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    Hood use for storage?

    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.
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    Hood use for storage?

    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...
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    What would you do in my situation? (*$&*ed by dealership)

    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...
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    Hydronic Heating for a Sleeping Platform?

    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...
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    Land Rover diesel's in the US

    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...
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    1980 Lightweight FFR, what's it worth in the US

    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.
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    1980 Lightweight FFR, what's it worth in the US

    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...
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    1980 Lightweight FFR, what's it worth in the US

    http://www.landroverexchange.com Lots of people fishing on there though. Airportables are esoteric but they ain't D90s is all I'll say.
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    "XTec" Special Edition Land Rover Defender—Yay or Nay?

    UGLY. Having seen one in the flesh those headlights and grille are just ugly compared to the old style.
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    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.
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    Series lll Bulkhead questions

    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...
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    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.
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    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...
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    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...
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    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...
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    One nice thing about the Rover 2 1/4 is that it has roller tappets (cam followers in US speak?). This makes the valve train far more tolerant to modern oils than those with flat tappets. Then again, as all Rover owners know a little zinc never hurt anyone. I wouldn't seak it out specially though.
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    Good old dino oil works just fine in these engines. I ran my 88 hard for 100K miles plus down onthe desert floor using plain old Castrol GTX 20W50 and a RM spin on oil filter adapter. Changed every 3000 miles that engine was as clean as a whistle inside for its age. If your engine is a bit funky...
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    I've never seen the point is spending that kind of coin on Whitworth. Metric will work on almost all of them although you might have to gently tap a socket on depending on the quality. Other than that I would just buy a normal metric spanner and spend a couple of minutes with a file for a...
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    Reynolds Boughton ex-MoD vehicles

    For that $11K US money you could have this: Volvo C306 Wikipedia page or Pinzgauer 712M Much cooler, much more fun and, well its not an RB44
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    Expedition Portal: The Land Rover 109 IIA Build

    There are several disc conversion kits that are nice but at considerable cost. Cheaper is to convert to a SIII pedal tower mounting a servo and a Ford LTD master cyl (There are other alternates from Dodge but all are way cheaper and nicer than the LR item) if you don't have one. Use T-pieces to...
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