Has anyone replaced the shoes on their 101 and found the drum wouldn't fit over them? That's what i found today. Leading shoe facing the front, trailing facing the rear. Pointy end mated to the cylinder, flat end poked behind the plate at the bottom. Both adjusters back fully off. I filed a...

In the summer we'd peg the non working bulls out in the fields. We'd move them once a day and feed and water twice. I remember going out with a new lad to water them. They'd got a 3m length of chain and we'd move the pin to the edge of the eaten grass circle. Being the senior partner of us two i...

Too true!

I only have experience with one Jersey. That was Carter and he hadn't got any. What you have to take into account, we didn't just lead bulls around. It wasn't like at a show. When we handled a bull it was, Us "look bull, poontang!" Bull "MOOOO YEAH!" Us "Go for it!" Bull "OK. WTF? Why did you...

Ha ha, yeah. GOLDEN RULE at Avoncroft. If you lift the bar when off road, MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT BACK before you got out! It's shocking how quickly they turn when you press one side. We had four tractors at Avoncroft. All David Brown or Case. The 'little' tractor wasn't used for much so when we...

I'll agree with that! We heard that most people thought Ayrshires were the loopiest. We had one come in for a few months that had ripped his ring out of his nose at some point so he had no septum which meant he had to be handled using a bridle and head rope. I never worked him. I left that to...

I think my single most scariest experience on four wheels was while sitting on the wheelarch inside the cab of a tractor with a mate driving towing about three tons of chopped logs for the gaffer. He decided to knock the tractor out of gear to go a bit faster down a hill. It had a couple of...

DAILY????? I think people are unbalanced when they wash 'em weekly. I usually do mine annually just for Ian, my MOT man!

Yeah, Avoncroft Cattle Breeders. It was fun. I had my one and only(thank god) near death experience there! Also a serious WTF? Epiphany too! One unforgettable moment was when we had the ministry vets there doing some test or something that involved geting all of the bulls out when one farted. It...

I have no idea of cost. But i would hope a conversion plate would cost less than a grand which is ball park figure for a set of head bolts to hold the head down with the increased boost of a TD5. There is a chap on PDTuning's Instagram site. It shows a pic of his much modified Defender. I...

Too true. And i bet if you checked your mirror and saw a bright yellow Ibiza behind you you'd chuckle and ignore it! Changing the subject, do you find there are some drivers who refuse to overtake you? Back in a previous life i worked on a farm where we used to milk bulls. We had two properties...

Hands up, i've never heard a TD5 on full chat, but i've heard my Cupra and it does sound good! I bought it with a straight through exhaust, no silencer. Guys at work don't think it's very loud at all. Personally i think it's too loud, especially at five to five in the morning so consequently i...

I like your thinking. Totally out of the box! BUT i spend most of my time at 50/60 mph going to and from work. As for not being able to kill myself, in my experience the most dangerous time when driving is trying to overtake granddad pootling along without a care in the world or anywhere to go...

I agree it would be far easier but how much would 250 horses out of a TD5 cost you? I read on a link that it was about £950 for a set of head bolts! My Cupra with the PD160 engine 220 horses with only a remap and front mounted intercooler instead of the standard side mount one.

I was thinking of any Landy that was shipped with a low powered engine or old Rover V8. An engine is an engine and doesn't care which way it is fitted. It only gets it's 'direction' from what is bolted to it (unless it's an A-Series Mini engine which has it's gearbox bolted beneath it) so once...

These tyres are rated at 93 mph. I don't think i have the required testicles to drive one at that speed! https://www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/toyo-open-country-m-t-tyre-1172704/

Here are a couple of pics from today. One outside Demon Tweeks with three tyres inside and two on top, then one outside the house next to the 101. You can hardly see the dent in the roof...:eek: It did pop out with a few smacks from inside. I'd say it's now as good as new but many people had...

A mate of mine never carried a spare wheel on his Series 2(ex mine) He carried a couple of spare inner tubes, bloody huge tyre levers and his hi-lift jack. He'd take off the punctured wheel, place an axle stand under the axle then use the jack to break the bead of the tyre by jacking the car up...

Not specifically no, but i have learnt that a good many tractor front tyres are 900x16. As for fitting truck tyres to my 101, i feel i wouldn't be able to take it out in public if i didn't have decent looking tread on my tyres. I'll be happy to go out with a set of these Toyos though. After...

They were one of the places i checked yesterday in my two hour search. The 255/85x16s were suggested in the 900club.org forum. https://900club.org/viewtopic.php?t=376