Ruuman

Hi there, mark from mud monsters.. we got a penalty.. do you know why..

Any news on the scores...

A really good week end for the mud monsters team, may be not on the score board tho..... Clutch plate just fell apart for some reason, never mind still 1 day left. well done to every one else, was a really good site, shame we did not do more of it... next year.... Thank you again to all that made it happen and see u all soon Mark mud monsters

Last time I spoke to Shaun he said Steve was out of hospital that day and apart from feeling a bit sore was fine.

Hi All, So here are the results for the championship. big congratulation to Rob and crew from The Offroad Armoury with a well deserved win. Big thank you for our sponsors, KAM Diffs, Gigglepin4x4, Ashcroft Transmissions and The Offroad Armoury for providing some awesome prizes for class wins at each comp and the overall championship leaderboard. A massive thank you to everyone who has helped setup, run and marshall too, please remember these guys do it all for free and without them nothing can happen. Also Chris and Jon from team 118 must get a special mention for chipping in 1/2 the cost for the last rounds entertainment Hopefully everyone had fun, we raised some good money for various charities and good causes. Please give us as much feedback as possible, good or bad it all helps. Were planning on another series next year and have learnt a lot running this one. DVD's of each round are available from mud monsters or Gigglepin, the lonewolf guys will have an online shop running soon. I'll post up detail. Well worth a watch. PDF of results here: http://www.mud-monst...sults_flyer.pdf Also don't forget the mud monsters calender will be out soon Thanks again Ruu, Mark and the Mud monsters team

Right, sorry for the delay, here are the results from round 4, championship results to follow soon. Massive thank you to all the sponsors, KAM, Offroad Armoury, Gigglepin and Ashcroft. Some brilliant prizes supplied. Hope everyone enjoyed the big party, we raised lots of money for the poor disabled young lady and I believe the total amount has been raised for her new car seat. So thank you all very much for digging deep. Big thank you also to Philion and crew for bringing his awesome BBQ. Thanks again to the marshalls, brilliant as always. Also big thanks to lee and colin from Crawley4x4 for helping out when poor old Steve decided to get attacked by wasps!! PDF copy of the results is avalible here: http://www.mud-monst...sults_flyer.pdf Hope you all had fun, I know i did Cheers Ruu

Ah, think It's V8jon maybe, sorry on phone, so its tough to check

I think jonV8 has modified his pump too, might be worth sending him a pm as he should have exactly the same setup your trying to mod.

Was just thinking back, it will depend on your pump type. I just remembered that we also modified a banjo bolt type too. the restriction was the feed hole at the tip of the banjo bolt. If you inspect the whole high pressure side of the pump, the deliberate restriction should be fairly obvious as it's always the smallest hole.

I've drilled out the high pressure port on a 200tdi pump that also had a larma4x4 hydro assist ram on it, the steering is really really light now even on 10psi Simex on a tarmac surface. The reservoir was then changed to a tin style range rover one due to larger capacity and built in filter. no issues yet. Very easy to drill out the pump, as the threaded section can simply be removed, drilled and then screwed back in without dumping swarf in the pump. I also used an isuzu pump when I fitted a 2.8td lump in my range rover, this made the steering slightly lighter than standard. I'd drill out the pump union a little at a time and see how you get on

Right were all heading to site, any issues ring: Mark: 07961315065 Rupert: 07910884852 Competitors try and be on site no later than 6pm Sat See you all soon

it's not just the LR enthusiasts that hate it, doesn't seem to be to popular with anyone http://forums.finalgear.com/automotive-news/land-rover-defender-2015-a-50838/ I think it's horrible.

well, the moment is getting close, we have been working very hard to get the final round ready. We are really low on entrants though, so if you are planning on taking part please let me know asap: current list is: Truck No, Team Name, Driver, Co Driver, truck, Class 007, Mud Monster 1, Mark McMillen, Andy Pearce, best 90 ever, Challenge V8, OBOS, Jon Beagley, Stephan T, Trayback- V8 90, Challenge 69, Off-road Armoury, Rob Butler, Andy Marshall, Jimny Trayback, Modified 2, Twin Axle, Graham Fuller, Stu Hammond, Defender 90 king cab, Challenge 17, , Gillian Bilkey, Vic Bilkey, 90, Challenge 25, Chubsters, paul hooper, rich green, trayback 100" defender 300 tdi, Challenge 22, Fat Boys, wayne mc nulty, david mc nulty, 90 Trayback, Challenge 19, , Henry Day, Taz, Trayback Dau-land-su, Modified 43, Broken, John Piper, Andy Smith, , Challenge 30, The South Islanders, Will Overton, Alec Twitchen, jeep wrangler tj, Challenge 13, Unlucky 13, Andrea Berquez, Nicky Mileham, defender 100inch trayback, Modified 26, Billy Boy, richard maxted, peter maxted, suzuki sj, Modified new, , Craig Jenkins, , , new, , Steven Edney, , , 36, , Rupert Deane, Edward Neeve, 100 Trayback, super mod new, , Ben Champion, Martin Champion, disco trayback, Challenge 10, Evil Midget, Chris Cater, Hillbilly John Harpham, Yellow Thing, super mod 3, Team Benson, Adele Duffield, Paul Duffield, Def 90 traybackish- roll cage , Modified 27, Buzz, Mr Buzz-sweets, Ross Wotherspoon, 100" trayback, Super Mod 5, Scarab, Ben Hoadley, Phil Parsons, Trayback Disco, Challenge I've emailed out the info packs to all teams, please get in contact if you haven't received details or think you should be on the list, see you all soon thanks Ruu and Mark

yeah should be good, been working hard all weekend getting the loads of bits ready. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC9WEAmtPt4 Party tent is up, we kitted it out today. I'll post full details of what's going, send team info packs tomorrow evening. Hopefully most of the guys didn't destroy their trucks at the whitbread this weekend!!

sorry mate, to much dribble in the lens for the pics to come out

I thought it was good, show wise better than billing. I've never been a show person, but ended up going to both for various reasons. Fireworks were nice, moto-x guys were very cool, the girls on the firetruck beer tent stand wise was very quiet. Had a really good time.

north offroad do longer arms and custom mounts, but disco 2 arms could be a good option

I will apparently be there making an arse of myself for AWDC/challenger areana demo too, co driving in the blue truck with a million stickers, probably hung over

just to confirm, range rover ones don't fit, found out this weekend

The SIP hobby regs are complete carp, I went through 3 in my bad old SIP ownership days. Leaks and shoddy springs. Going to a proper bottle pays for it's self very quickly, I also think the gas is a better quality, I know when I swapped I noticed a huge difference. The Adams bottles are a great compromise between BOC and the hobby bottles.

my fun and games with my SIP 195 can be found here, http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=18884 turned out to be the transformer. Lot's of pics and comments from helpful people

the H14's are design to run with a high rpm 28cc (I think) hydraulic motor, from the factory they come with a 25cc (ish) PTO driven pump rated at 180-190bar. So to work properly you need very good flow and high pressure. Your power steering pump will be capable of neither I'm afraid

just a quick note, all those having trouble with the clutch bleed on series and some defenders, cut an old ring spanner down till it's about 2 inches long. very easy job then (yes the design is carp) my personal favourite the 200tdi defender down pipe clamping to the block, every single one I have come across has never been put back together as it's such a bitch to get the front bolt in!! and the rear cross member is way to complex and a giant mud trap, along with the stupid holes in the out riggers.... I could go on but everyone has covered it I think

Just a quick post of current competitor list, give me a shout if you think you should be there, but aren't: Truck No, Team Name, Driver, Co Driver, truck, Class 007, Mud Monster 1, Mark McMillen, Andy Pearce, best 90 ever, Challenge V8, OBOS, Jon Beagley, Stephan T, Trayback- V8 90, Challenge 69, Off-road Armoury, Rob Butler, Andy Marshall, Jimny Trayback, Modified 2, Twin Axle, Graham Fuller, Stu Hammond, Defender 90 king cab, Challenge 17, , Gillian Bilkey, Vic Bilkey, 90, Challenge 25, Chubsters, paul hooper, rich green, trayback 100" defender 300 tdi, Challenge 22, Fat Boys, wayne mc nulty, david mc nulty, 90 Trayback, Challenge 19, , Henry Day, Taz, Trayback Dau-land-su, Modified 43, Broken, John Piper, Andy Smith, , Challenge 30, The South Islanders, Will Overton, Alec Twitchen, jeep wrangler tj, Challenge 13, Unlucky 13, Andrea Berquez, Nicky Mileham, defender 100inch trayback, Modified 26, Billy Boy, richard maxted, peter maxted, suzuki sj, Modified new, , Craig Jenkins, , , new, , Steven Edney, , , 36, , Rupert Deane, Edward Neeve, 100 Trayback, Super

We don't make the location public to try and keep some of the riff raff away. It's in East Grinstead, West Sussex. I'll send you a PM also round 3 DVD is nearly ready: here's the promo: