ThreePointFive

It was a joke... doh, there were enough clues in your post it wasn't a new event. It's been a long day. I should admit I have the 4x4 Tyres site open with a set of wheels and tyres in the basket and my cursor hovering over the checkout button.

No afraid not, I have a set of Boosts I need to get rid of but I'd refuse to sell them to anyone with early axles at this point....(obviously you're not looking for those). I just think the One Tons will suit the look/age of yours the best and I like spending other peoples' money.

I reckon some ET0 Wolfs will sort you out, Doug.... And some ET0 One Ton replicas will sort you out, Junglie.

Looks sharp, Naks.

There's some dodgyness with the way that one is listed. This one is cheaper and not Britpart, just saw it on the same advert. Last one, too.

Dang those 1 ton rims are a strong look.

Had that on bank holiday Monday. I don't think either of them take any time off!

This will be interesting. He hates the classic defender so I am wondering what he'll make of this.

That heat shield and the mountings are elegant. I had a concern that my slave cylinder and pipe was getting cooked by the manifolds that were even closer than your pipes. I wrapped the cylinder in a malleable shield material and fed the pipe through a heat resistant sleeve designed more for wiring. Your solution is much nicer. I'd copy it if I had facilities.

Nevermind

Don Del - Just a quick thought, unsure of the weather in your part of the world but do you frequently experience Defender Footwell Flooding? If so, that might not all be entirely rain water. I'm guessing you've looked at the outside face of the footwell and there's no obvious trails that side. It's just another leakage route that may not be immediately obvious. I mention it because I think my own clutch pedal is getting a weep from the master cylinder and I misidentified it as rain.

Mods, we need an 'angry' react button.

I'll bid a joke about a monkey and a cue ball I heard today. Is Car and Classic any good for this type of thing? Depends on the urgency, but better to rip the plaster off I expect and auction it.

Not mine, it's galvanised. It's also bigger than the box section ones everyone else seems to have.

Strange, seems like that suggests LR just bought them in as complete units? Anyway, I got mine out using the closest size of screwdriver that now fits them (definitely not the one they left the factory as!) and as much pressure as I could apply to stop them spinning. I'll just have to be careful to do them back up with the same (wrong) screwdriver as tight as I can. Maybe adding some thread lock for good luck. At least this thread served its purpose.

No you definitely don't - sorry, think I misunderstood!

But then you'll be short a set! In theory I have a set on the 3.5 sat in a barn but that's awaiting autopsy/rebuild at some point. I'll try Western Fixings, they usually know what everything is and have the exact match in stock.

Pretty much confirms that RR cast manifolds and downpipes will always want to go under/through a defender cross member. Bowlocks.

They're very similar but much smaller. I want to get the covers blasted while they're off so I really want to strip anything that may trap and release blasting media with time/vibration. I can probably get them off again but I am not confident they will tightly reattach. I really don't want one unscrewing itself under there.

I'm trying to find replacements for the screws that hold the internal baffles(?) inside the rocker covers. Mine are rounded out and I need to remove the baffles for cleaning. I think there's 8 per side, can't remember. Old photo below with two circled to be clear in what I mean. All Google searches return the 4 bolts that secure them to the heads.

I've found CGI looks like it's getting worse, if anything. I would wish we could watch 2 hours of the stunts and being talked through the technicalities of shooting this stuff than watch one second of the finished F&F trash though.

I very much like that. I think you could build one identically for less than half, though.

I hope it was clear that I was joking... 😄

I'll be putting MTs on the Volvo at the current rate.

Those are brilliant. There have to be some cosmetically-ruined, mechanically-sound Series cars just begging for that conversion. Still, nothing will ever compete with the understated class of this monstrosity fine example: