1. tom69

    Springy bits.

    i always thought you wanted low poundage (really springy) off road, high poundage (hard as ****) for carrying , and standard if you do a bit of everything but mostly on the road.
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    disco 1 rear axle into a 200tdi '90?

    really, i never knew disco axles were narrower than 90 ones, are you sure? i thought disco 2 axles were wider but all the rest were the same. apart from series axles witch are narrower agian
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    disco v8 wiring.

    yella, when wrighting you address do yo have trouble fitting it on a A5 envelope?
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    Argument with a wheelie bin

    if youve dented it youve streched the ally, wont be easy to get back right, i'd personaly call it character.
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    disco v8 wiring.

    ha, yella just been looking in yur profile, gour yougot same birfday an me mum!:)
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    new landy lass

    i knew that, was hoping she'd ask me to come and trim her arches:D
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    Unusual Series 3 - any help?

    is that roof bullit proof or is it jus fibre glas/metal etc. the only reason i can think they may have gone to all that trouble is to protect passengers or cargo.
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    diesel or v8

    not exactly, i prefer to think of my self more as a preserver of the land rover mark, or private collector of scrap mostly.:D i was having a big clearout this month, so ibought a 90 and hybrid project to celebrate. :D
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    diesel or v8

    right. got this hybrid thingy and i need your thoughts. a) iv got a v8 efi. i know it to be a gooden as i removed if from me mums disco when i rolled it. it only got 40k and is complete. problem is beyond acctually getting it working ihave no idea about how to service it what with all the...
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    Defender engine in a series?

    you will also need to remove one stud from the fly whhel housing. if its currently petrol you will als need a return fuel line. exaust is complicated n all. me mates has a transit silecer stait of the turbo at about a 45 degree angle down, poking outa the near side wing.
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    VAG TDI Engine swap

    now then bear with me because this is gonna take some time. right, the montego (popular perkins conversion type) had a golf box (fact) it was noted for being one of the large first cars (apart from the mini, metro) made by austin to have front wheel drive. this means thet by rights i a perkins...
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    disco v8 wiring.

    thats good to know. just want it to run really.
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    disco v8 wiring.

    cheers daft, do you know what you are doing?
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    disco v8 wiring.

    im looking for someone who know what their doing to come and have a paid day trip to wire up my project hybrid. it will involve really just getting a 3.9 v8 efi running. its along way off but hearing it run will get me motivated.
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    New member

    hello im tom nice to meet you!
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    Rotten rear bumpstop mounts

    nice work. not alluminium are they cause if they are you gonna have probs. btw never ever got away with missing a bumpstop. got through an mot with no front number plate and no windscreen wipers once but never managed one without bumpstops
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    Good choice for a first buy?

    yeah hang on chap, landrovers tend to be much the same money if their crap or if they are good.
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    cAN ANYONE HELP??

    look on the bay for new panels. brand ew pair of s3 wings are only £250. could make the whole thing pristine with galve chassis fo less than a grand. that would be worth wile
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    Hi all

    nice bit a kit that. time will tell if you bin stiched. unfortunatly for you the lesser spotted female has been spoted somwhere else in the forum. thus meaning nothing else is getting a look in. anyway nice to speak to you see you with the rest of them when the novalty of this female has worn...
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    wobbly steering

    might just be shock bushes. have you tried getting tyres ballanced?