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I used one of these on a Series and it should also work fine on a Defender. They have variable intermittent built in, so you would simply bypass the intermittent loom for the later Defender and wire directly to the wiper. These have variable intermittent wipe, 2 speed continuous and wash with wipe.
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27 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:
TBH does anyone care that much these days about any new vehicle? Apart from the odd bit of excitement like the Tesla Truck thing I can't say I've noticed anyone get excited about a new vehicle from any of the major manufacturers for a long time.
Point being. They are not going to make any improvements in sales volumes with it. Nobody knows or cares that it came out. Sales will plod along to the same people they sold to in the past. They have made claims of increasing sales by ten fold.
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Has anyone met a "normal" person (not a LR enthusiast) that even knows Land Rover released this vehicle? I have not. There is no buzz. Nobody even knows it exists.
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It is not just that. They chose a size that does not exist. You can't buy a tire of that size anywhere.
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And tyres of a size that don't exist and you can't purchase anywhere. Makes a great idea to be in the middle of nowhere.
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27 minutes ago, Ed Poore said:
That has to be one of the most laughable statements of all time
They might wear slower than other bearing types but they'll still wear all the same. The only bearing type I can think of at the moment that will produce next to no wear is an air or oil bearing provided no contaminants get in them.
I assume that you do not understand the definition of "wear". Obviously it can happen from contamination. But contamination aside, roller bearing failure modes do not include wear. Overloading or overlife use failures are from fatigue of the metal which leads to spalling of the surface. To the untrained, this may appear to be wear. Bearings are sized to a load and life that will leave them unchanged through their life period and will show not change in dimensions unless this load or life is exceeded as long as the lubricant is maintained and not contaminated. There is no "wear" of the parts.
As to the design change shown above, they most likely changed as it is easier to setup the taper roller bearings. There is little thrust load, so the benefit is little from a bearing loading perspective.
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Roller bearings don't wear.... That is not a failure mode for them.
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Residential power supply here is 24 kW minimum with most new installs being 48 kW. No rural supply would be less than 48.
Normal level 2 installs would be 7 to 12 kW. I've not heard it ever being an issue.
The biggest issue with electric cars today is the cost. They are very expensive compared to ICE cars.
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37 minutes ago, geoffbeaumont said:
Not if they've designed the air spring pistons correctly - the pistons are normally shaped so that the spring rates drop as the bladder is extended. I.e. the suspension becomes softer not harder as it is raised. That's not true of some early systems, but it is true of most (all?) modern ones.
They become rough because they have no extension travel left.
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8 minutes ago, Badger110 said:
That's not the video
Same carp marketing, slightly different editing. It is that kind of carp video that gets areas closed down. Bunch of idiots wrecking vehicles and the land.
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26 minutes ago, ianmayco68 said:
Cheers both , which locker in the Salisbury are you on about Red90 a truetrak or this one ?
https://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/test.html
Was thinking of Ashcroft shafts and possibly one of hybrid from hells strengthening kits front and back .
That one. The Detroit Locker.
You don't need an axle strengthening kit for what you are doing. That is for people that are racing and planning to jump.
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28 minutes ago, Badger110 said:
A quick google search shows this video as a day old. No news coverage of it previous to the last past 24 hours.
Of all the forums and media coverage and no one has mentioned this video previous to yesterday/today.
if it was done months ago, someone kept it very well hidden.
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8 minutes ago, Jamie_grieve said:
Lol, I thought Nissan Patrol.
And nobody at any time has thought Defender.
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The rich people that buy these things only care if their neighbour is jealous of them having one or not. I'm not sure if there is anything there that would make them buy this instead of a RR.
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33 minutes ago, Ed Poore said:
And your point being?
You said they should have launched it with this video.
I'm saying that they did. This video came out at the same time as the product launch.
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1 minute ago, Ed Poore said:
I agree, they should have just launched it with this and then handed out the order book.
That video was released months ago.
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I wonder how many Defenders they destroyed.
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A Detroit locker in the Salisbury is the way to go. Very easy install and you won't know it is there other than having lots of traction. add a set of Ashcroft chrome- moly halfshafts and you will never break it.
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Most likely a broken axle. See advice from 300tditaffy above. The diff lock does not have a neutral position and they do not lose drive. When they fail they fail in a locked position.
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Just now, reb78 said:
Personal experience of trying britpart, allmakes and bearmach. Yours is clearly different. I haven't had to send anything back to bearmach. Same cant be said for the others. I would deal with the seller rather than bearmach though so wouldnt experience their customer service anyway.
Being in Canada, 100% of parts are imported. We bring in parts for quite a few people all of the time. We have used and used all the wholesalers. I've seen nothing to show any difference in parts quality between suppliers. However customer service is by far the worst with Bearmach. When a wrong part is shipped or it is damaged in shipment, getting them to remedy the situation is extremely painful. In addition, they package the parts very poorly. This is not the case with the other suppliers. They package well and remedy problems quickly without issue.
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22 hours ago, reb78 said:
I only buy bearmach if I cant afford genuine or cant identify a good oem brand some other way.
I'm not sure what makes you think Bearmach is any better. We've had from carp parts from them and their customer service is the worst in the business. There is no trustworthy vendor for aftermarket parts.
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22 hours ago, miketomcat said:
The window lock is different on civilian spec.
Mike
I assume you mean the knob for the lock and not the lock itself. I'm not sure how that matters.
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5 hours ago, miketomcat said:
There is a pair of military doors on faceache for £450. As far as I can see the catch and window lock are different. It doesn't have the remote release latch and I assume not the plate that mounts on. Plus the door card is very different. The door top and windows look the same. The lower half and door stay (different to one piece doors) look the same but I guess it doesn't have the mountings for the remote release panel.
Mike
The door above is the two piece with the remote latch. Civilian trucks were also available with the non-remote latch. There were three types of doors available from 83 to 85.....
The military Defenders use Series 3 door bottoms, which are different to the Defender split door bottoms. They use a different catch style. They usually had no door cards, but you can fit the Series 3 ones, now available new from Exmoor.
The door tops are the same for both civilian and military Defenders.
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ATF is a 75W80. 75W80 is just a measurement of the oil's viscosity, not the "type" of oil. If you get a "manual transmission fluid" with a 75W80, that will be fine.
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Britpart by Allmakes
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So only a couple of decades ago?