My LR90 200tdi struggles to get above indicated 55 but I believe that's because I've got 35 inch tyres and it mucks up the speedo calibration. I'm regularly coming up behind people on the motorway thinking why are you doing 45-50 mph on a motorway you idiot but I think my 55 is about 70...

I also had unknown service history and some strange squeaks from under the bonnet when I got my LR90, so I decided to have the belts done and the tensioners replaced. Cost me about £200 on my 200tdi at a local independent garage - not a LR specialist. Reading the Haynes manual, you have to...

Thanks - glad to hear positive comments - most of my mates think I'm mad! Damn thing's like a sponge for soaking up money. There's more money to spend on pre-MOT tasks (before October): - Replace rear crossmember (dirty rotten scoundrel) - Replace left rear body mount (corrosion victim)...

I've put some images in the gallery - not sure how to post images directly to a thread... http://www.landyzone.co.uk/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20565

LRB2, I completely agree - my previous point was that the main reason I saw people getting stuck was because of the diff height and that is a function of the tyre size, not the suspension lift. It certainly seemed that people with little or no lift were faring pretty much as well as the...

From watching people (including myself) get stuck at the weekend, the prime reason seems to be the height of the tyres i.e. the tyres go into a rut and the diff casing hits the deck and you're beached. Difficult to go for much more than 35 inch tyres without fouling the suspension or arches I...

Mine's got 3 inch lift and 35 inch tyres (courtesy of its previous owner) and it drives like a dog on the road. From what I can tell, the previous owner didn't do much with regards to correcting the suspension geometries but did fit a double cardon jointed prop on the front, albeit allowed it...

Even though I never got time to have the rear recovery points fixed, I still decided to go to Muddy Bottom yesterday and had a cracking day. It took me all of 10 minutes to get stuck in a bomb hole that I was told it was unlikely anyone would get through and I did see quite a few people stuck...

Maybe otherwise fitting a tow hitch (for which I already have holes but because of the 3 inch lift they are too high to be useful for towing) would be the next option until I get the chassis welding sorted out.

Well, following a quick look at the landy this morning, I can happily fit a Jate Ring on the left hand side - the holes are there and OK. On the right hand side, it's a different story. The chassis has been plated on the outside so there is no hole and on the inside where it hasn't been...

OK Red, a pair of Jate Rings on my shopping list. Ta.

Ah, that's clearer. Well, I don't have the teardrop things but you can just about see in the following link that I have 2 brackets welded to the chassis behind the shock mounts so they might be suitable. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10834&ppuser=20565 Failing...

Forgive my ignorance but I'm not even sure that the "tie down eyelet thingies" that you refer to are :( Do you mean the two holes on the back bumper bar that are used for the high lift jack?

So, I'm planning on going to muddy bottom pay & play this Sunday but it seems I need a rear recovery point. Shackles have been mentioned and I have these attached to my winch bumper at the front but the rear doesn't have a bumper as such and I can't see anywhere obvious to fix anything to...

I've not been to one of these pay and play days before but am thinking of going to Muddy Bottom on Sunday. Do I need to bring anything with me equipment wise? I have a high lift jack and some waffles strapped to the landy and it's got a superwinch EPi9.0 but I haven't got anything else...

OK - thanks guys - I'm going to see Jon at SE Autoworks in Guildford who's done some other work on the LR for me as I'm in Guildford on Sat AM anyway and then I'll pop to Keith Gott and see what they say... good to get >1 quote after all.

I made the mistake of getting under my 1985 LR90 with a screwdriver and hammer to investigate visible chassis rust at the weekend... As a result of that (and probably a little over-eagerness) I now have several holes in the chassis on the drivers side behind the rear shock mount. One of those...

Yesterday, I jacked it up, took the diff guard (QT) off and hacked all the sealant and paint off the rear diff pan and, as suspected, it was a dodgy seam weld that has corroded through in a couple of places. Surprisingly it had corroded right at the top, nothing to do with the diff guard -...

I had the wheel alignment done, although I was told that with the 35 inch tires the usual alignment rig wouldn't fit and so it had to be done by eye... Last thing I had done was tubing the tires as I heard this was a good thing to do for off roading (simex extreme centipede 35x10.5x16) and...

Odenne, I had the steering arm ball joint replaced about 100 miles ago. Like the new shocks on the rear, it has helped a bit but I still feel there must be more that can be done. The eternal optimist...?