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Great website and a pleasure to meet you Ralph! - Alan looking forward to hearing some feedback from your latest trip, its good to see an overlanding 90!!! :)

Chris

Hello,

Great site, you seem to have put a lot of effort into making it interesting, informative and well laid out so keep it up.

Myself and a couple of friends pooled our monies and bought a Disco the same age as Ralph's, we plan on spending this summer (2012) touring about Europe.  Being students our budget is very small but so far we've been pretty resourceful and have kitted our vehicle out as best we can.  We are looking upon this trip as a recce for possible adventures further afield.

Your site is not just good for practical information but also inspiration!

Cheers, Billy

Hello!

Very nice site!

I'm searching for the joomla template that you are using in the web. Can you send it to me? or, can you tell me where find it?

Thank you

(Sorry for my bad english, I'm spanish)

Nice site Ralph

Some much info to take in. My favourite site at the moment.

Enjoyed reading all the mods you have done to the disco1, i have had one (the same 1)for the past 5 yrs, its the best vehicle i have ever purchased, i will enjoy carrying out some of the mods you have completed, am already looking for a set of Range Rover seats, but prices in NZ for parts aren't the cheapest.

Thanks for the inspiration from your website

Phil  

Glad to see you enjoyed the trip.

I was a bit worried that having seen your planned route posted on the LRUK forum that you had signed up for the 'exit through the gift shop tour'.

You were unlucky with the weather though, rains arrived early this year.

hi, just a quick wonder, how did your air con hold up? dint see any note of it breaking down lol.

hope you had a great trip from all at kwik fit yarmouth

We spotted those same birds of prey sitting on that same stretch of road on our way back to Lille. Am now beginning to wonder if they're real or if someone has nailed fake ones to the fenceposts! Maybe you can check on the way back. Hope all continues to go well - I haven't got you breaking down until France on the way back - someone had to have some faith ;-). Take care

Blast I too have lost money on the sweepstake, but keep on trucking !

Best we pop down Tesco's, grab 55 bags of crisps, 32 bottles of wine and prepare for the photos

Glad you are finally on your way.I hope your good luck continues for the next few weeks if the first day is anything to go by it looks as if you are going to have great trip.

love Janet

Hello Ralph & Belinda

Just had to say hi and wish you a great trip, keep the blog entertaining love it !

but please no tales of woe can't go through your pain again.

Say hi to the Atlas crew i will be joining them in march 2011 in morocco.

Regards

Andrew & Gail

Hi Ralph,

I'm Jealous, hope you have a great trip with none of the problems from last time.

Regards

Robin (Rover Rescue)

Hi Ralph , welcome onboard the h4h rally 2011 , i went on the 2010 trip and have signed up to go again next year  which speaks for itself. Have a great trip next month and see you on the rally next year. Neil

Hi Ralph dove passed yours today but did not see you and unfort did not have the time to pop in but if i get chance i will just to say congrats and wish i was going with you good luck and have a great time and trip !!!!!

Fantastic blog, wealth of information. Planning on taking my '97 Defender to Cape Town very soon. via Jordan. I am new to Land Rovers but now fulfilling a lifetime's dream !! Well if I can drive Toyota Starlet 998 cc from Hyde Park to Ulaan Bataar in Mongolia, this has to be easier !! Got a slight technical issue, don't know if you can help ?

Took my '97 Defender 110 down to the West Country at the weekend and cruised back at a steady 70mph up the M3 last night and about 20 miles from London and started to hear this tapping/clicking noise from below. Now I am sure its something in the drivetrain as the noise pretty much went away when I pressed the clutch or i was going downhill and the gearbox was not under load, however there was still a bit of a whine. (the engine still sounds as sweet as a nut). Now weirdly when I got into the london streets the noise reduced a lot and was more noticeable in 1,3 and 5th (but then I could be going mad) ????? . There is no juddering, no more vibration than normal through the gear stick, no other tell tale signs apart from the tapping noise ? oh but the whine got more noticeable especially when I was say sitting at the lights in neutral ?? Any ideas what this could be ?

Low oil in the Gearbox / Transfer box ?
Propshaft ? However these were recently replaced by the previous owner.
Something more drastic ?

Cheers and keep up the blog !!

Just wanted to congratulate Ralph: what a fantastic truck!

I've just started prepping a 3 door disco for overland and though I better come clean and admit I'll be stealing loads of your ideas.

Especially like the B&Q carpet job, it almost looks factory fitted!

Good luck with your trips in the future...

Hi mate, just wanted to drop you a line to say we both really like the site keep up the good work. Like the Disco, just a shame its not a Defender!

Tom and Carl

To Hel And Back 2010

hi, found this a very good site with loads of detailed info,

ralph- i live just round the corner from you and noticed your disco, i also have a disco, i wanted to let you know about www.norwich4x4ownersclub.co.uk we have pay n play days and green lane events and that sort of thing, would be good to meet up with you at some point

Hi,

I am very interested in fitting a veg oil fuel system to my disco 300Tdi.  Can you give me any advice/info on how you fitted your system and how easy/difficult it was? Pictures/diagrams would very helpful. 

Cheers

Ian

Samuel tells me you are interestered in a tracking unit

 Hi Ralph good to see things moveing on well

its changed scince we met !

hope to meet up agien soon Great site !!

jon

Adrian

Thanks for the comment.  Rear tints are definitely on the cards although I shall only do the rear and back doors as I intend to 'blank' out the side boot windows and add solar panels either side.   Watch this space.

Ralph

Nice work Ralph. I feel you need some protection for your rear and side windows. I have attached a photo of what I have done to the rear of my Disco. I just used 40mm square mesh 4mm dia and brazed a 4mm rod around the perimeter. Fit mounting tags as you wish then powder coat. Hardest part was making the cardboard templates. Also for high temperatures and security a rear window tint is helpful.

Good luck

Adrian