What have you done on your 90/110/130 today?

retneprac said:

Took the rear and 2nd row seats out, rubber matt out the rear, carpet up, guess what?

Very wet under the carpet, bit of hole and salts around some bolts, guess its the differing metals reacting.

Might have to look at all the door seals! And windows!

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I suspect those bolts will be chassis mounts. Not sure about the 110's, but these mounts may well be seat belt and body mounts to chassis all in one. Aluminium floor will be reacting with the chassis mounts. I'd be doing something about that ASAP

Right, me old codgers...just popped in for lunch. Yesterday finished off complete bulkhead prep' work and painted first coat of enamel primer. This morning, a second light coat which is hot air assisted drying/near dry. This afternoon, a healthy coat of Nato Gloss Green...groovy. Will post pics later...happy tinkering one and all

PS Tigerseal, 1. don't get it in your hair, 2. don't get it on nose above left nostril...it's a bugger to get off [ask me how I know...]

tiger seal is the nuts

So, here's this w/e's fun...

Yesterday 50 shades of grey enamel primer

Today, this is not just any green paint. This is M&S/Paintman NATO Gloss Green Enamel...



I may lay another coat trow evening as bound to have missed a bit !

Finally finnished fitting and rebuilding my new doors.

Started using a half sized Land Rover rain cover over the top of the roof. Roof leaks terribly. With the cover, she's dry in the mornings now.
Need a garage so I can take the roof off and scrape off the old sealant, apply new sealant and then respray.

Just a overdue service, thought it was done by the garage when they sorted the oil leak but can’t find invoice to question them... anyway I’ve never seen oil so sticky, I started getting cold start issues and oil light flickering etc which made me look at it.

anyway flushed twice and seems to have got rid of the sticky oil but now I’ve noticed smoke coming from the dip stick and breather so I’m suspecting the piston rings have gone... now I need to look at it more and think I’ll get a new engine as it’s a bodged conversion anyway... but at the minute funds don’t allow FFS and she’s my daily rider.. so if it’s the pistons I guess she’ll have to run until she packs in!

Mine is now parked up for the next few months till the pool truck goes back & I can park back in my garden.
But hey I now have heated seats & free diesel.

Driven it, and fell in love again with it.

Needs a few little things sorting but overall a great time.

I cleaned it as it was a bit dirty

I forgot to say, after 14 months I finally have a working temperature gauge

Fitted a new ignition switch today - I hadn't planned to do this until the summer, but she decided she didn't want to wait and refused to start. Weirdly, I had bought a spare switch last week and looked at starting the job yesterday, but decided it would be too much of a faff to drill out the security bolts. Luckily, I was able to make a very short cranked screwdriver to remove the little screws that hold it to the steering lock bit.

Swore at it a lot, headlights stopped working day before MOT was due so cancelled, expired & now waiting for BM switch as can’t find other obvious fault(s) , mandatory oil leak & i think now injector leak also timed perfectly. I love this car but f@@k me does it **** me off

Pappasmurf said:

Started using a half sized Land Rover rain cover over the top of the roof. Roof leaks terribly. With the cover, she's dry in the mornings now.
Need a garage so I can take the roof off and scrape off the old sealant, apply new sealant and then respray.

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Any link to the cover?

Tonight I've rigged up a temporary air filter, bypassing the turbo and intercooler, so I could run the Landy without the turbo. The outlet of the turbo I guided on to the wing to see if it was passing oil.
Set up

Inner wing before test drive

Inner wing after 8 mile test drive

Turbo definitely carped

Nice one Pappasmurf, thanks.

Cleaned out the vortex separator thingy and fitted an O'ring that's probably too small. Also bunged in some injector cleaner into the tank, and engine cleaner into the oil. Will see what difference that makes.

Used it for work. I still want to give it a wash though...

Well, on such a dank & dour day there's only one place to be...under a Defender After much effort, glow orange mapgas heat, a long bar with a 30mm socket and much F for "cursing aloud...", the 33 year old front radius arms were off. + why do people waxoyl and stone chip over nuts & bolts?!! This was followed by a final good coat of extreme chassis black to the whole front chassis.

Superb, I thought...now to pop in the new radius arms, all nicely new bushed up, new nuts, bolts and washers. But bugger, it was not to be. The front inner bush sleeves are are far too long so trow will have to start the day by buzzing off a couple of mm...and then they'll fit correctly. + hoping to fit new front springs & dampers too. Will post some pics when done...