Gearbox and gaskets today. Not sure if THAT is really good news so...

On the driveway or my head?

Stories like that make life what life, don't they?

It's raining cats and dogs, probably will for the next week, too. It looked reasonably clean, if you ask me. What my wife thinks of it, well, maybe the next project is replacing portions of the pavement!

gstuart, when you got your ATs let know. I'm considering to dump the MTs for ATs when they're done, or get a second set of ATs for travel. Any recommendations are welcome!

Well, you warned him.

Oil bomb sums it up pretty well!

Just finished the replacement of the oil pan gasket and the accompanying engine oil change. Honestly, of all the jobs so far this was the worst, right there on top with scratching of the old underseal by hand. The local stealership apparently used all the torque the forgot on the tank cover on...

Again nothing, oil changes all around and gaskets are scheduled for Saturday so. Also I plan to clean it, didn't have time since the last outing and the rain doesn't reach underneath to clean the mud out. I did repair two bike tires so.

Nothing actually. But I did park at my new job right next to very nice aubergine colored soft dash with complete and almost prestine interior. Now I have to find who's car that is! Also booked my TÜV appointment for August 4th. Until then I need to chnage all oils, replce some gaskets, sort the...

Petrol is at 1.54-56 Euro per litre. Is it schizophrenic to support CO2 counter measures, including those that drive fuel cost up, and owning a 3.5 V8? Anyway, I have high hopes they get synthetic bio fuels up and running. The local busses all run on bio gas already, unfortunately that's not...

Took her to a offroad park nearby today. Like she should, she got dirty! I also lost one of the front bumper corners, no idea when and where... And hey, she got up every obstacle I tried! Including the one that killed the old rear diff. Also met some guys with Land Cruisers that own a garage...

When I had a clonk from the back, along with some vibration while declaration, it turned out to be the diff. May be worth a look?

Welcome to the forum! I don't have a Defender, but my journey started with looking for one. Now it's a 1982 Range Rover. From my experience, and I started with zero experience working on cars, stuff like prop shafts, lights and stuff turned out to be easy enough to fix in my drive way. Rust...

Not to that extent, just a couple of days faster then the other!

It doesn't. It got better with the new o ring so, still not on par with the right one.

I already had one of those...

Yeah, the other carb. The right one is good, as far as I can tell. The left one so is a royal pain, its leaking damper oil, borderline impossible to calibrate correctly (it has a tendency to run rich)... Maybe I do a full rebuild, if I miss emissions that is. Otherwise I'll be very happy to not...

I aimed for the lean side, my very smart manual (which I failed to read correctly more than once by now) says a slight drip is ok. I am at maybe 10 rpm or so, hardly noticeable. Idle is at 800 now, I have the suspicious that something is stuck somewhere. But for now, I don't care. Anyway, the...

Ah, almost there! Fast idle at 1,100 rpm with the choke half pulled out, rpm are ever so slightly dropping when the carb pistons are lifted. Idling speed it almost 1,000 rpm so... No idea how I can get it down, the stop screws aren't making contact right now, so that's not the problem...