Morning all, I appreciate all your help and advice in both this and the other v8 thread. I was talking to the chap selling me the v8 (he’s a mate) and we both actually came to the decision that the d1 should remain 300tdi for a few points!
I’m...
Can you take/post a photo of the rear of the carbs(pipe work)
As for a restriction,put a very course thread screw in the pipe,cut the head off(the finer the thread the more a restriction)
Great - thanks ... this is my 2nd 50th, the first an L series without the plastic go faster strips, but beggars can't be choosers...
I've also got a proper Land Rover ('53 plate TD5 ES Premium - 88k and only 3 owners from new, inc me).
I've...
No such thing as not enough drop, someone just hasn't looked hard enough. Regardless of how ridiculously "giant" your tyres are you can get a drop plate to tow. although if they are that giant and you want to tow with it I would advocate for...
If you screw it in, away from the engine, it pushes the shoes further apart, whereas if you screw it out, towards the engine it allows the springs to pull them closer together and hence off the drum.
I've had some funny noises off Land Rover...
It is only that shiny because it is less than 12 months old after having rebuilt it after an engine fire: LINK It is the later model late 300/td5 steering rack.
It may be but I have ordered the overprice steve parker kit as I cannot have the...
There are regulations regarding chassis changes etc.
if you change the engine to a non LR type you loose points. You need a certain amount,axles,gearbox,engine are the points.
As your changing engine are you changing the gear box?
You can not...
see I could have said this… must be getting better at refraining from teaching new members bad habits…. ;)
But best get some metal putty. Easy to use on every liquid
Had some more thoughts!
So the pano glass could be fairly vulnerable when off road so I thought I could make some window guards that clip onto the rollcage!
Then to add functionality I can design it to fold down and act as a shelf or table...
On the v5 tax exemption issue that is calculated on a point basis. If you alter the chassis you loose the most points and basically have to keep everything else standard. Someone with more knowledge will be along shortly but I think if you change...
I keep all his plumbing, heating and gas working so we’ve become friends over the years. He’s genuinely looked after me with this one. Landrover specialist came down and serviced it as well as changed a few bits over like the injector loom and...
We can live in hope....they were out installing a vast amount of new cameras recently in a very poor part of londinium ...Erith. Every single camera was being fitted outside all the local schools because they are poor deprived areas and the car...