ISSUE 19
Editor's Comment . . .
Hello - A bit later than usual this month - sorry - There has been such interest in the forthcoming on-line store from various suppliers and other magazines that we've had to divert all our attention to that for a while.
This month we have a veritable feast of new articles and features, TWO new series and more product reviews than ever.
The first new series concerns Tools & Workshop Equipment. So many of us seem to rely on 'donated' ancient tools that we'll probably never know what they were built for in the first place. The saying "there is a tool for every job, and a job for every tool" is a very good one. How many times have you picked something up and said" that will do" This new series will grow to become a truly indispensable guide to tools and equipment.
The second new series covers all those 4x4s that have entered the realms of myth and legend. The 4x4 market is a truly international one and there have been many, many vehicles produced with 4 driven wheels. Sadly many of these fell at the first hurdle and many others were so weird as to never really be taken seriously. Our recent reader competition brought many of these to light and we will be featuring as many as possible over the coming months.
Our latest competition is a more light hearted one, all we need from you is your tales of woe and stories of 'foolish' behaviour whether they involve a 4x or not. The winner of the Difflock Darwin Awards will receive a very useful Rechargeable Hand Lamp. (see product review)
We will be attending four major events before the next issue (early October): Daily Telegraph 4x4 show, The LRO Show, The UK Rhino Charge and the London-Brighton Land Rover Run, hopefully we will see you all there!
Keep Off Roading!
Best Regards
Simon Ward-Hastelow
simon@difflock.com
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OVOLINE LUBRICANTS
Did you know that Ovoline Lubricants has been blending and supplying oils and greases in one form or another for over 125 years in the UK? Or that it is the fourth largest independent blender of these products in this country MORE > > |
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PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY
Forty-Four years ago a troop of Brazilian scouts drove to Canada on a Jeep-Sponsored jamboree. Among them was a spirited 15 year-old called Marco Miranda, who was so inspired by the adventure that he vowed, one day, to make his own epic road trip. MORE > > |
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DIESEL
We continue our occassional series about our favourite fuel . . . this month the TROUBLE-SHOOTING GUIDE covers: Air In the System, Black Smoke, Engine Stalls, Glow Plug Problems, Hard To Start / Will Not Start, Injector Problems, Low Power, Turbo Problems,White Smoke MORE > > |
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GLOBAL OVERLAND - PART FOUR - CHINA
2 people, 2 years, 26 countries and a Defender called Snortie
This month sees the start of one of the most ambitious overland expeditions a couple could ever undertake. Leaving the rat race behind Tanya and Jason set of for a trip that will take them 2 years to drive from Australia to the UK and everywhere in between MORE > > |
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| TOOLS . . . |
| This month we start a brand new series dealing with TOOLS & WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT. We advise you what to look for, what it all does, how to use it properly and safely and show you some innovative stuff you cannot be without! |
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GREASE GUNS
If you’re like us you then not for the first time you will have struggled to perform the simple task of injecting a few squirts of grease into a simple grease nipple. MORE > > |
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PROP SHAFT TOOL
Given a choice between splitting the atom and undoing the retaining nuts on a Land Rover propshaft, the atom has to be the easy option. Anyone who has ever tackled this particular job will know that millions of years of evolution has enabled mankind to devise an aperture that’s too narrow for a spanner and not quite big enough for a socket! MORE > > |
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LOCKING WHEELNUT REMOVAL SOCKET
Most modern vehicles come with Alloy Wheels. This is all very nice but there will inevitably come a time when you need to get the wheels off and you realise you cannot find the key for the locking wheel nuts. Usually this will happen at the most inconvenient time. MORE > > |
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DAVID BOWYER - BRANO HAND WINCHES
I've been using Brano hand winches now for fifteen years, which was about the time we opened our Off Road Centre. Before then I was using a similar type, the Tirfor. However, the Brano is comparatively cheap and comes with a carrying handle which makes life much easier when lifting the winch around. MORE > >
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TYRE PRESSURES
In our training courses, we constantly emphasise the importance of tyres. Inspections are vital to the continued performance of vehicles and if you don't have time to inspect your vehicle fully then at least check your tyres. MORE > > |
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| DIFFLOCK DARWIN AWARDS! |
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Our Latest Competition pays homage to the annual Darwin Awards which save for prosperity all those tales of people doing stupid things that confirm Darwin's Theory of Evolution and "Survival of the Fittest" Just post a new message telling us about something you've seen that in any other life should have resulted in the persons DNA being removed from the human gene pool for all time. We will award a prize to the funniest story, and extra points will be awarded to those who can make it 4x4 related. Click Here to Enter
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