Mark90
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Buzzer would be bugger all use in my mates racer. With a 4.0 TVR lump just behind our heads and a Milner transfer box howling by our legs you wouldn't hear a buzzer. Without the intercom we can hardly hear each others shouting.
Find a set of decent sized warning lights on the center of the dash work well. When it wasn't running properly it would stall under braking (auto box) and we would spot the lights come one even before the engine fully died. Got it down to a fine art, driver slipped it in to neutral as I hit the starter button and we'd hardly loose any speed/time.
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I thought yours was from a car boot sale?
MPS via eblag
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Just been pointed out that that Engle from MPS is plus VAT, so it's not the good deal I thought it was. They used to advertise inc VAT, certainly did when I bought mine from them.
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If you didn't buy one of these you may be interested in one of these.
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For the reasons mentioned above I like mechanical guages for water temp and oil pressure. The more trick the engine the more inclined I'd be to use decent quality mechanical guages. Had Racetech mechanical guages in the 90 (water temp, oil pressure, oil temp, gearbox oil temp), oil pressure plumbed in pipe with proper swaged connections and stainless overbraid for added bling.
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Or buy my early 110 axle and swap the bits over
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If you want to keep 24 spline diff and fit 23 spline AEU2522 CV's then you need aftermarket shafts, eg Ashcrofts. LR didn't fit 23 spline CV's and 24 spline diffs at the same time. Also not sure if AEU2522 CV's will fit with the TD5 stub axle and hubs.
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if we hadn't got stuck we wouldn't have met that lovely old woman though- the one with all her teeth and lovely hair (and who certainly wasn't married to her brother) who turned up at exactly the right moment to help.
She seemed most interested in Mo
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From memory FRC8222 is the outboard seal which is often discarded to allow oil fed bearings. FTC4785 is the inboard seal for this age of vehicle, but I would replace with RTC3511 as fitted to earlier vehicles as it is a better seal. Don't use carp quality seals unless you want to do the job again, soon. I prefer to use Corteco seals.
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Paul, I'd suggest that you'd be better off having some training (there are people on here who offer such a service) than watching what goes on at events. At most events the standard of recovery work can vary hugely, how would you know what you where watching was good practice or potentially lethal? Also you might miss some of the less obvious key points without having them pointed out to you.
There are some good how to guides on David Bowers website, have you seen those?
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duly paid for and awaiting delivery with baited breath!
Me too. I was a bit put off as it was described as "tasteful", but as it's a good cause have bought one anyway
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Am i right in thinking that 4 galons will be enough for a single days trialing / winch challenging with a TDi, or would i be safer with something bigger?
I could manage a day on a site with a 10 gallon tank in the 90, only just at big site like 7S, so you should be fine with 4 gallon and a deep fat fryer. However unless you're runing a swirl pot beware of running too low on fuel, side slopes etc, baffles primarily help with surge not low fuel levels. I'm not convinced baffles would be required in such a small tank and your intended use, although someone more qualified than me not agree.
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I must admit I found it odd that these shims allow for very fine adjustement yet the tollerance in the end float of the TC seems quite large. I just fitted everything from the old engien to teh new one and it all went together fine giving an appropriate end float on the TC.
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It just looks pretty damn dangerous snatching like that with a massive elastic band!
It is. The forces involved can be enournous. Which is why you have to be 100% sure that all the attachament points are up to the job and not do silly things like joining ropes/strops with shackles. Obviously the more agressive you are the greater the risk.
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One problem with patents is that you make your plans public, this means someone else can adapt them.
And another problem is the cost of defending them.
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Given the choice I'd use the winch over kinetic recovery everytime, much safer and much more controlled.
All above is good advice re kinetic recoveries, however I'm not sure I'd call that recovery agressive though.
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I think you do need that bit
When I done mine I had everything off the back of the crank. -
The props are the same.
5 speed manual and 4 speed auto props are the same, assuming same transfer box.
However Les says he is replacing a 4 speed manual and I'm not sure those props are the same, I might be wrong though
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GPSGate may well solve the problem. However it seems a little odd that both programs are failing to keep their GPS com port settings. I don't know about N7 but MM stores these settings in the registry and updates them when you make changes in MM, even before you exit MM.
The location of the MM com port settings in the registry is...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Memory-Map\Memory-Map Navigator-OS\settings\GPS_params
OS migt be OS5 depending on version of MM.
For a SirfIII GPS on com port 1 it should be 6,3,COM1: ,4,1,0,0,6,100,500
The 6 at the front refers to Sirf (2 for Garmin, 1 for NMEA).
If you're not confident editing settings in the registry get a grown up to do it for you.
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Over volting has come up a few times, a quick search threw up this thread, see Si's post.
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Whose guidelines are these? Are these clearly stated somewhere, signs on the lane?
These are Hierarchy of Trail Routes guidelines, some info on HOTR can be found here, it outlines basics and the bodies involved.
Info about the direction restriction is available on the LDNP website the list of UCR's within the national park, here. The lane in question is U5050.
There is also a HOTR sign at each end of any of the lanes (UCR's or Byways) in the LDNP which details any restrictions. When we done this lane both signs where in place and as it's a 'red' route it's monitored fairly regularly. While we where laning in the lakes I only noticed one HOTR sign mising and that wasn't on a red route.
Given that the forum laning trip was well aware of this restriction I find it hard to believe that anyone running laning tours in the area for the length of time that Kankku have would not be aware of the restriction. The restriction has been in place a number of years, it was active when I was laning up there in 2003.
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As for the one way system, my understanding was that was how the permit system worked, one month its one way, the next month the direction of travel is opposite.
There is no permit system for the lane in question. It is always open but only in the one direction, west to east. I don't know if this is simply a voluntary restriction under the HOTR or if it has some legislation behind it such as a directional TRO.
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IIRC for the flanged bolts with the reduced head size, 13mm hex is M10.
Normal 13mm hex bolts are M8.
When I done mine I had everything off the back of the crank.
Oil Pressure Gauge
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Isn't that always the way