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It's about the right place. Can't remember if mine was just on the inboard face or was around the lower side like that. If that chassis has been used with a different transmission, as the bell housing cross member suggests, then it's a likely explanation that the bracket was removed and a non-standard lever used, such as a Discovery lever and cable.

My Tdi has always had the pink stuff.

The other thing that could make the bite point low is a stretched pivot point on the fork, which is a weak spot. If replacing the hydraulics doesn't fix it, and bleeding with the front end upslope (to get air in the slave against the bleed port) doesn't work, then that could be a warning that the fork pivot point is about to burst.

I don't remember seeing one on my 1980 Lightweight.

I suspect it'll have EAS as an option and coils as standard. With every other vehicle developed since the mid 90s having EAS, I can't imagine this won't have it; they must have knocked unit costs down to close to nothing, while it'll provide a good maintenance revenue stream while increasing its appeal to most users.

Sounds like folly to me. Removing a spare to go trialling in a specific location with plenty of other vehicles is a world away from going on protracted drives without support, and many other drivers would be unsympathetic if you need to borrow their spare because you decided to remove your own.

How about oil pump failure in the transmission, so none of the clutch packs are being compressed and the torque converter is doing little?

Likewise, buying me a new chassis and Turner Eng rebuild as well as having her own Lightweight and 90. The thing is, for all the money you pour into rebuilding a Series or Defender, if you are goinmg to keep it it's an investment; it's ultimately cheaper than buying a airly new car that rapidly depreciates and still costs money in repairs and servicing (both of which are more costly than on these vehicles anyway).

And magnets, fuel ionisers, lead pellets, vortex generators and on and on.... A scam is born every minute!

It's utter bull****. The amount of energy requires to split hydrogen from oxygen far exceeds the energy released by burning them, and the load on the alternator will push up fuel consumption significantly. It's one thing having a gas tank to add pre-separated gas (lpg or hydrogen), but quite another to do it on the vehicle. Even at home, the electrical consumption to produce a bottle of hydrogen will not work out remotely efficient, and I'm pretty sure that creating and storing highly explosive gasses in your home or garage will be of interest to the authorities for very good reason, namely the well being of your neighbours. You can post up as many youtube links as you find, but that won't change the laws of physics or the fact that it is in every way a bad idea and that all the other respondents were absolutely right. The general guide of "if it worked, the manufacturers would have fitted it" is extremely reliable. People with homebrew science kits on youtube are somewhat less reliable, in my experience.

He should be dismantled for parts himself. There are a lot of people far more deserving of his organs than he is.

Rear are not handed.

That seems more to do with MoT testing. There was some ambiguous text about the registration scheme, but I don't know if there was any significant suggestion that the registration system is going to change. It seems even more unlikely that changes would be retrospective, so a vehicle already classed as historic would be moved out of that group unless it went through a subsequent radical alteration or rebuild.

I agree. I just can't see a major US brand, especially one with such iconic history, being sold to a foreign owner. In all honesty, I wish the UK was a more reluctant to sell off the family silver...

Sorry! When I read that, I thought that maybe fiddle brakes needed bigger pads than the standard rear units to be able to have the braking capacity, rather than picking up on the twin line comment, and then forgot about it! I've never tried fiddle brakes or even seen them up close, so only now get what you were saying.

I read an article yesterday speculating about which brand JLR are likely to buy soon. It included MG, Vauxhall and a couple of others, but most interestingly (and I don't agree with it because of the protectionism that is becoming a theme over there), ended in the conclusion that the most likely brand they'll buy is Jeep.

That is the point of the Repeal Bill that caused so much pointless fuss in parliament - it allows all the existing EU laws to be amended to have correct terminology to continue as UK law after the EU bodies cease to have jurisdiction. There may be changes at some point, but not due specifically to Brexit.

I wonder if the idea is to use the twin-line front calipers, like earlier RRs and Discoverys had, so that one line is connected to the pedal circuits and the second line to fiddle brakes, a hydraulic hand brake or some other secondary system so that only one piston pair operates under normal braking and the other pair under the "special braking conditions", whatever they are.

I think it would be for highly specialist applications, and would be downright dangerous on most vehicles. There must be a reasonable application for it, though, or it wouldn't be made - they could be opening themselves up to all sorts of liability if its marketed as a general upgrade.

I can't remember. I think it was a very vague and short article anyway, so you could well be right. Still, when one city starts, others tend to jump on the bandwagon. It's just a consideration to make before parting with a lot of cash.

That's just sod's law regarding that brake light! I can see both sides. The LEDs should be brighter and more reliable, as well as less of a drain on the electrical system, but they just don't look quite right to me either. Most also seem far to directional, focusing far too much of their light along their axis and spreading far to little for omni-directional visibility.

Maybe they're testing the water to see if there is enough interest to justify a re-engineered but true descendant?

There is also the argument that a leak from the oil cooler, however unlikely, will cause cross contamination of the fluids, adding to the rectification work, assuming you find the hidden leak soon enough to avoid catastrophic damage. A separate cooler will give you a warning puddle!

I read the other day that the UK government is planning legislation or taxation to discourage wood burning in towns and villages due to pollution issues. Worth checking on before buying a new burner.

I thought the vast majority of them were 2wd, Ralph, 4wd being a 5k or so "optional extra".