What have you done to your Landie today.

DEFENDER90-DAZ said:

Nice!!!
Whats the hole for infront of the wheel arch???

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Thanks, it's a series heater vent, for the K&N under the wing, the snorkel isn't connected

Ah - i see - just for show eh

The snorkels on the near side are a bugger to plumb in under the heater box

You guys got quite a bit of snow in places ?

We took the disco out for a spin, did the charitable thing and took a stranded guy from a bus stop to his place of work.

Had a little play, found that the TC works really well if you let it work.

Quietly impressed with my purchase

140 Quid later ma wee 90 Beasty is Mot,d fur the year and the welding sorted!

Tommorrow few tlc jobs and a wash yeah i know its cold

Then shes fur sale ready fur pennies for the 110!

Taxed it. Checked oil and water. Now at Mottram in lonsdale hoping and expecting thick snow. But none yet.

Tightened up my alternator belt as it was squealing then went for a drive and pulled a neighbour out of the snow...

Tidied up my battery box, removed the split charge system, wired my stereo in correctly so its on a switched live and wired in my voltometer.

Rewired all the roof lights. Sorted out the dash so that all the wires run out of sight. What do they say? Out of sight, out of mind!!

Had a good drive in the snow. Wasn't sure if the centre diff was locking as the warning lamp was flickering. Seemed to drive ok so I decided its a dodgy wire

Got home, did a search to see how to check the diff is locking. All is good with the difflock doing its thing. Must be the bulb, wires or switch.

Will wait till its not so cold to fix it...

Got 5 new General Grabber AT's fitted. Old set were Goodyear Wrangler HP and had worn somewhat, ahem, slick

joojar said:

Got 5 new General Grabber AT's fitted. Old set were Goodyear Wrangler HP and had worn somewhat, ahem, slick

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The new pattern? Tried them in the snow yet?

Introduced the Freelander to deep snow on Dartmoor. Performed well in deep snow, thanks to the new VCU from Bell Engineering, a plug for them. Managed to rescue an Astra Van, which was well stuck. Bring on more snow!

DEFENDER90-DAZ said:

Ah - i see - just for show eh

The snorkels on the near side are a bugger to plumb in under the heater box

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Oh yes, I got it for free, and I think plumbing them in is a false sense of security If it was easier I would have probably done a quick swap job from K&N to snorkel , southdown one's are a bit more fool proof IMO, there isn't an inaccessible joint in the intake pipe

Dewin said:

The new pattern? Tried them in the snow yet?

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Sadly not, but definitely going out for a play with em tomorrow

Put a replacement fuel gauge in so now I know how much I haven't got left in the tank ... and went for a drive in the snow ... lots of times

Installed a radiator muff for the cold snap

A designer model then!!

Get some cardboard and wrap the foil round it - thats what my dad used to do on his old cars.....

Today I'm helping my brother get his three bearing diesel engine back into his 88 hard top after full rebuild. Wants it on the road tomorrow as it's 39 years ago tomorrow it came off the production line!

I've not done anything but I've been thinking about it. It broke down on me the other night, with the engine cutting out and failing to restart. If you leave it for an hour or so it will restart and then cut out again after a minute or two. It kind of suggests fuel starvation. Looking on here at what people have done about similar symptoms, I shall start with the fuel system: the pump (Clanforbes), the filter (CharlesY) and then maybe move on to the injector seals (Buckshot) but will leave that 'til last as it's a bigger job and involves taking the rocker shaft out. Also on my list of possible culprits are the MAP, MAF and crank position sensors. They may not cause the problem in its entirety but may not be helping. I've also checked for oil contamination in the engine loom, but it's nice and dry. I changed the injector loom at the end of September anyway, and it seems to be holding out.