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Very nice. Those little tractors and often their Land Girl drivers did much to keep Britain from starving in WW2. Neighboring farm still used one in the 60's. I drove it some as a youngster and had to stand both feet on the combined clutch/brake...

Many moons ago I made the mistake of fitting HD springs on my Ninety. After a fortnight decided I would like my back to last a good while longer and went back to standard. Someone I knew fitted his landy with early Range Rover springs and it...

I'd go with an Old man Emu kit if I wanted a lift. They are very highly regarded. You'll need caster corrected front arms id say as a minimum with any lift above 1". A standard pound foot rated spring if you use it for normal landrover duties...

Thanks for reply very helpful, think I’m going to do away with the lift and go back to original springs and shocks

That is a pic form my rebuild after the engine fire (Thread LINK) which was done in a friends barn. The old tyre belongs to a fordson standard N which has been in his family since the 60's originally used on their farm in Wales, and now on his...

Probably a very old tractor as well.

If you want/can spend the money on getting it shiny then thats your choice. Personally. get some light gaurds so you dont have those screws doin nothing. Black surrounds on the headlight/indicator front panel with a black grill. What should it...

As above first thing is to ensure structurally and mechanically sound. If that has been done you can focus on cosmetics. What you have looks from the single photo to aboriginal and unmolested. As they are currenrtly what command the highest...

That is good to know, mine is very much the same [1990 Ninety] good chassis and bulkhead, tidy inside but bit tat body, paint non existent in some places but it is still a working farm vehicle. Out in the country side looks fine but not so in a...

I've got the necessary stuff to do it myself. What I don't got is the time. When we are young, we give up our time for money. When we are old, we give up our money for increasingly precious time.

TV's Mythbusters proved it is possible to polish a turd, but a turd is still a turd even if there is a shine on the outside. Checking and sorting any issues with chassis, bulkhead and running gear is what should come first.

After being away for the week, the old girl (1985 90" with a 1991 200 TDi) refused to start. I suspected fuel starvation, so tickled the lift pump, tighted all the hose clips and all was well. I ordered a new lift pump kit just to be sure. On...

Same type I have, but not Nielsen. Nielsen make garbage. If you buy lifting or compressing tools, don't cheap out.

Rubbish type on the left Excellent type on the right.

Bonnet catch fitted, tested and working its was time I fitted the heritage style pressed aluminum grill

Floor pans all bolted down with stainless steel dome head bolts, new seat belts installed along with the wing vents. New Wipac LED light kit and some 3d matt black defender decals. Bonnet fitted with galvanized hinges painted matt black with YRM...

Welcome back!

This is the best design only fixed to the rear crossmember and has a ball joint and rubber connector between the door and carrier so no weight on the door. When fitted correctly it also takes away the rear door rattle. Not cheap though, around £750.

Taking the advice of @Hicap phill the glow plugs were pulled out each pot and a good dose of oil squirted in. Then the glow plugs were back in and the engine spun over a few times to slosh the oil around. Each glow plug removed in turn and the...

I just thought before I did anything drastic I'd better just try just one last thing. I popped the top off one of the carbs and momentarily inserted a cocktail stick into the main jet hole. It was bone dry, save for a tiny bit of petrol right at...

Yes I think it's just heating and cooling and vibration over 13 years that's done it. Yes indeed, there's certainly been a lot of discussion on Landyzone about how stainless is not recommended for loadbearing bolts.

It's got those on the underside of the pipe at each silencer. I assumed they were there to stop the edges of the silencers catching on high ground. However, I've not scraped the exhaust on the ground in 13 years of ownership, so those Lode Lane...

I have a crack in my exhaust pipe. It's a stainless system I fitted at the end of 2012 so it's coming up to 13 years old. It's in the tail section, which is, fortunately, the bit of the old exhaust which is still intact. I jacked it up by the...

Fitted some genuine LR wiper arms along with some more modern Aero style blades. Black crystal LED headlamps from SP 4x4 installed with some Heritage Series 3 Aluminum headlamp surrounds. Made some stainless steel seat box and battery compartment...

It makes life easier, means you have a track rod end you can change in minuets compared to the drop arm joint removal. There tubes are heavy duty and worth the money. If you do get the kit make sure you check the steering arm a few times after...

Changed the door hinges over the weekend, now the doors won't close. 🤣

White would suit them well. To be honest the wheels condition is a bit disappointing being only a year old, the paint/powder coat is poor (****) He bought them for the tyres mainly, BFGs are rather expensive nowadays The wheels came from SP...

I thought I would put some new fixings to hold the roof down rather than use the originals. Makes it look a bit better in my opinion. I also gave one of the second row seat bases a clean and refinish using TRG vinyl dye. It is not cheap but...

Hi Folks, here’s one of my infrequent updates 😂. Got a few bits done but was interrupted by holidays, work and Ill health, but here they are… I cleaned, painted and refitted the vertical angles as per Wagon Loons side windows. Makes sense now...

More minor jobs. The steering box has been removed and given a good clean. It had a sticky residue of ATF but no apparent leaks so a good clean up and it will go back on. The drop arm ball joint rubber had split so a new ball joint was fitted...