steve200TDi

So I've been busy doing body work! new side panels New front panels Gave it a wash before painting I had to turn it around, so this involved a little drive around the drive! And some paint I've also re attached all the underbody skid plates, sourced some replacement radius arms and a Bosch fuel pump. Oh and we now have a racing deadline of November for the SCOR Comp Safari at Slab Common and Driven to the Edge at Seven Sisters. Oh and I also bought these too! Steve

The felt channels are pre cut, one straight one and one with a slit in the middle to bend for the angle of the window. I didn't bother with the top bit if there was such a thing! Steve

There maybe corrosion along the wire. Look a the joints too, if any. I guess you could run a new wire in depending on where it goes! Steve

I've just done this too mine! The felt channels are: Door hinge side: MUC4071 Door latch side: MUC4072 I used Britpart ones as they're one £2 each! The door shim stuff (MUC4073) comes as a long strip and you just trim it down and uses the screws that hold the channel one to secure it. Again a genuine strip is £1.60! It's needed so that the channels hug the windows nicely as the window could fall out if they're too far apart. The screws that hold the channel in can be fiddley to remove, so just use a good fitting screwdriver and be careful! Check my build thread in my signature, but I haven't got any specific pictures of me doing this! Steve

Oh and I've set the tracking up using a tap measure and it now sits on all four wheels! Steve

The steering was a little notchy on the first outing and so I thought I'd better have a look and investigate the cause. I took the 4 bolts of the top and looked inside. I had two boxes that I checked and both had obviously had a harsh wake on the steering system as the input worm/screw thread had a 'dent' in it causing a tight spot. The output shaft was fine and not badly scored around the output seal. So, I thought with that output shaft I could replace the output shaft in my old steering box from 'The Blue one' which I still had in a box. I knew that was a good box, but it leaked from the output shaft. With the new output shaft fitted and all adjusted I fitted it too the vehicle and added some new PAS fluid. Started the engine to bleed the system. It hasn't leaked so far and its been sitting in the garage for a week or so, but the true test will come when I use it off road! Rear axle all done. Front axle has new swivel seals and retainers along with new discs too. Also renew a rear propshaft UJ and refitted both propshafts. Once that was done I could start to refit all the underbody skid plates. For now I've fitted the central plate as I will need to make up some new captive nuts for the outers. With the bonnet coming on nicely, still needing some ali panel work I started on the new wheel arches using some stable matting as before. Steve

Yep, I've been there too! I think I may have a search saved!

Once the nut is off, I used a hydraulic puller. What works well is with tension on the hydraulic puller, give the drop arm a tap or wack and it may pop off. Goes without saying it will fly off when it goes, so just watch out! Steve

Haha, thanks Dave. May see you up there as I plan to spectate or help a friend who has a Discovery V8. Yep, exactly. I don't want to spend my 80 or so pounds and brake down after one lap! Steve

Thanks Mike! I thought people may want to see it! Well Dave, I'm hoping to go racing with SCOR 4x4, I've already joined their club, but it maybe next year now. I may go and spectate at there last two events up at Bordon. I also want to go racing at Seven Sisters/Walters Arena too! Kevin has sold up and bought a Ford Model A hot rod! It's rather nice! So after a wash off, I set too and sort out the issues and do a general check of it all. The front clam shell was looking a bit sorry for itself, I wanted to make a complete new one, but half of it was still ok, so I compromised and redid the front half! That's as far as I've got with that, as I've moved onto other stuff! miketomcat popped round after one of his parts collecting mystery tours for a cuppa and a looksee! 'Steve, have you seen this crack in the chassis' 'No, Mike!' I said. Oh dear, so the next day I removed all the ali skid plates from underneath to check the whole chassis as it is quite old, at least 25 years at a guess! The crack went up and over the chassis rail in front of the drivers footwell. So I made some patches to plate it all in. There was a little bit of rust underneather the chassis from the trailing arms rearwards, looks like it may have rusted from the inside out. With the chassis all plated up and painted I could move on to other things. The axles still had lockers and hardened shafts in. I was still unsure of whether to buy them or not. I decided to remove them and start with standard stuff and maybe upgrade to a locker of 4 pin diff at a later stage. So out with all the lockers and shafts. Dropped them off on the way to Silverstone for the MotoGP! And collected some stable matting, an ECU and some steering boxes! Ordered a few things, a couple of wheel bearings, new front disks and some new swivel seals. Fitted two standard 2 pin diffs, some one piece shafts for the rear and some shiny CV's for the front which I had in the parts warehouse! One of the treesliders had a small impact so I chopped out the bad bit and spliced in a new bit, very pleased with it! Also found some new truck arches on ebay for the furture! Steve

Yep, nice cheap racing and hopefully lots of fun! People may know it as Purple Pig 3! It wont be staying purple though! So after unloading it and everything else I know that I wasn't going racing straight away as I would need to get helmet, membership etc and also to sort the racer out. But I want to use not necessarily in the racing sense to see if there are any problems or issues to sort out. So I sorted it out and put some knobblies on and went to Slindon! Thanks to SimonR for towing duties! It rained all day, but glad I was prepared with waterproofs from head to tow beings it has no doors! We had a bit of fun! And it highlighted a few issues, the distributor came loose and the engine cut out, but I think this was done to a fuel issue mentioned by the previous owner as it is running cheapo fuel pumps. I'll be getting some replacement Bosch ones I think! As you may have guessed I haven't got a trailer let alone a trailer licence! I'll be sorting the licence out once I've done some research! i was browsing ebay for trailers and quite liked the Brian James tiltbed, but they're quite spendy and also the Ifor Williams with the wheel underneath. I triple axle tiltbed popped up 6 miles from home that fitted the bill. I knew I needed a trailer, but not quite yet. As it was quite near put a bid on thinking it would go for more.......... Oh! I've won a trailer Cool! A 16 foot triple axle Brian James Tiltbed trailer, very nice!

I've always fancied having a go at Comp Safari racing, but didn't want to spend the big bucks on a Bowler wildcat or Simmbugghini, just in case i didn't like it! About two months ago I found something I liked, went to have a look at it and bought it! It looks nicer with the big tyres on, but I didn't get those! Nice small tyres for racing! So with the help of Chris (GBMUD) for towing and work for their loan of a very nice triple axle tiltbed trailer we went and picked it up! As it was the owners last land rover based vehicle it came with spares for everything! Gearbox, propshafts, diffs, halfshafts etc etc and a spare set of wheels and tyres, oh and a couples of axle casings! As it is so short it fitted in the garage nicely along with all the spares!! If you're wondering, it's and Allard Racer. Apparently chassis number one or the first to have ali body panels. It's based on a 100inch range rover classic chassis with a 4.2V8 auto set back with radiator and fuel tank in the back. Steve

I've always had good service from Paddocks. If you can't find what you want on their website then just search for the part number. Their search function is very good as not everything is listed on the website, so you have to search for it! Steve

Ross - you've rebuilt it finally! Well done! I was thinking it was only yesterday I remember it being in bits! Steve

If you do want a set of 255/85 BFG Muds on Wolf rims, I know of a set going spare! Steve

Probably places like Tomcat Motorsport or even Tornado Motorsport. Give Tomcat Motorsport a call first, they may know of other places! What are you building, if anything?......... Steve

Thanks Gary, That's exactly what I wanted to build: challenge wings which look standard to the untrained eye! Good luck with the build! Steve

Hi Gary, have a look at my build thread (link below) as I used whitbread standard wings for my build. I made a steel frame to rivet the spats too and yes the standard heater intake doesn't fit now. At the moment I'm still running with a cut down version jammed in the gap, but want to make a new one sometime! Hope that helps! Steve

I'll be there! Steve

Does this help: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=87607&p=754171 Steve

I'll be there! In the Red one! Steve

I took a few spares with me in July and happened to be quite useful to certain people! Sometimes you can find spares in the trees, but maybe that was just my luck/a one off! Steve

Haha! Unfortunately they only have 4 glow plugs! Steve

Yes please! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Comp-Safari-Rear-Engined-100-Racer-Not-Tomcat-Wildcat-/171851893368?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item28032bca78 Because Race Car! Steve

Cool! Catch up nearer the time! Steve