mutant 90

Of all the LR and off road forums I,ve visited this is the only one I,ve joined and post on. Keep up the good work. Cheers Dave

Hi Steve I've had a kenlowe on my 90 for the last two years with no troubles and I aint shy of the water. I know what you mean about the fixings but they work fine, you can always fab a mounting bracket as you would mounting any non standard fan. Cheers Dave

I've had something similar happen, it turned out to be wear in the cage,where the pin holding the planet gears had worn the holes in the cage oval. Most of the time it was ok, but sometimes especialy when changing from forward to reverse or visaversa the diff whould lock up. Cheers Dave

I was thinking the same thing. Didn't QT do a direct replacement challenge seat for the defender, like Steve said no sign of them on the web site.

nice post, one for the tech archive.

I think he has the KAM CVs as he mentions replacing the stub shaft. Which are designed to be a weak link and easily replacable by unbolting the drive flanges. Cheers Dave

I know what you mean Steve. Everyone I told what I was doing thought I was barking. I had my doubts, but it works really well, better than normal balancing wieghts, becasue they adapt to changes in the wheel and tyre. Beadlock rims will carry alot of mud, I was amazed how well it drove coming home last sunday after playing in the mud. Cheers Dave So good I've driven it to and from work all week and only got round to cleaning the mud out of the rims to day

I've been running with them for over a week, and it works, very noticable at speed, much smoother and no scarey moments. Even after off roading, drove home on sunday after playing in the mud, wheel rims caked in mud. Normally horrible to drive, hardly noticable. Cheers Dave

Well I've done it. Put 10 ounces of BBs [got them from a local sport shooting and hunting shop] into each of my tyres, took the wheel off,pulled out the valve, broke the inner bead [you don't want to take the bead lock ring off, all those nuts and bolts] and just poured them into the tyre. Pop the bead back on, stick the valve back in and reinflate, half hour job done. What do you know it seems to work, only driven home from work after fitting them this evening. First impressions are good, took it down the M5 flat out, no wobbles or vibes and the tyre noise seems less. I'm interested to see what its like in the morning, I get the flat spot effect after the trucks been stood over night and it usally takes a few miles to warm the tyres up. Will let you know how it go's Cheers Dave

And very true. DO NOT forget to disengage the PTO and/or the free spool clutch before driving off. I know what happens too I also know what happens. Luckly the hook was clipped on to one of the brush wires that run from the top corners of the bull bar to the front off the cage, as I pulled away load ping and the 6mm brush wire snaps. Would have done horrible things if attached to the cage, try folding its self in half. Cheers Dave

Interesting site, usefull chart showing different tyre sizes and how much weight to use. My 36" simex need 10 ounces each. I can buy enough BBs for £5 to do all five tyres. I will give it a go and report my findings Cheers Dave

I like it, just the job for removing engines, very handy. Easy to knock up an A frame that quickly mounts to the front bumber, hang a snatch block of it, a couple of 5 ton rachet straps running back to the front corners of the cage, axle stands under the front bumber to limit the suspension compression, and you've got yourself a handy little crane. But remember lifting is a whole different ball game than winching. Cheers Dave

May do that, as for dimensions the stroke of the ram I asume must be equal to or greater than the distance the end of the drop arm travels from lock to lock. Its choosing the size of the cylinder bore and rod diameter, to big and the ram will be to slow to react, to small it will lack power. what size is yours? if its not to personal a question. Cheers Dave

On my truck I have a fairy 525 pto winch, the dog clutch is engaged by pulling a lever that protrudes through the seat box between the hand brake lever and the gearbox tunnel. An excellent winch, if a bit slow, but will pull all day even supmerged in mud or water, very relible as long as you grease the UJs regularly Cheers Dave

I've found several UK sources for daisy BBs on ebay, not expensive, so I'm going to give it a go. Can't make it any worse, I swear I can feel the wheel bearings breaking up some days. Also surposed to help with the flat spot effect you get when the trucks been stood for a while. Hey Steve How's the hydro assist working out? Still trying to source a suitable ram for mine. Cheers Dave