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    Defender trucknuts

    it will look a bit **** .... and when what ever you tie it to the rear step with breaks/rusts/comes loose ... it will turn into a missile for smashing windscreens.... why bother?
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    Instructamations for red bison diamondback screen controller.

    im bad enough at minding to turn the lights off....and they have great big illuminated indications that they are on :D
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    Freelander 1 Possible to do away with the VCU?

    "My old Frontera had a LSD in the rear axle and while it was exceptionally capable off road, on tight turns or when parking it would lock up and was a pain in the chuff." Mine too ... out of an LWB on an SWB. Awesome often overlooked cheapo offroader surprised a number of folk with where i put...
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    110 laughs off floods.

    the water on the other side of the wall was potentially higher - there are several cases where this has been. such as 500 m from my house. where the water on the rhs is higher than the road and flowing straight across and out the otherside.... walls work both ways how ever i would rather...
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    Disco 1 Liquid steel

    why not fix it? steel seal /k seal / other such products are not a fix for anything. why not crack an egg in the radiator as well - bound to help....
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    110 laughs off floods.

    thor you speak with alot of authority for someone who has not personally seen how the flooding has happened in the uk......the water on the road - is level with the fields around in almost all cases. as someone whos been all over this area during the floods moving sand bags and pumping out...
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    110 laughs off floods.

    lots of handy depth markers there. local mountain rescue squad got stuck in flood water when they passed too close to a stuck car and their bow wave bounced back and straight into the air intake- no raised intake ! ..... game over.... irony being it was a land rover it bounced off :D
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    Rushing Cold Starts

    how ever on my 19j its exactly as genus cofea says - just doesnt want to start unless i give 3 shots at the glow plugs.... it had 2 cracked pistons......
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    Rushing Cold Starts

    was away to say paul . my 200tdi starts on the button with no glows. How ever i still use the glows as its only polite to start it as it was intended - how ever i know id be safe if i robbed a bank and had ot make a quick get away and couldnt afford to wait.
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    Anyone done a heater mod/upgrade

    id suggest somethings wrong then. even in -15 my heaters always got warm fairly quickly. is your heaterbox and matrix in good shape ? what about seals between the bulkhead and the box , dash and bulkhead , all tubes in the right places and cables adjusted correctly ? you dont have one of them...
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    Instructamations for red bison diamondback screen controller.

    thank you blizzard ! it seems doing what i remembered was resetting the system.... no wonder it was always reverting to 1 minute doh..... big help. The red bison site is a joke. nothing works on all the browsers i tried.
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    Anyone done a heater mod/upgrade

    fume curtain if your in a van back. best mod i did to mine was making it a truck cab. engine heats up plenty quickly on my 200tdi - within about 4 miles im getting good heat into the cab and i certainly wouldbe be using my car for a journey under 4 miles... not good for the car or the...
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    Instructamations for red bison diamondback screen controller.

    hey im as much against tech as the next guy BUT the ability to drive and see in damp or icy conditions when the asthmatic heater cant keep up is wonderful. trying the red bison site again on a pc rather than my phone .... lets see.
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    Freelander 1 Possible to do away with the VCU?

    Wouldnt fancy that insurance claim when you go off the road. Would also get hellish transmission wind up till something broke. It would be like driving a disco or fender around with the centre diff locked always.something breaks.
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    Think my Engines Knackered

    Is it a prius ? Gies a clue ! Although it doesnt sound clever
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    Instructamations for red bison diamondback screen controller.

    i fitted my windscreen last year in the summer. Its now winter and ive discovered its on the 1 minute setting and its doing my dome in. I know its programable to 1024minutes according to the blurb on paddocks..... Do i know where the bit of paper that tells me how to do it is...... Nope...
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    Swivel bearing housing (swivel ball)

    I used epoxy resin on mine ......
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    Headlining refurb

    275 quid for a lasalle for a truck cab,..... no danger..... 4 way mega stretch carpet it is :d
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    Knocking noise from wheel

    "90? Stick a Disco disc brake axle on?" yay - then you too can have a locking rear end spin under hard braking due to the calipers needing less fluid than the drum wheel cylinder to lock up.....
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    Stock or modify

    Imo they look best left in classic colours.m Subtle mods you dont notice work well Kermit green or tango orange very rarely look good imo, looking like you ramraided paddocks isnt a good look either. How ever useful mods like led sidelights, brake lights and indicators - every day of the...