Recent content by Elefantman

Evening all. I'm turning my v8 in into a bit more of a dedicated off roader.. Ive got a set of race seats and 4 point harnesses I'm toying with fitting (she's already stripped out with no rear seats, carpets etc anyway).. Side mounts are easy enough but what to do about the rear mounting points...

Thanks for the info. I'm going to run a compression test tonight see if anything is actually down... If there is no loss of compression the next thing I'll do is flush the coolant system and see if the small amount of cream reappears... it's always possible (as the trucks new to me) that...

yes.. springs only are fine... done it on my last one heading to the scrapper...

Good morning all, recently got my hands on a much modified (lift etc) early v8 to have some fun with... it's been a good chuckle but it looks like the HG maybe giving up the ghost.. small amount of cream in the water (oddly no real water loss &/or cream in the oil)... but I'm prepping for the...

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See my Gumtree advert... Land rover discovery 200tdi off road new mot | Diss | Gumtree Open to serious offers as I want to sell her so I can move my series TDI project on. Cheer Jim

Series 2 or 3 landy With good amount of mot wanted... Close to Suffolk would be good.. But could travel for right one.. Let me know what you have...max of 1500....Cheers james

I had disco 1 seats in the front of my old s3.. not that difficult to fit using the disco slider mechanism and some slim box section to act as a spreader and extention to bolt to the original holes... much more comfy but they are a little taller so they may get you too close to the steering...

I've just fitted a 300tdi into my s2a swb.. It's certainly do-able but a few things to bear in mind: Engine mounts will need cutting off the chassis and replacing with ones suitable for the 300tdi (as the drivers side std one goes exactly where the oil filter is... This isn't hard but you need...

Thanks for the replies and thoughts.. I'm going to spend a bit of time pondering the options. I do like the idea of a professionally made cage but the only downside (if you can call it one) is that it would have to wait a while as they are a bit more money than I have currently.. infact one...

Evening all, Getting on well with my s2a project now so starting to think about non rust/welding related bits and bobs :) Really want to fit some kind of roll over protection as I plan to only run a bikini roof (although I'm not sure a hard top would fair well in a roll). Now I don't do extreme...

evening all, started the strip down of my s2a project.. pulled out the load bay plywood the last owner fitted only to find holes in the floor of the tub. Can see it's a mix of spot welds and pop rivits to remove.. question is does it have to be replaced/refitted like for like for mot? Or can I...

Hope you enjoy the old girl Chris.. have to say it was a sad moment watching her leave on the trailer... :( Still looking on the bright side I still have the disco and once I sort out the mg sale hopefully I can start on a new project... fancy a S3 88 or a lightweight with a V8.. :D If once...

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