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And as I found the first time I made a pipe, remember to slide on the unions before making the second flare 🤪

When I e-mailed Allisport about the VGT turbo they said they were waiting on Stock which would be around 3 weeks, so I put myself down to be informed when they were available. Then Exmoor trim were doing the Defeater barrier mat system with...

The crank pulley is bigger than the alternator pulley, so the alternator will reach 4k well before the engine does.. at a guess 1500-2000 engine rpm? Pure guess

The test sheet that came with my new alternator. If I am reading the performance curve correctly does that mean that at a little over 4000rpm it will produce 160amp? I will need to do some maths looking at the belt gearing but the engine can do...

A lesson in over tightening. Now I have one less bolt holding down the drivers side rocker cover. Rest is reassembled, with only two bolts left over, not as bad as I was expecting! Turned over and started fairly easily, but I didn't run it for...

Give it time.

Thank you! I worked out that it was a broken fuel filter assembly (had totally sheared off the bolts) so hopefully that will fix it when I put the new one in

Only replacing the diff ?? where are you buying your replacements, what about halfshafts, end caps, cv joints ect ect You have other issues elsewhere either with worn prop/transfer box output shaft or castor camber angles or parts above. How are...

Hi all, new member here, please be gentle. Had my 90 for 5 years, I’ve done nearly 40k miles. 98% on the road with a little off roading. I’ve had two new front diffs fitted in my ownership and just had a front wheel bearing done (first one in...

Thanks so much. that is one of my threads, where I was seeking help, but still have the problem.

Just to help, this all links in too… https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/disco-1-1991-v8-fuel-pump-electrical-wiring.394060/page-2

you can swap the hand of the alternator by simply undoing the three or four very long screws pulling them out rotating the ends of the alternator in relation to each other refitting the screws and tightening them up

Yep, 160A is high, but that may be marketing. Unless you have a twin batt setup and a big winch, you won’t need that much.

New alternator arrived yesterday (my mistake, first one arrived Friday but realised I had ordered a defender one not a discovery one and they are handed opposite!) and was fitted today, all being well it should not require anything for a good...

Strange how people's experience varies, even those owning the same make/type of engines. I've used Champions in a variety of cars, not just 4x4's, for decades & can't remember ever having a problem though admittedly the recommended replacement...

Warm welcome DIY, post up the issue in the Engine sub-forum.

I kinda wonder if the ‘new’ parts available today are decent quality enough though? Something like the 123 gets past that. The plugs are certainly showing the mixture to be rich at the moment, but perhaps that is unburnt fuel from the misfire...

@Loafer61 For what you do with yours do you want to stray away from "easily" available std parts? The system as fitted is pretty good if kept in good nick. My 630R runs an OMEX system ( I believe) so maybe look at them. Although its a Chevy...

You speak a lot of sense Marjon, simple systems which are fixable ‘in the field’ is indeed the way ahead for me. I’m just a bit frustrated with the misfire at the moment, but thinking the new distributor cap and rotor will sort this. Judging by...

I’ll take a picture to show mine (funarrr, funarrrr). Kinda of a specialist need, RC is proper off-roading with a max of 40 kmph / 25 mph. Hence lots of cooling required!

OOOOO that's helpful Loafer ! My viscus fan still works great without shroud. I was thinking the electric fan full size of radiator has it's own shroud. Contemplating front install for space between rad and engine...no fan on engine side. Or can...

I’ve all dewalt and did consider it but I literally only use for my vehicle UJs!

If it's the cam.. Once the hard surface has worn off they wear down the rest of the way in no time at all. Miles, maybe 100s not thousands

The misfire has suddenly started, but I don’t disagree it could be the cam. Looking at changing that in the next 6 months. The engine starts and ticks over beautifully. Just bad misfire in the top third of the rev range and poor power...

i had a very worn cam (in the end) it presented as popping under acceleration.it was actually blowback into the inlet when the inlet valve opened, as the exhaust valve wasnt opening

NGK. I've never had trouble with them. Dad used to have a marine shop and used many, many thousands. Had one faulty one, ever. I run NGK in my VWs and the Disco 1 (actually, everything, in honesty 🤣 ) High RPM misfire can be a worn cam too, if...

The car came with a set of Champions in, and a new set of 8x N9YC Champions plus a new set of 8x BPR8ES. I did a plug change to the new champions (no difference to the misfire at high revs / under load) and yesterday changed to the NGKs. It...

My viscous pulls through the rad from the engine side, so the twin fans I have at the front blow air through to assist. What little air flow I get at max revs, whilst doing 10 kmph through a massive donga (oooooh, errrrrr missus) is going the...

£146, I have a shedload of batts already… https://www.powertoolmate.co.uk/kit-builder/milwaukee-18v/grease-gun/milwaukee-m18gg-0-18v-heavy-duty-grease-gun-body-only.htm I suspect the M12 version at £99 will do everything you need...

For 400 sovs it would need to get jump out the machine & grease it then make me a coffee @ 10am 🤣 🤣