Ian M

try this link! http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x247/ia...pton%2011-5-08/

am i right in thinking that on the d+ wire, the alternator when started will give a 12volt feed out which extinguishes the warning light?

read it here on page 5

started fittting my td5 guages, into my old/original panel, fitted the speedo and fuel gauge, everything works fine, apart from everytime i switch the engine off the trip resets! reading back through the topic, both western and mo had this problem! what cured it? Ian

does anyone have a link to the pictures simon from x-eng was taking?

3rd lot

2nd lot

few of my pics, forgot my camera, so only took a few on my phone!

after i retired i walked back down to the woods, and i watched your twin motor for a short while, very impressive!

a few rally cars on trailers flew past us on the motorway, on the way home from james' event yesterday, guess that they were on their way home from that event then!

well, quite a bad day for me, had winch motor problems on the front winch, would wind in but not out, and spent quite alot of time getting off the punch we were stuck on! luckily treebloke had a spare, so with that on we completed another 2 punches, where the alternator gave up and we ended up with flat batterys! so at 2 o'clock we were on the trailer ready to go home! still a good day, gave us chance to watch for a while! Ian

have you got a view from the side? seems you have made the cab abit shorter than mine?

when i changed the injection pump on mine, i had a right game getting it started! i ended up gravity feeding the pump from a container i mounted to a piece of hose attacted to the filter housing, as i just couldnt get it to pick up diesel from the tank! i let it run until the container was nearly empty, them switched the pipe over for the original one from the tank and all was well!

yeah im still std+1 james!

certainly no grinding discs left in machine mart! blimey im sick of buying the things! dont think there are many 8274's around now either! the view on the motorway next friday will be abit different from february!

no they were on at bampton!

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yep changed a fair bit over the last 3 weeks, plenty off real late night finishes, kept it on the quiet from bob to surprise him, finished it a 1am this morning, and within 6 hours bert and dan spot me on the way to work! oh well, still a surprise all round i think! still got a few bits to finish, but doesnt look like il have time before next weekend as im on a course next week for work, but its near enough ready to go! just been down to bobs to show him! and sorry dawn for copying the flags but something just didnt quite look right without them! couple of pics to follow

i have my ordnance survey that i currently run off my laptop that i have to have sat on the cubby box when im using it, what i want to do is install a screen on the dash, that will show exactly what i currently see on the laptop screen, and make driving alot safer than swerving to miss those ditches that you nearly go down when you turn your head to look at the laptop! can anyone give me any pointers as to what screen i need and what spec?how it connects to the laptop? and where to get one? Ian

im after some tyres for road use and laning, as my simex's constant drone over the 200miles i did at the weekend, was just too much for road use! does anyone had any recomendations, or any pictures showing the wider tyres fitted? ive been looking at some kumho KL71 35 12.50 15 as they are reasonably priced, but does anyone know what rim width id have to run with these?

i persume discovery and defender pumps are the same? Ian

are they the same as 300tdi ones? ie , will a 300tdi one fit a 200tdi engine?

i spoke to him yesterday, £110 for 16 inch, but he cant deliver for a few weeks at least! so thats why i was looking into making my own!

ive been looking at these, and ive got a couple of queries! 1: how do they stop the inner bead from popping off the rim? 2: has anyone made their own? are the rings the exact same diameter as the rim? and what metal and thickness did you use? 3: any one got any pics showing how they are welded one?