Baldwin might have fitted one to his Disco as part of the mods featured in LRW? seen something about them somewhere anyway. Wouldn't be hard to make with a couple of U bolts the right size and a few bits of metal anyway.

I saw it done on Clarksons Motorworld a few years ago but they jacked the vehicle up first - I don't think it would work if you haven't got it jacked up (which by the sounds of it you haven't?) On that programme, they jacked it up, got the tyre sitting straight, sprayed lighter fuel around the inside then stood back and sprayed more out of the can and lit the jet, which lit the stuff in the tyre - bang! - back on the rim in a fraction of a second. Never tried it personally but yes I think it would probably lead to being arrested under the anti terrorist laws

Mmm I'm thinking of a certain video of a certain female Discovery owning forumeer at this point And that wasn't even an accident

Ta Bit far from Chichester though south-south-west a bit (about 8000 miles) I really should put a more helpful location in my profile shouldn't I Info would be interesting though ... if only for comparison cheers Stephen

I imagine it could do OK or fail quite spectacularly, depending on what the test actually was I have seen a lot of rolled 110s here (high speed rolls - a product of Defender handling + gravel roads + lots of wind + inexperienced drivers used to none of the above) and everything above nipple height is potentially just one big crumple zone. I've seen one where the whole cab was flat-packed down to the height of the top of the speedo binnacle just as though it had been dropped on its roof (well it had, in a manner of speaking!) The alli windscreen frame pops at the corners, the B pillars have all the strength of a bean tin and the back upper bodysides aren't much better. Even in a relatively modest roll you usually end up with one side (the side it lands on first) crunched down by 18 inches or so. You really, really don't want to roll one... but having said that it's amazing how few people have been killed here considering the number of accidents. However, in a frontal impact (as tested by almost all crash tests AFAIK) it would probably do quite well due to the chassis - depending on what you were running into. Not so sure about how well the occupants would do in biffing their heads on a relatively unforgiving dashboard though! And I think probably the less said about side impact protection from a Defender door the better

I didn't even know he was ill, was watching the rally a few weeks ago and wondered what happened to him A brilliant driver, and a great loss

There are actually 4 genuine parts belts; 2 lengths, and squeaky/non-squeaky in each ERR3287 is the longer belt, or the equivalent length non squeak one is PQS000030 (which still squeaks, just a bit less). This fits early vehicles with the big (about 61mm) alternator pulley, 1994/95 age vehicles. ERR5911 is the shorter belt/or PQS000040 for a quiet(er) version, fits everything from some time in 95 or early 96 onwards, with the smaller (about 49mm) alternator pulley. This belt is fitted right up to the current models. The smaller pulley was fitted to later vehicles, apparently to speed up the alternator at engine idle and therefore improve the charging at idle speed, but of course needs a slightly shorter belt to compensate (though actually I think the long one will fit either vehicle and work OK, it just isn't quite as tight on the "wrong" sort of vehicle). Same belts fitted to Disco & Defender engines, just varies by age.

Std 65A alternator on my old 90, same on the new one but now I don't have an electric winch I think if I got an elec winch again I'd get a 100 amp 300Tdi Discovery alternator which is easy to fit

It is a source of some considerable amusement to the rest of the world that every year, around this time, the whole of Britain (present company excepted of course I know most on here look forward to it!) feigns shock and surprise at the arrival of 1/2 an inch of snow and the entire country grinds to a halt in absolute chaos I was watching the BBC news last night and there was some item about hundreds of cars being stranded somewhere or other - and there wasn't even any bluddy snow on the road - it was completely clear!!! You don't really need to do anything - I spent 3 years living in Durham and I used to live in a little village about 7 miles outside the city and drive in every day in my ancient Metro (11 years old when I got it). Never any problem, never once failed to start and it used to get #kin cold, the village was in the bottom of a valley and I regularly used to see ice on the inside of the bedroom window! When it snowed we used to deliberately take the back roads in every day because 1) it was much more fun as there was nobody on the back roads which allowed "Juha Kankkunen" cornering on some of the bends 2) there was usually a 1/2 hour queue to get onto the main road out of the village and 3) when you did get onto it half the time it was only travelling at about 5mph anyway. Never had any problem, as long as there was less than about five or six inches of snow (more than that started to drag underneath) a small front wheel drive car could zip around with absolutely no bother - and the old Metro was built way before the days of ABS and traction control. My entire winter preparation used to consist of buying an ice scraper and a couple of cans of de-icer... My 25oz barbecued steak last night was delicious by the way

PMSL @ Reads90 My initial reply might have had a bit of "humph" in it but frankly anybody who runs a parts counter and doesn't immediately know most or all the p/no for basic things like filters off the top of their head (never mind spouting the sort of drivel that Landyandy was being quoted!) ought to be looking for a new job .... I rarely deal with that stuff at work nowadays but I still know most of the numbers for filters/pads/bushes without even looking..... the main parts bloke at work probably has 1000+ part numbers in his head without needing to look them up - and he's not often wrong.... For some reason your story reminded me of an incident at work a few years ago... Cocky bloke who used to work in the workshop came in "gimme a set of spark plugs for a Fiat Panda" OK... came back with 4 x NGK plugs CB: "No it only has 3" (thinking a 3 cyl engine for some reason!?!?) Slightly amazed look Ok, have 3 then if it makes you happy.... put 4th one back on the shelf 15 min later, he comes back "Can I have a spark plug for a Fiat Panda" <plot hatches rapidly> "Sorry, we just sold the last one to xxxxx for a lawnmower" "Oh SH^^ what am I gonna do now?" (goes away to try to explain to the supervisor why he only got 3 the first time round and has now fitted them) Cue everybody PMSL and falling about laughing.... Revenge is sweet

I suggest you tell the supplier they don't know their ar&& from their elbow!!! 1) There are no 109bhp 300Tdi's, nor any 139bhp ones... all mechanically injected 300Tdis are 111bhp, and IIRC the EDC ones fitted to later auto Discoverys are 120bhp. Yours will be 111bhp standard mechanical injection. The later International 300Tdis (like my new 90 has) are quoted as 115 I think, but it is PS or CV or some inferior foreign measurement, not bhp, so it is probably the same. 2) All 300Tdis fitted to all vehicles, along with most if not all Rover V8s (maybe not v v old ones but definitely recent 3.5/3.9/4.0), all 200Tdis, 2.5 petrols, 2.5 diesels, TDs and probably others as well, use the same oil filter: ERR3340. There is an older filter p/no ERR1168 which is a longer type but this has long since been superceded to ERR3340 which does all the Rover engines except a Td5, the part number of the Td5 one is LPX100590 for the full flow filter and ERR6299 for the rotor element. Newer stuff like Td4/TDV6 etc has different filters again, some of these are paper element ones like the 2.25 Series 3 ones. 3) All 300Tdi Defender air filters from 1995 model year (March 94 onwards) right up to and including the latest 2006 model year 300Tdis, use the same air filter ESR2623. Anybody who says otherwise is talking b****cks!! As it happens I just had one put in my 90 today (2004 model year) the exact same filter as my previous 1995 90 used. 4) The other cylindrical filters they are waving around are probably 2.5 or 200Tdi ones (there are 2 types of 200Tdi ones though I don't remember the number offhand; I could easily find out if reqd) both I think are bigger in diameter than 300Tdi and may also be a different length. 5) While I'm on a roll, 300Tdis also all use the same fuel filter AEU2147L, Defender and Discovery. Any Land Rover dealer or aftermarket supplier will recognise those numbers, and any parts salesman with half a clue should be able to quote them off the top of his/her head IMHO.... So tell 'em to stick that in their pipe and smoke it HTH - if you need any more ammo let me know Stephen

Mmmmm I think I'm going to have a barbecue this evening

SimonR's setup is brilliant, I expect he'll be along shortly but it can do all sorts of party tricks and the amount of travel is enormous - in Wales last year he did a series of photos with the vehicle right up/right down/20 degrees of bank, very cool

mmmm kinda long way from here to Liverpool docks though MJG, I might pop over with my wooden spoon later

Just thought to myself "wonder if there is a Toyota forum worth asking" Found one -- what a hive of activity -- http://www.toyotaforum.co.uk/ Some of us need to go over there and wind them up a bit I think A year online and HOW many posts?! I especially like the gallery: "For all those Toyota Landcruiser's that dont go on the road all the time, offroad pictures only..." ....no posts....

Jules, one reason: price. Ex Jap ones are dirt cheap to buy at trade prices. Woodrow if you have anything in the near future bung me a PM pls, it's for a work related thing I am pursuing on instructions from above. Anybody else please? Ta

I don't know what age an S reg is but it sounds like the EGR valve jammed open to me, this feeds exhaust gas back into the intake system to reduce (ha!) emissions but when working properly should close as soon as you demand full power, if it jams open the engine is trying to burn a load of fuel in not very much oxygen hence F all power and F lots of smoke. First thing to check anyway...

OK, I know, so anybody who wanted to buy an ex Japan 8 or 10 year old used Pajero/Prado/Surf probably should be taken out and shot, but bear with me a moment please.... Suppose somebody was so foolish to desert the Oval (and its not for me, my blood is still green thanks and the only Japanese things I own are a motorbike and a strimmer) where is a good place to source such things from? I imagine as with any sort of business there are places you'd happily deal with and places not to touch with a barge pole. So, can anybody offer any opinions good or bad on any of these suppliers please? There's loads of them on the web but I know nothing about any of them. Looking for somebody that could be trusted to send a decent vehicle for an export order and not use it as an opportunity to unload some old tat that nobody who had seen it would even think of buying... If it is something you don't want to post on an open forum (due to an ongoing legal dispute for example) please PM me Particularly interested in Toyotas i.e. Prado (Landcruiser Colorado in the UK) & Hilux Surf (4Runner). Many thanks Stephen

I would have thought that bit at the bottom would have a SWB vehicle like a 90 in serious danger of going end over end...? Not sure what the gradient would be but from other photos I have seen the bit at the top looks to be near 45 deg so the bit at the bottom must be more than that... I guess its one of those places where as you turn to come down, the average American would suddenly wish that not all the vehicles in their country were automatics in the article in LRO the guy doing the driving (Bill Burke? I think) IIRC said something about putting the transmission into neutral and inching down on the brakes because to have the transmission in gear was trying to push the thing down the hill faster than you wanted to go. I can see fast might be undesirable... Based on that, I would have thought an underdrive would be excellent, just creep down in 1st low underdrive. Not sure I would want to try it (up or down) if it was raining though

There was a recent article in one of the mags (LRO I think) about the Lions Back Serious butt-pucker factor I reckon!! But I agree - you'd be wanting the guy behind you to wait at the top until you got to the bottom I think.... especially if you'd seen that video (I didn't download the link but I'm assuming its the same one of the Chevy Blazer bouncing airborne a couple of times then going off the side?)

Yeah. Like a kite mark, but amphibious

Do I get a free sample to test that claim? Quality control 'n' all that ... essential if one is going to have one's name on something, y'know No OK I thought not Looking forward to seeing photos anyway Edited to say ... to quote somebody not very long ago ... "5mm is hardly even a 'repair thickness'" I didn't have a coat, but thanks for asking