[Twin shock mounts Rear]

The reason i have done this kit is because customers keep asking for them, yes they are more for heavy veacules to stop the bounce and boddy roll,but still wanting the articulation, the X-Eng antiroll bar system is one way forward to stop body roll, but wont stop the bouncing around, yes you could fit 1 big shock with firmer damping, but the trouble with this is the bushes distroy themselves as the bush is flexing much more, for high speed comping i thinck a diferent setup is required on the back, the trouble with the Land Rover setup is as the axle is pushed up the less damping you have because the shock is at an angle and gets more horizontal giving less damping, this is ideal for slow challenge events as it allows the axle to go up easier and quicker, for high speed you need the damper upright giving the same damping all the time, thats why you see a lot puting the front shock setup on the back, for high speed you dont want to much drop on the suspension as it could allow your wheel to drop into a large hole, you need more compression for when you land hard.

I am taking all your coments in and maybe see you at the show so you can see for yourselves.

Must get back to loading up for the show.

Gwyn

[Tommy's farm in Wales]

I thought i had better post this incase no one had heard the bad news, a customer told me today and i have just checked on line and this is what i could find, our thaughts are with his family and friends and many 4x4 friends he had.

Breese. - Thomas (Tommy) Cwmderw, Bwlchysarnau, Rhayader passed away on Friday 4th March 2011 aged 69 years. Dearly loved husband of Elizabeth. Funeral Service at Bwlchysarnau Baptist Church on Saturday 19th March at 1pm followed by interment at Bwlchysarnau Cemetery. Family flowers, donations if desired to Wales Air Ambulance or Bwlchysarnau Baptist Church. Enquiries to M.Jones & Son, Funeral Directors, Llanidloes.

Gwyn Lewis

[1" 2" 3" 4" 5" Lifts - but over what eaxctly]

The best way to measere your lift is to measure your spring hights with the

vehicle parked on level ground,measure from top to botom of the rear of the

front spring,and the same for the rear spring,with quality springs you will

find that the drivers side is always slightly taller

STD 90/110 FRONT SPRING measures 260mm +/- 5 mm

The REAR SPRING should be around 300 mm +/- 10mm

STD Disco/RRc FRONT SPRING measures 250 mm +/- 5 mm

The REAR SPRING should be around 300 mm +/- 10mm

These measurments are what i have taken over the years to calculate what lift

you have got or havent got

From the standard measurments you can calculate what lift you have got

Hope this will help what you need

GWYN LEWIS

[Trojan horse from Gwyn Lewis' site]

Hi all that are concerned

i did notice this this morning,as i could not get on my site either,i have contacted

my web man but all was OK on his PC,and is fine on mine as well now.

We dont know what the problem is,but if anyone is having trouble please can you let me

know as i need to sort it out,it seems fine on mine now ?

As for emails i know some dont come through and i dont know why,i know it might seem

rude for me not to reply,but if i havent seen them i cant reply to them

I had an email a couple of months ago and i replied to it,the ancwer i got back was

sorry mate i sent you thet 6 months ago and you did not reply so i got the items

elswhere

Please let me know if you are having trouble with my site

GWYN

[Where to buy procomp +5 shocks from?]

Pro Comp pin lower / eye top we should have in stock , get the measurments you need and give me a ring and i will see

what i can sort out for you

tel 01938 810 298

gwyn

[Howlin' Wolf Round 4 - Wern-Ddu]

He could not get any air out , as they are foam filled

That must have been when we stoped for our lunch

Gwyn

[Howlin' Wolf Round 4 - Wern-Ddu]

It was an excellant event (so glad we entred )

Thanks to Neil and Carol and all the others that never get mentioned, that give up there time for us all to go out and play

and put an excellent event together , we must remember that without all the marshalls and helpers there would not be an

event to go to

Thanks to the David`s for cooking the pig (my plan worked you all eat to much and could not move fast enough on Sunday )

Shame about the weather but we are nearer the clouds up here and cant do nothing about it

Nick , how many cans of strongbow did SI have to drink before you had enough alloy shims

I must look at the results now , i cant remember where JOHN and ROB finished

Thanks once again

Gwyn Lewis

[total winch]

Totalwinch (if it is the same thing) was a company selling winches about 5 or 6 ears ago , they are the same winch

as the Come-up as he was only re naming them , he dissapeared over night and never seen again ?

The winches came from winch solutions in hull as they still sell them DV-9000 and so on , but most see the winches

now as superwinch EP 9 and others , as superwinch import them with there name on them

They are a very good winch for the price

Gwyn Lewis

[Winch Freespool]

It Sound like you have to much grease on the outside of the Ring Gear, and in the end housing

no 18 and no 1 on a parts diagram if you can see one , this causes to much resistance and makes it hard to pull

out, as this must spin frely when in free spool , this is comon on a lot of lowline winches after they have been serviced,

as to much grease is put on the outside of the Ring Gear , use a light oil on the outside of the Ring Gear it should help

Gwyn Lewis

[Bow Motor or XP]

John

I think Nobby just wanted to know if you seen a difference from XPs to Bows as you bave used both.

They cant be that bad as you have had a 2nd and 3rd place using them,or is it super fit Rob that does it for you

I took my motors off last weekend to clean and check, i could not beleave the moisture in them, and only done

2 events, whatever motor you all use they must be serviced quite often, i thinck a breather in the motors is the next

thing to sort out ?

Gwyn Lewis

[Howlin Wolf Round 3]

That was a good event

Thanks to Neil / Carol and all that put it together, you made full use of all the Welsh hill side again (it might become compulsory

to have a incline metre in the cab for some of the slopes) . I am very pleased with 3rd in class as it is our first Howlin Wolf

in my own truck . But i cant beleave we let John and Rob beat us, its the last time i give them any help and advice or was it those new doors that helped them (that was nothing to do with me).

But i must say it was a good day for all the WEISH teams 2 firsts , 1 third and 1/2 a second place

Thanks to all involved and will see you all at round 4

GWYN LEWIS

[Howlin' Wolf Rnd 2]

John Fair 3rd !!!!!!

I think you have been watching TV , You have been watching that David Bowyer Off-Road Driving and Winching Techniques DVD

i sent you , or was it those highly tuned Bowmotors i did for you that pulled you along to 3rd

im shure i wont hear the last of this one 3rd !!!!!!!

GWYN LEWIS

[Gwyn lewis & terrafirma]

Well i thought i had beter put my point forward, i have had a lot to do and haven't had time to reply

It all started at Billing last year as Allmakes had a stand by Jimbo`s GIGGLEPIN (so it is all his fault) as my Land Rover

was on his stand,Eddie took an interest in my suspension kit and we got talking , he wanted to get a shock produced

Terrafirma to go with my kit and i agreed as as it would give me another shock to sell one that would be cheaper

than the OME and dearer than the others i do , and i hoped the quality would be somewhere inbetween as well,

i got 4 shocks to test for them before xmas and i was impressed with them for the price, we discussed buying my products

for Allmakes to sell to all their shops, but it turned out that that all they wanted was the rear shock mount off me, as they do

all the other items themselves , what put me off selling to them was i would be only selling rear shock mounts that would be

sold to around 100 or 200 shops they supply, and my sale of other items would be nill because once all 4x4 shops start

selling the items it would start another price war and the only one to benefit would be the end user, but you also need

to be able to give some technical advice on fitting and things that go with the kit, that is where i am always willing to help

anyone and advise them on what they are doing to there vehicle , this is what happend on friday as Nobby said i was not

amused when i found out it was not my items he had brought, it was not his fault as he was new to the game , but the shop

must have mentioned my name or sold them as mine for him to call me

As for the items Terrafirma do , i knew that they did not do a rear spring re locator that was sutable for that much travel

and i thought they would have modified the dislocater that they do , but they have had made an almost identical copy of mine

wich has taken me years to perfect and a couple of hours to copy, the idea i came up with about 10 years ago took a lot

of trial and error to get to this stage , and as Simon x-eng keeps telling me he wishes he had thought of it first, i also

see things that other companies have developed and wish i had thought of it , it is simple once you have seen something new

but it takes a lot of time to get things right before you can sell it (this is something that WILL once put on this forum when

someone was complaining that something of mine was expensive and he said you are paying for all the design work as well as

the product, and that has always stuck in my mind)

maybe i should have tried to push more of my items onto them , but where ever you get your items from you need to be

advised properly on what you are fitting, as there is more to suspension than people think, i probably don't always get it

right but i am always willing to advise them on what is being fitted even if it is not mine , this is where you don't get

this sort of help off big retailers or internet shops as they dont seem to have the time ?

Hope this has answered some things for you all , and thanks for all your support on this one

I can get back to designing new items now and try to keep in front

GWYN LEWIS

[Propshaft, which way around]

you fit them with the shorter part of the propshaft at the transfer box end,as this is the tallest part of the prop and

wont let any water in them, the ends are plug welded on ours to help stop the water getting in and it also allows the

grease to go down the splines and not out of the cap when you grease them

GWYN LEWIS

[Props?]

A Defender 200 tdi front prop is NOT the same as a Disco 200 or 300 tdi it is to long a Defender 300 tdi is the

same length as Disco / RRC fronts

Defender 200 front W/L 685 mm FRC8390

Disco / RRC 200/300 tdi W/L 637 mm FRC8386 with LT230 Tran Box

Defender 300 tdi / TD5 " "

GWYN LEWIS

[300tdi - strange coolant issue...]

You need to check the colant cap as there is 2 valves in it and sometimes does not hold preasure that is requred, and

will cause an airlock in the engine , if they dont seal it will push the water into the expansion tank and posibly out

through the cap, and you need to check the 2 small pipes that go to the expansion tank to se if they are blocked up,

as these pipes let the air out of the engine and the radiator to stop an airlock

one way to check your cap is after been used stop the engine and listen by the cap if you hear a slight hiss it is not

sealing and wants replacing

i have seen one vehicle that had 2 head gasgets fitted when the 3rd went it came to us and what was causing

the gasgets to go was the seals in the valves in the cap had browken up, no preasure in the coling system

causing an air lock ,when there is no preasure you think there is no problem, but thats not true

hope this will help your problem, and others need to check their caps as well as it is quite comon

GWYN LEWIS

[prop shaft length's]

If you fit a 300 tdi front prop on the back you could move the transfer box back by 35 mm - 40 mm, if that is not anough

they would have to be made to length, on the new pumas they have fitted the shorter prop on the back but the prop

does suffer as it is the back suspension that does all the work , this is the transfer box position that the new pumas have

used and that is why they had to drop the transfer box to help the problem , i think the 200 tdi position was the best

as props are nearly equal length

GWYN LEWIS

[prop shaft length's]

I always recomend customers to use stock length props if possible as if you brake one you can get a spare to keep you going,

if you are going to take 4 inch out of the rear prop it will make it quite short , the new defenders do suffer from this that is why

the gearbox is lower to reduce the angle and try to stop vibrations , i would move the engine forward and use 200 tdi props

as the front prop is longer than a 300 tdi and is beter for not having front prop vibrations

if you want any prop measurments give me a call 01938 810 298

the shorter the rear prop the less suspension drop you can have before it binds up

GWYN LEWIS

[Does Gwyn Lewis.....]

Yes we do Mail Order

As for Terrafirma yes we sell them at the moment, but they dont come with a bush isolation washer

which is very important with this much flex on the bush and pin

We have to pre assemble the shocks with the washers that we make before we sell tham to make

sure everything will work OK and is sutable for our kit, i dont think other suppliers of the shocks are

supplying the washers with them, but i dont know what items or mounts they sell with them ?

There is nothing on TV tonight JOHN so probably work late

GWYN LEWIS

[Procomp Shocks]

Did you get the kit from me ?

All the shocks i supply should come pre assembled with BUSHES/BUSH ISOLATION WASHER and NYLOCK NUTS

especially the procomp shocks as there is to much thread on them and no shoulder to tighten the nut down to

this is why our procomp shocks are a little more expensive off us as we have to do this to them

The nuts you want are 1/2 inch UNF thread a T NUT and you should be using the BUSH ISOLATION WASHER to centralise

the bush in the hole , this stops the pin of the shock wearing out on the hole in the mounts

The bush also must go the right way as they have 2 diameter locators on them , on a land rover you use the smaller

one against the mounting hole

To tighten them just don't over tighten them let the bush and shock flex you can always tighten them a little more if they

are to loose rather than over tighten and brake the pin off

hope this has answered what you want ?

[head lamps dont work ?]

dafydd there is a relay in the fuse compartment a yellow one i thinck it is the

one nearest the drivers side it could de a bad conection on it ive had it before

or you have lost power to the relay?

the headlamps on dim with sidlights on and ig on are dim dip

i would look at that relay first

gwyn

[clutches]

forgot to mention

if you want a lighter clutch pedal you can fit a 1 inch bore slave cyl FTC5071

it will go straight on a 200 tdi not sure about a 300

and if you want to change gear quicker off road you only want about 2 to 3 inch of

pedal travel put a block under the pedal to stop it going to the floor

it does work(if rob sees this he will agree as i did it to his when i drove for him)

gwyn

[clutches]

Just had a quick look through this

the valeo clutch you are fitting i thought they where smaller than the AP BB clutches

valeo plate 9.25 inch

AP BB plate 9.5 inch

this is why i always fit AP BB clutches as there is more surface contact/more bite on flywheel and cover

i have had many customers fitted there own clutch and they have started slipping after a short time

i have put this down to not enough freeplay in the clutch pedal once we adjusted it properly they

where ok

you have to allow the thrust bearing to float and not put pressure on the cover if it wont self

adjust the clutch will start slipping and the thrust bearing will get hot and melt the plastic as

it is in contact all the time

when you fit the clutch and use it for a day or two check there is no back pressure in the pipes

it means all the fluid you are pushing down to the slave cyl is not returning back into the master

cyl and holding pressure on the thrust bearing

you can do this by loosening one of the pipes if fluid squirts out the fluid is not returning

it could be a collapsed flexi hose inside you need to check this after the hose

one problem i have had time to time is the one way valve in the master cyl not allowing

the fluid back and holding pressure in the pipes once the vehicle gets hot everything

expands and makes it a lot worse

if it was a manual adjust clutch you would have to shorten the clutch push rod as the

clutch wears but LRs dont have the system so it relies on self adjust and you cant

see it

if you want to check you can drill a hole in the bell housing in line with the slave cyl

to push a screwdriver in to see if you can push the piston/rod back in

hope that will help a bit

Gwyn Lewis

[Standard suspension height?]

HI

A STD DEFENDER FRONT SPRING HIGHT IS 260MM THAT IS THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE SPRING

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SAT ON LEVEL GROUND, I ALWAYS MEASURE DRIVERS SIDE REAR OF FRONT

SPRING, FROM THAT YOU CAN WORK OUT WHAT LIFT OR HOW MUTCH IT HAS SUNK BY.

ON THE REAR IT IS AROUND 300MM + OR SO

HOPE THAT WILL HELP

GWYN

[TD 5 "Misfire"]

I see you are having problems

ive had similar problems whith a couple of td5 defenders

have you checked the turbo waste gate incase it is seized

and over preasurising at high rpm

or eaven under preasure

get a turbo boost gauge on it and see what it is doing

the one i had was seized we just freed it off and it was ok

its worth checking

gwyn