Technical Stuff
Off-Road
- Billavista's Bibles - this is as old as the internet and the recovery bible is STILL essential reading for anyone venturing off-road.
Builds & rebuilds worth following
- Dirtydiesel's genius 1-link - when you get Dan, SimonR and Bill Van Snorkle on a suspension thread you know it's going to be worth reading.
- Daan's Series 3 hybrid awesome attention to detail and innovative thinking * Range Rover classic restoration - beautiful work by Retropower.
- Owl's 88" Trialler build a very nice trialler build.
- Project Binky - the guys from BadObsession are building a 4WD mini, some great work and some terrible jokes. I have stolen several ideas from them already.
- LT77 and LT230 into a Series 88 keeping the red & yellow knobs
YouTube
- SOUP Classic Motoring - a guy in a shed restoring his classic cars with no money and learning as he goes, warts and all. A great series if you're new to tinkering with cars or want to restore something.
- SuperFastMatt building all sorts of very cool projects - an electric 1930's Jaguar, an off-road Dodge Viper, a land speed record car, even a sandwich.
Land Rover Specific
- https://landroverworkshop.com/ - Illustrated parts diagrams for Series & Defender
- http://www.red90.ca/rovers/springinfo.html - Data on every Land Rover spring made
Megasquirt Stuff
- Steve's Dad's 100 inch pickup very neat install nicely documented.
- Mez.co.uk a LOT of good Rover V8 tuning tech including Megasquirt and DIY trumpets.
- Stan Weiss's fuel injector data tables / cross-reference. if you ever need to find an alternative fuel injector this is invaluable.
Car Hacking
- Hackaday occasionally features brilliant or useful projects / DIY.
- A guy reverse-engineering his old Subaru maybe not very LR relevant but shows how accessible it can be.
Engineering
- Mig-welding forums - very good forum full of helpful chaps
- V8 Forum - all things V8, some good Rover V8 knowledge there
- NASA's workmanship standards an awesome reference of how to assemble things PROPERLY.
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- Rose Engine Lathe sort of a 3D spirograph for your lathe.
- http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/equipex1.htm some basic training on tools & processes.
- 507 Mechanical Movements a glorious collection from the steam age, animated for the internet.
- ASSDA Article on corrosion between dissimilar metals (Galvanic corrosion), AKA STOP using stainless fasteners on your Land Rover!
- carsized.com allows you to compare the size of vehicles side-by-side.
YouTube
- Clickspring amazing precision clockmaking
Electrics
- Professional Mil-Spec Motorsport ECU Wiring Harness Construction by RB Racing, an excellent article / info-dump, shows just how much goes into these things and the extremes they go to to shave some weight off.
Random Technical Stuff
- Instructables occasionally turns up good ideas but there's a lot of cack to wade through.
- Trevor's Land Rover Spring Calculator allowing you to use science to work out which springs you need.
- See also Red90's Land Rover Spring Info page for every LR coil spring ever made
- FJ40 traction Bar great explanation (with diagrams) of anti-wrap bars.
- Comprehensive page on GKN Type J overdrive which is the same guts as the GKN Land Rover unit.
- NASCAR vs F1 engine interesting technical comparisons.
- 3D printed press brake dies it shouldn't work but it does
- Variable Intermittent Wipers using the VW/VAG relay
- https://www.butlertechnik.com/ excellent source of manuals & instructions for Eberspacher heaters
- https://size.name/en/catalog/radiatory a site that lets you search standard radiators by size/shape and lists potential fits.
Collected camper conversions
For inspiration, ideas to steal, and things to avoid:
- Custom day-van 1970's style bom chikka wah wah oh yes!
Other Land Rover Ambulances
- 127-130-ambulance-owners-enthusiasts yahoo group - yes, yahoo are still alive, who knew?
