What have you done to your Landie today.

neilly said:

New bow shackles, you are getting flash.....what was wrong with the old ones?

Cheers

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Been on there since I bought it so got no idea what use they've had....only 2tonne ones as well, so got some 4.75tonne instead ! They'll do the job !

Gottschalk said:

Pics??

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very good!!

All vaselined up now...............

Yeah , I know it is a trademark, but I could not be bothered to type petroleum jelly.............

Cheers

Today I put a new sticker on the outside of the front screen. No I don't need it but in my usual style I wanted it ! Took the battery off and put that on charge as well seeing as it hasn't been used for nearly a fortnight now and with the cold want to make sure it'll start without issue Sunday morning for when I go shooting. Battery only a couple of months old, but just to be sure....

Mr S1 said:

Today I put a new sticker on the outside of the front screen. No I don't need it but in my usual style I wanted it ! Took the battery off and put that on charge as well seeing as it hasn't been used for nearly a fortnight now and with the cold want to make sure it'll start without issue Sunday morning for when I go shooting. Battery only a couple of months old, but just to be sure....

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Well, where is the piccie showing the new sticker????????.................

Cheers

Will resolve this technical issue over the weekend !

I've had another session on my manifold today. I've drilled it where the bolts had snapped off where the EGR blanking plate goes. I've managed to tap them to 6mm too by putting the tap in one of those tap wrenches that looks like a drill chuck and easing it round a few degrees at a time with a Mole wrench, hoping it won't snap off in the manifold. It feels like I've got a decent amount of thread going on in there and have put the blanking plate back in with hex head bolts instead of the Allen screws that were on before. It took a while, but compared to the time it would probably take to get the manifold off (which would involve taking out ancillaries like the air conditioning pump and parts of the cooling system) it was probably worth doing it in situ. I don't think I've got the holes exactly centred on the original bolts, but it only has to hold a little plate on - it's not as if it's a main bearing cap. The engine has its performance back now. it's surprising what a bit of pressure leakage upstream of the turbo will do. Then I hosed all the soot out of the engine bay. I think she was running a bit rich. The ECU wouldn't be getting the engine speed expected for a given level of fuelling, so would be increasing the fuel. I shall fill up tomorrow and see just how much extra fuel I've burned coming back from Wales with a leaky manifold compared to normal.

changed the cracked front flexi brake hoses for braided ones - brakes are lovely now!

neilly said:

Well, where is the piccie showing the new sticker????????.................

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This one I just liked




and this one made me smile, no matter how childish it may be !

bought a new moohoosive battery for my def 90 with a 4 year no bollox warranty ,paid about 20 quid over the top but my local independent car parts shop give good customer service. and I don't want it turning into a Chinese take away
and ordered a spare wheel decal pics to follow

raisingveg said:

bought a new moohoosive battery for my def 90 with a 4 year no bollox warranty ,paid about 20 quid over the top but my local independent car parts shop give good customer service

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You know what fella, I always where practical try and support local businesses for the same reason. If we don't, they'll fold and then we'll all be at the mercy of the chains. as an example, look at what Tesco's have done to the high street, and we all moan about how **** they are. Halfords are the same. use the local places or we lose them !

I washed out the horn on the 90.

Went to use it the other day and all I got was a geriatric asthmatic pffffff noise that might get heard by a cat if it was sat on the bonnet.
It needed a little clean.

Cheers

Changed one of the Old Girls front wheel bearings.

Old one was a tad notchy.

Well,

No wonder it felt a tad grumbly when it was up on axle stands.

Cheers

Yep! That would do it.

I fitted new front wiper blades and drove across a field.

Today I bought a Disklok off Ebay. Which will have half moons welded onto the back without delay.

I'm a poet, and didn't know it....

Off to the shops again this morning. It's only a trip to the supermarket but my girlfriend likes it. She's American and they need supermarkets in their lives.

Took it out for lunch with friends : )