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Unlikely but possible. Its for one market, people that live inside the M25.

Tend to disagree on this. Adjustable dampers are from Terrafirma and a absolutely awful in terms of reliability. RTC dampers are a gimmick at best, unreliable and crap at worst. Better off with OME or Fox if bigger tyres. Six speed box doesnt...

Td5. Will always be my choice. Very easy to work on, very easy to maintain, buy a Nanocom or a Just Map It from Empire to read fault codes. They are fairly rugged compared to a Puma but 10x easier for the home mechanic. Ive been driving them...

Insurance companies have decided they hate Defenders. Ive had the same issue. Slightly modified and its a flat out no or a ridiculous price Easily stolen, expensive to repair (by a garage) parts costs are high, values are hard to determine...

Yeah exactly. Would bave preferred timeserts but didnt have any! Surprised given its a CJM manifold. So far so good no leaks!

Completely agree. The heaters arnt actually that bad at all when the are working 100% People are just used to modern climate control systems that are way over engineered. Im not actually a fan, i genuinely prefer the separate heater and AC in my...

I did find it terrible before I actually had a look at anything. I then found I had no thermostat fitted, replaced with a 78 degree one. I then found all the foam seals in the heater box had disintegrated, same with the dash air box, after...

What a magical day I had today 🙄 Thought it would be a fairly quick reassemble of the manifold, oh how wrong I was! Refitted and torqued up 9 out of 10. Number 10 become righty loosey 😢😢 Stud almost fell out. Panicking about what to do as I...

More landscaping today Playing with sleepers.

Blowing the dust of old Behringer mixer and Fender PA, all good now saving for a Zoom 20 track digital mixer / recorder.

All in cost me around £4K in materials its really three builds......room within a room within a timber barn with 50mm air gap between each ( russian doll etc) Sound check with drums and PA at full chat...... 4 feet away sounds like stereo in a...

🤣🤣🤣🤣 hes might be right 🤣

Have you seen his freds :). He will have you a TD5 and spending money the minute you see it, let alone a drive:D. J

I would certainly be keen to take you up on that if it wouldn't be too much hassle for you, and try to gain a little more insight from your pools of knowledge too.

I warped mine too. I bought it via allisport and they swapped it out no questions asked!

As did I this time round but it was a few years ago when I first bought the D2 Nice of them to do, probably because its costs them roughly £250 a unit 🫣 Mines a few years old now, easier to drop it down the workshop and have it done same day...

Exciting Easter Friday! Finally got round to sorting the slightly warped exhuast manifold, shockpy yes even the CJM Manifolds will warp given enough time. This one was on my old D2 now on my 110, probably covered closed to 60k at least and I...

No worries. Happy to help, can at the very least come for ride if you want!

I feel like I am leaning towards the TD5 more and more each day, but it's definitely still an open choice for me, and so speaking with people who have experience of both is really valuable. I will be looking to work on the vehicle I decide on...

Asked for it to be road tested! Never had a problem in my old 110, they do make for a great driving experience!

Ive fit a couple, they are genuine 304 stainless, fully tig welded and a great fit. With a proper flexi that wont collapse and fail

Thats not pretty!!! Going to do anything else? Sleeved casing or an ATB?

Oh oh, I decided to reseal the LT230, whipped off the sump to find this: I guess the bits I found in the R380 are just incidental... Will need to strip it down to see if any other bits in the box are nadgered...

Yeah I'll pull it all apart tomorrow most likely. It's taken some hammer over the last 10years so hardly surprised it's failed, just glad I noticed it before it totally grenaded.

Had one before, they are quite good. Just not overly bothered about seeing out the back. Cant see much anyway

Exactly why I do the same. Cant count how many times ive revisited my old posts to remember what Ive done 😅 You going to dig further to see why it failed?

I've got a spare good box coming this week, I'll swap the V8 gears in probably. That retaining ring couldn't be the culprit anyway, all the bits are in the front half of the casing, and it lives in the extension. Bizarre.

Thats lucky! Going to rebuild yourself?

That looks like it was a right pig to do! Well done though. Not sure i could be assed to drop a box on my driveway!

Air die grinder and cold chisel to the rescue.... Now to drop the boxes and see what's up.