Recent content by greenmeanie

That's a defender wearing a WMIK kit not a WOLF. Its mising too many of the basic details to be a Wolf. I've only ever seen one unit dressed like that and it was a LR demo vehicle.

That truck is a WMIK or something dressed up to look like one as there are lots of details that aren't quite right. If you look at the interior you'll see the cage for the weapon mount in the back. The rack on the bonnet is used for camo nets. Old Rovers had the option to carry the spare on...

For ex military you could, of course, investigate a TUM or one of the many other choices in set up from Blanchards. They do good work and a good ex mil truck avoids all the fancy plastic and electronics they put on the Pumas. For the money you can end up with a much better and with an XD a...

A webasto thermotop C will do what you want. It heats the engine coolant and runs your fans to blow the hot air intot he truck. It has the advantage of also heating the engine on a cold morning. Fuel consumption is approx. 0.1L per hr. You can get a remote, turn it on and off manually or just...

Only one not so careful owner. Get the military registration and if you are serious get its military service history. You don't want an ex para or ex marine truck. One drops them out of perfectly good aeroplanes and the other takes them swimming in a salt bath. The truck will have a 2.5 NA...

Ummm..you do know that you're talking of sending it ot the land of modified 4x4s. Unlike a normal civvy series a lightweight has almost no historical value over there.

Having just read your post again and realized that you expect to sell it to a US market from the UK, have the buyer organize and pay for their own shipping and import to the US the answer to your question is obvious - you can sell it for about the average price of a lightweight in the UK. A...

http://www.landroverexchange.com Lots of people fishing on there though. Airportables are esoteric but they ain't D90s is all I'll say.

UGLY. Having seen one in the flesh those headlights and grille are just ugly compared to the old style.

If you are talking about the bolts that hold the steering box to the bulkhead support there are supposed to be lock tabs in there to help prevent this. Its common for them to be left off as its not the easiest place to get into to bend them into position. Part # 517878 if you should be needing them.

Go to the tech section on this web site and you'll see how its done. If you can weld its really not that difficult to replace foot wells. It gets more difficult when you get into the door posts so have a good poke around under the insulation and inspect the mounting feet carefully. The RN...

IIRC the genuine wires are carbon coated glass fiber. Good while they last but in the Phoenix heat rumbling upand down the I10 mine wouldn't last more than a year. I eventually just went with a set from Magnecor and never looked back.

That tells me you are a wishful thinker Nick. The Rover designers have just specified the standard torque for a 3/8 BSF grade S bolt with +/-10% tolerance. No special Land Rover ju ju but common engineering practice. The tolerance built in by land rover was sizing the bolt and the lock washers...

Read the previous thread. Read the link and understand the point being made is that on a 40 yr old truck with fasteners that have seen repeated cycles that the manual, written based on the assumption of new parts and new fasteners may, is unliekly to be CORRECT. As you mention the laziness and...

If a bolt has been torqued to the point of failure and you've removed it what is then the correct torque for a replacement bolt? As the threads of the mating part will also have been damaged it is no longer the value stated in the manual is my point as you will no longer achieve the correct...