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Unfortunately the later V8's do have block issues due to poor castings amd machining sometimes leaving the cylinder walls (outside of the liners) at 1mm or less. No wonder the things crack blocks. From where in sitting you've got a few reasonable options. 1. Irontite ceramic sealer. I've heard of a few good results using this stuff on Rover V8's with cracked blocks, ypu do nees to.deal.with other underlying issues such as head gaskets -whuch youbhave already- but have a read on it and see what you think. Has to be worth a try at £35 for a bottle though. 2. Find and fit another Rover V8. Perhaps it the best of ideas unless you can pick up a good example from someone you know and trust. Spending £500 on a 'good' engine from a breaker at the other end of the country is a good way to seriously demotivated yourself on a project. I have a couple of friends who have done similar in the past, installed the engine and found them to be worse than what came out. The best way to buy a good Rover V8 these days is a guarunteed recon from a reputable reconditioned, but you're looking at £3k upwards. 3. Swop the V8 out for something else. There's plenty of other engines that very been dropped into Land Rover chassis over the years, many with conversion kits allowing them to bolt in where a V8 came out, many being removed in favour of diesel engines from the mid 70's onwards. There's a few kits for Small Block Chevvys (not the cheapest option) whilst keeping an eye on ebay will often see odd engines with conversion kits turn up at reasonable money. Something like a Mazda SL35, or Daihatsu or Isuzu 2.8's would fit the bill fairly well, for example, here's a Nissan one on ebay at the moment. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282257835203. The only hang up there, they wouldn't be V8's. Hope that's of some use to you.
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Nov 20, 2016 17:47:59 GMT
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Will need to be careful buffing that off... hehehe
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Angle grinder plus a sheet of ally, and time cutting it all out, vs quick drawing, pay a bit more than you would for the material and have everything delivered precision cut having saved yourself a couple of hours and cutting media.
No brainer from where I'm sitting, especially if you can do the CAD work for them so all they need to do is fire the metal into the machine.
I couldn't believe how cheap.and easy it was to start, now it's a service I use quite frequently.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:58:04 GMT
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Pretty sure tachograph regs are more related to use 'for hire or reward'.
Transporting your own stuff, or recovering broken down vehicles -providing you're not charging for the service- you can get away without one, and I believe this may also apply to HGV's also.
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Added to.that if you're using it for any purpose other than 'recovery' and were picked up on it then you'd be done for whichever infringements of the road traffic act you've committed. Probably because more than a few people have kicked the ![](http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2009/11/fox_60.jpg) out of the system in.the past.
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Nov 17, 2016 15:19:15 GMT
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I must admit I do like the look of the 3 race Transporters (in concluding the merc one) that were posted on the last page, but as has been the main concern here, all up weight and carrying capacity is always going to be the biggest issue unless you start with a 7.5 tonner as a Base, and things just end up getting bigger. My suggestion, as you're already running a van/trailer for recovery work would be to go with something along the lines of the cab overs -such as this one you found- with a box or pickup body behind. Kit the rear body out with some suitable recovery gear, perhaps even go as far as front/rear winches and use it as your towing vehicle. Added bonus you can also go for rear/four wheel drive quite and some bigger/more interesting engines quite easily. ![](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c5/97/77/c597776cc081641d9e001243919b6c51.jpg) Best of both worlds, to some extent.
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Nov 15, 2016 21:34:58 GMT
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Sad news indeed. He was a proper 'man in a shed' who started out doing something he enjoyed and made it big.
I remember reading quite a bit about him in the mid 90's LRO, specifically the birth of the Tomcat and development of the concept.
I reckon Richard Hammond's 'I am a driving God!!!' Line when doing a piece on the Wildcat summed up a great deal about the man and the innovation in his cars.
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I would agree. The axle is too far forward for it to be a cut off bus also.
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There's the problem with working with cars that have pigeon curse word welding on them, the rest could all be perfect, but people will still think you did it.
I do like the idea of a nice Stratos replica with a Honda V6, enough that I'd have one if I could afford it.
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I'll assume you're working in US rather than Imperial gallons, but that's still bloody cheap.
They're a fun thing to throw about, a well sorted and fairly supple setup means they handle and don't shake your teeth out. Given the choice I'd pick one over a variety or more exotic offerings, as they're just as engaging to drive and actually fairly practical.
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Must admit the wheels they've transported for me have been rather heavy 16" steelies, they'd have been doing bloody well to damage em.
For the price I couldn't have gotten them moved by anyone else, so can't really complain, but perhaps it was more luck than judgement?
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Despite a real fondness for old Rovers I still find the P4 a hard one to call.
Compared to the P5, P6 and SD1 they are quite difficult to do something with and actually get it right, whilst like it's three successors it's surprisingly easy to completely ruin them.
There's a couple of the ones posted in this thread that look spot on to my eye, but others that I really don't care for. Lowering them does seem to help proportions some, although they do look like they want to be a bit wider for the height of the car, although I suppose if you made it a bit wider, altered the roof line and prodded it a little to make it a bit more right to my eye, you wouldn't be far off the P5.
I'd probably still buy one at the right price though.
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Cars are scary! I've seen a rear prop shaft universal joint fail and twist a gearbox in half like it was made of tin foil. The Porsche 928 used to suffer from an issue where the resulting torque placed pressure on the flywheel flex plate until (it left unchecked) it pushed the crank through the mains. ![](http://jenniskens.livedsl.nl/Technical/Tips/Pics/ThrustBearingFailure/Figure6.jpg) A garage I used to work at had a customer who owned one -part of the original design team for the car- resetting the flex plate was a regular service item, as was stripping the brakes and cleaning out the corrosion betwixt steel pads and aluminium callipers. This thread tangent was brought to you Porsche. Building Beetles in sportswear for over 60 years.
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Turbo engines are easy. Reading Klingon? That's hard.
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A Manila branch, probably not. Manila Envelopes, perhaps even with a little window on the front? Quite possible.
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It is rather odd, probably insurance related more than anything, but as to why the insurers don't like them, one can only speculate.
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Paisley Freight will do 4 wheel and tyres for only £32.99 including vat I've used them a few times for wheels and tyres. Recommended. I assume some companies are getting funny about them as an inflated tyre can certainly be considered a 'pressurised container', albeit less likely to give trouble than an aerosol or similar.
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Oct 29, 2016 12:01:37 GMT
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There's more than a few of those about now...
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Land Rovers with Marshall Ambulance bodies actually work pretty well as one or 2 person campers, I've seen more than a few kitted out as such, and with the right paint job, wheels etc can look pretty mega. ![](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/71/9a/f9/719af9c8d976da163a17f707ab4fe49b.jpg) Added bonus of quite a few good options for a modern and fairly economical repower, or go completely modern underneath and drop the entire body onto a 110 rather than a LWB leaf sprung truck. For ideas on interior, then have a look at this one: Clicky
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