What have you done to your Landie today.

put tyre back on after puncture.

landowner said:

Snap.....got mine in bits today as well

Torx bits came out easy after heating with a blow torch for ten mins, just whacked the casing with a BIG hammer and then didn't even need a bar on the little torx socket and lever.

Rest of it was as yours, rust and bearings in bits but balls are good and shiney.
Got discs and pads and new brake pipes with braided hoses so all good for a few years hopefully

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I tried but i had no luck. Balls are buggered, my housing is shafted too. Got a good deal from a local Landy Spares man though. Unfortunately, tried as I might gotta wait for parts. Will be here during this week and do it next weekend. One of the down side to being in the middle of nowhere I guess.

Took her to pick up some horse feed for the mother, and stopped of for some soup on the way home, laaavly on a cold windy day like today.

Didn't manage to put my foot down enough to warm her up though so the cab was rather cold... not looking forward to the proper cold!

Stripped down the O/S rear hub ready to replace the seals and bearings which collapsed on me in the week due to water ingress.

Also brought some new bits & pieces to bring up to scratch the cooling side of things which include an Allisport full width rad, header tank and uprated (feckin' massive) gearbox oil cooler.
Also sourced and had made a full set of 8 - yes, 8 - blue silicone coolant hoses from DPH.

I'll post pics when they're all eventually fitted next weekend.

Was going to do some wire brushing and chassis cleanup but got to the garage and the cold triggered a 'f**k this' nerve so I have done nothing. Past the age where messing around in the cold without good reason is high on the agenda.

Mercury says 4 degrees and with the wind it feels a bloody sight less. I guess the amount done is going to take a dive till next year.

Why oh why can't they build garages that take Disco's etc as standard.

gemsdad said:

can you get real radio or smooth fm down there.very good imho.there again my daughter works for them.

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real(ly sh1t) radio.... is really awful....

nick2303 said:

real(ly sh1t) radio.... is really awful....

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that just depends on where it is broadcast from,you will get the LEEDS unit.:jawne of the commercial artist's on there did the jingle for,"we buy any car .com".now that gets right on my feckin nerves.i told him so as well cos my daughter was going out with him.

not much but its a start..

new serpentine belt, n stuck a new fuel filter in..

Fitted my new braided hoses, I've thrown the stupid rusty retaining clips away and secured them with sturdy 'R' clips, does the job better in my opinion

landowner said:

Fitted my new braided hoses, I've thrown the stupid rusty retaining clips away and secured them with sturdy 'R' clips, does the job better in my opinion

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maybe they do,but you know nowt anyway.:jaw::bolt::behindsofa:

Removed the heater box out of the 90 ready for the new heater matrix to be fitted - cleaned 2 ton of mud out of the heater intake and heater box

Should be lovely and toasty

Daz

Sworn at it several times, removed bumper and towbar with assistance from an angle grinder and a dremel, completed with a massive hammer..

J

Mark L said:

I'll post pics when they're all eventually fitted next weekend.

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Looks good mate

I've been fiddling with the Defender today, trying to work out why it was that we needed to be brought home by the AA last night. The engine intermittently cuts out and refuses to start, which was a bit scary coming home on the mortorway, hence the need for the AA. It seemed like an intermittent electrical problem rather than a mechanical one so I set about waggling all the wires I could find, unplugging multiplugs and putting them back together to see if I could get any sense of where the problem could be. I think I can see what the problem is now - oil in the injector loom. Not just a little bit either. On unplugging it at the cylinder head end a load ran out and anointed the alternator. Encouraged by all the oil-in-loom stories on here I felt like I'd really 'arrived' as a TD5 driver. Of course, the workings of the Land Rover are enigmatic and inscrutable to us mortals, and this might not be the whole of the problem, but it certainly won't be helping. So I shall order a new one and fit it next weekend if it arrives in time. I also discovered that what I had previously thought was a fuel pressure regulator leak is more likely to be an oil leak from the rocker cover gasket, so I'll kill two birds with one stone. Plus, I discovered the engine will run for quite a while if the fuel pump is disconnected. I'd never have guessed.

Just finished full service, new ebc green stuff brake pads, two new rear prop uj,s, all greased up, just got to sort out RTC damper and all sorted for Wales in a couple of weeks. Do I put me mud tyres on or keep with MTs for Wales?
Happy days.

walked past it a few times, as i dont want to drive it with a dodgy gearbox!

Replaced the rear wheel bearings and brake pads.
Fitted 285 Bf Goodrich AT's

Thats me now skint

Bought a 58 plate range rover sport and traded in my disco 3. Woohoo can't wait to pick it up on Tuesday.

Heated bum and electric every thing. Most importantly a full years land rover warranty.


Mmmmmmmm leather and wood.

got it covered in mud, great days laning thou

Tightened her belts and topper her oil up, loovly