What have you done to your Landie today.

Langers said:

Started fitting my Terrafirma +2" lift kit.
Spent three hours on it after work this evening (just come inside now), and only managed to get one corner done :doh:

Was fun though, no spring compressor to hand, so used a couple of ratchet straps Redneck for the win

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Jack under Chassis until wheel is well off floor support with and axle stand on chassis not axle.. and stick a bottle jack between axle and body and jack axle downwards spring will fit straight in..

redhand said:

Jack under Chassis until wheel is well off floor support with and axle stand on chassis not axle.. and stick a bottle jack between axle and body and jack axle downwards spring will fit straight in..

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Had a jack under the chassis but it didn't go high enough to lift the wheels off the ground... already had jack on top of some blocks, but didn't want to pile them up too high

Might give that method a go tomorrow though, if I can find a steady base for the jack. Would probably save me some time. And some fingers.

Langers said:

Had a jack under the chassis but it didn't go high enough to lift the wheels off the ground... already had jack on top of some blocks, but didn't want to pile them up too high

Might give that method a go tomorrow though, if I can find a steady base for the jack. Would probably save me some time. And some fingers.

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Take the tyres off then :doh::doh::doh:

jack up the axle, axle stands under the chassis, remove wheels and then lower axle. One side at a time.

The Mad Hat Man said:

jack up the axle, axle stands under the chassis, remove wheels and then lower axle. One side at a time.

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Ta, yeah, that's pretty much what I did, except I had axle stands under axles and jack under chassis.

john winsemius said:

Take the tyres off then :doh::doh::doh:

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What are you on about?

i fink he meant wheels

My Hi-Lift was my best friend when i changed my suspension

Langers said:

Ta, yeah, that's pretty much what I did, except I had axle stands under axles and jack under chassis.




What are you on about?

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Put jack stands on the frame and let your axles hang :doh:

john winsemius said:

Put jack stands on the frame and let your axles hang :doh:

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Thanks for pointing out the obvious, yes, I did realise I would have to take the wheels off in order to change the suspension :doh:

Trewey said:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/how-replace-200-tdi-defender-front-shock-absorber-57044.html

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Cheers Trewey, looks like an excellent guide. Didn't realise about the shock turrets though, hopefully mine will come out without breaking, as I don't have replacements. But judging by the state of the the other nuts and bolts I've removed today, I doubt it!

Gave the wheels a wire brushing to clean them up and then gave them a few coats of cream hammerite. Forgot piccies :doh:, will get them tomorrow!

Spent the last few days welding up the rear floor of my Range Rover, I'm not good at it but I try, the O/S has been done, tomorrow I'll do the couple at the rear on the N/S.

spent the morning painting wind screen hinges, door hinges, and a bit on the back door cause it was looking rubbish. The winter up here has been a bit hard on the old landy.

Started chopping but then it rained and I ran out of slitting discs

Bought a new winch bumper and steering guard from billing! Fitting them tomorrow. Now all I need is to save the pennies for a winch !

Finished fitting the rear suspension, though it appears Terrafirma haven't included one of the lower shock mounting nuts :doh:

Have had to borrow one from the front suspension kit (they're the same size) but it means that the car will look like a hot rod and handle like a bag of ****e until I can get hold of another nut.

Either that, or I just fit the springs for now and wait until I can get hold of the nut in order to do the shocks :doh: Hardly ideal!

Repainted the bumper and door mirror arm-thingies black. Painted the ally treadplate on the wings black. Gave up trying to fix the horn when a major ****-down arrived. At least the paint was touch-dry by then.

New timing case, belt, tensioners, gaskets, oil seals, 8 new push rods and a new rocker..........all in a days work lol

Took out the shorted ignition switch from my series 3, managed to hot wire it to satisfy myself that nothing else could be causing the smoking, and then ordered some bits from ebay to fix it up.