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    You had a birthday and got no mods
    I love my BAS remap!!! Hugely different car!

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    Yes, I've driven a few with the tune and it is a completely different beast.
    I'm not sure if it's wise to throw more power at a car when the leaky intermediate shaft and MT-82 adapter shaft is in a bit of an unknown state though.
    Brain says T-case needs some love. Bum dyno wants the POWAHHHH. Wallet says 'will this crap ever end?!'
    -Mitch
    'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.

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    Happy Birthday Mitch. whenever it was.
    By the way, you are in the New World not the First World. It's like the First World but shinier, relatively corrosion free and minus the ruts. Well, that is apart from the ones you seem to find so easily.
    Either or both of those mods will give you much joy.
    Cheers, Billy.
    Keeping it simple is complicated.

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    Was under the car today. You know. Admiring and such...
    When suddenly!
    A wild mechanical failure appears!



    Turns out the front RHS sway bar drop link nut has fallen off. Somewhere.
    I was driving today and took a corner a bit fast, and noticed things felt especially sketchy (and that's saying something from a 90 owner!). Surprisingly there was no particularly loud clunks as the sway bar hit different parts under the car.
    The other side was merely finger tight. Tools not required!!!

    I'm now running without a front sway bar until I either get a big nut (lolz) or decide to run long-term without.
    I'm thinking the latter, unless it's not advised.
    -Mitch
    'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.

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    Just checking in for another month.

    I removed the front sway bar. DealWithIt.jpeg

    Got stuck on some logs in the bush




    Got the winch to stall Minor victory- didn't melt anything! - I was hung up pretty bad. Managed to bend the front radius arm bracket slightly (just cosmetic- no change to suspension geometry), and also tweaked the exhaust a bit... so it's now rattling a bit on the chassis. A bit of persuasion with the good ol' size 10 has stopped it rattling for now.

    Had a blast at the inaugural 'Thunderbolt's thaw-out'TM at Hanging rock back in July. Event link here, Event recap here. Check it out next year!!! Or don't. I don't care.

    No shenanigans, I swear



    The next morning was a bit chilly.
    http://i.imgur.com/nLpQ7bL.gifv



    Drove up and down the Devil's staircase. The mule owned it- although conditions were much better than the freshly graded surface and 40mm rain, which ruined me last time...


    Saw a mine shaft etc (Props to Perry for the stolen pic)


    Other than that the vehicle is going well.
    No real mods on the cards for the immediate future (although watchi this space!).
    T-case is still leaking (minor- in land rover terms, severe if you ask a Toyota driver), but I'm not too worried yet. It's still lubricating my driveway, so as long as it's dripping, it still has fluid inside for the gears etc. win/win

    Hoping to make a weekend up north-west to the bore baths some time while it's still cool enough to make it worthwhile. Maybe Pilliga, maybe Burren Junction. Probably pilliga, given that it's less crowded with grey nomads, and there is a pub within stumbling distance of the camp site.
    There is also some wheeling with some mates planned for down newcastle way in the coming month, so will try get some footage.
    -Mitch
    'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.

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    I'm running zero sway bars. It is a bit different. But you get used to it. I imagine a 110 would be a nightmare on cornering without sway bars

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    Quote Originally Posted by D90 orkney View Post
    .... I imagine a 110 would be a nightmare on cornering without sway bars
    I cannot understand why you would "imagine" that for 110s orks, Perentie 110s have no rear "sway" bars, most County 110s have had them removed & tdi 110 Defenders didn't have 'em either AFAIK ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87County View Post
    I cannot understand why you would "imagine" that for 110s orks, Perentie 110s have no rear "sway" bars, most County 110s have had them removed & tdi 110 Defenders didn't have 'em either AFAIK ....
    i mean if they didn't have a front sway bar I should have said. Because it being longer I would have thought cornering would be worse then a 90. If it's not im more then happy to stand corrected. I guess what kind of coils you run make a difference too. I was running heavy duty on my old suspension and it felt awesome on road. I've gone way softer and with no sway bars it has changed on road feel a lot. Nothing too bad but it's definetly different. I have learnt how to drive accordingly. So I thought being a longer truck would make it worse.

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    Spent the weekend down south, wheeling was had at the watagan state forest and the killingsworth area (part of the killy loop).
    Much fun had. Nothing broken. Got a few hektic habib angles, and a few o**** moments.

    Pics to come!
    -Mitch
    'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.

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