Sod's Law Of Land Rovers http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/ 2026-06-09T21:02:15+00:00 http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/ http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-06-01T10:55:50+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=random:advice&rev=1780311350&do=diff Advice Useful or insightful posts or other bits found on the internet and preserved here. Unsolicited advice for people who want to get into project cars... From u/Syscrush on reddit/r/projectCar Hey all. It seems like almost every week we see people posting near basket case cars and saying something along the lines of text/html 2026-06-01T10:52:30+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=random:start&rev=1780311150&do=diff Axle Of Awesome Stuff we've spotted on our travels or tripped over on t'internet. * Cool & Unusual Vehicles We've Spotted * Cool Vehicles Off t'Internet * Amusing Quotes * Advice Links to neat stuff * Steinbruchsoldat's mini-Hagglunds project on Pirate 4×4 * And then he makes a Mini-Quadrotrac * And a side-project of the MotoDog * Nissan's voice warning is a tiny record player * Awesome dragster facts * Forceful driving * 6-wheeled 100mph Citroen CX delivery vans * … text/html 2026-05-28T10:09:08+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=links:suppliers&rev=1779962948&do=diff Suppliers Land Rover bits * Keith Gott Alton - my local Land Rover parts counter * Advanced Factors helpful source for Land Rover parts in Southampton * Megasquirt-V8 for everything to do with Megasquirt for the Rover V8, plus uprated pinned diffs, lockers, etc. * <https://www.dasteeringltd.co.uk/> - I have not used them, purely bookmarked here for future. text/html 2026-05-18T15:34:25+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=links:overlanding&rev=1779118465&do=diff Overlanding Links * Beardy Overlanders On a Budget Society banishing the bling brigade with B.O.O.B.S. * Expedition Portal * <https://expeditionportal.com/the-10-commandments-of-modifying-an-overland-vehicle/> * /r/overlanding Reddit's Overlanding subreddit, some stuff of interest but a lot of the usual excess and pointlessness. * <https://www.dangerousroads.org/> - dangerous, scenic, and other notable roads worth a look. text/html 2026-04-24T11:40:25+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=electricals:battery_specs&rev=1777030825&do=diff Battery Specs Nothing much of great interest here - mostly for my own notes so I can remember what I've fitted! 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CHARGING VOLTAGES OF LEAD ACID BATTERIES Charging Mode Voltage Range (V) Flooded Sealed VRLA AGM GEL text/html 2026-03-10T15:16:05+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=eddie:notes&rev=1773155765&do=diff Notes Paint colour The colour scheme was inspired by a British Railways 109 I saw on the London To Brighton run, it's known in trainspotting circles as “Blood and Custard”: * <http://www.bloodandcustard.org/> It looks like the paint codes are: * Blood: RAL3005 - Paintman link * text/html 2026-02-12T11:48:36+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=tech:oil:oil_filters&rev=1770896916&do=diff Oil filter tech Rover V8 Cross-reference Standard filter: * RTC3186 (early - Range Rover 1970-76) / Late ERR3340 (Rover V8 / 2.5D / 2.5TD / 200 & 300TDI - DEFENDER - DISCOVERY 1 + 2 - RANGE ROVER CLASSIC + P38) * Dome OD: 93.5mm * Overall Height: 116.1mm or 142.0 mm text/html 2026-02-12T11:42:44+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?image=tech%3Aoil%3Arover_rtc_3186_oil_filter_filterfinder.png&ns=tech%3Aoil&rev=1770896564&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=c882ac&amp;media=tech:oil:rover_rtc_3186_oil_filter_filterfinder.png" alt="rover_rtc_3186_oil_filter_filterfinder.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-01-10T16:49:56+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=eddie:adventures:2008_ladoga&rev=1768063796&do=diff Ladoga 2008 Back to Russia in a Series 3 Work in progress! I made a video but Youtube didn't like it because of the music First - build a car Youtube does at least like this video - fresh for 2008 we made a whole new and much hairier car: If you can read this, the text/html 2023-06-05T14:04:45+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?image=tech%3Adph5005a.jpg&ns=tech&rev=1685973885&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=3e2b0a&amp;media=tech:dph5005a.jpg" alt="dph5005a.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2023-06-05T13:28:23+00:00 jin (jin@undisclosed.example.com) http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/doku.php?image=electricals%3Aaa12v.png&ns=electricals&rev=1685971703&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=db8558&amp;media=electricals:aa12v.png" alt="aa12v.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" />