Must be :D

Stack gauges are good got one fitted to mine well pleased . cheers Ian

Perhaps British steel isn't what it used to be either , the quality of a lot of things now doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be.

Tata also has plants in India and other places although they have plants in the UK doesn't mean they use it from here , we've been making steel in the UK for years but unfortunately like many other things the majority is imported because its cheaper. Something wrong somewhere .

Get that crow bar ready lynall to open your wallet :D , one week in and I'm still impressed definitely more go in her than before. I'm still not happy my turbos working right , think its more tired than knackered so I'm planning an overhaul new chra and new actuator. Eventually found an actuator...

As soon as everyone started buying cheap steel from abroad , I think they throw any old rubbish in it now its called recycling :rolleyes: .

Yep you got that right oh for a good bit of English steel to weld.

The quality of steel in general is s##t I'm a fabricator and been at it for 30 years making various things and the quality has gone down hill cheap foreign rubbish.

Wouldn't worry Hippo the rain will be back again soon , it's England .

Have you looked behind the panel in the tub on the drivers side as the wiring comes along the chassis up into drivers side of tub then offside wiring and trailer wiring comes out and across . cheers Ian

Glad you enjoyed the read bankz5152 that guide on how to is very good still would like a go myself , but on that 200tdi head I've got there were some ripples in the cast inside were the valve sits and not sure if it's safe to smooth them out or not .

Afternoon, weathers lovely here sunny Stafford shame I'm off to work in a bit.

It's in the defender section page 5 under performance cylinder head ianmayco68 .

Hi bankz5152 I asked the same question on LR4x4 forum a while ago for my 200tdi as I got a spare head off eBay ,some were for doing it and others were you won't get a lot of power gain for the outlay don't know if you've read that one can't post the link cus I'm on the iPad and I don't know how...

Very nice :D

Right all boost ring fitted but will come to that later, sp00k can move actuator put mole grips on the arm at the turbo can move it with my thumb on the grips I'm guessing that its not stiff enough also the black rubber pipe from the actuator to the intake looks perished so think a rebuild might...

Will try tomorrow but I could move it at some point and it seemed a bit easy as I'd read in the tuning guides I'd read that they are very stiff but don't know whether it was before I shortened the rod.

evening

Cheers sp00k mines got no thread at all showing which is why I'm starting to think it isn't working right , it had stood for 2 1/2 years when I rebuilt her and looks like the original turbo so it might be due an overhaul. I rebuilt the engine and had the injectors and fuel pump overhauled by a...

Cheers sp00k got no smoke so will leave as is then.