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Went with Trevor at Rovahfarm.

Who supplies the best quality, Paddock Spares or Bearmach? I'm guessing I should be looking for Timken bearings but all I see are blue bags or nothing in the descriptions. Any other "kits" from different suppliers out there? I'm also doing swivel ball seals. TIA

Yeah I didn't notice a lift either. Such a clean build and it looks like you know what you're doing. Keep the pics coming!

Better pic of the junk

Well I had my local rover shop (Oliver's Automotive) in Lewisville, TX work on my 110 while I moved house. They eventually got it running, but had to clean the lines, replace some pinched lines and clean the injectors. They cut open the fuel filter and showed it to me. It was lined with...

Thanks Red...will look into that one. Do you mount it to the rear chassis or towards the front of the truck?

Not sure if this is related, but I did notice my VDO tach gauge dropping to zero momentarily when I go over 2200 rpms.

No. However, if the shop can't crack the code I'll see if they can install both. It's been a dog to drive and I'd like to drive it at it's full potential. Where did you tap into 12v for the pump?

Man I hope it?s something small like that. It?s a kick in the pants to finally get it on the road only to hold up traffic and get gawked by Jeeps lol

Turns over fine...won't catch. When it eventually does, it stumbles to life but it takes a long time. Air filter was good, was getting fuel at good enough pressure at the injector to spray the inside of the raised hood.

Ok, well...didn't turn out so well and had it towed to Olivers Automotive, a local RV mechanic. I did get it to restart and then once it shifted into 3rd, it bogged down and shut off again and wouldn't start. This was at a busy intersection. Police showed up and I eventually got it to start...

So there I was...off to get some exhaust work done this morning and it died on me. Background: It's been running sluggish and at times is hard to start. This morning it took a couple minutes of stumbling to get it going. When it did get going, it felt like it was at half power. Then it...

Finally got my Defender built...plan on making it this time. Anybody else in DFW heading to SCARR?

You're probably right on the grounds. It was just a short drive...about 10 min each way and it's in the 20's here in North TX. I'll have a look tomorrow and see if I'm missing that ground or if it needs to be cleaned up. Thanks for the info on the 300tdi starter. Helluva lot easier than trying...

Any 2.8 TGV gurus out there? I have about 1k miles on the engine, although it has been sitting for about 5 years. I finally finished the rebuild and have been driving it around town...only twice now. Earlier today I noticed that it didn't shut off exactly when I turned the ignition off. It...