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I did quite enjoy Diesel Brothers, although the American pronunciation of 'Diesel' is a bit naff, as is the use of the term 'Military Axles'.
Some builds are better than others, I liked the 'Mini Mega Ram', but some of the triple cab trucks jacked up to the point you need a stepladder to get in just seem pointless to me.
It's not a bad way to fill an hour though.
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I find some satisfaction in applying traditional knowledge to faults the diagnostics throw up and working out faults, but it's not something I do much of these days.
Fixing agricultural stuff and a bit on wagons at work is a bit different, probably as there's a reasonable amount of variation with machinery types, and there's a lot of older stuff to work with, plus fabrication work to keep it interesting.
The fact my own workshop is fairly large (a rented farm building) well lit, and with a reasonable selection of tools probably makes it more appealing than spannering in the dark on a cold driveway with few tools available.
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Not quite, still finishing the BMW conversion on my 110 along with the rebuild if a IIB Forward Control...
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I spend my working week as a plant mechanic/general dogsbody at an agricultural contractors fixing things as farmers break them.
Finishing work and spending a couple of hours on projects I want to be working on in my own workshop is a real boon. There are occasions I'd rather go home and vegetate, but generally -unless I've really fallen out with something- I enjoy doing my own stuff.
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So, I have a 300 Disco with a dead engine, a BMW M51 with the appropriate mechanical pump to get rid of the EDC, and chance of a cheap, nay free Disco 2 shell.
I'm tempted to go for it. Might have to spend some time quizzing you on wiring though.
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Mar 31, 2017 17:31:22 GMT
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Bloody autocorrect...
I did of course mean Supercars, and not of the Gerry Anderson variety.
Made me snigger though.
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I'm seeing Rory as the excited teenager in us all who has supermarket posters on his bedroom wall and is just loving the experience as the rest of us would be in his position.
I quite enjoyed his run on the 'Ring with Sabine, the joy of the experience came across pretty well.
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Mar 28, 2017 19:41:13 GMT
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So, payday arrived and money was spent on a clutch. First attempts to buy a genuine Valeo one to suit a diesel manual P38 Range Rover (at just over £100 inc VAT, the next best price was £108 plus VAT) went badly, so I ended up on the phone to Clutchfix, who sent me a suitable friction plate for £85 including VAT, delivery and a free sticker. I also visited a man with a lathe who whittled me a bit of steel bar down to fit in the end of the crank, and adding a hole in the middle to accommodate a Rover V8 spigot bush. Both are pictured below. The bush and adapter fitted perfectly. And with a bit of a clean up the clutch plate fitted the splines on the box. The bellhousing needed a bit buffing out of the inside to clear the nose of the starter, which itself needed to be drilled out as the bolts now go through it into the adapter plate rather than through the bellhousing into the starter motor. The exhaust manifolds needed a little tweaking to clear the adapter plate, and were then attached with a fresh set of nuts. A bag of fresh bolts saw the flywheel bolted on, followed by the clutch, a new release bearing and with a bit of jiggling it all went together and bolted up. Then it was hung on the end of a digger and sat in the car, where it made itself look right at home. Manual gearbox might take a bit of getting used to again. Engine bay is a bit tight on the passenger side and will need a bit of reorganising to make it all work, but all in all everything has fallen into place as if BMW actually designed this engine to be fitted into a Land Rover. This week will mostly involve sorting the pipework (again a lot of it lines up perfectly) sorting the wiring, and putting the rest of the car back together around it all. Hoping that it will all be back together and running by the end of the weekend. The only thing I still need to outsource for it is having a suitable end for the power steering pump crimped onto the high pressure pipe. Can't wait to be able to drive it again, 6 weeks is far too long.
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I rather like that. Slightly more usable than the one built with the Williams Renault F1 drivetrain to boot.
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Mar 24, 2017 19:52:11 GMT
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We had a three legged cat for years after it went to sleep on the engine of my grandads old Volvo 340 and was caught in the fan belt when it was started.
Died recently at about 20 years old, having lived around 18 missing a leg.
During my time in the garage trade I've also had mice running off the top of the engine and never to be seen again in a farm Land Rover, whilst rotting pheasants in the spare wheel well wasn't uncommon either.
Thinking about it more, odd sex toys and weapons were also found, and I think the worst one was in the back of one of the courtesy cars. The woman who had it owned a fairly large breed (I forget which) that had left a pile of wibblepoo large enough you could have mistaken it for the deposit of a small horse on the floor behind the passenger seat. Wether she knew and couldn't face cleaning it, or was completely unawares we never found out, but there was much arguing over who was going to shovel it out.
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Mar 23, 2017 20:59:15 GMT
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Legendary sir. Just legendary.
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Mar 22, 2017 21:37:18 GMT
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As far as I'm aware they're night impossible to get running happy without everything from the original car, and even then can be iffy.
£1200 or more for an emerald ECU setup will see it running on its own, but it's not a cheap option.
A BMW M62 or Toyota 1uz-fe would fit the same bill, be less of a headache, and be cheaper.
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Mar 22, 2017 20:51:41 GMT
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Using a BMW ECU with the EWS disabled and the need for an ABS input removed and standard engine loom.
I reckon I could work it out from following wires on the engine and the diagram, but anything to make it easier for myself.
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Mar 22, 2017 15:28:09 GMT
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Right, I'm fitting an M52 into my 110 and have arrived at the point it needs the wiring connecting up to make it all work.
Ideally I want it all to go in, connect up and it fire first try, which if I get it all right isn't an unworkable idea.
I've got the E36 workshop manual wiring diagram for the engine loom which answers most things, but I'm wondering if anyone has a specific list of wires which I need to connect to have things working, and what the minimum needed to have it running happily is.
Obviously the big red wires are battery lives, the black ones are earth's, but a definitive guide would be useful.
Also, am I correct in assuming the fuel pressure regulator is on the return side of the rail?
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My old -ex army- 101 Forward Control was listed as Black/Green in the colour section of the V5.
My yellow 110 is also down as Red -it's original colour- but is quite obvious it used to be red when you look at panels inside or under the bonnet.
I tried changing it once and it came back unchanged. No grief in 7 years since the change.
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Mar 20, 2017 13:09:44 GMT
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Watched the first one last night, the other half wasn't keen -she was very vocal against Chris Evans and how it wasn't 'proper Top Gear'- and was very much 'if you really have to' when I put it on.
She made the comment 'it's gone back to being more of a car show rather than three guys messing about' part way through the Alfa test, and whilst I think she saw it slightly negatively, I had to agree, but see it as a positive attribute.
I quite enjoyed it, and it's certainly a step up from the last series, and by the end of the show I was hearing positive noises from the other end of the couch.
If it only get better from there it's deserving of sucess.
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Mar 19, 2017 19:48:06 GMT
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An end tuning chip will give 170bhp and 350nm, which compares favourably to the 4 litre V8 which gives 188bhp and 320-340nm depending on if it was an early or late engine
The standard diesel autos are a bit flat, but pretty good with a chip, whilst a manual one can actually be hustled along quite well once you're brave enough to throw it into a corner.
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Mate of mine bought a Corsa B maybe 12 years ago, fairly tidy looking thing for its age both inside and out, and not a bad price.
Nothing out of the ordinary at all, until one day he opened the gloves box and found it filled level with Vaseline. No jars, tubes, or packaging of any kind. It was about this time he looked at the back seat and realised it had some strange wear marks on it also.
Being who he is he shrugged hid shoulders, cleaned the Vaseline out of the glove box and carried on driving.
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Mar 18, 2017 20:47:34 GMT
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I'd suggest checking the swivel preloads on the front axle. They can be reshimmed quite easily if they're a bit loose, or replace the bearings completely with relative ease if needed.
More likely to cure the 'death wobble' than changing the bushes.
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Mar 16, 2017 20:17:33 GMT
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My mates Electricity Board One Ton Land Rover runs the livery it would have carried when it was in use with them. I believe he wrote a polite letter to 'Scottish and Southern Electricity' asking if they would have any objections to him doing it. Obviously they were happy to let him, as he's now got a couple in period Southern Electric livery. That's pretty much the sibling of my dad's old one ton. Such a good looking truck. His ended up with a v8 in it, a proper useful tool. I have my suspicions that you'd find reference to it on www.onetonlandrover.co.uk and if not, then my mate (who owns that one) would be interested to hear of it.
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