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WarPig



Member Since: 04 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748
England 1996 Defender 110 300 Tdi USW Bonatti Grey
Thanks.
Post #267387 17th Sep 2013 11:06am
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Tiger



Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Wales
Posts: 2265
2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Java Black
Picked it up from the garage:

New clutch
New dual mass flywheel
New slave cylinder
New swivels
12000 service
MOT

I am now significantly poorer than I was!!! Shocked Big Cry
Post #267391 17th Sep 2013 11:27am
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Lou Sparts



Member Since: 15 Apr 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 1501
United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Fitted my new roof bars today they are Ulti Bars from "The roof rack shop" online.

These seemed ideal for what i wanted and what i wanted to spend.The cross bars are extruded aluminium and the brackets are galvanised steel and powder coated black so should hopefully give many years of service.
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Cross section of cross bars.

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The cross bars were too long for my liking and were wider than a Defender so decided to shorten them a tad by cutting the excess off with a cutting disc in my angle grinder.


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The cross bars have a sliding fitting in the top channel for fixing load stops or pipe carrier tubes etc.

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Each bar has a carrying capacity of 55Kg have not tested this yet but will do tommorow as i have a large amount of fencing to collect (and erect)

The load stops were included in the kit as purchased.

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Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated Mr. Green  2005 Td5 90 XS

Steve
Post #267409 17th Sep 2013 1:53pm
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tookaphotoof



Member Since: 18 Mar 2013
Location: dordrecht
Posts: 1279
Netherlands 2013 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black
ericvv wrote:
We like the Dutch to help pay for our highway maintenance. Laughing
And I've got good news for you.........................
Until today the highway sticker costs CHF 40,- As of next year most likely that will increase to CHF 100,- Whistle

Seriously, look at it in this way, if you drive on the péage in France (you most likely via Luxemburg from after Nancy down to the Côte d'Azur, how many € do you pay than just one way? Yes, much more than what you pay here now for an entire year access to a perfect country wide highway network. Thumbs Up Thumbs Up

We could maybe take this Holland-Switzerland game further.... Let's talk about parking tariffs in the center of Amsterdam and in the center of Geneva. Amsterdam, one day parking in the old town or in the "grachtengordel" will cost you more than a full year highway ticket in Switzerland. And you also have to pay there on sundays Shocked
Geneva is a fraction of that, and........... sundays free Thumbs Up


100!!!! Shocked

City Centre of Amsterdam only charge you €2,00 per 20 minutes with a maximum of €68,00... Mr. Green
Post #267417 17th Sep 2013 2:37pm
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Glynparry25



Member Since: 16 Feb 2009
Location: Miserable Midlands
Posts: 3015
Wales 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS DCPU Tonga Green
Been busy lately,

Trying to buy a house (still looking).

Trying to buy a Discovery Td5 for the Missus (still looking).

Doing upgrades on the Ute:

Front:
Fully re-built the axle with Ashcroft ATB, Black Diamond disks and EBC pads, Gwyn Lewis comp suspension and sumo bars, KAM flanges and Qt radius arms- (Completed).

Rear:
Fully re-built axle with Ashcroft ATB, Black diamond disks and EBC pads, Gwyn Lewis comp suspension minus springs, KAM flanges- (Completed).

All connected through Gwyn Lewis braided brake lines and waxoyling as I go along- also using high quality greases and sealants as I have gone along.

Still left to do:

Airbag suspension (one side fitted) and Qt trailing arms (in the post hopefully).


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Sorry about the pic quality- only had my phone to hand.

Glyn Dog Sheep
Post #267431 17th Sep 2013 3:32pm
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barbel jim



Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
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United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Tonga Green
Fetched Christmas dinner Snigger

So many choices, but which one will it be Whistle

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Post #267436 17th Sep 2013 4:17pm
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bpman



Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069
2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Fitted climair deflectors on the 110 ... strange, ordered from Paddocks, delivered from FlagDog
Post #267621 18th Sep 2013 9:36am
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WarPig



Member Since: 04 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
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England 1996 Defender 110 300 Tdi USW Bonatti Grey
barbel jim wrote:
Fetched Christmas dinner Snigger

So many choices, but which one will it be Whistle

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All of them, of course Mr. Green
Post #267624 18th Sep 2013 9:47am
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bm52



Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189
United Kingdom 2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Havana
got well and truly stuck in traffic after a motorway closed. Autos rule Bow down BM52
Post #267980 19th Sep 2013 8:43pm
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ttuck3r



Member Since: 03 Feb 2013
Location: Dunning Scotland
Posts: 277
Scotland 1999 Defender 90 Td5 HT Caledonian Blue
Got new dampers an springs fitted on all 4 corners as my originals just about fell out on tuesday, thank you Matthew @ Tayside LR for for the speedy turnaround time.
Post #268032 20th Sep 2013 7:11am
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Offroad-Tec



Member Since: 28 Jul 2012
Location: Damshagen/ Baltic Sea
Posts: 58
Germany 
Mud flap brackets defender 90 stainless steel
Hello,

yesterday the mud flap brackets for the 90' arrived. They are made of stainless steel 1.4301. The fitting point is a "key hole" which allows the easy mounting/ demounting. The sheets are designed to press the mudflaps to the brackets. After sand blasting I will coat them in black. The screws are stainless, too.

Greetings - Markus


Post #268035 20th Sep 2013 7:29am
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Arran73



Member Since: 25 Mar 2013
Location: Commugny, Switzerland
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tookaphotoof wrote:
Yes, Swiss is great. Every year I need to stick a bloody motorway tax sticker on the windscreen and pay for a full year of use, while I'm only there for a couple of weeks at the most. Rolling Eyes


Yeah I don’t think its extravagant at all (even if they put it up to 100chf but looks like that will not happen now), just been to Corsica took the boat from Livorno and it cost us 48 Euro's each way so frankly 40chf for the year Bow down,

Go to Chamonix quite a bit (only one hour from home) and that’s 5, 70 euro's one-way on the French roads not to mention the huge traffic jams the tollbooths cause.

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Post #268038 20th Sep 2013 8:04am
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bpman



Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
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2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
I was in CH recently, I mainly used the roads Whistle - I would not pay 100CHFs to use the Swiss motorways for a couple of weeks a year and if everyone thought the same, it would be gridlock on the roads ... Rolling with laughter

At least when you drive the French Motorways you can go at a reasonable pace, the thing that p155ed me off with the Swiss motorways is they continually change the limit from 90,100,110 aaarrrrgghhh .. not so much a problem in a defender though

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Post #268041 20th Sep 2013 8:09am
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Arran73



Member Since: 25 Mar 2013
Location: Commugny, Switzerland
Posts: 133
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ttuck3r wrote:
Well i will never be caught out putting the wrong fuel in again.. Laughing

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nice touch i like it.
Post #268042 20th Sep 2013 8:10am
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Supacat



Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018
United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green
bpman wrote:
I was in CH recently, I mainly used the roads Whistle


+1 - best way to see the country.
Post #268072 20th Sep 2013 10:17am
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