Alright Dirty! Looks like you guys had a good weekend!! How many met up in the end? We couldnt make it down on Saturday, so set out sunday morning for the Strat Florida. Had a wicked day, but rekon next time it needs to be an overnighter!

Welcome to the clunk club!!! Mine also has various clunks... One when you take your foot off the clutch to quickly without matching revs. This as far as I am aware is the back lash on the props being taken up. My other clunk is when i take my foot off the accelerator. This I am told is the...

Nice 1 for the overlays Red!! Went to Strata Florida on Sunday!! Was a great day, all be it a bit of a slog driving there and back in one day! Think next time it will be an over nighter! Did you get the Disco cd??

Alright nobby. Sory just read your post. How have you got on with it??? Im just over in the Ditch!

No not yet darren. Ive been waiting for someone to add something extra to the route! Ive got lanes local to me. But I have done them to death and without something extra..... But there is a p&p offroad day in aston cantlow on Sunday if your interested. I think the gates open around 10:00am...

It goes like **** off a stick!!! although I have got a bit of slack on my throttle cable so I reken with it tightened up i rekon theres a bit more to be had out of it!

One more thing. Thanks to all you guys who gave me advice about doing this. I know i didnt do the job myself, but atleast you guys gave me an idea about what i was paying someone else to do!! Thanks!

OK OK I take your point! But I did clean it for the guy to work on it! Will make up for my unacceptable behavure at the weekend! Can feel a trip to wales comming on! Will post pics of mud ASAP!

oh right my handbrake... Sorry it is friday!! I have a xEng disk brake on the sucker! Works a treat but could do with adjusting a bit now its bedded in.

errrmmm.... what?? That "chimney liner" as you call it, is my snorkel made from stainless flexyhose. Which is the same stuff that the military buy for re-routing exhausts and so on... Dont knock it!! lol

More pics! My gearstick is exactly where the old one was! As you can see. Now I know MHM said it would be a pain in the arse to change the linkages over from the defender gearbox to the disco one. But... They guy who did it for me charged me £500 cash and that included sending the gearbox...

OK Guys are you ready!! Here are the pics of my disco transplant! Using the engine/bellhousing/gearbox from a disco into my deepend! I took these yesterday but was in a bit of a rush to go and play with my new powers!! Ill just pop out and take a pic of my gearstick location!

I dont know exactly what was involved in making the disco gearbox fit the defender. But I do know the mechanic sent it to his mate and it was done in a day.

No worries. I went through the same hassle myself. I didnt do mine. Ive had a mechanic do it for me. But I will take some photos for you when i get it back tonight.

You can bolt the disco TDI onto the original mounts. Most are done like this. But you need to **** about with the downpipe and other pipes for the intercooler and powersteering. You are right about the gearbox from the disco. The leavers are different. But the guy who did mine swaped the "not...

in case it starts spitting burnt chips out the exhaust!

haha will do as soon as I get her back!

I will be getting it back this afternoon. Will take/post pics tomorrow.

Down the long windy road to SnakeOilVille and it seems that CYANIDE-2600 is the new Sherriff!!:rolleyes:

Mine has just been done. The mechanic has used the gearbox from the disco along with the disco bellhousing. Like someone else said this pushes the engine forward about 4". Therefore the engine mounts need moving. However once this is done the engine fits in a treat and there is no issues...