Where to put the spare - LPG conversion to D3

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Where to put the spare - LPG conversion to D3

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jimcarr	j jimcarr posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
j Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 147, Visits: 909	Hi Martin, My spare wheel roof rack mount is a two bolt through the roof rack (was very fiddly to bolt up due to low clearance between roof and rack - no one could possibly steal it!) and a single stud up through the wheel bolt hole (hole in it to put a padlock through) Cheers Jim Carr *Member, G4 Challenge Owners Club* 2006 G4 RRS, 2003 G4 DII, 1998 Paris/Dakar D1, 101FC, SIIa, FL2 i6
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Iona Disko	Iona Disko posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 73, Visits: 181	I don't see why I need to keep the vehicle original? I'm not the original driver! None of you wear spandex pants and paddle a kayak to work (I trust) just to keep the faith. Practicality has to take presidence over the ideals of vehicle preservation and the moment a fat middle aged Landy enthusiast like me buys one it's all gone to the dogs anyway. While I have no intention of installing a third axle I do not think it is unreasonable to relocate the spare wheel - especially given you could never get the damn thing out from underneath. I reckon it was only ever put there as a perverted qualifying task for G4 competitors. If someone abseils into my office window having ran, swam, paddled and sweated to stop me; the order for the swing away goes in first thing on Monday. If you do make an attempt to prevent me, spare me the spandex; regular multi-pocket action slacks will do fine. _____________________ 2005 G4 Discovery
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camel_landy	camel_landy posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 264, Visits: 2.9K	Iona Disko (8/8/2008) I don't see why I need to keep the vehicle original? I'm not the original driver! None of you wear spandex pants and paddle a kayak to work (I trust) justto keep the faith. Practicality has to take presidence over the ideals of vehicle preservation and the moment a fat middle aged Landy enthusiast like me buys one it's all gone to the dogs anyway. While I have no intention of installing a third axle I do not think it is unreasonable to relocate the spare wheel - especially given you could never get the damn thing out from underneath. I reckon it was only ever put there as a perverted qualifying task for G4 competitors. If someone abseils into my office window having ran, swam, paddled and sweated to stop me; the order for the swing away goes in first thing on Monday. If you do make an attempt to prevent me, spare me the spandex; regular multi-pocket action slacks will do fine. :blink: :blink: :ermm: You're right... It's your car, you can do what the hell you like with it. We started touching on this subject a few weeks back, i.e Originality. It's basically the same scenario as you have in the classic car market. Some collectors/enthusiasts look for originality in the vehicle they're purchasing, some want to show it in 'concourse' condition where are others are after a 'practical classic'. M __________________________________________ The box said: "Windows 11 or better...." ...So I used a Macintosh. :D __________________________________________
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camel_landy	camel_landy posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 264, Visits: 2.9K	martin bisby (8/8/2008) mark, would that fit under the rack between the roof? i was thinking it would be some kind of tube with a base plate and ability to padlock the whole assembly. regards martin Nah... What I'm describing would be the same bracket that holds your spare onto the back door of the 110 or D2. If you wanted to add some security, you could always use one of the locking wheel nuts?? M __________________________________________ The box said: "Windows 11 or better...." ...So I used a Macintosh. :D __________________________________________
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Erasmus	E Erasmus posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
E Group: G4 Member Posts: 589, Visits: 3.6K	camel_landy (8/8/2008) martin bisby (8/8/2008) mark, would that fit under the rack between the roof? i was thinking it would be some kind of tube with a base plate and ability to padlock the whole assembly. regards martin Nah... What I'm describing would be the same bracket that holds your spare onto the back door of the 110 or D2. If you wanted to add some security, you could always use one of the locking wheel nuts?? M A bit like this.... Mark S. Founding committee member ====================== G4 Discovery II V8iES 2003 Event - South African Film vehicle Fleet number G4SAF07/Vehicle Number 87 Photo Gallery
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Erasmus	E Erasmus posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
E Group: G4 Member Posts: 589, Visits: 3.6K	Iona Disko (8/8/2008) None of you wear spandex pants and paddle a kayak to work (I trust) just to keep the faith. Errrm, take a look at the pic in my profile :w00t: Anyway, yes it's you car to do with as you please. Personally I feel that moving it too far away from the G4 spec would be a shame. Certainly my car has had subtle mods done to it to make it better/easier to live with, but all of them are easily reversable and don't change the appearance of the vehicle as the wheel carrier would. LPG is a difficult one, done properly it doesn't adversly change the appearance, however from what I've read/been told there are a lot of problems with LPG converting the D3/RRS engine, to the point that some companies will not touch it. It also depends on the miles you do, you would need to cover quite a lot to get the cost back in relativley short time. Bottom line though, it's your car and your money...... Cheers, Mark S. Founding committee member ====================== G4 Discovery II V8iES 2003 Event - South African Film vehicle Fleet number G4SAF07/Vehicle Number 87 Photo Gallery
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stu_007	stu_007 posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 1.1K, Visits: 22K	Thanks for help with mounting second spare on roof. There are not six bolts so it's not a rear door carrier that was used, it must be the holder as Jim describes, my next question, where can I get hold of one?!? Current: "YYS" Range Rover 2006 Thailand Support Vehicle - Fleet No 81 Previous: "OWD" D2 Commercial (IBIJ-666) 2003 Australia - Support Vehicle "AVJ" F2 (4826 YBP) 2007 Mongolian Recce Vehicle "OZR" D110 (1930 YBA) 2007 Mongolian Recce Vehicle "GHZ" D110 2003 South Africa - Team Vehicle No 60 2006 Setup and Communication Vehicle
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Iona Disko	Iona Disko posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 73, Visits: 181	Erasmus (8/8/2008) [quote]Errrm, take a look at the pic in my profile :w00t: I'm just jealous... I wish my office was like that. _____________________ 2005 G4 Discovery
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Mark & Melanie	Mark & Melanie posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 104, Visits: 1.3K	scorpion racing not on the web but advertised in their ad in all LR mags around £40 if i remember Mark
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martin bisby	martin bisby posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 657, Visits: 2.7K	Erasmus (8/8/2008) camel_landy (8/8/2008) martin bisby (8/8/2008) mark, would that fit under the rack between the roof? i was thinking it would be some kind of tube with a base plate and ability to padlock the whole assembly. regards martin Nah... What I'm describing would be the same bracket that holds your spare onto the back door of the 110 or D2. If you wanted to add some security, you could always use one of the locking wheel nuts?? M A bit like this.... thats the piece i thought mark was describing, hence my question woud it fit under the rack or is it a somple bolt on top of rack and use it as intended with locking nut, having looked at the picture i guess ive answered my own question, top fix and use as designed:blush: regards martin 2003 Stage 3 Event Vehicle D2 V8i ES Founding Chairman G4 Owners Club
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