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Afternoon all Disco 4 towing a Buccanneer caravan, and the kids are now of an age where they're wanting to take their bikes when we go away (as are we). Their will fit in the boot, but ours... not so much. Not really wanting to go down the caravan-rear route, obviously the towbar is out, so was thinking perhaps either caravan A-frame or roof? The disco has the factory roof rails, but no cross bars. The LR website is of course next to useless, and all the usual suspects not really giving me much confidence in which kit might be suitable. Who's done this before, any pictures, did you find the A-frame option limited your turning radius at all, or was it a big struggle getting a mountain bike on the roof? I'm 6 ft and I've an aluminium platform that adds around 50cm so I think lifting it on top won't be too risky to paintwork, but really looking for some suggestions here. Thanks !

Evening all In what's looking like the slowest megasquirt install ever, I finally took a kick up the arse and in an evening swapped over all the manifolds from carbs, and actually made some progress (current status, petrol tank removed (don't ask) and loom looking kinda-right). Donor engine is a 3.9 hotwire from a 91 Range Rover. However, I'm positive I kept all the bolts and stuff when stripping the engine, but I'm damned if I can find the 4 that holds the fuel rail on. Was told they were 1/4 UNF x 1/2 inch, so got some of them but no joy. Looking at the stickies here, I was led to http://www.landroverworkshop.com/diagrams/engine/v8-petrol-efi/injectors-pipes_53401 which says part number 2 is an M6 nut flange. I don't remember them being flanges tho... Can anyone please advise what these should be? M6 bolts do the job? Am trying to remember what it looked like when I took it apart, but it was quite a while ago. My own fault.... :/ (edit: yeah, these look like bolts.. before I buy another set of the wrong thing tho, are they M6? http://www.britishv8.org/articles/Images-V15-1/Towery-EFI-3.jpg) Cheers! A

If you're unsure exactly of the bend, they also do a flexible part...

I just used u-bolts there, but when it comes off for the lambda sensor and megasquirt, I'm marking it and welding it to put it back on. Well, in theory anyway Turbo??? V8!

Sorry for delay Mickey. Stainless bits I ordered. Although I notice I have a few spare bits in the garage! I think it's a spare 90 degree bend and a spare 500mm section that looks like it's had a bit nibbled off.. 2 x Aluminised Universal hanging bracket that will support 45-65mm pipe diameters. (U724565) 2 x 90 degree bend with swaged 2.5 inch end. Centre Radius = 130mm. (U026390R) 2 x 500mm pipe with swaged 2.5 inch end (U016350R) 4 x Double end sleeve L=150mm (U066300R) 1 x Stepped sleeve 50.8-57-63.5mm (U076300R) 1 x SUPER Silencer box - Oval H=115mm / W=185mm / L=315mm (U316300R) SUBTOTAL £ 152.31 POSTAGE £ 6.00 VAT £ 27.70 TOTAL £ 186.01

It's not actually as bad as you might imagine - wheels well chocked (and then chocked some more), props off, tunnel out, undo linkages/handbrake etc, undo the bolts holding TB to gearbox and slide it off. However, a big tip is to get some long rods and weld some bolt-ends onto it, same thread as the bolts you're removing. Take one bolt out and screw the rod in. Work your way round, and that way when finished, you can slide the TB along the rods in a straight line, kinda. When you're done, slide the new box back in along the rods and you'll save screwing the new oil seal up on the way in. You'll need a pal to help with lowering/raising it, it's not so much that it's heavy but it's very lopsided.. Kinda like this...

I used RRC pipes, and custom parts bought from http://www.jetex.co.uk/website/jetexcustomexhaustparts.php. Worked fine. (That's twice I've posted them tonight on different threads.. I'm not affiliated, I swear.. nor on commission! )

I made my own by buying custom bits and sections from http://www.jetex.co.uk/website/jetexcustomexhaustparts.php. Took a bit of a punt, tape measure out, stuck thumb in air and ordered a few bits and a silencer. Exhaust now exits through body behind passenger door. Sounds excellent.

Until I had this rock-solid tight (had to drill out and enlarge the hole a little), my defender was lethal. That sorted it tho. A

It will indeed be hotwire and EDIS, but I'm too scared to take anything off Will be picking at things with my continuity tester tonight in the hope I can find out where the short is - but in all honesty, I'm likely going to have to get someone smarter than me involved. Time to dust off the wallet I reckon, but let's see what Phil @ ExtraEFI says first...

Spot on guys - I was in Maplins getting new fuses for the transformer and they are "time delay", which means the fuse on the device pops first, then the one on the transformer. Of course, no fuse on the MS so the transformer had actually gone pop, quite possibly months and years back - when I was trying it out with my MS1. The mists of time, eh... So, bought some new fuses, and also an inline fuse holder for the MS. In the future, I won't be trusting it to "ah, I'm not wired up to anything incorrectly, it can't be that bad". Will check out the metal screws around TIP125 later and see if that's what's causing it. I'd be right in that the other side of that power rail shouldn't be going direct to ground, yeah? As above, pins 1-2 and 7-19 on the DB37 all hit ground...

Hey, no mushroom-cloud, no foul - yeah ? https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114679015633297527545/albums/5857782389054670465 Tears dried, pics ahoy !

Will do that tonight - having mopped the tears off it first

Ah thanks guys, I've emailed Phil at ExtraEFI so I'll see what he says and take it from there. Much obliged! (Typical... just as I was actually fired-up enough to start doing things with it... enthusiasm, waned! Still, the thought of tablet/bluetooth fun on the move should keep the inspiration up).

Yeah - it was pointless really; just me blowing down the MAP hose and the dial twitching to prove connectivity. But hey, was still able to connect even with a fried MS1 - so something good came out of a depressing evening ;-)