Other what have u done on ur disco today

JUKE179r said:

Looks good!
How much was the powder coating for all 4 wheels?

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Cheers mate.
Was done by a very good friend who I’ve known a lot of years so he looked after me on price very well.

This week Iv been very busy,Iv fitted a new handbrake cable,extended my breathers,fixed my dull rear light,repaired some rot in the front inner wing and fitted a safari snorkel.Oh and changed both diff oils and fitted brass filler plugs.

Found out why the front passenger carpet was wet.
The water was coming in through a small screw hole beneath the cable entry.
Can't find the drain hole for the bottom of the A pillar though, anyone know it's location?

Started to replace the oil seals on the front drive shafts.

Actually I just spent half an hour standing and on a breaker bar trying to undo the hub nut. Hasn’t even been staked by whoever changed them last.

It’s having an evening of penetrating oil with a bag taped over it to stop the local cats p1ssing on it before I get the jack under the breaker bar tomorrow morning.

Fecking hub nut, won’t budge... even had the breaker bent under the jack aaaaaaaah!

BravoNovember said:

Fecking hub nut, won’t budge... even had the breaker bent under the jack aaaaaaaah!

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3/4 drive breaker bar???

Cheers

neilly said:

3/4 drive breaker bar???

Cheers

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Nope I’ve only got a 1/2” until I’ve got paid!
Reckon that would sort it?

BravoNovember said:

Nope I’ve only got a 1/2” until I’ve got paid!
Reckon that would sort it?

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1/2 IMHO is a waste of time, See if you can find someone with a 3/4 who can lend you one.

How are you planning on tightening it?

Cheers

neilly said:

1/2 IMHO is a waste of time, See if you can find someone with a 3/4 who can lend you one.

How are you planning on tightening it?

Cheers

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Good call actually, is the bar itself thicker on a 3/4?

My tame mechanic friend runs a garage that fixes vans etc... he said if I tighten them up as far as I can and take it to his garage he’ll torque them up and stake them for free.

BravoNovember said:

Good call actually, is the bar itself thicker on a 3/4?

My tame mechanic friend runs a garage that fixes vans etc... he said if I tighten them up as far as I can and take it to his garage he’ll torque them up and stake them for free.

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Yep, bar is a lot thicker on the ones I have. Plus it is longer.

Cheers

Ordered a new gearbox from Ashcrofts.

Installed a Boost Pin after removing the EDC.
How can people drive the Auto 300Tdi without it???

Replaced the ns front bearing/hub on the D3 my last job....

Finally got around to starting a job I've been putting off for a few months
The boot floor....

Stuck suspension and wheels on...

driven it for first time today, new clutch etc in as bought spares or repair, with 11months 16days mot!

I have been trying to cure major leak at rear tailgate seal. I found this old post with a cure - https://discoweb.org/index.php?threads/wet-discovery.30294/
The piece of paper I tried pulled through with noi resistance and then when door realigned a bit it takes a lot of pressure to pull through and no waterfall with the hosepipe test.

Washed it

Washed and polished!!

(Despite being told that is sacrilege haha)

Started messing around with the wiring for my new aux panels

Now able to at least sit at the table for a little before my back starts to burn like hell, progress I think ,

Got some other bits as well over the months , small display unit will go next to my T max control box, that provides live data and also can clear / read fault codes

Also found a half decent terminal extractor kit, I’ll be taking a lot of the dashboard apart to get everything wired in

Just realised that trying to adjust the wastegate threads after giving the engine a good run isn't a good idea...
It's slighty warm!