Birty Dastards Jeep Club

Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: lefty on May 09, 2006, 02:31:05 PM

Title: Yet another quick (and stupid) question...
Post by: lefty on May 09, 2006, 02:31:05 PM
I'm filling out a membership form for a local offroad club (mostly landies and suzooks but they claim not to be snobby towards our american LR-wannabes  :wink:
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Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2006, 02:46:32 PM
Try "Long" or "LWB"

Has always worked for me

EE :twisted:
Title: Re: Yet another quick (and stupid) question...
Post by: chrisjones on May 09, 2006, 02:47:15 PM
Quote from: "lefty"
but they claim not to be snobby towards our american LR-wannabes  :D
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Post by: lefty on May 09, 2006, 02:48:20 PM
It's a bit of an obscure question isn't it? It's obviously aimed at the 88/90/100/109/110/130" brigade...

I can't stand the "snobbery" that some landy owners seem to have. i know a few now who have more respect for jeeps than they used to...  :D
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Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2006, 02:48:29 PM
101.4"

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_(XJ)
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Post by: lefty on May 09, 2006, 02:50:36 PM
Good work that man!  8)
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Post by: RichT on May 09, 2006, 05:59:26 PM
Generally tend to gain grudging respect when you whup them in trials, though mostly they whinge 'that bloke with the Jeep must have lockers, it's not fair!'

No lockers, by the way.

 :D
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Post by: josh on May 09, 2006, 06:13:02 PM
i cant wait for sunday theres a play day up near leeds (contact me if you want details) its mainly zukes and land rovers... i cant wait to show them up!!
well see whos laughing then!!!
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Post by: lefty on May 09, 2006, 06:56:15 PM
Quote from: "RichT"
Generally tend to gain grudging respect when you whup them in trials, though mostly they whinge 'that bloke with the Jeep must have lockers, it's not fair!'

No lockers, by the way.

 :D


 :D  Funny thing is mate, i've seen lots of the landies from bordc and quite a few have air lockers...
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Post by: king cj on May 09, 2006, 09:19:43 PM
josh is that tong or castleford? i might be going to tong
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Post by: josh on May 09, 2006, 09:22:36 PM
castleford... its not abad site
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Post by: josh on May 09, 2006, 09:25:08 PM
is there somthing going on at tong?
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Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2006, 09:46:08 PM
Mr Askews can I have £50 for the day event..
Was planning to go but now I've been lumbered with (hopefully) a bunch of Birtys round Craven Arms 8)
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Post by: Tank on May 09, 2006, 10:06:38 PM
Ive been to Castleford a couple of times,last time in my XJ when i lost the top off my snorkel.Found it to be full of muppets with some stupid kids driving around playing their own version of dodgems but with real vehicles,and driving down almost impossible banks.I thought it only a matter of time before someone gets killed or seriously injured.Would never go again,too dangerous as far as im concerned but if they have cleaned up their act then please let me know.
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Post by: stevos on May 10, 2006, 08:09:51 AM
whats an air locker??  excuse me for being ignorant  :lol:
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Post by: lefty on May 10, 2006, 08:53:50 AM
It locks the diff together to stop one wheel spinning away all the power if it is more lightly lightly loaded than the other (for example if one wheel is in the air).

Runs off a compressor (I think) and you get nice button on the dashboard to push.

That's my limited understanding from "A 4x4 is Born"...  :wink:

Very nice toys I think but only really necessary for pretty extreme ofroading I would have thought.
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Post by: stevos on May 10, 2006, 09:09:55 AM
sounds pretty good. does thst not take the fun out of gettin totally stuck though??

i do like the button idea. I like buttons . specially shiney ones :twisted:
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Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2006, 09:14:15 AM
http://http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
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Post by: stevos on May 10, 2006, 09:22:48 AM
thanks for that EvilEd . but i just cant do it. there is no way in this life that the anatomy of a jeep will ever soak into my brain.

cheers anyway :roll:
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Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2006, 09:28:50 AM
Then go buy yourself a "Technical Lego" set of a 4x4, and build it....

Get one with a gearbox in too.....

:)

Oh, and I am serious.... then, build a trailer for it and you can even teach someone how to reverse a trailer :)
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Post by: stevos on May 10, 2006, 10:02:25 AM
your a funny guy. me playing with lego. i stopped that caper when i was 25. :lol:  :lol:

if your finished with your lego meybe you want to sell it cheap?? :D
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Post by: josh on May 10, 2006, 11:33:21 AM
Mick
castleford has cleaned up its act and its a lot more jeep friendly shall we say... all the times i have been there, i havent had any trouble... give it another go... i think it deserves anoth go