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nowadays you really need a garage who is familiar with working on the, lets say old tech, of the 80 series. the old boys are few and far between. you would even be lucky to get someone from a toyota main dealer who knows his way around an 80. if you can get the 80s up to Staffordshire i am...

i was going to say classic car restorer. then i saw raptor mentioned. they would probable chase you off the premises...

does anyone expect to get stranded?.. :D

yes, i might come across light hearted about the snow but im not. you have to respect these conditions. i know how quickly things can turn bad. ive had to stop driving before in white out conditions where you cant see a thing due to the driving snow, all the while the snows building up against...

that was the best winter i can remember, it was week after week of snow and blizzards.

it was in the local rag that 8 people spent 12 hours in there vehicles until mountain rescue and the army could get to them on the leek to buxton road.

the rain falls a little different up here in winter nick.. was a awesome few days. cars and landrovers abandoned all over the place. a couple of local lads spent the night in there 80 completely snowed in. they loved it..

A bit late in posting.. This is from the carnage of last week.

yup, hasnt even burnt off the exhaust yet..

interesting shed..

it has a glow screen bolted onto the cross over pipe. it pre heats the intake air.

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That one was fitted and tuned for a customer, he's very happy with it. Funnily enough, this is what I am on today; This is for a engine I rebuilt for one of my projects. Bought long before your group buy else I would of been in..

do they have the midges thing in Ireland like scotland?

getting a Gturbo for your 80 is the equivalent of introducing the mrs to love honey after 20 years of marriage.. is that why its called a Gturbo? Tim, pass me me coat...

following with interest, been thinking of doing the same in the near future.

its not water, its gravy. have you tried there gravy? its pretty awesome stuff...

yup, or KFC, mcdonalds, dominoes, pizza hut, Amazon warehouse etc, or another housing estate.. sign of these god forsaken times..

the O ring on the ACSD cam shaft fails eventually and starts to leak. you have three choices: sell your 80. replace the ACSD. remove and blank off the ACSD.

"I would like to look into buying a new diesel engine that will be more economical to run give me more torque and will require the least amount of work to re-engine, any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciate. From Jonathan in New Zealand" fixed it for you.

mmm, dripping..