1. girvtheswerve

    Oooh errr, Dodgy steering knock/creek

    Guys After a wonderful day off roading on sunday I find to my dismay after not only loosing my front bumper blowing a lamp and loosing a rear spring cos the fixxing plate had rusted off, I know appear to have acquired a creek/knock when i turn the sterring wheel. OK, so have checked all the...
  2. girvtheswerve

    Funny noises after fitting a 2" lift kit

    AHA! you may have it there, it seems a little long the bottom of that shock have you missed out any washers from the bottom mount ? Wouldnt get the hacksaw out just yet, ud be amazed at where you get noises rom on these things, great fun most of the time frustrating the rest !
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    Funny noises after fitting a 2" lift kit

    No worries, it is pretty easy, just dont worry hitting stuff hard with a hammer its pretty indestructable and if you do knacker it theyre peanuts to replace, just make sure the UJ feels nice n loose when you put it back on any stiffness in it and it will wear faster and cause more drag on the...
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    Funny noises after fitting a 2" lift kit

    Twanging sound cud be a needle bearing in one of the uj's under stress, I got this a couple of weeks before one of my uj's went but only happened when I went round a corner, happened about a dozen times then all of a sudden made a snapping noise and it stopped, 2 weeks later UJ went pop. when i...
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    universal joints

    One of mine went on the front prop, sounded like a wailing banshee dragging nails down a blackboard, also came with a sh1t load of vibration , when i put my foot on the loud peddle and clunking vibration screaming etc was so bad thought it was the main thrust bearing, but thankfully £5.96 later...
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    300tdi miles per gallon

    Hey Big I ve been using this Kouki Tech >> Tyre size calculator to work out the difference, I recon the 33's are roughly the equivalent of 285/75 x 16's and this would indicate a difference of around 13.4% so for my 350 miles the other week that would actually equate to 396 miles. now, I...
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    300tdi miles per gallon

    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! From click to Yellow light coming on ive just done 350 miles, can someone do the maths please! I even took into account most of biglads hints n tips, was going great did 130 mile plus on the first quarter of tank then 80 mile on the second quarter then...
  8. girvtheswerve

    Anyone going to Mouldsworth on Sunday 4th May???

    ????? I know its small and fooks yer bearings but I NEED A FIX!!!!!!!!!!!:D
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    300tdi miles per gallon

    Much Appreciated Biglad will give these a whirl and see what happens, think its probably more my driving style to be honest so will remove the lead boot and see what happens. Thanks again!
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    300tdi miles per gallon

    Its Auto big man, and to be honest I only ever have a heavy right boot when i need it......... I'll accept any suggestions! within reason obviously.... Top man! :D
  11. girvtheswerve

    CAT or no CAT?

    Clean, 2" spring lift all round and 1 inch aluminium raising block to get the extra 1" the anti roll bars have been removed and it has Dislocation cones at the rear with 2" drop shock mounts (rear) and 2" shortened turrets at the front and 2" longer shocks all round. can get the back dislocated...
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    300tdi miles per gallon

    Biglad, my most humble apologies for the tone of my last post! I am constantly trying to improve the MPG on my truck and have done everything that I have read on the posts in here but nothing appears to work on mine! admittedly most of my driving is around town and to and from work but I would...
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    CAT or no CAT?

    Old Photo Clean need to update it mate, 33's only been on 3 weeks, 3inch lift and trimmed rear guards now however evedently not enuf as the panels have taken a hammering. 109. Cowm Leisure - Pay & Play ( Gallery 1 ) 30.03.08/0387 this is as the beast is now plenty more pics here too.. 109...
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    300tdi miles per gallon

    This has to be the most reliable figure on here 23 mpg YES if I am lucky, OK its de egr'd, straight thru exhaust, 300tdi auto running Kumho kl71 33's and the MPG has been constant since I bought the thing and it was standard. Figures of 36+ are absolute tripe come on its a 2.5 ton piece of...
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    CAT or no CAT?

    We all know its a "muffler" clean but the bods at LR tell us its a CAT to get us to part with money we don't have too. If you read my earlier post I replaced it with a Defender pipe for 20 english pounds and replaced the rest of the "mufflers" with 63mm bore pipe 10 english pounds, no problems...
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    CAT or no CAT?

    Beast???? u are having a laff aren't you? don't expect a sudden booast in BHP and Torque and any tyre smokin action, it'll just feel like it breaths easier and revs more freely, well worth it for 20ish quid tho' Bes o luck big lad!
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    CAT or no CAT?

    Alright boys, I did this job about 2 months ago with the exact same part biglad is refering to for the 300tdi Defender. It replaces the original downpipe and cat perfectly and as biglad says the cat is more a particle collector that a proper cat as there is no lambda sensor thing. I also...
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    standard tyres

    Ahhhhh that sooooooo much better thanks biglad and the nice white jacket with leather straps is alsoo very fetching, thing is im still running on 33's, theres some things u cant cure by the looks of it.................
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    standard tyres

    I have no problem, apparently if i had another 2 inches Id have the full 10" that would be more normal i believe...............:p