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    6-Wheel Drive Discovery II - Am I totally mad ?

    @dave658 Hi, any update on the project? Tnx
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    Mackers' Def 90 - Who needs Cloud Storage when you can have your own thread?

    @Mackers Superb 'rebuild' and all the way you like it. Can't beat it! Thanks!
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    Chienesium carling lookalikey switches

    Can't speak or comment on these switches, but I use a lot of Chinese electrical kit, professionally, and the build quality and reliability has been excellent. In fact, you'll find many so-called European kit is re-branded Chinese-manufactured, because they just can't produce it cheaper. Add to...
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    Defender 2020 Update

    Further to my OP, here's a few guys doing a little more technical analysis on the new Defender pix. DefenderUpdate
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    Defender 2020 Update

    Check out the side scallops, higher bonnet and overall side profile and compare that to a commercial Discovery! Actually, just head down to SpecSavers instead:);)
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    Defender 2020 Update

    Not so, these pix are the latest released by JLR. Whilst I love my Defender, it nor any re-vamp of it is going to sell in the volumes to make it commercially viable for a company like JLR. I suspect Jim Ratcliffe will make a decent go at it; he's got Germans designing it and Germans supplying...
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    Defender 2020 Update

    Just caught this little nugget in AutoExpress today; looks like the new Defender is on the home straight! Post this, not to inflame the old diehards who crave for the Defender 90 and 110 production lines to start up again, but to highlight the next step in JLR's somewhat rocky journey in trying...
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    Hi fromOZ

    Welcome, Rob!
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    Minimum Post Changed

    This is another very useful spot to try and sell your most precious; maybe it's also on eBay, AutoTrader and PistonHeads, but that's OK because you're savvy and know that what helps sell something is having the biggest possible audience to view it.
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    csw 110 1988

    Good luck, Steve; I know what a bad back means, especially when driving a Defender! For me, I got one of those uprated clutch springs. Magic!
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    Defender CSW 200tdi 1992

    Ignore Mick, he's only being polite:) What you posted was not an ad, but an invite to all Landy-loving psychics out there to have a guess at what you're actually trying to sell. If you need someone to remind you to post pix, vehicle details (how about mileage, etc?), then did you ever change the...
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    The Case For Using A Boost Pin And/Or Boost Ring?

    Thanks to @dieseldog69 and @300bhp/ton for shining a light in to what I'm trying to say and adding the technical bit! This below probably sums up what my original post was trying to say: Just as folk may bolt on loads of bits to their Landy's bodywork, so some will tune and optimise the...
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    The Case For Using A Boost Pin And/Or Boost Ring?

    Hi, first-off, I'm certainly not knocking either of these products; I'm asking if, before fitting such kit, should owners maybe ensure that all the other factors that directly or indirectly affect performance be checked or optimised first? That's not being worried or concerned, it's simply...
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    The Case For Using A Boost Pin And/Or Boost Ring?

    I've read a lot and watched a number of YouTube videos on the reasons why one should 'upgrade' your Defender performance with a boost pin and/or ring. Invariably, the suppliers of these items are all over the forums and social media promoting and justifying the case for doing these upgrades; as...
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    Defender 90 Fuel Tank Question

    Many thanks for that.
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    I would just like to say

    Whoa, love the dogs in the pic; fine beasts and worthy fellow travellers in a Landy...:p
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    Defender 90 Fuel Tank Question

    As part of a refurb, I removed the fuel tank to inspect and assess its condition. There's a shed-load of surface rust and possibly more significant corrosion between the tank and it's support cradle, plus, along the seam where the two join around the tank. My question is, can the cradle be...
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    I would just like to say

    Lord Hippo, please dont go blaming yourself for any of this stuff :eek: Suffice to say, I don't believe that the scientists in this area suddenly came up with some very solid evidence around all of this. Instead, I would propose that much of it is regurgitated bull with a new wrapper; it also...
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    I would just like to say

    Que rant: Call me a climate change and all-round air quality denier, but I really do wonder about just how much these vehicles damage anything? A while back, Tony Blair was POSITIVELY encouraging us to change to diesel, he even citied the convincing reasons why; now, somehow, these engines and...
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    6-Wheel Drive Discovery II - Am I totally mad ?

    Looking goooodddd! Big shout out to Lego and Ever Ready....;)