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    I found one on mine a few years back and assumed it was an ambient temperature sensor... I left it alone and it left me alone...
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    i'm not sure that the back slidey windows of a defender truck cab would stand it... I think you would find yourself swimming in the cab!
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    The tale takes a new twist... Yesterday I did some more work on the brakes... and soon found a flare-nut that the new spanner didn't work on. Subsequent investigation showed that it was a 10mm nut. Bugger! So I went round and checked the others, and it seems I have multiple 11mm, a few 10mm and one 9mm (yes nine!) This on e '53 Disco. I think that the 11mm and 10mm might be original and the 9mm is a bit of a patch repair... Luckily I can cut out the b'stard sized ones since I am replacing those pipes with n-i-i-ice Cunifer ones... But if you work on old cars then maybe you should get a set because I can tell you that the 11mm spanner will not even look at a 10mm nut Roger
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    Well I WAS really jealous, but yesterday I found a house locally that has this as a shed: Now I just have to persuade my partner that she would like the house that comes with it... Not arranged to view the property yet, but did a sneaky drive-by and saw that there was a Triumph Stag outside Sorry about the hijack! Rog
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    man-cave porn... and 3 phase too! wow!
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    Excellent idea!
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    A couple of rubishy videos of it in use.... here and here (not sure if the links worked... but we'll soon find out!
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    Loving all these bodgetastic tales... So glad I posted this now! Hear are some of mine and one of my dad's (but I'm afraid that they are not on the same level as some of those above): Brake bodge #1 (on the road to India in a Series II): Made a new union in a fractured brake pipe by flaring it with a centre punch. The previous 'fixer' had obviously had problems with vibration and had made a helical loop to allow for movement... This left enough spare for me to remake the joint. Interesting perhaps that it then lasted years so perhaps I had changed the resonat frequency by shortening it... Brake bodge #2 (on the road to India in a Series II): Sealed a fractured brake pipe (another one) by squashing the end and rolling it up a few turns... Tow started a S1 80" fitted with a SII diesel after the electrics caught fire, and drove it home (about thirty miles) with no lights... My dad once carried on after total lights failure on an overnight journey from Nottingham to Cornwall on a Square Four combo, with my mum on the back holding a torch over his shoulder. Luckily it was June, so was a short night!
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    Edited to show link...
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    Impressed! This thing easily undid my very rusty 16 year old brake pipe union... This is the one I bought, but obviously you may be able to find it cheaper or better!
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    A friend has just bought a single seat hill-climb car and (luckily) decided to strip it before driving it... There are multiple bodges (asymmetric rear suspension due to putting the tie rods on different sides of the upright for example) but this one I just had to photograph... it's the clutch cable:
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    Hi, I am replacing the brake hoses on my D2 with SS braided ones, but can't find any for the body to chassis links under the near-side wheel arch. The problem is the fitting which needs to be like the picture on both ends of each hose... Any advice would be welcomed! Oh, and they need to be about 8" long since I will be doing a body lift soon...
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    Wockets ???
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    Thanks Bowie69, yes - my fridge does have a voltage sensing switch-off, but to get that to work I have to make the rear power wockets on all the time - and I am not comfortable with that you see... In the D4 both the centre and rear sockets are controlled by a 40 amp relay that it very easy to get at so I was thinking that maybe I could just replace that. Thanks for that FF - it looks like a fascinating site which I will read when I have more time, but as I said above I am looking more for plug and play...
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    Hello again... It's been a while, but now I am starting to look at non-permanent mods for car camping this summer, and I am looking to power a fridge from the middle/rear accessory socket. So what I need, in an ideal world, is to replace the original 40a relay that controls these sockets, with a: 12v 40a automotive latching relay with voltage sensing.... (???) It would: Fit in place of the existing relay. Stay on when the ignition (switched feed) goes off. Go off if the supply voltage drops below a set figure (usually 11.5v but up to 12v would probs be ok) I have had a look around on tinternet, but I'm not sure I am asking the right questions, so I thought I would seek the wisdom of the forum... Does such a thing exist or am I living in cloud-cuckoo land?
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    Is it me, or is it that coils were far more reliable in the 70's? I drove Macpherson strut suspended cars for 30 years before I had a coil break, but in the last 15 years, every car I have owned has broken a coil at some time... I was told (perhaps somebody can confirm?) that the manufacturers used to shot-peen coil springs, but stopped because of profits (less cost in manufacture, and more replacement springs sold) Anyway, back to the topic at hand - IMHO air springs can be great if the whole system is well engineered. And I agree with Ratty43 about loading - driving a loaded (not overloaded) 109" with a trailer was a frightening and bone jarring experience, driving an RRC in similar circumstances was way better, but driving the D4 is in a different league all together! Air springs get my vote... Rog
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    I am almost tempted by that... I am tempted by that...
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    Because I could! Also - I never thought about the aircon pin Also - how much extra revs does the aircon pin give? If the pump is under load I am thinking very little - my system causes the tickover revs to be (about) 1500rpm, and the 14CUX attempts to hold that ( by messing with the air bypass valve) even if it's put under load... It's complicated, sure - but fun
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    Ah yes! I forgot the zener! Sorry....
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    From memory (ten years ago) the above circuit without the resistors is what I used, and it worked fine. Later I put a switch which isolated two of the coils, which fooled the 14CUX into thinking that the engine was running at half the revs it was, hence it speeded up the tickover to about 1500rpm, useful for when using an aircon compressor for blowing up tyres...
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    I would always advise people to disconnect the battery, but normally don't do it myself
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    Starting to look the part...
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    spray on rust????
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    I have the same - they do fall over, yes, but another problem I have is inapropriate spraying when I pick it up and catch the trigger....
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    Good point... And in actual fact making it a fit might make it worse since if it did move, the bolts would be placed in shear?
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