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winch and bumper, new radiator installed and first interstate drive completed! 68 mph at 2400 rpm. steering feels a bit vague, but. she’s pretty damn good!

looking for the britpart canvas seat covers for manual d1 seats. sand color. anybody happen to be ”sitting” on a set?

pretty sure i’ve got 1. i’ll be home next week. i’ll look

for a d2?

Next up is wiring. One of the things I truly suck at! Scouring the internet gave me a few ideas on what I needed to keep from the v8 harness, pondering the minuscule harness on my tdi defender, and the help of a friend who’s gone the swap already, I began. The V8 engine harness is massive, all...

midway through a 300/380 swap on my disco. the nuetral safety switch/ reverse lights were my last hang up how did you handle the reverse light dilemma?

new clutch line made, battery cables, throttle cable run, oil cooler lines run. driveshafts installed. new power steering hoses, intercooler lines and radiat hoses ordered from Lucky 8. wiring is the next hurdle, but i’m getting some help with that. got my best helper/fiance To help with...

bump. it’s off the truck.

more progress. modified the in tank pump to remove the fuel pump. made the existing disco fuel lines mate up to the lift and injection pumps cleaned up the hole on the tranny tunnel using some scrap steel and a left over shift gaiter from a donor d1 took a chance and attacked the...

new rear main seal installed, and brandy new r380! bolted it all up with the 1:4 case. man. that’s a long heavy setup to try to get up over the grill and down into place solo. ended up with the cherry picker and ratchet straps. (including a 3” strap over a shop rafter to the t case)...

Next step. Pedals. Ended up ordering a RHD pedal box from the UK. In my mind, it would just drop right in. And it did not! So.…. Turns out the 2 pedal setup has most of the mounts required to run the 3rd pedal. Requires a bit of fab though. Clutch and brake have to be cut and bent to...

Job 1. Yank the drivetrain out of the 110. The r380 in the 130 died on the trip to sacramento ( we drove from NC through mainland Mexico, over to Baja and up to Sacramento for a month. Lost 5th and reverse in la Paz. Made for a long drive to sac) Ashcroft sent me a new disco r380 with the...

Info on this swap has been a bit hard to find, so I thought I’d do a bit of a write up as I progress on it. Always wanted a 300/r 380 disco 1. Last year I pulled a great running 300 out of my 130 and dropped in an LS3. I did the work in california and drove the 130 home, leaving the drivetrain...

where are you located? i’d be interested in the suspension.

got a pair of manual d1 front seats. the bases are pretty shot. foam is blown out, and the lower fabric is pretty far gone. i’ve found replacement seat foam, but can’t seem to find replacement fabric. anybody have any ideas? looks like exmor did offer it, but i can’t find it anymore.