Recent content by wrickm

Just to set minds at ease i am not going to pioneer this. If someone with these engines had success, I thought it would be a novel way to help my 109" since the brakes are ever a challenge. I am not risking my motor thought. If you think a 200tdi is hard to get in the U.K. is is crazy over...

So, no. No one has put an exhaust brake on one of these lol

This little trailer doesn't have brakes. Upgrading the trailer is (a lot)more expensive lol

@miktdish An exhaust brake is a valve that closes in the exhaust to create back pressure to make engine braking more effective. I use downshifting now to take pressure off the drum brakes, but (idealy) an exhaust brake would make that much more effective, but there can be downsides in some...

Has anyone installed an exhaust brake, or considered it, and has a good reason it's a dumb idea? I yank a utility trailer full of fire wood around a bit and the drums get "warm". i use what engine braking is already available top pretty good effect, but i figure with an exhaust brake i would...

I am comfortable swapping out the front hogshead I have, but not setting up the rear, and the quote on that around here has been. . . high. Not sure how i want to proceed.

WTB overdrive for LT230 For sale 3.54 Rover hogshead, $1200 and Salisbury 3.54 ring ,pinion, case and bearings $300. I may still get the money together to get there rear set up for 3.54's but parts and labor are 3k . . . it's give or take really.

Thank you for a place to look. I have been driving myself nuts

Ok, anything I can do about that short of replacing the stalk?

My headlights stopped working. I had just put the column shrouding so my initial though was something got knocked loose in there, and while that still may be true I sure as heck can't find it. I have 12v to the switch I have switched 12v out of the switch - that 12v goes to at least 3...

I spent a lot of time and got virtually nothing out of it. - Installed and new EGT gauge. . . . the gauge does not work. It has power and ground, but does nothing - Put my column cowling on and cleaned it all up. . . . now my headlights won't come on. Still turn on the dash lights, and the...

@300bhp/ton my inclination is to keep leafs and eventually upgrade to parabolic springs and the appropriate shocks. I keep an open mind in case something just comes along that is clearly better. For parts, I just want to make sure I get what I need to convert the front differential to 3.54:1...

@300bhp/ton seems I was right to quote you above. Would you mind weighing in on the proper parts, particularly for the front. IIn my case i am jsut making a leafsping defender with a cooler front end. Would it be easier/cheaper to just swap the entire axle and get rid of the unused locking hubs?

Here is a post i found about this very thing: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/which-diff-to-upgrade-to.390595/post-5656209 I must have had this idea 10 years ago when I got the 109 because I found a box in my garage from East Coast Gear Supply with a: Dana 60 Slasbury 3.54 ring, pinion...

I am thinking similarly since my 109 is 200tdi powered. The 4.7:1 axles are a bit overkill.