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I’ve heard stories of cheap adblue not being the correct density and the system isn’t able to recognise the top up as a result. I’d try running it for a while and topping up with a different brand It truely is awful stuff!

Thanks @Shayne He has them on his 200, but he wants to build himself a good SWB for his field work, but struggling to find any flares for it!

Would anyone know where to get these arches from? Thanks

He’s had a lefty before and didn’t like it, it will never leave the north of Scotland again if he buys it!

Try Kelly Bray steering

As the title says, my mate is looking at a Lhd 73 with an intention to buy and convert to rhd, has anyone done this, or have any wise words. I do think finding the parts may be a mission, but not impossible? cheers

You cold try Corrie Motors in Inverness, were the ‘Yota dealers for years and years and may still have some good old hands there

Merry Christmas ya’ll hope you all have a fun day

Re-education doesn’t work when these low life’s might only get a slap on the wrists, or if they are unlucky 3 meals a day in a warm jail with their own tv & playstation. It’s much easier to make a living out someone else’s misfortune than work for your own. Off with their thumbs to start with...

Send the bastards to help Mr Putin on the front line, don’t suppose they would last long..

Used to see this driving round Inverness

This is what I fitted to mine https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201620112185?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Ul8QMabhRKC&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=kaq77ObVTcu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY The balls on my axle were quite scored and really wet with gear oil, the grease was long washed out...

For a smallish cost you can buy a modern battery tester on Amazon, that is able to give you a comprehensive test on your batteries health, cranking tests, charging test etc It’s a tool you may not use a lot if you are a diy guy but probably save you the cost of it with a couple of visits to...

@Towpack Lovely “Burpin Tiger” all my big road bikes have been Fireblades, been super bikes and made going fast easy. Unfortunately this one just collects dust and it’s the Africa Twin that squashes the flys now

The big man will for sure have December, as in Chris miss @AndycruiserguyLomas have competition!

I’ve been using Fertan while restoring my old golf gti, it turns the rust black with a chemical reaction. This leaves you a suitable surface to paint over. Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 or Deox Gel get good reviews

There was some interesting shift pattern to the standard gearbox gears, I struggle to remember there’s no 6th in 80 sometimes:tearsofjoy:

As it’s already been mentioned, a second hand diff could already be noisy, or ready to be noisy, as the parts are readily available I’d think it’s wiser to spend on having your one rebuilt by a specialist firm, doing the full swivel seal and bearing rebuild, then you can forget about it for...

Yes you can still drive it, and you don’t have to worry it’s a urgent repair, it will likely still be the same in 10k miles! Go to the garage and give it a power wash and see how much it develops

That’s not so bad, but would benefit from a seal (& your as well to do the bearings) rebuild. It’s not a bad job to do at all, albeit a bit dirty, look on YouTube you will see some videos of what your doing! To do anything to the diff you will have to strip it all down to remove the half...

Probably the front diff. Have a twist on the front prop shaft and see how much free play there is. It’s worth draining the oil into a clean container and seeing what’s in it, swill a magnet through and see if there’s much metal in the oil. A good tip as well is the make sure you can open the...

North west corner Derek

I was there yesterday and the gold one has moved since my last visit, although it had flat tyre in its last parking spot! They as you can guess have been there for years but the guy won’t sell them. There is another green 80 kicking around up there, and another a little bit south

Just maintenance for the soul today

This is one of my favourite 80’s Look forward to seeing it again on these pages You could add a link on Chris’ thread to your signature?

@stumog I served my time in a Toyota dealership, unfortunately before the 80’s arrived, then worked in a general garage doing trucks and trailers, all the 4x4 stuff and the hot hatches, my deepset hatred of all things Land Rover was grown there, although I do find myself looking at ex army...

Surely you should have insisted he put the Landry on the trailer :whistle:

Wouldn’t harm to throw up some pics and the fail sheet on here, you might just tickle someone’s fancy

I bought (not directly) a lower tailgate, which was one of the refurbished panels from 80Breaker and it was just garbage, huge rust holes full of mesh and filler and then given a coat of high build primer which I’ve seen much smoother concrete. Buy at your own risk, or only after a personal...

Edit, didn’t notice this was originally posted in May and he hasn’t bothered to add any further updates:whistle: Batteries should be 12.7v when fully charged, the alternator if working correctly will show a regulated voltage as mentioned above 13.8-14.4v If I remember correctly you should see...

@Emini I’ve been having a clear out and gave some stuff to a friend, I’ll need to see if I still have it

Unless you have a lot of oil leaks I’d just go to the petrol station jet wash and use that with their soap, everything under the bonnet will be waterproof so long as the original protections are still in place, but don’t go in close with the high pressure nozzle around the wiring or control...

Bugger I forgot about this…

So sad to hear this, condolences to his family and may he rest in peace

I’ve shared your ad off the forum @Gary820 but I think the person has just come into some other expenses which may stop him looking just now

Hope we are going to get a first start up movie:) looking great:thumbup:

Wouldn’t want to P in your cornflakes, but windows left in to paint, door handles painted over weather strips hanging off and it doesn’t look like much done underneath other cut out the holes, not sure it’s going to be the best in the uk, but that’s just my opinion and I don’t mean to offend

If the drain plug is leaking after the oil service I’d suggest taking it back and have them correct it at their cost. That is a workshop screw up, nothing else. As said before it’s almost impossible to over fill the diff as the filling hole is also the level, ie when you fill up and it pours...

@Lorin it was £225+ vodka & tonic with return carriage, sorry haven’t been on for a few weeks!

@clivehorridge Thanks very much :) my recovery has been a bit of a battle with medications having not so desirable effects mixed up with long waiting times to see someone who would change things, doing fairly well now and expecting to be going back to work soon, albeit I have just broken a small...

Contact Kelly Bray Steering and get yours fixed, you might be surprised on the cost and you’ll get a warranty. They did mine with just over a week door to door

https://gcaptain.com/ship-ernest-shackletons-endurance-discovered-ice/

Apologies this probably isn’t the place to get political, it should just be about busted knuckles and helping out friends with the same interests!

Call me cynical, but this is a war between the US & Russia, it’s Uncle Sams intent to de-stabilise and devalue Russia, and unfortunately the battleground is Ukraine. Boris & Biden will have us reliant on US hydrocarbons costing us far more, while some back door deal will have them get fatter and...

Heating oil where I live has gone up from 59p/ltr to £1.10 since the invasion, and they over 1200 orders in backlog!

Apologies for the digression, but here’s a bit of Benny :clap: