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    Starting Bare Engine

    If you have no pipes in the oil cooler holes your going to devoid the engine of oil very quick. I do think this is a very silly idea at the moment as the number of ancilliaries you need to bolt to an engine to ensure it doesn't self destruct it nearly as much as if you just fitted it into the...
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    Tow bar options pros and cons

    Non type approved is a really bad idea period.
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    Steering wheel catches cowling when turning right.

    I've been waiting two years for it to wear down......
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    Tow bar options pros and cons

    The 100 one. I wanted the bracing as when I use the trailer it's generally full to the gunnels
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    Steering wheel catches cowling when turning right.

    As above. Didn't happen prior to changing steering column..... Does the angle of the steering column reduce pressure on the cowling letting it sit in a better location (further towards the dash say) or is it a case of making clearance via spacers /hacksawing It's an 87 with a 4 spoke wheel...
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    Tow bar options pros and cons

    I have a 2 inch lift I had your tow bar.. Was fine for a single axle just tilted it up Now I have a Ifor gd84 twin I had to buy the Dixon bate to get it dropped enough to fit the trailer or it was impossible to reverse. I had one of those drop plates you linked to first on mine. It wasn't...
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    For Sale Roof/sides/wheels /outrigger

    Items located in Aberdeen collection only 1 * 90 roof off an 87 needs a paint , had a beacon on it so has a hole £40 2* sides off a 90 with blind spot and rear windows £40 Righhand bulkhead out rigger . Never fitted , paddocks part £20 5* disco style steelies 4 with 205 and 1 with 7.50. 2 of...
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    That woke me up.

    *if the other end of it was “floating” * Well it was floating at the melted bit of insulation that was arcing.
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    That woke me up.

    not really - if you have something that is making connection periodically and pulling away it will arc regardless - in any circuit. its connected to negative of the screen and the earth point on the bulkhead. In a DC circuit a circuit measures the voltage the length of the wire from the...
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    That woke me up.

    agreed , and its something ill be looking into for sure, cant be having this. I suspect you may be right that its got damaged where it passes behind the dash in the shroud that the wiper rack goes through . Scorch marks suggest its arc'd right by the earth point and the wire is melted around...
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    That woke me up.

    Well well Ted After getting a chance to open the dash and see the damage Turns out it was the earth wire from the heated screen had melted and burnt out Now that's odd because it's a designed system from red bison and fused as supplied at the battery
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    That woke me up.

    Having a mare of a weekend with cars. Fire on Friday Camper alternator packed in on Sunday - sounds like it's thrown a bearing or dropped a brush. So landys not had even an investigation as to the damage. :(
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    Cheap boomslang copy loom

    Boomslang have their own wiring convention. The colours make no sense . If you read the instructions they work exactly as sold.
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    That woke me up.

    Well it was between losing the coffee and taking a **** on it but I didn't fancy 12volts to the japseye up the lightening rod so the coffee went
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    That woke me up.

    Driving to work this morning. Wipers were on. I smell smoke. Someone's got their fire on early. Oh **** the landys on fire. Wiper motor burnt out. There wereflames and smoke. Sacraficed my coffee for the landy to put out the flames. Need to look into that - I guess the fuse must be...
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    Pick up to hardtop conversion

    Could not get my push bike in the back without taking bikes to bits. Pick up I just stick em in upright with the wheel turned and strap it down
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    Pick up to hardtop conversion

    Where are you I have a roof and sides (with blind spot and rear windows) in North east Scotland...... I now have a pick up.
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    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Bolted in the last of the floor , stuck back in the sound deadening , fitted steering cowl and bolted on the bumper. Took it out run it up to temp and went to the shops etc. Came home parked up and there seems to be no sign of the leaks i had previously.
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    fitting an STC4848

    Broke my Original heater switch a while back. finally got round to replacing it. Ordered STC4848. plumbed it all in as was and no bueno. Noticed that the earth has nice and helpfully plastic coated. Handy Cleaned that up and all was good. But my biggest query is - wiring scheme states as a...
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    Frustrating non starter 200tdi.

    Complacency. I built this car from the ground up I wired it from a bare loom first time round Figured i knew what I was doing. However 4 years is a long time and thus we forget. Doh