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Quite so. If he's lucky, his battery won't have been strong enough to snap the con rods.

One of my neighbors once went passed me and said ah that's what you look like, normally all I see is a pair of legs sticking out from under your car 🤣

Come to think of it, I had some policewoman once flag me down in my old Td5 to ask if she could borrow my trolley jack. She was speechless and disbelieving when I told here I didn't have one!

If a bloke's with a bird, he's unlikely to want to accept help from another bloke either! A lot of young men won't even stop and ask for directions if they have a young woman with them.

I've lost count of the times I've had someone materialise out of nowhere and whisper these sacred words into my delicate shell-like. I'd like to think it's because I have a friendly face and an outgoing, approachable personality. But before I...

Good description. Pity I can't find the vid as the creator is such a prolific uploader it would take a month of Sundays. Anyway, I get the general picture.

The radius arms literally connect the axle to the chassis, they're the big chunky things that bolt underneath. As far as I'm aware the radius arms connect and keep the axle in position, stopping it moving back/forth and then the panhard rod is...

I could upload a some pix if it would help, but since you can only feel wear in these things, I'm not sure how valuable a photo would be. I'm also wondering what these radius arms do on the front? I did a couple on a Jag a while ago but they were...

And this was all 6 years ago now. Just imagine how much worse the situation is today! :mad:

Anaconda, that's the livery I really wanted on mine. If I could have had one finished like yours I'd have changed my Will so I could be buried in it. You're a very lucky man.

Someone's already carved out an access flap of about 8x8" under the rear floor carpet just above the diff by the look of it - and then pop-riveted it back into place. Funny thing to do: cutting a hole in the floor! I wonder if they've had this...

It's seeping out of the wheel centres and dripping down the outside of the wheel and tyre, so it was quite noticeable. Would this be hypoid axle oil from the diff?

I was hoping these jobs were something that Buster would have covered in one of his instructionals, but it appears not. It wouldn't take me long to fab a hydraulic press up from some structural steel I have and a bottle jack, so that aspect...

As Marjon already knows, this is the classic 3.5 litre V8 model. You said hub seals and radius arms are dire, but I have no idea what's involved in replacing them. Is this a seriously big job?

Hi all, I just took my recently acquired 1989 110 County in for a service and there's some stuff I don't understand the significance of (or price of getting fixed either!) I'm primarily a bodywork guy. Can anyone assist in explaining how dire...

I found a replacement bumper made a noticeable improvement. The old bumper on mine was a painted black one with rust showing through. I fitted a galvanised one, used but I good condition. I see yours is galvanised but looks tired. It might be...

I guess all old chains have some stretch to them, but this one certainly doesn't sound noisy. I've read a lot of instructions from various sources about disconnecting the vacuum hose, but I noticed today in the Haynes manual for the Range Rover...

Yeah, it's got the twin SU carbs. I've no reason to suspect it's not the original engine - no reason at all - but I suppose I ought to thoroughly check to be sure.

Er's a 1989. Advance until it pinks and then back it off 'a bit' is a novel idea to me. My rough and ready approach before I got a light was to twist the dizzy back and forth to establish where the engine was struggling in both directions, then...

Hi all, Does anyone know how far before TDC (BTDC) the dynamic timing at tickover speed needs to be set? IOW, where should I paint me white dot on the crankshaft pulley gradations prior to breaking out the timing light? This is the normally...

Well I'll be jiggered. You're right about the holes; well spotted! And good idea about making any changes easily reversible. As far as the bolts are concerned, I could order s/s bolts and just dip the heads in blue paint prior to fitting. Yeah...

Since there's only two holes at the upper edge of where the light guards go, does that mean it will only accept the hinged type of guard, I wonder?

I'm sure there are scores of photos of her driving it or being driven in it in old copies of Horse & Hound, Country Life, Majesty and so on magazines back in the early 90s, but I'm not going to be hunting them down just because of that. I have...

Very nice. I do some agricultural shows during the summer and ended up becoming a fan of the Field Marshal Series II. It has a kind of pugnacious vibe to it; a good, strong looking workhorse which just chugs along all day with that massive 5...

That is a pic form my rebuild after the engine fire (Thread LINK) which was done in a friends barn. The old tyre belongs to a fordson standard N which has been in his family since the 60's originally used on their farm in Wales, and now on his...

You raise some very good points, Squonker - and you're perfectly correct. And I like your suggestions for the front end. Why did I buy a vehicle that wasn't what I really wanted? Limited choice, basically. I'm on the Isle of Man; smallish...

Hmmm. Can't really do that, though because one day I'll possibly sell it and whoever' looking for one of these will be obsessed with originality (just like everyone else it seems).

Okay, I get the gist of the opinion on this group: don't overdo it. Not quite what I wanted to hear, but I do hear ya. I was tempted to get one of those tubular exoskeletons 'cos they look pretty boss. HOWEVER, I don't think it would look right...

That is good to know, mine is very much the same [1990 Ninety] good chassis and bulkhead, tidy inside but bit tat body, paint non existent in some places but it is still a working farm vehicle. Out in the country side looks fine but not so in a...