ROGUE TROOPER

No this may sound rather stupid, but saving weight I thought it may be a good idea......... Could it be possible to cut chunks out of the chassis to lighten it! Bear in mind that this LR is built for the road and not the usual stresses of offloading!

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offer...5thursday08.htm 500W Electric Cable Hoist each £39.99 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lift heavy work pieces and materials with greater ease and safety. Superb quality Electric Hoist with maximum lifting capacity of 250kg Remote lifting control switch for raising and lowering Fitted safety lifting brake Ideal for workshops, garages, maintenance applications and anywhere where controlled lifting and lowering is required Maximum lifting height: 5 metres at 250kg or 10 metres at 125kg

125kg straight pull or 250kg double pull is the max the safe working load. But on eBay there is a list of other more powerfull ones! Dont know how long the cable is......... Im going to try in on the landrover this evening!

Always wanted one bolted to the back wall of the Garage so I can winch the Landrover (Or engine on a trolley) in and out of the garage. One trip to Southend Aldi and £40 later.......i had 240v winch Using 5mm steel plate on the back wall as a spreader plate, and the same thickness the other side sandwiched with 4 x M10 bolts, it works well!

Torque Technique Ltd The Avenue, Wilton Salisbury SP2 0BT (01722) 744747 Made Minivins Stainless Steel system for his 109......sounds so nice, but cost about £700, a lot cheaper than buying a machine!

This may help.... http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopi...caliper+rebuild

The answer is no.........I ansered my own question with the help of ebay!! Series Defender!

Are they the same, is the arch the same in both Defender and series fron and rear wings? Thanks

Buy lote of smelly Magic trees, that will mask the smell untill you find a solution

Thats nice and shiny! Whats going on the back of it? Do you want to borrow an engine stand?

Maybe its time we copied something they made.........oh! Paint my springs Orange then!

No way the RRC chassis is 750kg as I can lift it! A bare chassis is more like 250kg. What I have been looking for is a heavy duty fish scales up to 300kg!!

Where does "vapour" come from? Should it not be the "CO2 build" as its what is exhaled when talking about it

Will standard Defender wheel arches fit this? The tyre sticks out 7.5cm. Ta

Les your shed is cool! Have a Merry Christmas

I will be visiting Les in A couple of hours.........then tomorrow is Tidy up gararge day, and start sorting engine/gearbox mounts for the V12. Im hoping to get the Engine and gearbox in a position to weld the mounts in by the time I go back to work on the 3rd Jan. Im also hoping to get all the bodywork back on...........

Mine was a realistic build date to be at Billing 2009. It looked like this about 1 month ago: Now its just a chassis again as its having the V12 installed!

Maybe TATA will see the light and go back to a base model to sell in the 3rd world (like without ABS etc)

Come on lets face it...........its all to do with money! Series 2 body + RRC chassis + Registered as a Series 2 = No tax Series 2 body + RRC chassis + Registered as a RRC = Tax payable If its Registered as a RRC then I don't think DVLA/VOSA would care as long as you pay the Tax. Mine will be a V12 RRC, still on RRC Chassis, Steering & Suspention......yet Registered as the RRC so I have to pay the 5.3L V12 tax rate.....If its the price I have to pay to be legal........ then so be it!

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Are they the same inside width? Would the RRC Removable cross member fit inside a P38 chassis? Thanks

Depends which 3

Thanks all, some good ideas, but im going with Oranges idea. I have obtained some thick steel chequer plate, so will do that as its the cheapest easiest option. All I need now is a hook!! Luckly the back wall is not attached to the house Thanks

Yes, but they are more for security rather than being pulled!

I need to pull the Hybrid into the garage (As well as other things) but need an anchor point that will take the draw pull of a rolling RRC chassis with Engine and box, so I can pull it into the garage. Anyone know of one that is "off the shelf"? Thanks