Thanks buddy, I’m doing my best to keep it that way even though I’m enjoying a bit of off roading

since putting this disco back on the road in 2017 it’s seen plenty of green lanes here in Cornwall as well as general off road on (private land) same disco just time in between pictures being taken so had a few changes. And she still polished up pretty

Also had to do the cam belt this year (2022) and thought it would be a great time to give it a proper de grease so here is a couple of pictures before and after cleaning while carrying out this task.

Anyone up for a thread revival? Ok so as an update I still have this old disco and have been driving it as my daily since starting this thread back in 2017. Since then iv given it another +2 on lift blocks totalling a +4 lift now had to do the caster correction front arms and slightly longer...

Just googled it and there are lots of peeps using non roller fairlead but just to add it’s not a plastic fairlead it is cast iron

I’m not sure really but it was already fitted when I bought it and my dad doesn’t use a fairlead on any of his 3 winches just straight through the bumper and we use them winches for static caravans and most are about 6 to 8 ton but the truth is I don’t know if it’s right but it will be fine lol...

Winch fitted

Why thank you, yeah I wanted it to be like a sled underneath so if I did come to a over Streep climb it would not just dig in. It’s made of a bog standard winch plate then 6mm plate steel.

Just a little side view to show the depth of the bumper and the two recovery points are better seen

Put some black paint on the bumper today as it may not be finished but it is ready to accept the winch but who can really say something is ever finished when you enjoy adding and changing stuff so much

Transformation deisel smoker is running well and fuel bill is halved

Don’t think so, I’ve only had my landy on the road 6 months but been looking into places like green leisure where you can pay and play either your own or rent a disco from them witch I was going to do when mine was v8 because the rental was only like £90 the day and mine would have drank nearly...

I know all to well about enough projects to keep you busy and congrats on getting married, if you ever are going for a play in the mud/woods let me know and maybe go out to get stuck lol

Sorry buddy not on face ache used to be but I found myself wasting so much time on there I deleted it years ago. Do you ever take your Landy out for a play local?

Before refitting the engine and box thought I would take the opportunity to flappy disc the whole inside of the chassis and re paint it but not sure I have a pic of it painted. First a coat of zinc primer then a coat of black hammerite (smooth)

So when I separated the gearbox from the transfer I found the output shaftsto be.....well.....virtually gone! So cheaper to buy another box than repair it. So another box came along for £150 and got to see the splines before I bought this one and believed to only have 84,000 miles on it.

The big empty whole from where the v8 was, now to prep the engine bay for the 200tdi including cutting off engine mounts and welding on the new ones