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What's the reasoning behind losing the 35s? Gearing too tall for them?

I find with my set up that the gears are quite well suited for what I do. Although towing through the Scottish Highlands in the height of tourist season it does feel a little gutless down low. Well compared to the 3.6l twin turbo V8 :lol:... But once I get rid of that I think I'm going to experiment a little with the boost and a VNT to help the bottom end. Failing that me thinks it'll be time for a V8, thinking 4.2 or 5.0 supercharged... :ph34r:.

Perhaps that's an option? (The turbos) after all it does look right on 35s and having just got a new set of tyres its not far off the same cost if you're sticking with the BFGs!

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The tyres on there came with the wheels. They are km1's loads of tread but quite old so I would be looking to swap them for 33's or sell them and buy some 33's. :hysterical:

I don't like the gearing at present I'm always between gears and rarely use 5th. I knew this would be the case when I bought them but love the look so went with it. Also I suspect I will have some rubbing when the suspension is flexed, don't get me wrong I'm happy to trim for clearance. Transfer box would be a good solution but they seem to be expensive these days. Axle ratio is always going to be a pain because the rear is a Salisbury. 

I guess it comes down to what becomes available at the right price.

They looks pretty good on 33's as well so I'm not worried for looks.

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Mike

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No hurry gents I've got plenty of other things to sort.

On that note I've got the winch dash switch fitted along with;

A 12v socket.

CB radio though no ariel yet.

Radio

And a clock (that's not working at the moment).

Oh and a pair of tie down points in the boot that I would happily lift the car on.

Mikr

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Currently waiting to run out of fuel so I know my tank range at 260miles and the gauge is just above empty with the light flickering on and off. But the tank is a foers item designed for a td5 pump assembly and I've got a 200tdi disco pick up in there.:ph34r:

On another note I'm getting a flickering oil pressure warning light at tickover after a motorway run. Never had this problem when it was in the disco. Now it does need an oil and filter (*#itpart filter) change and I think I read on here somewhere of someone having the same problem solved with a gen filter. My other thought is the radiator (cheap alloy job) when it turned up I remember thinking the oil ports looked a little constricted. I've just put a shield in to force the air through the rad as well just in case it's not cooling properly. 

Other than that still loving it and getting a few thumbs up / confused looks.:rofl:

Mike

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5 hours ago, miketomcat said:

Currently waiting to run out of fuel so I know my tank range at 260miles and the gauge is just above empty with the light flickering on and off. But the tank is a foers item designed for a td5 pump assembly and I've got a 200tdi disco pick up in there.:ph34r:

On another note I'm getting a flickering oil pressure warning light at tickover after a motorway run. Never had this problem when it was in the disco. Now it does need an oil and filter (*#itpart filter) change and I think I read on here somewhere of someone having the same problem solved with a gen filter. My other thought is the radiator (cheap alloy job) when it turned up I remember thinking the oil ports looked a little constricted. I've just put a shield in to force the air through the rad as well just in case it's not cooling properly. 

Other than that still loving it and getting a few thumbs up / confused looks.:rofl:

Mike

I had a flickering oil light with a Britpart filter fitted, swapped the filter for a Mahle unit & the flickering ceased as a bonus the oil pressure was better too.

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Intersting remark about the filter and the flickering light.. I'm just back from a 1,120 miles test drive with the new to me 300 Tdi in the 110 and had the oil light flicker on me when stopped after a long hard run. Filter & oil due to be changed this week...

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3 hours ago, Cynic-al said:

If it was a restrictive port somewhere around the engine wouldn't that cause higher pressure? :ph34r:

Agreed but as it's the only part that's different from when it was in the disco I don't know. I'm not sure if the cooler circuit is on the feed or return side but either way my thought is the restriction could be causing higher temps.

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5 hours ago, Cynic-al said:

If it was a restrictive port somewhere around the engine wouldn't that cause higher pressure? :ph34r:

Engine side, yes. Sadly not when part of the filter is causing the restriction:

Any bets they've pulled the same lovely trick on the 200tdi filter? 

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