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Daan last won the day on December 23 2023

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  1. Indeed. I reckon there is a manual somewhere deep down in my 'archive' but it is a simple nut and bolt job, and assembly is the reverse of disassembly as the haynes manual says. You won't get parts for it of Superwinch (I think they are no more), but all the bearings, seals, chains and sprockets are Generic standard parts that can be obtained through the usual suppliers.
  2. I think we are now spoilt with much better cars; we used to do engine conversions, disc brake conversions, coil spring conversions, because the old stuff was just not very good. Now, we don't have bad cars anymore (although there are a few un reliable ones!). Also, the SVA is mandatory on a lot of stuff, and people don't bother, even because of the above. What I also see, is that potential donor vehicles are getting rare and sought after, which does not invite to modify them. What we see more of, especially in offroading is brand new builds, like in Ultra 4. I much more liked the old days were people modified production cars. I was more accesible back then, now you mostly need tons of money to compete. Do I sound old now?
  3. Yes, but a TD5 does eat heads for breakfast, and they are not cheap either. Ok, not a regular thing, but cracking around the injector is a well known problem and shows up with fuel in the oil and eventual death of your engine. A clutch problem, like you have now means a new dual mass flywheel, which is probably double the price to replace. Rebuild it, and it is 5 pistons instead of 4. So know what you wish for. i personally choose a TDI over a TD5 any day, but it depends on your uses. If you do many road miles, maybe a TD5 is better suited, but for off roading, the low down grunt of a TDI is hard to beat IMO. The 2.8 TGV version would be my ideal engine, combining the low down grunt and simplicity of the TDI with the power of a TD5.
  4. About 6 pages ago....I would start pulling that spare engine apart and see how bad it looks. I get the point about having to buy another car costing money, but you have 2 of these unreliable, well used barges, and having a cheap but reliable run around increases your chances to get to work by around 100%. I mean who is to say the other TDI is going to last the distance. I have similar thoughts about our dailys, both of which have seen better days, so for now I just make sure the Landy starts on the button, so I could always use that as my back up in case of a problem. Having options basically. Good luck with the budget rebuild and show us pictures!
  5. S means structural steel. T45 means 45 Ton/sq inch tensile strength. EN stand for Emergency Number, created pre-WW2 and is still used today.
  6. EN24 is technically not weldable, but I am sure people managed at home. En36 is for case hardening. En14 is generally used for machined parts which need welding. S355 should do for most fabrication jobs. If you want to go fancy with T45 roll cage tube, the appropriate grade of sheet steel is S515: Largest stockist of S514/ S515 sheet steel - Proformance Metals This bunch sells anything you like and don't reply with annoying things like 'trade account only' or 'minimum quantity'. Phill mats is a lovely chap too, here is the ebay store for groovey metals: Commercial Materials (proformancemetals.co.uk)
  7. The problem with a sub 1k TD5 conversion is that is more kicking the can down the road. It is no different to fitting another worn-out 200 tdi; Either is going to fail further up the road. Whether you fit a tdi or td5 is not the real question here, it is whether it is a good engine that lasts you 10 years without problems. If it is your daily driver that gets you to your daily income, it has to be reliable. Car broke = no income.
  8. You cannot use a railco type swivel onto a two bearing swivel or vice versa. Ask me how I know... Daan
  9. If they have not twisted, I'd say leave them. The only improvement you can achieve is to fit either Ashcroft shafts or genuine new shafts, and neither of them will be cheap.
  10. That broken crown wheel is a bit, well broken. This makes me think that the very thick teeth on those Ashcroft ratios may not be as strong as one might hope, due to it also making the crown wheel very thin.
  11. I haven't done anything Landrover (or Jeep) related this year yet. Busy with other things, like building the MK2 railway for our little man: I am also working through a mountain of paperwork, to become a UK citizen; This is a lot of work and is going to be expensive!
  12. All my fault... Snagger, did you try to find the part numbers of the correct Dana 60 bearings and see if that would fit to the salisbury casing? And if you look for a 4130 pinion flange bolted flange, such a thing does exist I believe.
  13. I'd say wider should mean less pressure, as the ground contact area has increased. But if you start with the 7.50 pressures, they should not be far off. Did the previous tyre wear evenly? that should tell you the story.
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