Daan
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stay with 35's
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Well done.
Daan
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Moving the whole bulkhead gets very complicated, and any more movement from the 3", and you start running into all sorts of other problems, like the fuel filler. Further back also means less luggage space and you cannot really look out of the window anymore. The 3" is pretty much as far as needed and is achievable.
You are welcome for a test sit, next time you are in the country.
Daam
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I used to have this in my series 3 originally; in the first picky you see a slight bulge about halfway up the slope were the original filler hose was. There is a riveted plate to blank of the original filler neck. It can and has worked with the original filler neck though. Currently I have a 90 tank; on the 3rd picture you can just see the pipe leading to this behind the rollcage leg. The original filler has been used.
The hose is a breather pipe, otherwise you can only half fill it (90 tank has the feeder pipe at halfway level).
The seat base is my own design and sits exactly horizontal. This works well with the volvo seat, as it is tapered.
Hope that helps.
Daan
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The s3 swb has a bulkhead which goes up straight and than halfway up slopes backward. i have removed the spot welded finisher panels and made the panel slope backward from floor level. Than make a connection at the top to connect the both lh and rh side of the tub. the holes I filled up with aluminium sheet. It is a fairly big job, but worth it. I didn't want to remove it completely as i want it seperate for heavy loads shifting forward under braking. Some pictures attached from my modifications. The sit postion is really good and comfortable for my posture. I might replace the volvo seats for Defender seats one day, as they look a bit second hand by now, But for functionality and being able to sit on them for days on end, they are hard to beat.
Hope that helps, Daan.
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3 hours ago, elbekko said:
Plenty of bytes have been spilled on Pirate (before it went to carp) about axles warping when welding on trusses. So it's not that far fetched.
They usually pre- tension it in the opposite direction before welding, the big question is obviously how much.
I have not managed to bend an axle yet, even when I rolled it. I was just curious how many people actually managed it.
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Anyone on here actually bend an axle?
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fill it with brake cleaner, close of the pipes so it wont dissolve. Leave overnight . Drain and flush with water. Done.
Daan
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Lovely truck you have there, warninglight. A build thread would be great please. The modified builds and special projects section is not restricted to the green oval.
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On 7/6/2018 at 8:41 AM, steve200TDi said:
There was still about 6 vehicles still completing their laps and about 11 vehicles that had retired.
That pretty much sums up offroad motorsport; It is not about who is best, it is about who is left.
12 hours ago, landroversforever said:12 hours ago, steve200TDi said:Also regarding the steering I'm not running a steering damper and I have wheel spacers. Both could be sorted for the next race to try and calm the steering down.
Simbughinnis used to run 2 dampers for this reason; one in front of the axle and one behind.
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Would you do it again?
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Camper is the first thing that came to mind. Do we have a price for the kit? Problem for this kind of thing is the huge amount of work and money involved to build it, while mechanically it already has gone round the clock once - at least. You can buy a decent transit for 5k on ebay that just works. A real land rover enthusiast probably wouldn't buy it as it doesn't look like a land rover. So who would buy it?
Daan
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2 hours ago, miketomcat said:
I will put in a formal complaint once I'm through.
Mike
Apart from personal satisfaction, you will achieve didly squat.
This is why so few people start this process, let alone finish....
Keep at it, you are nearly there!
Daan
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Defender V8
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My Detroit Truetrac (and the Detroit locker) have done me proud.
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I used to run LPG in my series 3. It worked well, but in the UK your main challenge is going to be supply. Have to say though, a petrol engine with old fashioned carbs and points ain't going to be much good for the environment either. It probably won't be long before that isn't allowed in london either.
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It is just a wave of diesel hating, from the previous wave of diesel loving.
There are developments in the pipe line though:
https://www.enginetechnologyinternational.com/features/bosch-rde-tech.html
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There can be a difference in turbo pressure; I bought mine as a crated re-power version, and years later I measured turbo pressure. This turned out to be the highest pressure known to have left the factory (15PSI), which is discovery automatic.
So that could well be the case with a wolf. I think that the reason to have more or less power is emissions related, perhaps the army did not have to comply to the same rules?
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Neat jobs on all roof racks here. With regards to loading up the roof rack, I often see people putting the heaviest things at the highest point; spare wheel, hi jack and fuel/water cans. All things I would put as low in the car as possible and put light stuff higher up.
That's why Camel trophy cars used to roll over a lot. My 2p anyway.
Daan
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23 hours ago, secondjeremy said:
Sand was never a standard colour for S2/2a's. limestone was - and all were high gloss.
I am pretty sure sand was available at some stage, I have certainly seen a few that looked to have their original paint.
According to this website, it was available from 1959:
http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/Series_Land_Rover_paint.html
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As a big fan of series landies, and Sand as a colour for them, I'd say that the limestone grille was a later addition, as was the black wheel centres. The roof on hard top versions usually were white, but the station wagons were sometimes the vehicle colour. Not sure for what reason these were differing colours, perhaps you could choose on ordering one?
Yours looks like this one:
https://bringatrailer.com/2014/10/08/tropical-roof-1964-land-rover-series-iia-88-station-wagon/
Groeten, Daan
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21 hours ago, Shackleton said:
I'm going to pretend you didn't call the thing I put a huge effort into a gimmick
In it's defence the reason I chose to do time lapse [knowing it would add considerably to my workload] was because it's the best way to show full detail with no obstructions or distractions. Because I'm coming at everything as a novice I could see how someone who already knows all the work depicted would find it a gimmick or tedious, but many others don't and many consider it my USP.
Anyway that's a tangent - I meant to say that I was thinking of putting links in the description of the episodes that take you directly to each section. If I'm a realist not everyone watches all the way through and it may/may not be harm to have those links present.
the brain cell engagement thing makes me very happy mate, if only I were smarter I could force you to engage more of them
I'd pull it off and do that mate, thanks a million. Ordinary high temp grease, or moly or copper what's best? [I only have those three]
I have to agree with the brain cell engagement, however, I tend to live in some kind of fast forward life where in between arrival from work, have dinner, take the kids to bath and bed, walk the dog, get my shirt ironed for the next day, make lunch for the next day, hopefully watch a bit of BBC news (which I record so I can fast forward the boring bits), I might have 10 minutes on Lr4x4 (i am a moderator after all). On a good day, There might be an instalment of your most excellent SOUP series. I suppose you have a feeling where this is going now....
One thing you could do as well, without compromising on content is to do more episodes with fewer topics. That would make it a more regular thing and more achievable to follow for many people. Definitely share it to death on Facebook, but I think I already mentioned that.
Regards, Daan
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On 01/05/2018 at 8:28 PM, honitonhobbit said:
Our no expense spent site is at www.beardies.co.uk
Always wondered were the word Boobs came from; Now I know!
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On 30/04/2018 at 5:53 PM, task said:
If you do decide to give social media a go then I know of a small sized Range Rover Classic restoration group that already has a SOUP following member content
This is the kind of thing that makes it snow ball; if you post to say ten of these kinds of groups, you only need about half of the members to share it with their mates and you get into telephone numbers of viewers. the content is good enough for many people to look at it. So not doing the the social media thing would be suicidal I think. We of LR4x4 will view it all, but it is a relatively niche group. Are you posting to many forums?
One thing I will say though; with the internet generation, the attention span of many followers is not that great, So I would do more editing. It is not a criticism of the content, and I know you put your heart and soul in this, but I just think many people cannot stay focused for very long.
Keep up the good work!
Daan
In it's defence the reason I chose to do time lapse [knowing it would add considerably to my workload] was because it's the best way to show full detail with no obstructions or distractions. Because I'm coming at everything as a novice I could see how someone who already knows all the work depicted would find it a gimmick or tedious, but many others don't and many consider it my USP.
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Nice landy, and welcome to the fold.
Daan