that's it, from the range rover supercharged model
think i might get the standard green and silver badge
later on will get a led combined spot and flood light bar and fit it behind the grill, they do the curved one and just fits
Other what have u done on ur disco today
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that's it, from the range rover supercharged model
think i might get the standard green and silver badge
later on will get a led combined spot and flood light bar and fit it behind the grill, they do the curved one and just fits
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To POSH to go off road Gary !
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Looking good Gary!
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Just ordered a new towing electric socket - the one on there is absolutely knackered and half the time the trailer ends up shorting a fuse when its connected.
Now I Just need to find the time to install it! - at least theres plenty of length to the wire so I can just cut the old one off if its all corroded inside (as I suspect it will be)
Now I Just need to find the time to install it! - at least theres plenty of length to the wire so I can just cut the old one off if its all corroded inside (as I suspect it will be)
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Well, the installation of the Amateur Radio set is about 60% done on that as at today. Good lord, who the hell designed the Disco? Must have been a ruddy small person (Can't say "midget" anymore, might **** someone off!), 'cause those damned torx screws for the storage boxes in the boot trim are an utter bastard to get at!
Anyhoo, antenna cable in place, antenna mount in place, storage box wall braces with a lump of MDF-like stuff, radio mounted inside it securely, control head location fixed and clip installed (on the dash, as I'd wanted), although the run of the cables will be different than I'd planned, the roof lining is a cast-iron sod to work with, so I'm not going to bother, I'll run the cables along the edge of the sills inside, and then up to and onto the dash that way That lot'll be done next , and then it's tapping the power cables to the accessory socket in the boot, match the antenna for VSWR, and job done
Right, this is the trim, minus it's ever-to-be-cursed coverplate (and yeah, i know the car needs a wash!). Screw 1 holds the top cover to the "escutcheon-rear-seat belt". That was dead easy to get off (crosshead screw, and off it pops). Screws 2-5 were utter sods. They're torx screws, and located in places only a person of 12 inches high could easily get at. Anyhow, I eventually got the ******* things off, and removed the "pocket quarter-trim" or coverplate, as I'm calling it.
This is the inside face of the coverplate, with a gash bit of MDF-like wood bolted to it to provide bracing and rigidity, and the radio bracket attached.
This is the front view of the finally-mucked-about-with coverplate. I could probably find some stuff to cover the bolt heads with, but honestly, who's likely to look there aside from me and the MoT examiner?
Oh, and if you thought getting the damned thing off was a sod, try screwing the darn thing back in again! AAAAARGH! *ahem*
More when the job's completed
Anyhoo, antenna cable in place, antenna mount in place, storage box wall braces with a lump of MDF-like stuff, radio mounted inside it securely, control head location fixed and clip installed (on the dash, as I'd wanted), although the run of the cables will be different than I'd planned, the roof lining is a cast-iron sod to work with, so I'm not going to bother, I'll run the cables along the edge of the sills inside, and then up to and onto the dash that way
That lot'll be done next , and then it's tapping the power cables to the accessory socket in the boot, match the antenna for VSWR, and job done
Right, this is the trim, minus it's ever-to-be-cursed coverplate (and yeah, i know the car needs a wash!). Screw 1 holds the top cover to the "escutcheon-rear-seat belt". That was dead easy to get off (crosshead screw, and off it pops). Screws 2-5 were utter sods. They're torx screws, and located in places only a person of 12 inches high could easily get at. Anyhow, I eventually got the ******* things off, and removed the "pocket quarter-trim" or coverplate, as I'm calling it.
This is the inside face of the coverplate, with a gash bit of MDF-like wood bolted to it to provide bracing and rigidity, and the radio bracket attached.
This is the front view of the finally-mucked-about-with coverplate. I could probably find some stuff to cover the bolt heads with, but honestly, who's likely to look there aside from me and the MoT examiner?
Oh, and if you thought getting the damned thing off was a sod, try screwing the darn thing back in again! AAAAARGH!
*ahem*More when the job's completed
To POSH to go off road Gary !
will ensure this gets muddy
as i bought mine to be used and won't be like the usual chelsea tractor
such a shame in seeing such land rover never seeing a blade of grass let alone off road
so if i get stuck will come to u first to tow me out, lol
thks, is getting there
got a few months of work to complete , but once done it should be a half decent landy
I reckon that is just photoshopped.........
Looking good....
Cheers
it don't look to bad does it,
when it turned up i thought the cheeky gits , there's no badge
£10 just for a badge , went for the usual green and silver one ,
they do an updated one that's black and silver but didn't fancy that
ur see at lz13 it's defentely not photshopped , lol
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So day off today waiting for our Jeep to come back from the insurance repair.
Service kit and side exit arrived for the Disco yesterday and it looks to be ****ing down with rain all day.
Balls
Service kit and side exit arrived for the Disco yesterday and it looks to be ****ing down with rain all day.
Balls
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Roger wot Radio have you fitted ? & how have you mounted Arial ?
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My mobile Amateur Radio kit, a Yaesu FT-8900R FM Quad Band transceiver
The installation's about 60% done; I've got the antenna cable running from the storage bin, through the trim, along the line of the carpet under the edge flooring trim, into the corner post trim, out into the door via the cabling conduit, and out, through a new (and sealed) hole between the legs of the spare wheel carrier, onto a boot lip mount, positioned above the upper rear door hinge. The antenna's a CR-8900 from Comet, a quad band job; the boot lip mount's a Diamond K-400. I have to route the control and speaker cables from the storage bin to the dash, and wire in the power from the boot accessory socket wiring. I'll complete it tomorrow when the weather's slated to be better (having a pre-spring clean of chez Roger today, mostly to find whereinthehell I put my electrical crimping kit!) The original plan called for the control and speaker cables to run along the line of the roof headlining within the trim, but that's been knocked into touch, as the headlining's a tad delicate (sometime in the next year, it'll be renewed), so the cabling will run, somehow, at floor level. Not sure what route it'll use, but it'll then come up onto the top of the dash, where the control head will be mounted above the stereo/CD player, and the speaker will be mounted somewhere near it, probably nearer the windscreen, so the sound carries better (using the screen as an audio reflector).
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I take it that's 6/2/70s ! The Arial mount ! Sirio I presume ! IF so if you will take a bit of advice DO NOT use the 1 with the DV27 type elbo one has they seem to cause VSWR problems on 70s up the top in the repeater part of the band ! 2 years of high swr & bi chance i mentioned it to a fellow HAM & he said you've got the WRONG mount ! you need the 1 with the PL259 plug for your coax ! Got 1 fitted it VSWR straight DOWN not has low as i would like it but a HELL of a lot better than it was! you may not use 70s that much as to where you are(charring cross) but if your out off the Area you may well do ! Just sayin that's all not tellin yuo how to suck eggs ! LOL
2 years of high swr & bi chance i mentioned it to a fellow HAM & he said you've got the WRONG mount ! you need the 1 with the PL259 plug for your coax ! Got 1 fitted it VSWR straight DOWN not has low as i would like it but a HELL of a lot better than it was! you may not use 70s that much as to where you are(charring cross) but if your out off the Area you may well do ! Just sayin that's all not tellin yuo how to suck eggs ! LOL
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The Antenna (Comet CR-8900 Quad band) terminates in a 259-style screw threaded connection into the mount (Diamond K-400 heavy boot lip mount), which is likewise fitted with the female 239-style threaded connector. I'm well aware of the rather cheaper end of the market CB accessories, and avoid them like the plague (Amateur radio mobile radios tend to use considerably higher power outputs than CB radios, so the results of a cock-up can be orders of magnitude worse - so, right first time is the order of the day!). Also, I've used Comet and Diamond kit for many, many years, and had very few issues with them - those issues I have had, have been user-caused, d'oh! ,so continue to use their excellent kit to this day.
The FT-8900R is a QUAD band radio, 10m/6m/2m/70cm F3E (NBFM) all the way
High VSWR tends to be caused by insufficient grounding of antenna onto the bodywork of the car, not just by poor wavelength matching of the antenna. I therefore double checked the grounding of the mount, and the effective insulation of the RG-58/U (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable) cable, with a multimeter, prior to tidying up yesterday - the grounding is good, as is the insulation of the core, so no short-circuits
I chose to route the coax through the cable conduit used by the rear wash and wiper cabling, as it saves from pinching the coax in the door jamb.
The FT-8900R is a QUAD band radio, 10m/6m/2m/70cm F3E (NBFM) all the way
High VSWR tends to be caused by insufficient grounding of antenna onto the bodywork of the car, not just by poor wavelength matching of the antenna. I therefore double checked the grounding of the mount, and the effective insulation of the RG-58/U (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable) cable, with a multimeter, prior to tidying up yesterday - the grounding is good, as is the insulation of the core, so no short-circuits
I chose to route the coax through the cable conduit used by the rear wash and wiper cabling, as it saves from pinching the coax in the door jamb.
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Like I said not tryin to tell you how to suck eggs ! Ft 857 in mine !
Seem you have it covered Roger ! May catch you on the AIR some time from 2E0TKC Best 73 ! LOL
Seem you have it covered Roger ! May catch you on the AIR some time from 2E0TKC Best 73 ! LOL
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No worries, been doing this a while now (since 1985!)
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No worries, been doing this a while now (since 1985!)
Collage BOY then ! LOL Only had mine since 2004 So din't have to go thru wot you did ! But it's a great hobby ! TAD Expensive at times but good fun !got the fun of how to mount an aerial on mine
seen a blank in the roof where a gps aerial normally goes, but not worried about that
when i take the headlining out i think that's an ideal time to find a suitable mount, can then easily unscrew the aerial when not in use, i.e. when i go into a multi story car park etc
another option is the magmount , however i would then have to get the cable inside , so prefer the roof mount , neater
saw one a while back, looks like a big rubber flat mount , some 2-3 inches round, but can i find one can i hell
seen a blank in the roof where a gps aerial normally goes, but not worried about that
when i take the headlining out i think that's an ideal time to find a suitable mount, can then easily unscrew the aerial when not in use, i.e. when i go into a multi story car park etc
another option is the magmount , however i would then have to get the cable inside , so prefer the roof mount , neater
saw one a while back, looks like a big rubber flat mount , some 2-3 inches round, but can i find one can i hell
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When I redo the headlining on my Disco 2, I'll be looking to install a couple of thin conduits with mouselines, to assist in routing the wires and/or cables in later electrical/electronic additions that may occur down the line. The actual antenna for the AM/FM receiver in mine is apparently the boot door (not IN the boot door, but IS the boot door), would you believe?! The nice thing about the CR-8900 antenna is that it's hinged just above the lower loading coil, so can be dropped for lower head heights; this said, my disco's been raised a bit by the replacement of the factory shocks, springs, and tyres, with bigger of those, so it now stands about 2.02m in height (roughly 6'6"), so a lot of multi-story car parks are right out of the picture
When I redo the headlining on my Disco 2, I'll be looking to install a couple of thin conduits with mouselines, to assist in routing the wires and/or cables in later electrical/electronic additions that may occur down the line. The actual antenna for the AM/FM receiver in mine is apparently the boot door (not IN the boot door, but IS the boot door), would you believe?! The nice thing about the CR-8900 antenna is that it's hinged just above the lower loading coil, so can be dropped for lower head heights; this said, my disco's been raised a bit by the replacement of the factory shocks, springs, and tyres, with bigger of those, so it now stands about 2.02m in height (roughly 6'2"), so a lot of multi-story car parks are right out of the picture
sounds like a good idea ref the trunking
found out my am/fm radio aerial is incorporated in the side window
will have a look at that aerial to see if it's suitable for mine as well
the hole is near the back of my roof , so wonder if i could then simply fold it down when not needed
what length aerial are u going to use
wonder if the cb would work with the cb aerial pointing forwards and nearly laying down
so when off road it doesn't catch on any branches etc
