Daan

Well, at least he goes out and does something, rather than sitting behing his computer, bashing other peoples ideas... Daan

good to know I am not alone.... Dolly, I dont think parallel would work, as the oil would choose the way of the least resistance which normally is the box, untill you turn the wheel, in which case its the fan. So none of it would work anymore. Or did you have something more clever in mind. Im sure you have. Daan

I am still on the original (300 tdi) version. It works well, for back up I drilled the boltheads in the water pump and the fan, so you can lockwire them in case it stops working.

It was plumbed in in series with the normal Pas system, so it will see the flow (and pressure?) of the pas system. Problems: No temperature control and no pas=no cooling. daan

hydraulic fan. I saw that in the last RFC on a toyota based vehicle to cool rear mounted rad. Fan was of toyota hiace van i believe. Powered by powersteering circuit. I am one of the few believers (the only one?) of good old viscous fan though but what do I know... Daan

I think it will go better if you get out and your navigator becomes the driver. What you reckon? Daan

Dolly, how does that work out with your ground pressure, which you were talking about some time ago? Daan

I agree with that, I bought them years ago (i think it was 1995), used them for everything on my S3, including motorway miles. They work well on mud, sand and tarmac, last a long time and there is very little noise. The blocks are a-symetrical i shape (Have a look at them and you know what I mean), which means they dont get into a vibration. Several tyres I tried and looked (like the general m/t for example) look similar but dont even come close. Especially the General, which is slightly better in mud, it is no good in sand and lasts only half the miles. In te beginning I was also beating everyone to it, when 7.50s were the fashion. Of course, these days people use simex 35s or bigger, but if I wanted an all round tyre, BFG 255/85 Mt would be my choice. Daan

Like those dot complient ali ones. Are they available in landrover pattern? Daan

very nice build. Stable fabrication did the frame, right? What is the weight of the frame? Daan

Andy I would remove 1 toplink and than fit the panhard. With 5 links it will be overconstrained. Daan

I can ask the ricardo boys, if they got something going spare, they will build 6 engines for now, however their inherit ability to nuke might kind of make that plan optimistic.

Oh dolly, and with my current job, I see yellow for about 14 hours of the day at the moment so.... Daan

No, desert storm looks good on my s3. But maybe my next project. Yours does look good as well in yellow. Retro is the new trend! Daan

cheers, Still shows its dutch origins by having the steering wheel at the right side! The cage is not done yet, Currently I have other priorities, namely moving house. The internal cage is still in mint condition, which is the most important thing. I like the Sand colour, so kept that. You hardly see it on other cars. Yellow does look as wellgood I have to say. Daan

before: and after, now just returned from the MOT ready to go again, Finally: I have entered the Argyl, to get back into the swing of things. Daan

ridiculous..... Just the type of thing I did when I was young! daan

could we just stop this sand pit behaviour please? Daan

just remove an m8 bolt from the bottom cover, the oil will come out I remember. Then continue to undo the other bolts to remove the cover, so you can have a look inside.

Not sure what the point is of cutting the chassisrails of, unless you like to achieve more bump, but that is not the case here. the main rails are only 2 mm thick so I cant see the weight being an issue either. Do I miss something here?

I cant believe the BBC actually takes this serious. This makes them look bad. Daan

I fitted one teflon ball, and it was pretty disastrous; the teflon is not hard enough to stand up rough areas (were it is subjected to all the time when off road). It looks like it is 10 years old now, after about 1 year of use. So If you can get some chrome ones, I would prefer them every time. Daan

Jez, good to see you survived. Making 12 hours a day currently, solving one problem while creating 4 at the minute, you know what its like. Fantastic pics. How do those indipendent cars hold up? I also saw some landys having tyrepressure monitoring systems. Any details? Daan

Point taken on not going to conversion hassles to fit a 2522, however there are a few more things to remember: The thicker hub puts the wheel bearings wider apart from each other, making a stronger construction. Important when running bigger wheels with big offsets. Also, there is more engagement of the flanges on the shafts, resulting in less wear. I have not felt the need to go for the special drive members because I use the old versions. Daan

any more pics?