bugger ... its on back order ;)

I am sure there must be a legitimate reason to need immediate access to a skipping rope ... maybe if skippy the bush kangaroo skips if front of you while deep in the bush and you need to do an impromptu skip-off?!!?

hahahaha ... mine now just hops on her broomstick and flies in

so kit installed, standard hight - truck is higher... its it possible that the old ones were saggy or was I running on lowered sus?

Ok, so replaced the wastegate and have boost back ;) Think the arm is too long as now have more lag, bigger boost and egt keeps rising after taking foot off lol (used to drop instantly). what was interesting is that the old wastegate was really, really stiff and when we finally pulled it open...

Ah yes, the shocks ones should be surplus as I put new terrafirma shocks on!

thanx will do!

Got the terafirma polybush kit fkr my 1996 110 CSW, and the front and back trailing arms or whatever they are called are now polybushed - however the rest of the box just does not look compatible with the parts??? Have I got / been sent wrong one?

Well all, taken all manifold, turbo, etc apart and put back together, which is a good exercise I suppose in checking parts in your engine are in good order suppose and heat freeing old bolts / adding grease to bolts so can easily access later... However I still do not have boost... it seems...

It’s recently had a new morgan boost pin and boost ring, which is def still delivering better low end, and there is (new) oil on turbo out pipe so am leaning more towards turbo at mo???

yep, does it repeatedly, the wastegate arm is fixed / seized and there is a thin layer of clean oil all over the turbo exit pipe / tube

not yet, have ordered an uprated cartridge and will see this week,

don't know, but found the arm to the actuator has siezed / wont move, any thoughts?

as an update, bought the terrafirma all terrain kit: https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/land-rover-defender/defender-90-and-110/parts/suspension/tf199-terrafirma-all-terrain-std-height-hd-suspension-kit-110130.html and their polybush kit and will let you know

it's probably a case of which of the orchestra of noises we each handle best lol, still prefer the defender over the lovely quiet smooth hirecar i just had for a week

dynamat and the replacement for strip caulk (seal the physical floor pan, transmission panel gaps) is your friend there. my ears no longer bleed at least ;) interestingly also he said you only need to cover about 1/3rd of centre of panel in dynamat: huge weight, patience and cost saving!

my defender has built in dampening, just no damping ;)

So speaking to a car design professional about noise and “trackters” it was interesting that while there is nothing we can do regarding modern car incremental gains in manufacture techniques, like properly isolating aluminim and steel with thick, durable, electric and chemical isolating and...

yeah its all gears all the time. my last n/a diesel experience was a rented renault of the same period, a 1.6 litre pulling a tonne of car, this 2.5 litre pulling 2 tonnes feels a bit better but it could be all torque lol (sorry for awful pun)

yeah I had that one when I got it! the noise is quite similar so will check them all but once over wiggle test shows them all together. Anybody know what goes when a turbo loses power? was going to say when a turbo blows but that’s not a good choice of words ...