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 Alarm siren location |
blackwolf
 18th Sep 2025 4:18pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 5 · Views: 430 · Subject: Alarm siren location |
| It's highly likely that disconnecting the alarm sounder will cause it to sound continuously. It isn't recommended as a course of action, sorting out the root cause of the problem or configuring the al ... |
| Ford Transit 2.4 TDCi Engine for Defender? |
blackwolf
17th Sep 2025 3:54pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 1 · Views: 159 · Subject: Ford Transit 2.4 TDCi Engine for Defender? |
There are some differences with ancillaries (e.g., the sump) but in essence the engines are the same and interchangeable.
New or reconditioned 2.4 engines are in extraordinarily short supply consi ... |
| Silly towbar question… |
blackwolf
16th Sep 2025 10:31pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 1409 · Subject: Silly towbar question… |
| You certainly couldn't do that on a vehicle requiring type-approved towing equipment. The pintle is also likely to be too low for comfortably towing any ex-military trailer, and you couldn't tow anyth ... |
| lnsurance question |
blackwolf
16th Sep 2025 5:31pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 13 · Views: 500 · Subject: lnsurance question |
| Are the wheels 16" or 17"? |
| Silly towbar question… |
blackwolf
15th Sep 2025 12:01pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 1409 · Subject: Silly towbar question… |
Yes and no!
Dixon-Bate was split up in 2009 with the trailer business being sold to Mersea Trailers and the towing products business and Dixon-Bate trade name being sold to Bradley Doublelock Ltd.
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| Silly towbar question… |
blackwolf
14th Sep 2025 4:59pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 1409 · Subject: Silly towbar question… |
| That isn't the reason it has to rotate. Given that the later Sankeys and all the Penmans have fixed lunettes the pintle has to rotate to allow the trailer and the towing vehicle to cross any kind of u ... |
| Silly towbar question… |
blackwolf
14th Sep 2025 9:44am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 1409 · Subject: Silly towbar question… |
What the OP has is a Dixon Bate 3.5 Tonne Pin and Towball DA2123 that I believe was what JLR offered when choosing the tow pack option. ...
I'm pretty certain that the OP's coupling is not a DB co ... |
| Silly towbar question… |
blackwolf
13th Sep 2025 11:14pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 1409 · Subject: Silly towbar question… |
| That appears to be a rather tatty budget ball and pin hitch, the pin will be designed to tow a commercial (i.e., not military) rotating ring coupling probably from 1.1/8" to 2" diameter. It ... |
| Intro along with transmission woes |
blackwolf
13th Sep 2025 6:49pm
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Forum: Td5 · Replies: 4 · Views: 391 · Subject: Re: Intro along with transmission woes |
| IT's a little hard to follow all of your saga, and, for future reference a clutch is "engaged" when the pedal is up, and "disengaged" when the pedal is down (for some reason a lot ... |
| Swivel Pin Shim Advice |
blackwolf
13th Sep 2025 4:46pm
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Forum: Td5 · Replies: 15 · Views: 989 · Subject: Swivel Pin Shim Advice |
You're absolutely right of course, I hadn't considered the lower bearing until after I'd posted. The shape of the cone will however still be trying to eject the pin.
I still contend that there is ... |
| Who has a petrol Grenadier |
blackwolf
9th Sep 2025 7:02pm
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Forum: INEOS Grenadier · Replies: 16 · Views: 3028 · Subject: Who has a petrol Grenadier |
| Noticing this thread pop up again makes me feel that I should "'fess up" and say that despite my anti-petrol comments I bought a petrol Grenadier after test driving it, and the petrol engine ... |
| Grenadiers on Black Bear, Imogene and Engineer Passes |
blackwolf
5th Sep 2025 12:39pm
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Forum: INEOS Grenadier · Replies: 2 · Views: 338 · Subject: Grenadiers on Black Bear, Imogene and Engineer Passes |
| On the bucket list! 😀 |
| A painful recovery |
blackwolf
5th Sep 2025 12:38pm
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Forum: Pictures & Video (L663) · Replies: 4 · Views: 1612 · Subject: A painful recovery |
I thought it was interesting that Land-Rover USA advised them just to drag it locked up. The damage this caused was depressing.
I was thinking how it would have worked out with a Grenadier in simil ... |
| First Grenadier on Gunshot (Cape York) |
blackwolf
4th Sep 2025 9:21pm
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Forum: INEOS Grenadier · Replies: 4 · Views: 848 · Subject: First Grenadier on Gunshot (Cape York) |
I won't be doing this in mine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPZy8AAsTxk |
| A painful recovery |
blackwolf
4th Sep 2025 7:47pm
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Forum: Pictures & Video (L663) · Replies: 4 · Views: 1612 · Subject: A painful recovery |
Recovering a drowned L663 from Mirror Lake. I imagine that it was already a write-off.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6w7EWNMYR8 |
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