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    a serious but mad question ?

    Don't you mean a panoramic sunroof :D
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    a serious but mad question ?

    I thought the same- loos like the harftop?
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    diesel fuelled cab heater

    24v webasto's will work on a cheap 12v computer stepup power supply- eberspacher ones will not for some reason.
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    Fookin clutch

    I have just to reassemble my Landy after stripping it back to the chassis. When taking out the engine and gearbox we did separate it and asumed that when reassemling it it would just be a case of mating it back together. We never removed / tampered with the clutch and assumed it would be...
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    Hertfordshire Lanes?????

    Would anyone have or know of anyone who may have a rear roll bar / hoop/ cage for sale? I am about a month away from sending my 88 for an MOT, but as it is a soft top I have nowhere to mount the top seatbelt bracket.
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    2.7mpg, extreme poor running!!

    Thought 27mpg was pretty good, then I saw the decimal point :eek::eek::eek:
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    Brake flexi's

    Would anyone happen to know the thread size on brake flexi hoses? I need a couple of lock nuts but do not know what thread size or type the are.
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    Lot of Bad paint to remove - Help!

    I used to make my own when stripping paint of my boat hull. Sodium hydroxide with a bit of water and wallpaper paste. i am not for one mintute recommending you do this!!:)
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    Front axle / bearing won't come out...

    Whats the plunger for? to get you out the ****?:D
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    Front axle / bearing won't come out...

    Had this very problem last week. The way I got the hub of was using a couple of lengths of 10mm stud and some nuts. You basically slide the stud through the holes in the hub and put a nut behind it (you will have to open up one of the screw holes that holds on the brake drum) You then...
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    1978 series 3 88in 2.25 diesel,slow,35 mph

    Currently renovating a Series 2a with a 2.25 diesel in it. having never driven it I hope it goes faster than 35mph- 50mph will do me a treat.
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    What does that do?

    Ejector seat? Economy mode?
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    Hertfordshire Lanes?????

    March for me- I might have it on the road by then :mad::D
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    Hertfordshire Lanes?????

    Think your right
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    Hertfordshire Lanes?????

    Do you need a roll cage for laning? I have a soft top that i am currently in the process of rebuilding and I will hopefully be able to make it along one day. I need to find a way of securing the seat belts and have been loking at something like-...
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    Extra Heating in a Defender

    You'd only really use it with the engine running- from start up it would heat a 90 withun 2 minutes. The current draw is a lot less than some of the elctric heaters that have been mentioned in this thread
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    Extra Heating in a Defender

    Webaston24v nightheaters are cheaper and work on a laptop cigarette lighter converter- eberspacher ones don't though.
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    Hertfordshire Lanes?????

    Jai Thanks for the offer. I have manged to get it flipped over- I can now see what I am doing. :D
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    Heating

    I have got one of these on my bot and they are great- wod of warning- there is no fuel pump and no controller- not cheap!! Also when trying to get a cheap one I brought a VW one and couldn't get it to work (wrong ECU I think?)
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    Hertfordshire Lanes?????

    Jai further to my thread about my chassis I have decided to stick with it. I am pretty new to welding and on the top or the side of the chassis it was acceptable, I really started to struggle doing the underside- had enough of molten metal flying down my ear hole :mad: I have decided to take...