Any breaker recommendations?

Changed the shocks on the 110 yesterday which went well apart from a slight mishap with an axle stand which means I'll need a new radiator grille frame. They're the wrong side of £100 new, so I'm trying to find someone breaking a white Defender who'll part with a used one for more sensible money.

Cheers,

AndyC.

Try thornton 4x4 breakers in Bradford.

Thanks Nige, I've sent them an e-mail.

AndyC.

Thanks Nige, I've sent them an e-mail.

AndyC.

If they haven't got one I've just broken a white one, I'll have a look what it's like today. Post back if you don't get fixed up.

Martin

Ebay item 320128665525 ?

Hello,

I've not heard from thornton's, so if you could take a look that would be great.

Thanks,

AndyC

Heh, I never thought to look on ebay, it's amazing what gets on there! That's certainly an option although it would need a respray. Looks like I'd be able to use my starting handle with it as well :-)

Cheers,

AndyC.

On or around Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:00:24 -0700, AndyC enlightened us thusly:

that's one of those statments with an attached story...

at least it wasn't the rad.

:-)

Exactly my thoughts, although I reckon a rad might have been cheaper than a new frame, albeit more messy!

Let's just say it was an object lesson in 'make sure the vehicle is adequately supported' - which it was, until the bottle jack I was using to lift the axle extended sufficiently to lift the whole front end off one axle stand and then the same bottle jack decided it would have a wobble, which was too much for the second axle stand. One of those 'slow motion' events then followed...

AndyC.

I had my 110 fall off a standard defender high lift the other day when changing a wheel - the front brake disc dug a 2" slot into the drive just where my toes had been - those years spent ballroom dancing paid off as i just managed to get my feet out of the way in time.

The drive is easy to repair, i dont think my toes would have been so - no damage to the brake disc (thanks for the concern)

Those high lift things are bloody dangerous.

and generally that is for off road recovery, eg lifting from ruts where the inherent instability is useful, or as an emergency winch.

They are bloody dangerous for anything else, including wheel changing.

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bURRt the 101 Camper

200TDi Disco with rotten floor 200 TDi DIsco, "the offroader" 1976 S3 Lightweight

How about one of those exhaust powered air bag things then ?

Steve

seen them, thought they maybe handy, but not sure about trapping such a large volume of carbon monoxide to then release it in one hit, after all, CO is toxic!

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bURRt the 101 Camper

200TDi Disco with rotten floor 200 TDi DIsco, "the offroader" 1976 S3 Lightweight

"AndyC" wrote.............

I've not heard from thornton's, so if you could take a look that would be great.

Thanks,

AndyC

If it's the aluminium panel that holds the plastic grille then it's a bit twisted at the bottom and it's had a piece cut out ( round the number plate) at the bottom edge but it's usable (just) if you've nothing better. The plastic grille is ok. If they're any good to you, you can have them FOC

Martin

Neat idea .... but what do you do if you have 4 exhausts? Or 2? Like wot I have on my 2 LR's :(

Does it fill at a much reduced rate? (although it would be amusing to see how fast the supercharged one would fill it - as I'm sure that it works on air in/vs air out :) )

Neil Brownlee uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Potatoe - Don't leave home without at least three.

Lee D

LD> Potatoe - Don't leave home without at least three.

Of course!!!!

Thats easy just weld up the spare holes or hammer them flat. I'm sure it won't effect performance......

....... very much ;)

wrap em in foil and it could be a nice snack for you after youve gone to all the effort of sorting the bag out and changing the wheel!

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The 101 Forward Control Club and Register

On or around Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:41:12 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@btopenworld.com (Tim Jones) enlightened us thusly:

I'm convinced that all these exhaust outlets are just for show. My series III manages fine with just the one, so does the transit, albeit the tranny's is somewhat larger.

There's also the point about the diameter of the pipes... if you add up the

4 outlet diameters then you need that much throughput all the way through the system including the outlet from the manifolds.