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looking at the microcat you've got an early x-member - upto chassis AA. i would say you want an ANR2054 (to chassis WA) or a KVB000290 (chassis XA to 2A)

"reconditioned" is at best a grey area. If you buy a recon unit from a reputable company, then in 99.9% of cases it will have been built to the OE standard. Have a look round the Ivor Searle website, should give you all the info you need on how a proper reconditioner works. in the non professional world, it can mean it's had a clean up and a lick of paint, to make it look reconditioned, where in actual fact it's a pile of unwanted rubbish..... cost wise, reconditioned is the way to go, albeit, from a reputable company. new units can cost 2 or 3 times more. there are numerous traders out there who sell stuff as recon really cheaply, there were some stupidly cheap chinese copy alternators doing the rounds not long back, and they were truly horrid. looked good on the outside, but utter rubbish in the quality and internals, borderline dangerous. a proper reconditioner will strip down the old units, inspect every item, and compare to OE specs, and if they don't meet those specs, the part is binned and replaced with new. you do get (very rarely) problems with recon units. we've recently had to send a gearbox back to Ivor Searle under warranty as the bearings failed on 4rd/4th gear, they took it back, inspected it, and repaired it FOC, as it came with the same guarentee as a new one would have. given the choice, i would rather buy a recon unit from a reputable supplier (can you tell i've worked in the parts side of the motor trade for nearly 20 years) that offers a good warranty. buying a "new" unit may not always be the best option, as they are quite often built by robots, with not much in the way of final quality control, as say a reconditoner has.

what about bringing it up and through the D post corner, under the rear lights??

surely it would be better to just fill that part of the gene pool in???? here's an idea, put something behind the cover, so that if anyone tries to remove it, they get covered in whatever substance you prefer (gear oil would be best, you could say they were underneath trying to undo the handbrake to nick it ) with a lockout on the back that is only accessible from the inside. or one of those really loud compact air horns linked to a light sensor, again with a lockout.

one of these fits in the blanking bolt hole in the back of a 300 manifold

you mean this one.....

the other way is to fill it with sand apparently.... i vote for the HFH attack approach

looking at it, i would say you could get away with just replacing that one piston assy, just give the bore a slight hone to get rid of the glaze

angeline jolie (mmmmm) is in the back of one during the beginning of Salt..... and there's a series 2 disco in that tommy lee jones action spectacular volcano.

bit like wales then.......

the 300 will fit into the chassis, as long as you modify the some 200 tdi engine mounts first (the ones that bolt to the engine itself) to fit around the oil filter. the exhaust then causes a few "issues" where it passes between the chassis end the gearbox. oil cooler hoses and water hoses will then need modifying to fit.

if you need a headlamp i've got one here - £15 delivered

if it's affecting the beam pattern, then yes. get the hairdrier in there before the mot

anyone else seen this

tbh a new roof would be major ££££'s - better off buying a scrapper and using that (get a non sunroof one too ) roof is removable according to rave. check the height signs, you may be able to claim of the local authority if they are incorrect or missing

the TDi landrover engines are naturally over cooled anyway, and so the engine driven fan isn't normally required under day to day driving - as such it's basically an extra mass for the engine to turn, sapping a small amount of power, and increasing fuel consumption. the idea behind the electrci fan is to 1) remove the spinning mass, improving power and fuel efficiency slightly and 2) allow the fan to be switched off when wading or travelling through muddy water to stop cr*p being flung around the engine bay. it also gives extra cooling when needed, rather than constantly, which enables the engine to reach peak temperature quicker, thus again improving efficiency.

i like that, apart from the colour. really needs to be a nice dark colour - that white would show up all the oily handprints too easily

what the hell is that ^^^^?????? looks like the lovechild of an LDV and a hummer.......

erm, after having experienced the "fun" of having to source parts for a 4x4 transit, it would be much less hassle to put a tranny body on a lr chassis......none of the transit county 4x4 running gear is available from Ford, only from County themselves, at a seriously extortionate price, as Ford never made them. They passed transits to county, who added the space frame etc. A sprinter 4x4 would be miles better. besides, if a freelander can be mounted on a disco chassis, why can't a transit shell be mounted on a 110 chassis?

wonder if it was good planning on the pr front that made them use a fiesta.....

nice one, always good to add another company to the list of good ones. is that a vw bus shell behind? looks like it would fit a disco chassis rather nicely.......hmmmm, would make a different type of camper - more like a 101 fc disco

technically, yes, as ford deemed it too expensive to alter it enough to comply with the new regs. does make me wonder how the likes of ferrari, aston, etc get away with it, as i'd say they were louder than cossie. as for tyres, some of them are quite noisy, although the new gen of a/t's are a lot better, and still give the same performance even though they aren't as aggressive. surely a clamp down on loud stereos and exhaust systems would be a better one than tyres - although i'm sure it won't take them long to catch up with the saxo brigade

l200 is 2.5 as well, and some of the import models are 2.8, failing that, mitshubishi shogun top mount? or imprezza, or lancer, in fact most jap turbo's seem to be top mount i/c. have you investigated propane injection? some big gains to be had there when set up properly.

ahh that makes a difference. what about an l200 intercooler, they are top mounted, although iirc they aren't much bigger than the standard disco ones, just flatter. alternative would be an uprated standard sized one, bigger area for the same size package.

the full width intercoolers do fit with air con - mine has got one