Help! I’m slowly pulling all of my hair out with this one ! Need to try and find out why I cant get an input oil seal for my steering box. Britpart kit STC889 doesnt fit the oil seal outer is too big (32mm) What the hell have I got ? Is it possibly a disco 2 box? Shaft is 22mm the lower part of...

Todays fetteling consisted of fitting the seat box, handbrake and drivers floor. Passenger floor to follow once the cable grommets arrive for the battery cables. Decided to cover all the floor and doors in sound deadening, what a difference its made to the doors ! They dont sound likes some...

Even Ai couldn’t align doors using a rachet strap, some shims and a row of washers, especially only on one side ! 😂

Tell me now… why does every landy door I fit pull in at the bottom ? Its as if they are twisted??

Door hinges paint dried I spent the evening aligning the front doors, driver side went on perfectly but the passenger one was another story… after some gentle bulk head adjustment with a ratchet strap and rear tub lifting with a 4x2 were there !

Replacement pipe ordered today ! 😤

Next job …. Sort out that turbo oil pipe !

Hinges back from being blasted and galvanized, t washed ready for some etch primer and paint. Decided to drill and install a grease nipple on the inside of the door hinges along with a small groove in the hinge body

Have to admit the 300tdi is a good looking engine …. It does complement my OCD perfectly

Changed the theromstat for one that worked and the guage was still showing off the scale ??? Put a multimeter on the temp sensor and it reading 115ohm which in defender speak should be lava…. Some more googling and yes you guessed it I’ve only gone and frigging fitted a green Discovery temp...

Results are in….. she’s a runner … oh and a stopper ! All gears found high low and diff lock, brakes a pleanty thank christ as I scared the s@&t out of an oncoming car !

We what can I say… the maiden voyage was like something from Mad Max … deck chair cushions as a seat, some thrown together bracketry to hold the expansion bottle, cable tied fuel filter and were away down the road ! Wind in my hair, anti freeze in my eyes and lungs full of diesel fumes oh what a...

Got her running ! But she’s hot ! Very hot! some basic fault finding and its the bloody new £10 thermostat that’s knackered….. grrrr

Collected the re cored radiator yesterday and what a great job ! Thanks Kris at North Wales Radiators I can highly recommend!

Bonnet on and air feed pipe cleaned

New genuine LR ignition and lock set turned up on Saturday, decided to go for the TD5 version so that the ignition key is the same as all the door barrels. It does mean I’ll have to replace the front door handles as they have deeper locks but they look identical from the outside.

Fan claned and fitted along with the fan shroud. The shroud was cracked along the top but with a helping hand from a friend (Cofi) we managed to repair it with hot staples and a soldering iron.

Intercooler inplace with the rad surrounding that was galvanized and painted black. New mounting rubbers and pipework. Should be in a position to get her running soon….

progress report just in ….. beee beep beeep beep.. air box and brackets painted, a fresh set of rubber mounts and its back in place adorned with a genuine, reproduced Rand Lover sticker courtesy of ‘ I say ding dong ltd’ …… well I say thats some name for your company!

Welcome on board! There’s no excuses now get spannering ! The forum is a wealth of info with some very experienced landy geeks to give a helping hand, failing that there’s youtube 😂 Thank you for your kind words, it sure is a labour of love doing these old work horses up, but the reward is far...