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disco truck.
boss:
i hate the colourfull spaghetti! :evil:
chopped the other wing out. re fitting the fuse box in the cab with me which should keep it out of harms way. header tank is moved to where the battery was....not sure weather that will work very well as its dropped by about an inch. the battery i had plans to go in the cab with me but luckily i called my dad up before i did anything drastic (he used to build/race caterham 7s) he said that there would be no problem with that if the battery is sealed.....which mine isn't.
had already pulled the ....um....red battery lead around the back of the engine(where it disappears) along the gear box and out the 2ND hole in the gearbox tunnel where the LHD hand brake would fit. now going to buy some more cable and mount it in the truck bed. will make a nice box out of the stupid box my grinder came in!
in the proses of thinking i can putt the batt in the cab i cleaned it out and took out the carpet. now looks alot better and doesn't have that smell that ALL discovery's have!
also, Stu i hope these pics help you in some way :thumbup:
boss:
also just noticed my poll, funny stuff :clap:
bobthedisco:
Hi, what is the purpose of removing the inner wings?, also are you leaving the battery tray bit in as thy are the bit that gives the most greif with tyre fouling :?
boss:
there are a few reasons, the main reason was because they were rusty and i couldn't be botherd to replace/knock up patch panels. there have been a few other benefits from this such as weight loss, easeyer to work on various things in the engine bay and the learning curve has been almost vertical...as a rule of thumb i don't play with electrics...i see all the colours in a tangled mess and i fall to the floor and have a fit :lol: but this way i have had to move allot of things and replace a few bits and i have learnt allot.
i am aware that the battery box causes the most problems but it isn't a problem at the moment, I'm only running baby tyres but when i get the bigger rubber on there will be more dicking about with the front end!
TDi.Si:
My mate has put bolt in pannels in to replace his inner wings on his SJ. You might want to consider this because when I bought mine they had rust holes in and the whole engine bay gets covered in crap, makes it really nice to work on!
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