Little "Ooky"

I also noticed your tow bar sticks out a long way and will restrict your departure angle. Mine is a different design whereby the ball bolts onto a fixed point as normal, I think yours is the one that dismantles a bit.

It might be worth while keeping an eye on ebay for a normal old style one and then getting a Dixon Bate tow hitch to use as your rear tow point, rather than the original tow points or risking the rope flying off the ball on the tow ball.

Looking good though!!!

Kirkynut

If your standard breathers are clean then they seem to function ok, with the little cap/spring opening/closing as appropriate. Its once you have done some serious mud work that they clog up and no longer work letting water in or forcing oil out through the gaskets. The axle breather were done on mine but the gearbox and transfer box ones were not. I recently fitted some when I had the gearbox and transfer box off, but a check showed that water had not entered the boxes anyway and the breathers were still working despite everything that off-raoding since 2003 has thrown at the car.

The other popular method is to bring all the breathers together using tee-pieces under the bonnet and then feed a master pipe up into the snorkel tube or up to the snorkel head. But of course you need a snorkel to do this - oh wait - you have one from my favourite dealer!

P.S - may be out on Salisbury Plain in June on the CSMA "Fathers Day" 4x4 treasure hunt.

Martin

Yes, the Tow bar is a removable one. The complete drawbar is removable. We keep it on because it offers a little more persuasion to anyone that things about tailgating as it would do serious damage if someone were to run into it !!.
to be honest, none of the obsticles have represented an issue with it being left on, but I agree, it does reduce the departure angle ( usually it just digs a groove as it goes!! )
We wanted a standard Plate style one but this one only cost £30 and is a genuine Suzuki Witter one (rrp about £300 !!! ) Plus it makes an excellent standing point to clean the roof

With regard to the Axel breathers, we checked the diff oils and they appear to be clean and waterfree so I guess for the moment they are working fine. However in the summer, im sure Hubby will put extension pipes on them.
Yes a manifold assembly will be used, as a pretty and neat engine bay is essential too

We plan on replacing the hub bearings and getting the whole 4wd system serviced in the comming months, but for the time being, were going to use it .. if one should fail or show symptons of excessive wear in the short term .... well get them done as and when, but thanks for the comments and recommendations, all advice is greatly recieved and taken on board ( actyually the emails are printed off and kept in a "how to" folder in the garage, and when we get around to it, we will probably laminate them

Just to resurect this... Now the Snorkel and the body lift has been fitted, so have the avel breathers and the 30mm spacers.

Had to modify the bottom of the wheel arches with the trusty angle grinder.
A few pix attached.

Also a few of the new roof lights

my eyes .... it burns ... turn em off .... it burns :silly: