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So, getting back to the rough idle issue (after a bit of tinkering with some shody wiring). What distributor should go in the motor. I tried a brand new one (made of chinesium), but the rotor arm had a massive gap to the pickups in the cap, whilst problem solving I decided to refit the old...

That's a single choke weber. Not sure mine has that. I will have a look though. I remember my old singer has a brass gauze hidden there on a twin setup and that caught me out once. Image below showing new carb next to old one. Had to fit a new carb, I find carburettors quite perplexing...

Wait, for petrol there's another filter? There's one at the pump and there's a tub in the engine bay on the bulkhead....not had that apart yet, is that the one you mean. I have a haynes book of b'llocks but not a petrol one, so it's useless for this issue.

Popped my 1985 LR 90 2.25 petrol to my brothers house round the corner to tune it up as it was running rough on idle. We set the timing first, plugs looked clean, so a spark was good. Cap looked loose fitting and the rotor arm was all over the place so... 1 new distro cap. Not fixed One of the...

Understood....after you then. :)

Difference is, my tesla has done more miles than my 90 already. But I know what you mean. I do however aim to keep the T for 10 years, 5 years in and it's all good.

I'm watching this as I have the same issue in my 1985 LR90. I'm told to take it down and fix a cardboard/wood backing to it so it holds itself in place, but will watch and research a bit more before tackling it.

Indeed, I have kept her as close to original as possible. She is the petrol version, so a bit gutless but perfect for what I use her for and quite/less rattly. Hate the idea of a snorkel as I don't go deeper than half a metre of water, don't want a winch. In some ways, in keeping with the...

Had to give her a wash, she's on stag do duties next week and I'll be taking 6 blokes, my brother's 90 will be taking 7 blokes. Guess I thought I'd wash and brush out the dog fur and mud first time this year. But the diff oils are sparkling clean don't you know. The Tesla gets washed weekly...

That's too small and probably 750kg max. I would prefer a twin axle with brakes.

I've been browsing their site looking at the options, expensive, but certainly worth it. Trouble is, I keep seeing how small I can get away with, I can image me parking the 90 on it gritting my teeth. The double axle certainly is a must to keep the weight off the ball at least.

it's a 3.5tonne mercedes sprinter base beast. Certainly don't have the room down the side of my house for that but nice idea. Actually, my brother (who owns a LR company), said jokingly, can't you just town the motorhome with the land rover! Can you imagine that, my 1985 petrol 70hp land...

Now that does look neat. I see you have a thatcham approved dog too. What I do like about that trailer, looking at their web site, is that you can have the optional fold down sides. That means I can get rid of my current basic trailer and have this one that can do both jobs. It's expensive...

Great info, that does look tight, but ideal size. I'll not be doing tons of journeys, just the odd tour maybe once a year. This is wot I need to keep it small too store.

That's a good point, I keep finding plant trailers and wondering.

I've seen a few designed for small cars, but I must also remember that it weighs 1.7tonne, so it would need to be beefy as well as small. Trouble I'm finding, if you go to a trailer that can take 2 tonnes, then it becomes very large. Tempted to get a chassis from a second hand big trailer and...

Does anyone have information about the smallest possible trailer to fit a LR 90 onto? Obviously braked and twin axle. Every trailer I see seems big, but if I wanted to make one myself specifically to plop a 90 onto, it would be quite small. anyone seen anything out there already made?

All good info, cheers.

That's a fair point, don't think I'd chance it in the future unless it's just a simple pull to gain traction or something. Besides, my 1985 90 with petrol engine will struggle to pull the skin off a rice pudding, so don't really want to go having a tug of war with anything. But may consider...

all good advice. cheers. I'm a practical person but sometimes it's worth asking and reminding ourselves that you may do more harm than good. I'll stick to towing people out of puddles instead in the future.