Anaconda · Jun 8, 2025

Changed the radius arm bushes on the drivers side to match the passenger side I did the other week.
Had to cut one of the bolts off as there was not chance it was coming out.
Went back together no problem which is good.
Britpart yellow polybushes so I dare say I will be doing it again next weekend.
I reckon the arms would need replacing to fit the original type due to rust where the bushes go. I'm thinking that's probably the downside of polybushes.
I fitted the original type bushes on my TD5, bit more work but better I think.
Also washed a massive pile of bird turd off the bonnet and wing, parked under the TV aerial, something wrong with them pigeons!

Brown · Jun 8, 2025

I had a session on the handbrake this morning. It's been getting less effective lately and as I suspected, oil has been getting inside from the transfer box. I'd got a new kit of shoes and springs so I put those on, and a new cable. I got a new seal and flange kit too, in the hope that it'll be a little more oil tight than the last one which has lasted a grand total of six months. The new drive flange was very stiff to force onto the splined output shaft, so I hope it doesn't need to come off anytime soon. However it's a little better formed than the last one and doesnt allow the propshaft bolts to rotate, because the shoulder presses firmly against their heads. I find it much easier to attach the shoes and springs to the backplate while it is off the vehicle and flat on the ground, then offer the whole lot up to the gearbox in one piece. All seems to be working for now.

s8ndst0rm · Jun 8, 2025

Anaconda said:
Changed the radius arm bushes on the drivers side to match the passenger side I did the other week.
Had to cut one of the bolts off as there was not chance it was coming out.
Went back together no problem which is good.
Britpart yellow polybushes so I dare say I will be doing it again next weekend.
I reckon the arms would need replacing to fit the original type due to rust where the bushes go. I'm thinking that's probably the downside of polybushes.
I fitted the original type bushes on my TD5, bit more work but better I think.
Also washed a massive pile of bird turd off the bonnet and wing, parked under the TV aerial, something wrong with them pigeons!

If it’s anything like the stuff coming out of our pigeons, that’ll have taken a while. It’s like tarmac.

Stone56 · Monday at 07:15

s8ndst0rm said:
If it’s anything like the stuff coming out of our pigeons, that’ll have taken a while. It’s like tarmac.

Lead gets it of

Anaconda · Monday at 10:10

s8ndst0rm said:
If it’s anything like the stuff coming out of our pigeons, that’ll have taken a while. It’s like tarmac.

This is just one turd that missed me the other week when I was doing the passenger side! It was five times as bad when I washed it, luckily it had been raining during the week.

Stone56 · Monday at 15:34

Anaconda said:
This is just one turd that missed me the other week when I was doing the passenger side! It was five times as bad when I washed it, luckily it had been raining during the week.
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THAY soon mark the paint if not washed of , good job it hasn't been feasting on elderberry

scott3933 · Monday at 16:41

Today I did the massive long job of cracking off the big nut on one of my rear trailing arms... I thought I'd see how tight it was as the front bush is well past its best and needs replaced. It turns out the answer is not that tight... hopefully the rest will be like this when my new bushes arrive!

...who am I kidding? this is a 37 year old Landy, of course it won't! Mr Dewalt will have to come and help me

s8ndst0rm · Tuesday at 22:58

Painted up the light housings because I couldn’t bear to put them back in like that. Will order some new plastic ones as I’ve had to punch a big hole through them for the wiring relay.

Replaced 3x leak off pipes which were also very much past their best.

Finally installed the aforementioned relay and wired all lights up and now have a full working set again

. Didn’t have enough red wire, so the future owner (or me) can work out why some lives are blue and black.

Dippypud · Wednesday at 18:19

s8ndst0rm said:
Painted up the light housings because I couldn’t bear to put them back in like that. Will order some new plastic ones as I’ve had to punch a big hole through them for the wiring relay.

Replaced 3x leak off pipes which were also very much past their best.

Finally installed the aforementioned relay and wired all lights up and now have a full working set again . Didn’t have enough red wire, so the future owner (or me) can work out why some lives are blue and black.

Put a loop of red tape or steal some red nail varnish as an indicator to refresh you memory or it will bite yer bum later ...

s8ndst0rm · 2025-06-15T17:04:47+0100

Finally got enough bits together to re-fit the rear wheel carrier. Forgot how heavy the wheels are when I had to lift it back on though

scott3933 · 2025-06-15T20:36:08+0100

So today I've finished off changing my trailing arm bushes, got one done yesterday and did the other today, so that's the pair done and cleaned up/painted. I only had to cut one bolt as well so that's a win, some kind previous owner put copper grease on the big bolts!

I've also now perfected the art of drilling out the old metalastic bushes, cutting them with the recip saw and then chiselling them out. Handy for when more bush replacement is needed.

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