We got 10 cm of snow last night and 10 cm during the day more and it will snow until next morning. :oops: Wish I could upload some snowy pics now!

Oh that's why, I thought I was banned :)

For deep soft snow Hakkapeliitta 10 and of course because I'm Finnish, Nokian. You could also deflate tyres when going from tarmac to softer and snowy dirt roads.

If you can afford a true Nordic studded winter tyres like Continental IceContact 3 or Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10, I'd say you'll prepared for everything. In really deep snow grip will not help when you bottom out. Keep shovels, extra winter wear like down jackets, gloves and stuff in the car.

12V battery that came with my FL1 started to show age in cold starts, so got a new battery. Exide 95 Ah 760 CCA fit nicely there.

It's here to stay and there's more to come next week.

Yes, it's square, 3/8 ratchet works nicely.

How much do you need? I'll sell and send it to you. :p

Driving mostly. It's winter here again and as we know LR loves it.

If you got the right brake cylinder, pistons can't spread too far. I actually managed to order wrong drums from autodoc. Check the lever where the cable is attached inside the drums. It's prone to seize, mine was absolutely solid when I bought the car.

New tyres came for 18" Sport wheels. Falken Wildpeak A/T3WA 235/55R18.

My recent story with FL1 drum brakes could be useful to read also. At least now I can strip and assemble them in no time, done it several times when finding the cause.. https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/handbrake-cable-differences-fl1-ended-up-to-be-adjuster.377734/

It's just enough that it clears the oil dripping down. Was like that when I got the car but really handy.

Sounds like progress! Sounds typical LR fight, with rounded bolts and stuff. When you have done all the typical maintenance tasks once, it gets easy. I have a cut out under the sump in my undertray for easy engine oil change.

How is the cabin filter, have you checked it also?

Mine has 6mm bolts too but the plastic cup where they sit is so tight that some sockets doesn't fit there. Try to find a socket with thin walls. When changing the pollen filter I also vacuum the air box to get all the dust and crap out.

For real winter conditions I'm using 16" wheels with studded Nordic winter tyres, so that's covered.

Just changed to winter wheels on my FL1 TD4 Sport and started thinking about getting new tyres for those 18" Sport rims. Anybody tried Falken Wildpeak AT AT3WA? Reason behind choosing those is that they are winter rated and living here in Nordics we have true winters and especially long spring &...

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