Chris Rogers

Been watching oil prices daily, and when I was avoiding revision I stumbled across this article in the telegraph! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm...C-mostviewedbox So potential good news, but I somehow doubt that prices will ever drop back below £1 a litre. To think of how expensive we thought it was then, and now we're seeing another 30p ontop! Lets keep our fingers crossed! looks like if we got rid of speculative buying then we'd have little problem.

can always get a TD5 engine and wack that in.... we all know how much you love it!

cheers for the link, will get some ordered! and maybe some other interesting bits too, as there's a £20 minimum order...

Trying to add the cruise control to my TD5 ecu, anyone know where i can get the pins from in the plug? I'll report back with how it works

Afternoon all! Trying to hunt around for insurance - NFU have turned me down because they wont insure anyone under 25! and i'm 19! Trying to get my 110 TD5 insured.. my renewal quote with elephant has suddenly jumped to £1200 from £800! Any ideas? or are you all far too old to understand my situation?! haha Chris

I fitted mine ok by fitting them with the towing eye and towbar brace inside the jate ring, its a snug fit but means both the jate ring and the tow bar bracket are secure well i hope so anyway!

When i was out in Brecon a few weeks ago I saw all the staff using the ford engined 110 CSW and hardtops on the area. Seems a far better idea than all the white fleet they make us use and get stuck! all exactly the same as the few green 110s that are being sold by the likes of exmod. chris

Chris, may I ask how much you paid for your from OEC? will give them all call when my credit card isn't maxed out!

really like the look of the new mantec one, as its a bit more descrete than the others sad eh?

got a whole inch in hertfordshire! i may go out and play on some of the ickle greenlanes in it! hehe

Finially deciding to buy the new mantec snorkel, not really planning on doing any deep wading, but i'd rather have one than wreck me engine! Where's the best (cheapest!) place to buy them from? Cheers all, and hope you're al having a good easter! Chris

if you have a nanocom TD5 alive will do chip flashing via the interweb i believe! unsure of the cost Chris

seeing this topics been dug up! Just passed my B+E a few hours ago with just two minors so i'm off to celebrate. Just some advice, no one ever fails on the manouvres, as you're allowed to move the car forward twice if needs be. But the examiners are very very strict on driving, and you are literally assesed at bus / LGV level, as that is what the examiners are assesing most of the time. Best of luck for anyone who goes of to do their trailer test, but get some lessons!

I'm always running between my home ( Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) Down to Southampton, and Portsmouth, so i'm happy to relay stuff when i'm traveling.

Dan, can't believe the luck you seem to have with these things! But look on the bright side - let all this happen during the warentee period - least LR sort it that way. Chris

where did you take the hi beam from in the end? I notice on my TD5 - that came with extra lights they've taken the feed from the dash board. Chris

anyone know where you can buy the plugs from? seems silly paying through the nose for a ready made set.

does sound good, do you know any details of the MOD order? They may have a few more MOD quirks, like 24v electrics in places esp for trailers and radio kit. anyone wanna lend me £18k?

hmm, i've always heard it works via the plated maximum trailer mass but maybe i stand corrected! Currently looking into trailer tests atm, anyone done one of these courses? i *think* my trailer driving is reasonable good, just like my driving. But i guess i could be wrong!

You should NEVER just uprate a fuse. A fuse is there to protect the cable from over heating and damaging itself. If you want to uprate a fuse, the entire cable needs to be of a greater rating than the rating of the fuse. In this case it'd be best to insert a relay for each indictator - this will add minimal loading onto the indictor circuits, and so fuses can be left as they are.

Sounds like alot of rumours! interesting with the defender though - but from what i hear its going to need a massive redesign in 2012 if its to remain suitable for the european market. hopefully they could put a TDV8 in it while they are at it! But dread to think what fuel will cost then....

guessing not! What makes you want to change the seats? I find the standard defender seats pretty confortable, and i'm 6"2. They're actually far superior to the seats in my ford focus! Couldn't drive it longer than 20 mins without being crippled. Maybe if you outline your plans a bit more u'll get more of a response? From what i know exmoor trim are a very reputable company. chris

300 bar doesn't sound too bad, most scuba diving tanks are 250 - 300 bar, and people are happy to strap them to their backs and have lots of rubber hoses coming from them! Probably safer in a car!

I'm very young, so this might not apply to you! Tried to get insurance with adrain flux for my 1992 defender 90 HT, the chap on the other end of the phone said ' you're trying you luck mate - i'd be impressed if you can get a quote under 2k for that..." needless to say i then managed to get a policy with elephant for just over £500 - rather cheap for a 19 year old. Think i may give the NFU a call for a quote when i'm up for renewing the policy though!

eager to know too, will have to give it a try if i ever have some spare time, and some spare wire!