Recent content by Tirran

Looking good, remember that the clutch plate has a wrong way and a correct way to fit.😂

Why Kirkcaldy? Can you not get it done locally?

Gearbox crossmember fitted. I say fitted, fabricated more like. The td5 crossmember was too wide by 3mm, the offside mount has “kissed” a large rock and needed an oxyacetylene torch to reform it. I couldn’t widen the space so, cut the x member reduced it by the required 3mm and welded together...

Wipers fitted. However, the knurled “nut” that the wiper fits on to is a d shape on a defender, this one has series wheel boxes, round spindles. Schoolboy error, to change the wheel boxes means changing the gear in the motor too, old one is 35 mm newer one 45 mm. To change the knurled nut £14...

I wish they still were as cheap, still looking forward to it.

Now that I have “completed” my Defender 90 rebuild last year, and taken it trialing with the Scottish Land Rover Owners Club, as I intended. I have decided to continue the madness with a new project. Seduced by the sound of a rover V8 and fear of further damaging the Defender I decided to by a...

I’m fairly thinning out on top!

The market has been overheated due to supply & demand during covid lockdown, and is only now normalising. Defenders we’re always going to be in demand as they had the following, but add the ending of production prices went stratospheric which trickles down the market to less perfect ones. Now...

Try this idea from Mike of Britanica Land Rovers

I have limited space for “ another” project😄

Might get my nephew to collect

I think the debate is interesting. Yes, you can buy them cheaper than making them. In this case, as stated earlier, I was looking for plans/drawings for axles stands so I could make my own. It is the fabrication of them that interests me and asking for drawings so that I avoided some of the...

Straight through Centre section fitted, no real difference in noise. thanks for the feedback.

I understand the comments to buy stands, but it is the making of them that interests me, and it will probably be more expensive. I want them to be safe which is why I am asking if there is any info out there.

Has anyone here got, or knows where to find plans for building your own axle stands? I need them to be safe as it's me under the car. I've had a look in the interweb and they are mainly US based building huge one's that are way too big, and that have used as much steel as a Clyde built ferry.