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Hi Ian, un-fortunately not made the last couple of trips as work has taken priority. I am free the 14th however and would love to get the disco back out in the mud if your offer still stands. Be good to see how it copes on Holinsclough. Cheers Ben

Im off down to Cambridge with the missus so unfortunately im gunna have to miss this one. Hopefully be on the next on though. Been out the last couple of times its snowed and i really do hope you lot get another load before the weekend. Yesterday was amazing, some awesome snow drifts to punch...

It's only 4 bolts for the turret and then the top nut for the shock. You might find the existing bolts on the turret are a bit tight but nothing some plus gas wont solve. I'd recommend buying another set of turret rings whilst your at it as well just incase you snap any of the threads, and if...

Cheers mate. The turrets are 2inches shorter meaning the top shock mounting position is closer to the chassis. What that means in reality is the axle can move more in the downward motion, hopefully keeping the wheel on the ground and providing traction when the front axles articulated.

If i can refrain from taking anything else to bits then count me in :o

Thanks once again for organising James. Really enjoyed it. And the brakes seem to be working fine again! Will bleed them again next weekend just for good measure though. Didn't take that many pictures but here they are anyway.

Thanks mate. Not sure if i understand you, the bleed nipples are at the top of the callipers on the photo. They just have have a bit of masking tape on them from when i sprayed them. The brake pipe comes from the braided hose to the inlet of the calliper which is on the underside of the caliper...

Has been a bit touch and go today but finally got all the new parts installed / bolted on the rear. The most annoying task was changing the diff flange without a proper puller. Found a decent video but didn't have a socket deep enough so had to improvise with redundant wheel bearing races and a...

Looks good to me james. It will take me about an hour to get there but 10 / 10:30 is good with me.

Right then, front wide angle prop put on, brakes bled, coolant valve replaced (snapped it off yesterday :mad:), coolant topped up, diff oil replaced. Been for a drive and all seems to work :) Now need to replace the rear suspension, trailing arms, prop and put on me rear relocation cones on. All...

Sunday will have to be the day for me mate. Still got the bits to put on the rear end. Which i'm just about to go and start doing :)

The tin worms definitely been busy on yours mate. Took me a while to do mine as it was on the drive and i only had weekends to spare but what your attempting is definitely achievable. I would advise you to steer clear of fleabay repair panels though. Think i remember reading Mr Noisey buying a...

Cheers mate, hopefully be back on the road for this weekend! The brake pipes were surprisingly easy to make, i don't know the make of the tool in the photo but it is really easy to use. Took 10mins to get the hang of it.

No chance mate you're not useless, just in a bit of a crap situation (at the minute). You graft and you take pride in your work, you'll go along way. Doesn't seem like a lot when it's bullet pointed but it adds up time wise, well for me it does anyway lol. You thought about going stainless...

A bit of an update from todays tinkering. Got the hubs, discs and calipers put back on then made some brake lines. First attempt just wasn't quite long enough which was bloody annoying! Got the hang of it after that and surprisingly easy to bend the pipe how you want it...

Really do hope you manage to sort the job situation out soon mate. New year coming up and all that, fingers crossed for a new job as well :) What's left to get it through it's MOT now then?

Thanks for the kind words :) Followed all your threads, unbelievable amount of time and effort gone into them fella. You really do have the skills to pay the bills :) Seen the pics of your engine and it really is shoe-horned in there int it?! The 4bd1t dieseldog69 posted about looks quite...

Will have to a have a read up into that mate, looks quite interesting. Just borrowed a break pipe flaring kit off a mate so i'll have all on trying to figure out how to use that haha.

I think the calipers were about 35 each, discs and pads were about 75 all in. Thanks mate, not quite to the standard of your workmanship but having fun doing it all! Wonder if a 6BT can fit in a disco 1 :o

So just a little update on the truck. Unfortunately work has took precedence over the christmas period but will hopefully have it back together for the first weekend in Jan. Whilst the axle is off i've decided to do the wheel bearings as well. So it was another trip to paddocks :o Ended up...