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After a lot of mucking about I found a micro digger locally, an old Eurodig that had a refurb recently. Starts first crank, new rad and tracks. Happy enough

Good ol Drew! I know where that FC is going as well

Will it make a decent CNC machine? Must be a few unfinished CNC kits that Simon made floating about?

Picked up the last one left in Leatherhead on Friday night. Not used it yet though!

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has it got the annoying cork T seals around the rear main cap? You will need some aluminium sliders to aid fitting them if so.

lots to think about there, and some good offers in amongst it! So far every machine I've chased has been well over the 5k mark, even a couple with hydraulic issues. Just doesn't seem right to be forking out that kind of money for something that doesn't work. Space could be an issue on a 3Te + machine, I'm only dealing with half an acre all told, but it is open. I think the ability to trailer the machine/drive the tractor up the road is key, what with other family members lining up work! In terms of the Fergie option, I've seen a few demountables with separate hydraulic drives off the PTO, and don't think I'd trust the tractors hydraulics to run a large set of rams, despite the pump being in good order. @Ed Poore I'll drop you a PM regarding those rear arms your mate has. I've also come up with a couple of leads on mini diggers that may be a bit cheaper than those I've seen so following those up as well. Cheers

Not strictly Land Rover or 4x4 related, so OT! Like many I've got myself an old Fergie, petrol job which I use for mowing, and general carting about duties. I have a few jobs coming up where I will need to do a bit of digging, namely foundations for a garage extension, two soak aways and a general remodel of my driveway. I've looked into renting or purchasing a mini digger, but can't justify the costs involved, the out lay to purchase is to high, and if I rented I am sure I would end up covering the cost of a second hand machine with the amount of work and how sporadic my free time can be. This has lead me to look at one of these back-actors on the three point linkage of the Fergie, I am also thinking I could attach a flail for my hedges etc. https://www.tractorfactory.co.uk/ProductDetail/TF0229/ This then got me thinking if I could purchase a second hand mini digger back ram and arm arrangement, and then fabricate a bracket to mount it to the tractor, and utilise the tractors hydraulics to power the rams rather than a PTO driven pump arrangement as per the link above. Has anyone looked into this before? Any suggestions?

There is a known fault with these fobs whereby the circuit board cracks, there's a guy on FREEL2 forum who repairs the keys. I am about to send my final original key off to him with this exact problem.

Freelander 2 pollen filter - good

The purple one has a Mazda SL35TI and Auto

I've got an 1 3/4" SU on my Series 1, along with a host of other trick bits. You need to make up an intake adaptor if using original manifolds (carb dependant). I might be able to swap you that carb for one like on mine?

Parkside saw, Festool rail.

There are a lot of folk South of London, myself included. I can highly recommend a garage on the South coast if you fancy a trip to the seaside?

Of course it is, it's one of my own 😏

Make a wooden jig of the window, clamp on to the side of 90, use a plunge router to cut the aluminium, with a guide bush against the jig. Perfect windows everytime and nice neat cut.

it's a weekend job on a 90, should be even quicker with a hi cap

I ran 700 but with a low boost and it highlighted cooling issues

I am about to throw all my Britpart filters in the scrap! Thanks for the post

air leak on the manifolds?

I might bring the Series 1 down to spectate

awesome work - well done

I helped a chap put a 200tdi in a Rover P4. It was originally a 2.25 petrol, so we pulled the lump put the 200 in, and made up the exhaust. It was getting ridiculous MPG - 45mpg sounds about right. It went to Italy and back. He then sold it to a bloke who started welding it up, and I think he's sold it now as well. It was quick, it had a RRC diff in it IIRC, but it handled like an absolute pig. I would suggest the SD1 idea is a good one - they're bloody awful cars to look at though!

indeed, with a free disc and bracket, and an easy source for a caliper you think someone would jump at the chance....

the 310M looks remarkably like the series caliper, that X-Eng use........