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[Big Stu 12]

Not yet but it sounds like I could have made a few quid breaking it judging by the money everyone's spending on parts at the moment.

I'll either break it or sell it for £1000 Ono to save the hassle.

lol sounds like it......

one day we will all have our landys working at the same time to go out laning.

 

[Co-Pang-Yang]

The starter motor on this Disco is good Stu.

 

[Big Stu 12]

is it

I got to find out what it is frist, as i say solinod is ticking but no turnover, then get over to you.......

 

[Big Stu 12]

Found it got it working its not the Starter motor......

Been down to it ,

Hit Starter... no change

HAd a fiddle with the cables to the starter, no change

looked in the Fuse box under the bonnet.....all ok

checked the Internal Fuse box, all fuses ok taken out and replaced, untill got to fuse 14.... then the Square plugto the right if it fell out....... pushed it back in thought I would try starting the motor.... and hey it starts... dont know what the plug is, would like to know now, but the disco is workiing, lol.........

 

[matthew2riches]

Don't break anything else! Off roaring at slroc on 17th. Hopefully that'll compensate for the lack of laning recently!!!

 

[Discodad]

Landy still down the garage, so had a good sort out in the shed.
Everything takes twice as long as i can never find what I'm looking for!

I while back a brought a mixed box of tools sockets etc.
I now have 8 x 17mm sockets:doh:

I've kept at least three of all sizes and the rest will go down the boot sale.
If your missing a particular size, let me know I may have a spare!

 

[Sasha]

7 or so lanes this eve. Some scary moments some stuck but everyone a laugh. Only got bogged down once but puled out and second attempt made it easy.
Thanks for the tow mate.
Oh by the way tested my mike on way home working fine to 6 people??

 

[matthew2riches]

7 or so lanes this eve. Some scary moments some stuck but everyone a laugh. Only got bogged down once but puled out and second attempt made it easy.
Thanks for the tow mate.
Oh by the way tested my mike on way home working fine to 6 people??

Where'd you go?

 

[Discodad]

Disco is home.
Will finish off the snorkel this week and look forward to next weekend!
Whose going?

 

[Big Stu 12]

Disco is home.
Will finish off the snorkel this week and look forward to next weekend!
Whose going?

That snorkel is looking good , just needs to be blackablon ready for it, lol I am not seeing the kids tomoz so may have a day free,

I'll be at newbourne next week........

 

[matthew2riches]

I'm coming to Newbourne. Last time I went off roading is when I nearly killed it all those weeks ago.

Might have CB and rock sliders fitted by then.

 

[Discodad]

That snorkel is looking good , just needs to be blackablon ready for it, lol I am not seeing the kids tomoz so may have a day free,

I'll be at newbourne next week........

I'm coming to Newbourne. Last time I went off roading is when I nearly killed it all those weeks ago.

Might have CB and rock sliders fitted by then.

Looking forward to it - its been agggggessss.
Nice to see you earlier Stu.

 

[Co-Pang-Yang]

Update on my Landy's.

Breaker:
Finishing stripping the interior, naff all interesting just replacing broken trim from mine.
Engine and gearbox are out, am keeping the box and will be fitting it in mine at some point, engine will be de-greased over the weekend and put on ebay.
Front axle is off, gonna have a look at the diff and as long as its ok gonna swap it for my rear diff as the bearing and seal are buggered.
Removed one of the trailing arms as one of mine has a knackered bush so cheap fix for MOT.
Just gotta separate the centre ball joint and the rear axle is off, reckon I'll ebay that complete.

Tiny: finally wired up my escort diesel fan to a switch, took longer to file a hole for the switch than all the wiring lol.
Headlight and indicators are on, winch is working, washer jets are all spraying on to the window and took the wipers off the breaker.
Striped down the handbrake drum and took everything apart, full of crap. Fitted Mercedes Vito horn, fecking loud!
Jobs left for MOT, swap rear diff, fit handbrake shoes, re-attach prop, fit grill, put centre console back together and wash it!

 

[Big Stu 12]

Update on my Landy's.

Breaker:
Finishing stripping the interior, naff all interesting just replacing broken trim from mine.
Engine and gearbox are out, am keeping the box and will be fitting it in mine at some point, engine will be de-greased over the weekend and put on ebay.
Front axle is off, gonna have a look at the diff and as long as its ok gonna swap it for my rear diff as the bearing and seal are buggered.
Removed one of the trailing arms as one of mine has a knackered bush so cheap fix for MOT.
Just gotta separate the centre ball joint and the rear axle is off, reckon I'll ebay that complete.

Tiny: finally wired up my escort diesel fan to a switch, took longer to file a hole for the switch than all the wiring lol.
Headlight and indicators are on, winch is working, washer jets are all spraying on to the window and took the wipers off the breaker.
Striped down the handbrake drum and took everything apart, full of crap. Fitted Mercedes Vito horn, fecking loud!
Jobs left for MOT, swap rear diff, fit handbrake shoes, re-attach prop, fit grill, put centre console back together and wash it!

Blimey you's been busy........be good to see Tiny back on the road, I got a price from landypart for a new window regulator £30, dont seem too bad to me, got to do that over the next few weeks, bit hot driving around with a window closed, lol.

Looking forward to it - its been agggggessss.
Nice to see you earlier Stu.

lol yeah I am looking forward to it as well, be good to get off road again, I still got my free ticket, kept on forgetting to take it on a driving day, I'll see if I can still use it.

Yeah was a supprise to get a call saying am i in Mainingtree, thanks for the coffee....

Oh well not seeing the kids today so got to find something to do now.

 

[Sasha]

Where'd you go?

Ongar , kelvedon dunton the list goes on

 

[wickford90]

finally got round to replacing the front bearing which had pretty much disintegrated , with the help of james who showed me what to do, so providing nothing else goes tits up will see you all at Newborne.

 

[matthew2riches]

finally got round to replacing the front bearing which had pretty much disintegrated , with the help of james who showed me what to do, so providing nothing else goes tits up will see you all at Newborne.

HEY!!! You're back Don't drive your fender now until next sunday then nothing else can go wrong lol.

 

[wickford90]

HEY!!! You're back Don't drive your fender now until next sunday then nothing else can go wrong lol.

No it will break down on the way home.

 

[Co-Pang-Yang]

Today's update:

Completely dismantled the handbrake drum, cleaned and re-fitted along with new shoes. All bolted in but still gotta adjust the cable.
Removed front diff off the doner and tried to fit it on my rear axle and this was the begining of the problems.
Firstly fitted the diff and 4 of the studs wern't long enough so had to smack them out the other axle and press them into mine. Then the 24 spline half shafts would not sit flush with the hub. Turns out the hubs are different between 200 and 300 series Disco's.
So ended up fitting the front diff, rear half shafts, brake discs and hubs from the doner truck!
All done now but what a faff! Still gotta fill the diff with oil, adjust the handbrake, fit the rear prop, put the gear surround trim back together and wash it. Need to get it all done tomorrow.

 

[Brian S]

Well done Chris. Those last jobs shouldn't take long, probably washing it will take the longest. .

You gonna go the whole hog and hose out the inside?