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I thought that it might be a waste of time anyway just hope it fell off when i was messing around on the hill rather than on the road :confused:

Cheers il have a look there,i did notice on ebay that the 3 gauge pod from shoguns are quite cheap but dosent look like they come with any wiring or sensors so its prob a non starter.

Guys i noticed that the plastic undertray was hanging down last week and so had a spare hour today and drove her up the ramp to sort it out and its erm not there at all now woops :doh will i need to get another one or should i just leave as is?

No as long as the bore and flanges are the same they will watch up fine.I got a full system for mine for circa £170 not stainless but that was the down pipe aswell.

What thermometer did you use as i am also thinking about fitting one?

Yep it sure does im well chuffed when i first got the Mistral it sounded awful i did the tappets and that made a BIG difference but highlighted another noise wich i thought was the steering pump but it turned out to be the alternator lol im really starting to like my Mistral now :D just need to...

I have 30 x 9.50 x 15 cooper discoverer st on my Mistral and it dosent rub it is close though lol.

Mine is the same have been thinking about somthing like this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rubber-Ariel-Land-Rover-Defender-4X4-off-Roader-NEW-/270654111740?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f043dfffc has anybody fitted anything similar?

Ok lads thats the alternator and all three belts changed wasnt too difficult after all the bearings in the old alternator were goosed they must have been making one helluva noise as its sounding nice and smooth now :thumb2 also discoverd that the vac pump was pissing out oil so good that thats...

Cheers guys im just waiting for the alternator to arrive i hate being without a motor!Is the vac pump easy enough to change over on the alternator any tips or tricks for doing that?

Cool i hope the fan dosent need to come off it will be a nightmare by the looks of it!Il investigate more tomoz :)

Hi there some of you will have heard about my alternator probs so today i orderd a new one and thought id be productive and take all the belts of as i have new ones waiting i had a look and am i correct in thinking that the viscous fan will have to be removed to get the old belts off and the new...

Will post pics up when its done i promise lol i have picked up my new seats today a pair of 90 spec rs turbo recaros :naughty so they will be going in tomoz hopefully.

Yeah i saw that as soon as had submitted the thread i rememberd about the search button :doh :o lol i have been on ebay having a look so i have found some that might just do the job.

Just a quickie i was wondering if any body had modified or made a centre arm rest for the terrano/mav i was thinking of some foam trimmed in grey cloth mounted to the lid of the cubby box thats already there if i get round to it il pop up a pic if anyones intrested.

Great stuff thanks for all the info guys its a great help,i think i will just replace the alternator as they are cheap enough im not that handy with electrical stuff lol.

That looks like a cracker there cant be many left as clean as that.

The insurance prices are a joke i have 9 years no claims and six points am 29 and its costing me almost 700 quid to insure the mistral,bloody imports!

Cheers that sounds much better than forking out for a new alternator thanks for that im not sure what alternators on mine though the car is an N reg Mistral auto 2.7td did all the tds have the same alternator?

ok guys thanks for the info so it looks like a new alternator it is then!god theres always somthing eh,i saw a new one on ebay for 120 ish a hitachi iirc does that sound ok that included the vac pump aswell. The voltage sits at 14.2 then it starts climbing slowly and peaks at 18.7 then just...