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    Steve's Land Raft

    Been Busy doing battle with the Landy the last couple of days. It would appear that some work was done at chassis exchange time, but very little thereafter, so lots of siezed /mullered bolts, but slowly getting there. All lubricants renewed except engine oil , various kinds of Mud came out of...
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    Steve's Land Raft

    The Main battle commences tomorrow with a visit to the steam cleaner. I have been over it with my cold machine and got about 80% of the crud off, so should only take an hour or so to go over it, then it starts in earnest. I'll be down at my old mate, Mike's workshop. I hope this will not be the...
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    The 2nd battle for the brakes The fronts were not really much better than the rears, but the N/S Freed off and got put back together The O/S was a different story the outer freed off, but the inner refuses to move, so I've put in a slightly thinner used pad and will go to the airfield to see...
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    Steve's Land Raft

    Bear with me. I'm transferring content here, so that when I start to ask questions, you will better know what has and hasn't happened.
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    Steve's Land Raft

    The War of the Land Rover. Pt. 1 The battle for the brakes It is Mot'd until the end of Sept, so I have a bit of time to sort it out. Since getting it I have roughed out a plan of attack. 1. Do something about the Driving position. Defenders are not Roomy and Truck cabs are worst, so to this end...
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    Steve's Land Raft

    Thanks for the replies Guys. I am usually the one who answers questions on Elderly Renault Forums. I have decided to move some of the Landy stuff I have put up on one of the Renault forums where there is a category for any other vehicles, so that when I start to ask questions, there is a bit of...
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    Steve's Land Raft

    Hello All. Another Defender 90 thread..... I have been Restoring, modifying and Racing old Renaults for 35 years ish, so not new to vehicles. I have been looking for a Tow Vehicle/ General purpose carrier for some time. I had a sort of Schedule of attributes that I needed to follow. 1. No tech...