Essex lanes

Should be a few of us out.

Will PM you a meeting time and place when confirmed.

Just given in and joined farcebook, and applied to join Essex Mud Monkeys, as this seems the easiest way to keep in touch.

I have joined the Essex mud monkeys too, hoping to come out with you guys.......... If you let me lol

Offshiftproject said:

I have joined the Essex mud monkeys too, hoping to come out with you guys.......... If you let me lol

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You can follow me. I'm only in Mistley!

666 george said:

Anybody want a 200tdi discovery for breaking, it's been used as a shooting wagon, roof been cut out & covered in mud. Motor is good with 184,000 on the clock. I would have had it but change of plans. They are after £250. only in Braintree.

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Hello is the disco still for sale? Cheers.

Sorry, It's now sold.
I've got the 200tdi engine coming out of mine but it's smoking on start up & low oil pressure. I've also got another full engine to rebuild it with, only thing missing on the 2nd engine is the turbo.

After forgeting the clutch as the engine is going from auto to man. I then forgot about the p/s as the pipes are different. I'm hopfully ready.

666 george said:

Sorry, It's now sold.
I've got the 200tdi engine coming out of mine but it's smoking on start up & low oil pressure. I've also got another full engine to rebuild it with, only thing missing on the 2nd engine is the turbo.

After forgeting the clutch as the engine is going from auto to man. I then forgot about the p/s as the pipes are different. I'm hopfully ready.

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When are you doing the swap then?

Jongould said:

When are you doing the swap then?

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This Saturday & Sunday, hope to get most of it done saturday but need to make an exhaust as well.

666 george said:

This Saturday & Sunday, hope to get most of it done saturday but need to make an exhaust as well.

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How come your old one wont fit or have you gone from disco to defender setup?

Going from Disco 200tdi to 300tdi. The engine mount on one side is different but I've got a bolt on bracket & downpipe is closer to the front.

Ah yes, you did say before... well hopefully it will all get done in a day but I bet there will be something that holds it all up, something stupid and annoying....

I hope I've got everything covered but as you say "I bet there will be something that holds it all up". As long as it's up & running the other bitz can be sorted later.

There will be nothing that holds it up! Just think we have done a whole rebuild basically in a weekend when we did mine. Everything will be fine.

Another 16hr day yesterday with Mr T. Hopefully its almost there......
Got loads of pics but i wont bother posting em here, but looking forward to hopefully trying it out Sunday!

Shall we meet at the entrance to Bures Pit again?

Hoping my steering issue is nice and simple, i picked up a new steering damper today. Just got to brave the cold. Also noticed an oily leak from one of the front dust caps :scratching_chin:

Dust cap as in a tyre one?? Lol

Well, shes done for now. Still much to do, and a hell of a lot has been done. We spent a total of 39 hours believe it or not over the last 3 days.
When i bought it, there was some 285 Insa Turbos, 2in Britpart lift with rear dislocation cones and 1in spacers, 200tdi rear prop, and some cranked rear arms.
Its now had the following:

1. Replacement front axle with new teflon swivels that have been rotated by 4 degrees to correct the castor, new bearings CVs and seals, extended brake lines, +40mm spring platforms that have been welded on further round to correct the spring and damper angles, +5" Terrafirma Long travel shocks, +2" Bearmach Springs, Gwyn Lewis extended turrets with dislocation cones, HD turret rings, galvanised spring seats, terrafirma extreme steering damper, defender front steering components (so that the damper is moved in front of the axle so therefore tucked behind the steering guard, which needed a tag welding on the chassis)


2. Replacement rear axle, 200Tdi prop flange with new seals, 200TDi rear prop, +40mm Spring platforms welded on, Galvanised spring seats, +5" Long travel terrafirma shocks with new mounting brackets, +2" Bearmach springs, X-Eng helper springs (no need for dislocation cones), Wide angle A-Frame ball joint, X-Eng rear trailing arms with ball joints,


3. 33x12.50x15 Insa Turbo Super Special Tracks on -50mm 10x15 Black Modulars


4. Defender arches all round with around 4" cut out of the metal work. The resulting gaps in the doors tabbed and fillered and under sealed.


5. Extra camel cuts all round to suit new bigger arches.


Next is a good clean, dash replacement, body lift, replacement galv'd chassis, cage, etc etc...


Anyone want to buy my 30mm Spacers?




Also for sale have some rear dislocation spring hangers, full Janspeed decat rear side exit exhaust, and a disco transfer box if anyones interested....

how much you want for the spacers?

£100

oh will they fit a d1?