What have you done to your Landie today.

henderson said:

cheers cheese ears thanks for the birthday pressie diff guards and box uhhh =)

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And a tow strap because you will be getting stuck

Dan_Trials said:

Awesome intro post

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Dan_Trials said:

And a tow strap because you will be getting stuck

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Only till I get the insa turbo tyres and winches, tow strap to tow you out more like =)

It's just gone 8am on a Saturday and the man from Event Tyres has been, fitted my replacement tyre and gone already. Great service.

The tyre was split at the Peterborough LRO Show course last weekend.



There's some photos of the day here:
Discover That: LRO Show Peterborough

Trailered a friends horse to a new yard cos I'm good like that.

Replaced the wheel bearings, brake disc's and caliper's on my new to me 300tdi rear disco axle i bought a few weeks ago

Then gave it a lick of paint

Prepped the back end ready for new suspenders & boots.

Tried to take the tub apart. Not easy

fitted new to me spot lghts in place of my little spots on the roof. finally got rid of the glare through the screen these ones sit slightly further forward and are crazy bright

changed engine oil put castrol Gtx 10w 40 in the Td5 its cheap at asda 13 pounds 4L
but you have to order it online then collect at nearest store lol

tidd said:

changed engine oil put castrol Gtx 10w 40 in the Td5 its cheap at asda 13 pounds 4L
but you have to order it online then collect at nearest store lol

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That's what I used in mine last time. A little more smoke on startup though compared to the previous 15W40. Once you've driven off it's fine.

Treated the wagon to some new wheel bearings all round, ready for some big boots to go on

Dug out some ammo boxes and had a tidy up, still more gear to get together for winter coverage but it's a start
(A-frame is hidding under the lids)

Put in my new LED strip light in the rear of the defender , that I brought at the Peterborough show.

It's really bright and easy to fit, with the added bonus that it's holding up my sagging headlining.

Unfortunately I've now noticed that the standard interior light is a bit off centre, and it's irritating me now, so I will sort that this week.

Put new a bar on ninety wired up spots sprayed bumper & tomb raider side steps mended rev lights cleaned and polished outside cleaned interior then delivered it back to my mate

got some more nvo and tried out the new multistory carpark in huntingdon got some amuzing looks as I edged in and then my cb ariel rattled off the ceiling lol looked like a bumper car from the fairground


had the injectors out of my D1 today left them in some coke to dissolve some of the crud then used 2000 grit wet and dry to remove the last of the carbon. put it all back together and started fine then noticed no.2 injector was leaking round the sealing washer so out it came again to clean the washer and end of the injector again put it back and now it's fine. real test will be first start in the morning. is it normal for the injector to soot up so soon after cleaning? I only ran it for a minute before removing it again

Fitted new exhaus & intake gasket after the old one split. Found a stud missing from one of the holes, tried to fit another but the thread was stripped. Another one won't tighten uo fully so that must have damaged thread too. Bum. Still holds in place we.

Sat'day (know its late!)

Changed the thermostat and the waterpump on Drover. One of the long bolts on the waterpump housing was well scummed up and seized - managed to get 'im out without too much damage.

Discovered that the plastic cowling around the radiator/viscous fan is too large for the job it does, so in an attempt to remove it for ease of waterpump job, it were cut down te size!! Still protects tha fingys from big spinny fan of pain, but is now easily removable fer jobs.

Realised after that what were a suspect thermostat/pump failure was prolly a blinkin airlock, but at end of day, its another job down on the preventative list!

Dan_Trials said:

Dug out some ammo boxes and had a tidy up, still more gear to get together for winter coverage but it's a start
(A-frame is hidding under the lids)

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what ammo boxes are they could do with a couple myself

New to this site, but just wondered if anyone could help. I paid £120 plus parts to have a damper pulley replaced on a td5. On completion I noticed the pulley wobbling on the crank throwing the belt around. Took it back wax told the britpart pulley was faulty. I bought another on and took it to another garage who was cheaper he's just phoned to say there's nothing wrong with the pulley. It seems the first garage knocked the spring off the oil seal when pushing the nose of the pulley and trapped it inside the pulley as the bolt was tightened up it crushed the spring throwing the pulley off true. I'm now wondering what the hell to do. I won't know yill tomorrow if the crank or pulley has been damaged or if the original pulley will fit properly. Anyone every heard of this happening before, could the crank end be damaged??