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Closest i can get tyre to trimmed seam Rubbing on chassis Points A and B are as best as i can tell what might limit the steering when oem wheels and tyres are installed Point A shows a thread so i assume it can be adjusted and point B is just a steel bump stop . I'm wondering if i cure...

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I missed one VERY IMPORTANT detail - if your cover includes legal expensis demand to be put in touch with the legal department forthwith . They cannot refuse this , but the fact is they don't have a legal department instead they use outside firms who charge them just as they would charge you or...

Just don't forget you own the vehicle and the insurance company has no rights to do anything at all with it unless you give your permission .My Mrs desperately wanted her Rover 414 back under any circumstances , but with thier usual arrogance the insurance company had sold it on without...

Thats a bit harsh Graham many people , especially those with no experience , are intimidated by the faceless and heartless insurance companies , everyone knows they are pretty much above the law but this is only because few choose to fight what seems like impossible odds . Make reasonable...

And don't think because they have called it a write off its beyond repair , it simply means it will be cheaper for them not to fix it . Ideally for them they will pay you a grand , then sell the car for a grand , let someone else fix it , then insure it again for another grand on third party...

They can't sell it without your consent ! I'd wanna know exactly how they were gonna compensate me . If they offered pittance i'd demand my car was repaired or replaced . It cost them money to keep your car in storage and i hope you got a rental car from them until its all settled . Insurance...

If i was going so far from civilisation breaking down would mean death i would take the oldest 6x6 truck i could get . Back in the 1950's precision parts meant an inch and a bit either way . No fancy electronics and no frills . You could actually carry every mechanical part in the back . I...

Acrylic Resolene arrived today and i'm impressed , just rubbed it all over the seat with a damp sponge keeping it as thin as possible which is not hard as it has the consistancy of water but the seat look brilliant and there has been no change as its drying . Obviously how it performs longterm...

If its gonna be used to destruction on a current job buy a B&Q cheap n nasty - murder it then take it back to customer service and they just tell you to take a new one . I did this 4 times when polishing a GSXR 1000 alloy frame , even the best drill will pack up when your applying pressure...

It's perhaps not relevent but if i had the springs off i think id clean them with a wire brush , paint them with etching primer and finish with that Plastidip rubber paint .

For absolute security off road strap a dirt bike on your truck - it can outrun zombies and if it gets stuck you can just pick it up and move it .

OOOPS ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgzcWx0JirY

As petrol and diesel are essentially the same thing , just refined oil , petrol simply burns hotter than diesel , i imagine Redex is an oil refined slightly more than diesel and slightly less than petrol . We used to pour a cap of petrol into the airfilter of a very old JCB digger (which is of...

I just browsing the archives and came across a thread discussing the benefits , real or imagined , of adding Redex to fuel . That post is now closed but i thought i'd add my tuppence worth with a new thread . My nephew passed his test and as money dictates bought himself an 18 year old diesel...

Congrats on the cheque but it would be interesting to know ironmans excuse , if any , as to why the springs failed ? I for one would not even consider buying parts that had a lower life expectancy than my tyres .

Does anyone know why i cant play copy CD's in my truck ? is there a cure ? That said i also have a cassette player in the truck and everyone knows they were a million times better than CD , just need to get up in the loft and pray my tapes weren't all dumped long ago .

Yeah but without tax we would have a corrupt government , terrible traffic problems , a failing health service , mass unemployment , a useless police force , high crime rate , pathetic education facilities , a farcical justice system , and terrible immigration problems and a country going to the...

I luv defenders maybe because they are about as aerodynamic as a brick , it's the crudeness of the design that appeals to me , i believe the original design was simply a copy of the American Jeep which itself was built with a 2 week life expectancy in the second world war . It's totally flat...

Its just occurred to me that i could stop the tyre rubbing on the chassis if i just adjust whatever normally stops the steering at full lock . My turning circle is slightly reduced anyway so reducing full lock just means i dont have to guess when to stop turning to prevent the noise of tread...

Hey it worked thanks so heres the seat with its first coat of dye . Its a bit patchy but i'd bet my house you could not scrub it back to blue no matter how hard you tried . I should have removed the seat back and belts but it has metal rivets and i don't have a rivet gun to replace them , and...

I will test it with this

Looking at the prices and understanding (perhaps incorrectly) that an OEM sub tank is fitted more or less alongside the existing tank on both vehicles , would it not be an idea to have a tank made out of stainless steel designed to replace the original with a much bigger single tank ? I had a...

No option to share on my photobucket , except share on facebook or twitter and i'd rather have MORON tattoo'd on my forehead than sign up to that drivel . I can select copy but then it just asks me which album i would like to add pics to . I'd be grateful for instructions if someone knows...

A man with a bald head and a wooden leg is invited to a fancy dress party. He doesn't know what to wear to hide his head and his wooden leg, so he writes to a fancy dress company to explain his problem. A Few days later he receives a parcel with a note: Dear Sir, Please find enclosed a Pirate's...

Here's part of the rear seats stripped , it took about 2 hours of brushing acetone on and scrubbing it off with a scourer pad http://s999.beta.photobucket.com/user/minus-millions/media/Seatsstrippedfordye002_zps9b644344.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3 I noticed when stripping the seat that the acetone...

Luck is a relative thing , this fella has my kind of luck , i've survived all sorts but if anyone was unlucky enough to fall down a 60m deep well in the middle of the M4 it would be me !

Quote sae70 "The height of a tyre is very much effected by the width of a rim. On my Vitara's I ran with 31" Cooper STT's but because I'd stretched them onto a 10" wide rim they stood only 29.5" tall. There's an optimum width rim for each tyre manufactured and I guess 7" is the one for my...

I could be wrong but i remember being pulled many many years ago in a rally prepared mini . All the copper wanted to know was if the spotlights were on a separate switch and unrelated to the normal headlights . They were and so he let us go saying as he walked away "i'll pretend i didn't see you...

Correct me if i'm wrong but the "privacy" tent pictured above only seems to work when the 80's rear door is open ? . Not good me thinks when someone wants to squat and you want to sleep lol . I think i'd put pipes on the roof rack then put pvc water pipe inside . the pvc , being flexible ...

I would use fibreglass because the cost of aluminium is just daft . The mistake most make with fibreglass is they tend to make things out of wood them just glass over it leaving the wood in which trebles the weight at least . Cut the wood to the shape you want , cover the wood in beeswax or...

I can't wait until somebody re-invents phones with buttons !

What it's worth as far as insurance is concerned is nothing . But if you insist on repair or replace and send them as many trucks for sale ads as possible you should get enough to buy another Colorado . Don't take your examples from ebay you will find 150k Colorado's or Prado's on sites like...

Are those oem alloys sae70 , they look the same as the ones i took off my truck and for some reason i can't help thinking mine were 17x7 ? The reason i ask is i used a tyre calculator (yes i know the tread pattern makes them inaccurate) and 255/85/16 would make your total diameter only a few...

See 38.5 Super swamper tires on a 90 here - http://forumflc.clubeflc.com/index.php?topic=1850.75

Yeah it seems obvious i will have to remove the carrier , bolt a steel plate in it's place then weld the carrier to the plate , that way i can move the wheel up and over wherever i want . Apart from the extra weight on the hinges which seem to be good and tight it shouldn't cause any problems .

Thanks Steve . I could be wrong but i had hoped i would clear the rear wiper because the wheel is zero offset as opposed to the oem alloy which is (i think from memory) +15 offset . Regardless of this i'm now wondering if putting a wheel spacer on the carrier might push the wheel out far enough...

Has anyone found a solution for having a 285 spare ? It's a longshot but i can't help wondering if i could remove all but 2 studs from the carrier so the wheel can be fitted off centre . It wouldn't add much space but maybe just enough ? I really need to be looking at it to get my mind in gear...

Cheers all for the heads up it's tight that's for sure http://s999.beta.photobucket.com/user/minus-millions/media/spare001_zps146254a1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3 . The last thing i wanna do is crack the light cover all i gotta do is refit the grill which has been painted to match the body and fit new...

Oh i see we are talking about the spare ,,,, YIKES better go and check . Ya bugger you just made me walk 40ft barefoot in the snow to find out theres about 4 inches between the spare 265 tyre and the edge of the door so should be plenty of room

http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forums/showthread.php/47697-Biggest-tyres-you-can-fit-to-a-90-without-a-lift-kit

I would very much like to try wheel spacers as it would obviously cure the rubbing on chassis problem , but i don't want to spend the money only to find a spacer causes the tyre to catch the outside plastics . Again i've resigned myself to wait until i come across a set of spacers i can try for...

Spare is 265 i think , still on oem alloy . Got the 285 as a set of 4 on landrover wheels at an absolute bargain . Can't find a cheap 285 to go on my spare steel wheel though so i've resigned myself to the fact i will have to buy new . Not so bad though as the landrover wheels should pay for...