Daan

Has worked for me, usually...

I agree with most things said, but modifying the drive line is potentially going to increase reliability on a landrover.

Cool, I never quite made it to Henley, but we did try the Henley qualifiers- lost out by about 2 secs. We did win the Boston Marathon in a coxed four though. Daan

I used to row, and that involved quite a bit of weightlifting to build up muscles. I assume you need an engine out of your landy and you have no hoist? Daan

Is the winch reversible? As in put the worm box to the left rather than the right, viewing from the front. you can always put it upside down, with the worm on top. When I switched from the 36:1 to the 9:1 ratio, it turned out they rotate a different direction; I had to change the fairlead position so it spools from the bottom rather than the top of the drum. I have a rear facing PTO in bits, that I might be convinced to part with, or swap for a willys jeep PTO.... Daan

you can drill through the cover to make the shaft pointing the other way, still utilizing the chain drive in your drop box. Or get a rear facing PTO. I Don't know how the winch is positioned relative to the transfer box. Daan

Sectional doors are much better for insulation, but if that does not bother you, the roller shutter is about half the price. I am currently looking at sectional door, but for the size of my double garage you look at about £2k. There is loads used on ebay though, so I have a search that provides daily updates, and I just wait until the right size/colour/price/location turns up. One other consideration (if you don't mind the ecstatic's) with a roller shutter is that you can put the roll outside the garage as well. This would give you about a foot of extra garage space. Daan

Yes, you can use the winch up side down. depending on the winch, it might be worth to rotate the motor 180 degrees so the connections are at the top. With regards to the weight: that's heavier than my front bumper and winch together! Daan

Cars hardly got sold for cash these days; It is all on either lease or personal Finance. Nobody can afford the purchase price outright basically. I think the electric car will just filter through through the usual channels of second hand cars. What is a shame is that the Tesla model 3 is not available as the base model in the UK. Cheapest one is just under 40K. I see hydrogen as a good way to store electricity, but not much else. To convert electricity to hydrogen and back to electricity means you will loose 50% of energy.

Awesome. The circlip is now much easier to access!

BFD

Did you lob the diff case in half yet?

Paint it orange and call it extreme.

This bit makes it a completely different story, shows how misleading these stories in the papers are.

This story is the usual media hype, but was it seized because it was modified or because the driver was being anti social? https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1437169/Land-Rover-modified-car-rural-lanes-council-powers-Holmfirth-Kirklees?fbclid=IwAR2xIvlrxVfb_UNSbBVrjMfrctUsrZkfcvOVrF2oXbZI6Ei19p62msGhmeg

Someone started the same project as me; Appears very cheap: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284288973745?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D35913a87762c40d89a6c30281e1f56a5%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D284288973745%26itm%3D284288973745%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aae362a63-b4f3-11eb-bd83-62cd8ea3bfbe|parentrq%3A6c95c6f11790ad33f3d80329ffdd8120|iid%3A1

I did the same with the crossmember moved upwards; one of the best mods on the chassis for off roading.

Old man Emu have a good rep, I am still using mine.

Demo/courtesy car from the dealer. Pure quality!

Just shim it like a land rover diff. Daan

One day you'll thank me!

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