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    Knock From 4.2

    The ticking noise I was getting on and off certainly is not the cats. I have checked and rechecked the cats in whatever ways I can think. Yesterday the 4.2 had a hard time starting cold, then today the same thing, but today the oil pressure light stayed on for a good 30 seconds, and the tick...
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    Knock From 4.2

    Tried, but it didn't show itself today. Drove for long enough to get it warm, low range, in the back yard up and down hills and along side angles. No odd sounds.
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    Knock From 4.2

    Yeah, but I used a stethoscope to pinpoint the noise to the engine. Couldn't do without the cats anyway, have to have them to get registered here.... Even when I took the ROW 110 in for registration, they made me put one on it, and then they tested it as a 1988 Range Rover. I tried to...
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    Knock From 4.2

    New to me LWB. Runs, drives, shifts well, very quiet and smooth. Oil level is fine, not sure what weight it is though. Been driving it for two weeks. Two days ago it just suddenly is making this ticking sound I can hear from inside, and very distinctly outside. It started after I drove to work...
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    Bad day for Defender owners

    Actually, guilty or not, he should not, under any circumstances be chiming in anywhere -- and I would bet his lawyer told him the same thing. I don't know the guy, but I am familiar with some of his sales. I also have seen MANY 110 sales on places like Craig's List that openly state that the...
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    Bad day for Defender owners

    I've read some of your posts on this, and I agree and disagree in some ways. I try to shy away from political discussions online anymore... anyone from DWeb the last 10 years knows what I mean... But there is simply no denying that whatever the issue that is going on with this particular...
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    Bad day for Defender owners

    They are also taking stock original trucks that were sold to Americans by the original owner who imported it while emigrating. LHD, V8, 25+ years old. Gone. Yes, if you gamble with these VIN swap trucks, or if you put a grey market engine in it, you may be at a dead end. But for those of us...
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    ARB Bumper Install

    Well, I got one drilled through top to bottom with acceptable outcome. It keeps the bumper from going full sag, but even though I've cranked the thing down so tightly that the crush cans are flexing, it still moves up and down about a half inch. The pinning bolt seems to do the job. I will...
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    ARB Bumper Install

    Kind of think that won't work -- the bumper would be digging into the tires -- that's 8 inches of distance. And the holes in the bumper itself are not drilled to match the holes on the frame anyway, so...
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    ARB Bumper Install

    Not enough clearance. I might be able to shave off enough of the metal in there at that point, but it doesn't seem right. And that would be a stupid job to have to do with a rat tail file..... However, that's the only think I can think of as well, and it's the only thing I can imagine doing...
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    ARB Bumper Install

    So, this still isn't working... The photo shows the front end of the frame of the truck (left side) with the mounting bracket (crush cans) for the bumper fixed in place (right side). The arrow is pointing to the alignment hole that you are supposed to put a bolt through after drilling that spot...
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    ARB Bumper Install

    Thanks for the reply, I think I have it figured out. It's just that reading the ARB instructions, it does not actually say to drill all the way through the frame from top to bottom. And the bolts I have are too short to go all the way through, confused me. So something must be missing...
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    ARB Bumper Install

    OK, so I'm trying to figure out how to go about drilling, then securing the bolt into the vertical holes on the crush cans on the ARB. It's an 04 Disco, with an earlier DII bumper going on. If I drill the hole, fine, I can do that, but then there is an obstruction (factory welded piece) in the...
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    A crusty old Land Rover Series model...

    Looks like that's all it's good for right now. Just parts.
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    CB or FRS

    Odd, every time I go I'm with others with ham. Usually we are the lead or tail of the group because we can talk from truck to truck through the trees and hills from more than a few hundred yards away.
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    CB or FRS

    Uh.... CB over FRS. But why not 2 meter? Are people afraid of the math on the test? So much better than FRS or CB. And you don't have to get anything fancy in a radio. All the bells and whistles are very, very cool, but with what we can do with our cell phones now, it's hardly worth the...
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    The new defender

    I'm seriously thinking of getting a Tdi Wrangler Unlimited when it gets here. I'd keep the Series IIa, or trade it for a Defender, but it is really hard to pass up a capable, nice to drive, reliable, Tdi that actually looks good too. Wish I could stay with Rover, but when you are talking about...
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    Post-racial America

    I'm total pasty white, and Conservative. But when I see someone who is from a different heritage than myself that happy to sing the National Anthem, or God Bless America; or especially when someone gets their citizenship -- it's basically one of the five things that brings tears to my eyes...
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    Earthquake

    You should not run in an earthquake -- easy to fall down, all that. Duck and cover, all that. Find a doorway, and if that fails: http://www.freegifhub.com/i/earthquake.gif Find a Disco. Anyway, it's the first thing I thought to do.
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    Questions

    That's some awesome stuff there.