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Interesting what you say there. I reckon the very best of LRM was the last year before Richard HT left. Richard Streeton was editor in all but name, Kev Mills was Features Ed. Two died in the wool LR enthusiasts but with good 'other interest' knowledge
Richard would ring me up for a feature - ask me what I had in the pipeline or if I could cover something on a set subject. We would talk two or three times a month. I would search out stuff that appealed to a range of tastes (including mine), find a good shoot site, organise pictures - AVOIDING PHOTOSHOP AT ALL COSTS - and interview the owner/builder. I would then write it up. Check the tech info. Contact the owner/builder for queries and confirmations. Re read. My wife is a proof reader amongst her many talents - 13 years in TV and conferencing, so fast and practical - she would read it through a couple of times. I'd re-read. That's 40+ hours of work on average, for a 6 page piece. £300 quid on the invoice..
I don't do feature pieces for LRM anymore because Richard and Kev have left; and because if I do all that work, I get to send it in to see if it's 'any good'. Ballcocks to that. The Masterclass series is a commissioned series
That RED winches article in LRW's last copy was mine. Richard had ordered it but left before he could publish it. It was dropped. So as I own all rights to my stuff I gave it back to RED (Neale Jones is a good friend and his company do a damned good job {and no I don't have any freebies}). Simon WH the editor of LRW managed to fit it into the last issue because he felt it was a good article. It was written in February 2013. RED have now sold over 160 Hornets world wide with a full order book. If you like the Hornet you should see the Viper.
I used to do product tests for TOR but as few companies would simply send stuff out of the blue, I had to acquire it. I only bothered to contact companies who I knew did good stuff - why test rubbish? So then all the tests were the same at the end. Testing products in magazines is done completely wrong in the UK. The Yanks and the Aussies have got it right. Test it properly and be honest
Thanks for sharing that with us, interesting to see some back ground to the mags.
Daan
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I now swear with Metabo for all my electric tools which get regular use, including my grinder. I killed 1 Black and decker grinder with the first rebuild, after about 2 years use. I have a few cheaper brands, like my circular wood saw, because I use it about once a year at most.
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Hi Aaron, welcome to the forum.
Good set of posts, are you always doing that many jobs at once?
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Needed portals here:
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Where the mags went wrong was they started off with the writers being true owner enthusiasts , then they were usually bought out sold and the new owners were employing journos who were to be "enthusiasts" there was very little real knowledge/experience , and they became vehicles to sell advertising space , interspersed with mostly recycled drivel . That was a long long time ago and thats when I stopped buying them !
That is true to a point, but lro employs a few enthusiasts. Admittedly, I have not bought land rover mags for quite some time, but specifically bought lro because of the Tornado frame feature; I found it interesting, but again it is an advertiser. While at the newsagent I also bought LRW, because of the feature of redwinches, again an advertiser, that shows it all!
In addition of what Bill is saying, I was subscribed to LRO in my jonger years, where everything Land rover was new, so it was to gather information; now 20 years later, it is bound to be old news. Can you blame the mags for that?
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It is not only the Mags that are lacking interest lately. By their very nature, single brand forums will have covered just about every technical angle to saturation point. If ones interest is model specific such as Series, or Range Rover Classics for example, it's virtually all been done before, so a quick browse through the relevant sub forums and move on to other web sites or interests. There are only 3 or so sub forums I am particularly interested in here, and I am finding that I am spending a lot less time here than I used to, unless I am responding to another of O'Teunico's crazy ideas
. But it's not only LR4x4. Even Pirate that covers virtually every brand and type of offroad vehicle and their applications is becoming repetitive and boring lately. Or maybe it's just me, and the almost 60 year obsession is wearing very thin ? 
There is that, most people tend to just follow the heard; so if you like to go off roading, you build a 90 trayback and fit gigglepin winches. It's been done many times before so it gets boring after a while. Similarly, at pirate you see plenty of buggies with ls engines, spidertrax axles and a tube frame. They all are similar to each other.
I mainly read the stories of people who have the imagination and the courage to ignore all of this and come up with their own designs. Like the full hydro build on pirate, or our mr van snorkle with his own build portals.
It is interesting that the expensive builds are getting boring!
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I was reading land rover world, and the editor was writing his farewell story, as this was the last ever land rover world to be printed.
It did strike me that 4 land rover magazines is too many, they are all writing the same, and most land rover owners I know tend not to read them.
Anyone know the story?
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just make a new casting for the knuckle with a steering arm, this is wat the yanks do for their dana 40 and 60 axles. I am sure there is a market for these.
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The wearing out problem of drums does mainly occur when used in mud; On my series, if i did an offroad event that was a long way away, I would take of the front drums and clean it out before I drove home. If not, the shoes would be gone by the time you get home. Also, they would never brake straight when any mud had gone in there, not to mention marginal brake power. With disks, it only needs 1 rotation and the mud falls of the caliper and the brakes work. It all depends on the conditions basically. If you only drive it on the road, the drums work fine.
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a 5.5" wide series wheel should be the same offset as a defender as far as I can see, being +33mm. Only the forward control 6.5" wheels were +20 mm from memory. the TD5 wheels are welded rather than riveted, and the TDCI wheels are tubeless as well. They all fit the series.
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and this is the man who was considering to buy a second project recently. Mate, you have gone to far to stop now!
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All they do on the SVA (now IVA), is to check on a 4 poster bridge if all 4 calipers work if you press the brakepedal. Then they take it on a flat bit of track and stand on the brake pedal. If the front wheels lock up before the rears, its a pass. No other tests or calculations are required. Whether you would want to subject your car to an IVA test after changing the brake setup, is up to everyone to decide, but I suspect it is the only way to be legal. I dont think an IVA test automaticaly means a Q plate. From what I gather, this is only if your car is a bitsa, made up out of used parts.
I think (someone might correct me) if you subject your existing car to an IVA in order to approve the brakes, your reg should stay the same.
Daan
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I am unaware of the need of a spacer, I dont have one on my PTO. I presume if it doesn't drag in 'off' position, it works ok. You think you can post a piccy of the spacer?
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This is what you see when you have magnets in the drain plugs. I recently started doing this in the diffs and engine as well. What you see is quite scary, even on brand new cars, you just have to stop worry about it. Yours clearly hasn't been checked much. Still better than leaving the swarf inside the box. If it works, than clean it, new oil and leave it I reckon.
Daan
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nice job! I have deleted your first topic, as you requested.
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Premium are the same as genuine, but in a Corteco box not a land rover bag, so they are half the price.
That statement is not correct, as I have found many times. An OEM manufacturer could well be making genuine parts, but their OEM part is not the same. This is because the genuine part has to pass rigorous testing, but the OEM part doesn't.
I have been on a tour through the monroe factory once; they made shock absorbers for landrover. They showed the line for genuine parts, they were coloured black.
Then they showed the oem line, the shocks were coloured yellow and looked totaly different. I dropped the question as to why they were different. The answer was that the genuine parts have to pas difficult tests, the oem doesn't.
The same for Bosal making exhausts for mercedes, but also the aftermarket exhaust for a quarter of the price.
I recently replaced my Quintin Hazel waterpump for the genuine part, and the sealing looked completely different.
Genuine is by far the best quality I am afraid.
You would assume a manufacturer would have the same casting each time? Can't see them all being sand cast these days?!
I think the genuine part is a forging, where as the cheapo one is cast. I stress the word 'think', but it would be good to get to the bottom of this.
Daan
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Just to clarify why the events will not be running under an MSA permit and stop any of the speculation which is beginning. Because the events are part of an international series they would have to be run under full FIA regulations. That is all vehicles and competitors would have to comply fully which is not practical for this discipline.
The events in the UK will be run with IOPD permits to provide the necessary legal protection and independent insurance which provides at least the same level of cover as the MSA for all concerned.
Ok, thanks for clearing this up for us.
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I havent bigged them up on here incase i offend any armchair offroaders or serious competitors,
If you believe that,than the modified vehicle build forum would be wasted!
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Someone send me a link from a garage website; a bit over the top methinks, but an interesting read for the weekend!
http://12-gaugegarage.com/photos/index.html
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seems straight forward enough to deal with,
Looks like we will have to build something out of cds to keep racing U4E
I find that a rather interesting statement. Straightforward vs. having to build a new car. I still dont understand why the MSA rules dont work. People have spend absolutely miles of forum threads about having to fit mudguards, the ultra 4 rules seem to require much more involved modifications. I know which rules I would prefer.
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Isn't there a minimum British Standard for quality that non genuine parts suppliers have to adhere to, at least on components critical to vehicle safety?As Robert suggested earlier, the suppliers will not voluntarily stand up and admit there is a problem due to the massive costs involved with recall/replacement, plus reimbursement of any labour charges, and the odd insurance claims for vehicle damage or personal injury due to failure of these POS. If you UK enthusiasts want your LandRover part suppliers to ever lift their game, I think there is a possible legal opportunity here with the swivel issue to expose these shonky operators, and to either force them out of business, or force them to cease stocking and selling unsafe substandard garbage.
No is the quick answer to this. Unless genuine, they can sell any rubbish basically. The liability thing with the case here discussed, I think is going to be a waste of time due to the +50mm offset wheels. Thats 85 mm further outboard than standard, even if the genuine part breaks, i doubt there is any come back in this case.
Daan
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Taking a slightly different angle on this problem, the chrome removal problem could be avoided by using the teflon balls as a base; sandblast the coating off, then chrome them. This is one of the things that went through my mind when questioning the strength of teflon balls vs. the chrome balls on the parts breaking thread. I do remember someone saying that chroming is not allowed anymore in the uk, which is why landrover went teflon. is this true?
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I am a bit confused about the teflon/chrome difference influencing strength. Does the fact theat their finish is different mean the balls are different material?
I have fitted a cheapo teflon ball in the past, which I later replaced for genuine ones. Can I expect these to last and not break?
. But it's not only LR4x4. Even Pirate that covers virtually every brand and type of offroad vehicle and their applications is becoming repetitive and boring lately. Or maybe it's just me, and the almost 60 year obsession is wearing very thin ? 
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No point touching the diaphragm if you look for top end performance, that will not change. You will only change acceleration. If you see black exhaust fumes already, I would not touch the fuel pump full stop personally, especially if you care about MPG. So, I'd say go back to basics, timing, compression, and if you state a turbo pressure, is this at the inlet manifold? I've had a tiny split in an inter cooler pipe once, and it took me a long time to find. I did find it by pressurising the inlet tract with my lungs and listen if you hear any sissing.
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