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If you have 109 and then look in the back of an 88 the first reaction is........WTF? No room. You can get more into a small Escort size van. Whatever 88s are ...........they are no load luggers

I think what you meant to say at the start of the spec rundown is that this Santana has gear driven cam and the other 2.25s have chain driven

AFAIK Paddocks UK made springs are all made by GME Springs in Coventry.

I use this 240 volt model. I only have a 3hp.

Unless you are doing repetitive cuts in heavy metal you cannot beat a Sandvik hacksaw and blade . Excercise, peace and quiet and no mess. I dont' have room to have the saw permanantly set up. I just grab the angry grinder for heavy stuff........and cut outside. The feckers are messy

Clearcoat contains lead

Just awesome welding and fabbing!!

I would never be without an Arc welder even though I have Mig and Tig . Can be used outside no problem. Very useful with stainless rods....and the welds are good with this method. Mine is a cheap Sip 210 with a fan. No problem in 12yrs of use ........and portable. If I had to limit myself to one welder ..it would be the Arc. Alex

Part of the advantage that Toyota have are the ancillary components are higher quality. Brakes are usually Akebono. Alternators are Nippon Denso or Hitachi and so it goes on down the line. Add this to Toyotas engineering AND production expertise and there you have it. Landrover component stuff is run of the mill...whatever is available cheap and local. You therefore get a great idea on paper slightly spoiled by poor production and components....simple as. Despite all this they can give good use......and there aint nowhere they aint been Alex

And that is as good a way to put it as I`ve heard. Alex

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He was a laugh! Another good conversion would be to put the first Direct injection diesel ever to go into a Landrover.............Izuzu 4BD1. Can be turboed but alas.........They are only available in truck type flatbeds here Alex

Yeah My results went along the same lines. I used standard tips and standard liner. Plenty of tip dip helped but the bigger tip and teflon liner are the biz. It`s weird isn`t it?...like lighting one of those Magnesium tapers. I took the lil roll of ally wire and wound it onto a 15kg blank. I notice you have same welder as me........ by Tecnical Arc Services. Found you needed a lot of power wire speed and gas at 15. Alex

Which dog was it you were bidding on? Alex

Lets face it guys Landy owners love trouble and spending money Alex

You shouldn`t complain Shackleton..you have fabulous trout fishing.........and it`s free Alex