Rather nice over here riddlemethis, at the moment. Our 4 days of summer always makes me rethink my plans to sell up, buy a broken down château and sit on the terrace drinking a fresh young Beaujolais watching the sunset.
Sold the idea to the kids- just the missus to convince...
I did an off-road driving course when I got my first Landy (Series 3 Military Lightweight as per my profile picture on the "other" site). I was amazed by its capabilities. It waded through water well over tyre tops. Water level in cab was similar to outside though- up over my wellies, but no significant electrics to worry about :-) <br>
What worried me most was the "angle of bank" stuff where you see exactly how far the vehicle can lean/ tilt sideways before falling onto its door.
That's a lot of wetness! <br>
If that's the visible bit, watch that it's not wicking (or has wicked) itself through the carpet/ underlay into ECU territory under the seat.
I'm still thinking tyres Marty. Pop a spare set on from one of the project cars and take yours in to be balanced (costs less than if they have to take wheels off). While you've got each wheel jacked up, check tyres for out-of-round by spinning them with a jury rigged pointer (screwdriver clamped to an axle stand or something)
Probably no help at all, but mine will quite happily drip condensate from every joint in the exhaust downstream of the cats without there being any audible blow. Spent a long time trying to achieve a gas and watertight seal, then got bored and went off to do something more interesting!<br>
Back in the day exhaust systems used to have holes (around 1mm) at low points in the system just to drain off trapped fluid- or maybe they didn't and my memory's been addled by encroaching old age :-)
Have a check for crispy cables inside the loom from sensor to ECU. Mine were shot for about the first foot from the sensor connector, and pretty manky where the cables connected to the individual pins in the connector...
Hello Chris <br>
A few more choices here: <br>
https://www.lrdirect.com/STC3204-C.V-Joint-New-Rr/?keep_https=yes <br>
I'd probably go for the Bearmach for low cost or the GKN (listed as Original Equipment) myself
I've a feeling you won't be painting the grille orange then...
Now you come to mention it, the originals look pretty close to black <br>
http://www.blvpg.co.uk/i/vehicles/vehicle_index/POLICE/P19A.jpg <br>
Unless you go for this one instead <br>
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2a_lg00yVBM/VakGukMxkwI/AAAAAAAAAK0/r46Ty8gWXog/s1600/572090415.jpg
You could also have bypassed the throttle body heater completely! <br>
Less prospect of future leaks. Anecdotally it does nothing in southern UK climate where we don't get the extremes of humidity/ cold where throttle body icing could occur. <br>
I'm looking forward to the before/ after pics of the respray. You keeping it white? It's a very in vogue colour at the moment!
LR Direct will do next day express for 9.50 if ordered before 2pm
It's called "Doing a Morat" in the trade! <br>
Beware of washing it though- that respray is drawing closer...
Using copper pipe won't instantly send you into a head-on collision with the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but vibration will crack it eventually and it's softer than cupro-nickel so wears quicker anywhere it touches and is less rigid. <br>
Many years ago when I prepped race and rally cars the regs wouldn't allow pure copper pipes for those reasons. <br>
Me saying it was a no-no was probably a bit OTT as even Halfords sell pure (99%) copper pipe as brake pipe, but I wouldn't use it
Found a potential supplier for you: <br>
DORSET TUBE, Thrush Rd, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4NT <br>
http://www.dorsettubes.co.uk/
Normal copper is a no-no Nick. It work hardens unfortunately
Probably just to make them easier to fit on the production line. <br>
A roll of Kunifer and a not too cheap flaring kit and the pipe construction's not too hard. Running them can be a bit of a bear apparently, for those of you normal people who don't have a removable boot floor.
Land Rover produced a modified siren for sensitive souls that, much like a mobile phone, just vibrated gently when activated. For some reason it never really became popular...
That's true Morat. I've learned from you the value of shiny, shiny when it comes to performance improvements!
