What have you done on your Defender today?

bloody hell tre, some yoof has stencil graffitti'ed the side of your shiny 110! Its all the rage up here in Bristol with Banksy an' orll.

Buster, did he breath deeply through his teeth?

Griffdowg said:

bloody hell tre, some yoof has stencil graffitti'ed the side of your shiny 110! Its all the rage up here in Bristol with Banksy an' orll.

Buster, did he breath deeply through his teeth?

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Nah, but he kinda swore a bit when he saw the state of the roof trusses above the garage. They're well fecked with old wood worm and dampness/ rot, shame really as they're nice big oak ones.

After spending 3 weeks getting mine looking good (new body cappings, lots of bits and a hand paint job) I went to Newark with my son and had 2 sessions on the off road course. (5 rounds) It was our first off road venture since buying the 90 300tdi in April. I was amazed at what she could do but we pushed her too hard. We got 3 clear rounds but I broke a rear damper, dislocated the spring slightly and this morning I have a flat front tyre (did check tyres for damage) so lesson learned. Don't try and compete in a 'standard' spec Defender. Quite a few vehicles Defenders got damaged bumpers as one of the 'bomb holes' was too steep... Freelanders suffered worse with whole rear ends ripped off.
So bottom line for what I did to my Land Rover... I mistreated her, I am sorry, I love her and will learn from my mistakes.

Fitted raise axle breathers to mine !!!

Been busy driving to and fro from Scotland.

Completed my first ever oil change!
I bought an all singing, all dancing oil filter tool from Halfords (£12 no less!) and it made removing the thing childsplay

New filter in, then it wasw glug glug with the fresh oil, a 5 minute warm-up for leaks and filter filling before topping it off again.

To think a garage would probably charge you £90++ for an oil change!
For oil and filter it cost me £55

Discovered on the way back from Scotland that the passenger and drivers side have leaks!

I will be looking into that.

Drove mine and made a Tbox flange tool from some scrap metal ah had lyin' about

bustersbus said:

Drove mine and made a Tbox flange tool from some scrap metal ah had lyin' about

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The Mad Hat Man said:

:nopics:

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This do ye....

what's wrong with a big pair of stillsons?

Treworgey 90 said:

what's wrong with a big pair of stillsons?

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Dinae have any Trewey... and the metal was free

what do you use that for? undoing something?

Griffdowg said:

what do you use that for? undoing something?

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It's tae hold the flange for when ah come tae do the tbox oil seal and bearin'

good pics Buster - as usual .

The Mad Hat Man said:

good pics Buster - as usual .

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Cheers Daft

when i did mine - i just used a long bar with one hole int end to bolt to flange - used a second bolt thru flange to lock it in place - bit simpler and did the job .

The Mad Hat Man said:

when i did mine - i just used a long bar with one hole int end to bolt to flange - used a second bolt thru flange to lock it in place - bit simpler and did the job .

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Never thought of that:doh: Oh well, it gave summit to plutter with ah suppose

its pretty elaborate BB I was thinking along the same lines of daft.

I bet you could sell it on ebay for good money when your done though

G

Completed the oil and filter change on the defender.

My first ever oil and filter change too!

I must of saved about £40 or so by doing it meself

Now it's just the leaks to deal with and a few other things...

Griffdowg said:

its pretty elaborate BB I was thinking along the same lines of daft.

I bet you could sell it on ebay for good money when your done though

G

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Aye
...or cut the head off and use it for summit else

Finaly fitted my new oil cooler pipe, fookin thing.

jetwashed the engine bay and chassis.

Car park it on the road out side my house again now with out creating an oil slick