I think I will take MigGames advice and just do what i can to loosen up the existing springs. Replacing the springs seems like more effort than i should spend on improving something that works when i still have a lot of other more pressing issues to attack. (sound deadening, rear seat locks...

Can you elaborate on the bushes? do you have the military (bigger) shackles or regular?

Having a Santana just complicates things. The truck was clearly military use, but i don'tthink it was the actual military model. is the a "Vin" decoder or something to give me the skiny? e59705803

I believe sir, that you may have been dreaming.

I am looking into a suspension upgrade for my 109 it is a military model though it is a Santana and came to me (from Spain) with the U.S. 1st Cavalry emblem on it, which seems odd. Anyway when talking to the folks at Rocky Mountain Products about their parabolic springs they mentioned it was...

Thanks James, you are a huge help.

i would fit a better temp guage. I know here in the U.S a mechanical temp guage that will give you numbers can be had for $16 so about £9.5.

i will def try that first, Thanks!

Just replaced the sending unit in the fuel tank and while the sending unit clearly works better than the old all or nothing unit it only reads up to just over half filled. I think the float is at the top of the tank and so i just need to bend/shorten the horizontal section of the float arm...

i was trying to save a little money but it seems i will need to replace the master cylinder and brake servo. I just hope that clears it up. Also, she shook a wire loose in the dash last night and caught fire. It was all terribly exciting. Burnt the hell out of my hand, and now i have to go in...

Is such a pain. I know it has been beaten to death but going through every proceedure to get rid of this squishy pedal and it's frustrating as hell. I replaced the from wheel cylinders and shoes, surfaced the drums by .003, replaced the flex lines which were looking rough. I got her all...

i have a 1978 109 Santana 200tdi

bump cuz i really want this for Christmas.

Trying to convert my Series III 4.7 rear diff to 3.54. Looking for either a complete old stly (10 spline)diff or the spline and ring to swap out.

i had the same issue, though mine was a conversion and the guage and sender missmatch. What let me know that was. . touching the heater hose when the guage was pegged. and realising that though it was hot, it was not boiling hot . . .

For the record i don't mean this in any insulting kind of way. My wife and i have considered moving to Scotland and insurance and tax differences are some of the intimidating parts of a move like that.

yeah that's my choice. full coverage with $500 deductibles was £481/ year. Helps i have older cars. .

In the U.S. miles driven has very little affect on insurance costs and no affect on coverage. I insure 4 cars for my wife and I with liability coverage for basically unlimited miles for about £285/ year

Inusrance in the U.K. is scary. . .

in my opinion running biodiesel in an old diesel engine is a pretty bad idea. The impurities in the fuel (even well made fuel) will eventually eat the rubber seals in your injection pump (viton seal in newer equipment resists this). I would suggest isntead running vegoil/diesel mixed. just vary...