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Marc1187

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  1. Might be some inspiration for a simple manual locker fix ( if it's uploaded off my phone right). Simple plate with a phosphirbronze bush down the centre, an oil seal either side of this then the simple rod/Clevis pin/lever combination to push and pull it locked/unlocked. Still got to add a cable to the cab yet as climbing under it to lock it in the mud isn't fun.
  2. Great weekend, nice to meet you all, some great lanes. I'm suprised Pikeys Ram video hasnt made it on here yet! Thankyou for the navigators/tourguides and non organisors
  3. I saw the first ten minutes, got annoyed with what seemed to be pensioners with little else to worry about and turned over. Of course they're entitle to their opinions and objections but they didnt seem to want to listen to or even appreciate that others had the right to use the road and the vehicle groups involved wanted to voluntarily help maintain the road to improve access/safety. I have recorded it and series linked it so may pluck up the patience to watch it fully but narrow minded people annoy the hell out of me.
  4. I'll be out that way, joining Dan. Dont know wether to take the disco or passenger in dans patrol yet though.
  5. I have two of the second (cvx-1000) batteries on my disco, excellant batterys. Bought from the place you've linked to, cheap, quick delivery and excellant service.
  6. Thanks for a great day Steve, amazing how good that small camera is, shame you kept the footage of me making that rocky climb look very hard!!
  7. The sump comes off easy enough, think its a ring of 10mm bolts with a couple of 13mm into the bellhousing. You need to drop the exhaust off the manifold to get room to remove the sump and take the lower engine steady and IRD mount off on the RH. Easy job.
  8. A friend of mine had one exactly like this, 130 cherry picker, his had cracked just in front of the trailing arm, obviously a steel issue. The tipper bodied ones he uses havent shown any sign of this happening. I dont think the boom can be used without the suport legs down and apparently it will not drve until the legs are up. The cherry picker itself is plated as weighing one ton.
  9. The two most common cause of this fault code is the fuel pump and as Sam mentioned the fuel pressure sensor on the fuel rail. It is very easy to check, pull the connector off the sensor on the end of the high pressure fuel rail and if the pins look green and/or rusty this gives the ecu an incorrect reading. The wiring kit is a new connector and loom all the way to the ecu, its wise to replace the sensor but a good clean out with some kind of electrical contact cleaner should be ok in most instances. Airflow meters used to be quite a popular concern but they don't cause any problems nowadays, think there was a software update to change the tolerances for bringing the air flow meter fault code up.
  10. They are common for the electrical terminals to brake off the window, you may be able to bodge a repair with solder or similar. It isn't a hard job to replace the complete glass, can't remember how much they are though.
  11. Thanks for the update, hope someone finds out who they are!
  12. Sent donation equal to standing order, easier to send it one go in my mind
  13. And me, cheapest i could find and very quick delivery.
  14. I've now ordered and had delivered the ashcroft kit, Dave also chucked in new diff gears FOC, so big thanks to him. Arrived next day, excellance service. I never did find the land rover parts on microcrap, the descriptions on there are mostly useless! Thanks for the help anyway. I've gone for this axle set up as i'm running 35" tyres, plus the 80 series rear axle has a locker and i had an LSD for the patrol axle, cheaper (ish) than making the land rover axles strong and reliable.
  15. I have freewheeling hubs, the front axle is now a nissan patrol one with limited slip diff and auto freewheeling hubs. The problem i have at the minute is, the front prop is working at quite an angle so even with a double cardon prop it is causing a bit of vibration at speed and the LSD is almost locked most of the time it seems, so causes some funny steering characteristics! I'm currently running without a front prop in diff lock, which makes it drive nicely but obviously isn't much use as an offroader. I couldnt find any info on ashcrofts site but i know Fridgefreezer has done a couple of conversions using a kit from them, it appears it may actually be parts from bearmach
  16. I want to convert the LT230 in my 300 disco to run with selectable 4/2wd. Apparently the early 110's had this from the factory. I know ashcroft do a kit to convert but if i can find the correct part numbers for the bits i need i'm sure it'll work out cheaper than ashcrofts kit as it includes freewheeling hubs which i don't need. Does anyone know which parts and the part numbers that i need? I had a quick look on microcat at work but the descriptions are, as usual, useless.
  17. It might be worth bleeding the clutch, the last few i've had with clutch pedal problems have worked fine after bleeding the system. Bit fiddly but not too bad to do yourself with a second person. I've noticed when bleeding them that there seems to be moisture in the fluid which obviously affects the pedal feel. If theres a load of air in the fluid when your bleeding it the master may be dead as k88 mud says, they are fairly common to leak from the master and slave cylinder so have a quick look underneath around the bell housing area and also inside around the pedal for any fluid leak.
  18. I tinted the rear windows on mine myself, the back door was a right pain due to the curve of the glass, trying to get the film on smooth all the way round was difficult. I removed the glass from the car to do it and i know tinters round here always remove the rear glass to tint them. I have also never seen a tinted alpine window, tinter we use at work doesnt touch them either, must be down to the curve of the glass.
  19. I have to agree with the landcruiser comments. My brother has just bought an 80 series 4.2td for £1500, its been used and abused and has 270,000 miles! but it still pulls like a train and will do for a lot lot longer. Fuel economy may be a little worse than the disco but not by much, if any, depending how you drive it. Would be a perfect family/tow car.
  20. I did wonder about that, surely they'll be reversable though, but knowing landrover the mounting bolts are offset so they cant go the other way round.
  21. I'm currently fitting a nissan patrol axle to the front of my disco, they have their shock absorbers mounted behind the springs. What i'm wondering is if i bought some land rover fitment twin shock turrets for the fronts would these line up nicely with the nissan axle shock mounts. Could someone with twin front turrets measure how far back the second shock mount is from the original so i could measure up and see if it would be easy to do it this way. All i'm after is the measurement between each shock pin centre if possible pleasey, thankyou
  22. not standard as far as i know, been working on them in dealer for 8 years, definitely aftermarket or non uk spec?
  23. This is most likely to be the transfer box motor, it changes the transfer box from hi to low range. I've just changed one due to this fault. It isnt picking up that its fully in hi range and so asks you to select neutral, you'll find it doesnt change to low range. Think they're about £200 from dealers
  24. Its usually the motor, it contains the park switch which controls when the wipers park.
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