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What took the most time, was my cheapo Chinese Bestarc plasma cutter doesnt work. Put it away in the summer last year, and it wont turn on now.... Had to cut everything with a 4 inch grinder.

It's time consuming work to do these repairs; cutting, making the new metal piece to fit, preparing the area for welding and finally weld it properly. I'd say It's something like 3 hours per patch minimum.

One bit done, plenty to go....welded in some 2.5mm plate. only had a can of black hammerite available, so thats what it got.

As its a bank holiday weekend, I decided to do some work for myself, rather than for everyone else...... Started to remove the watts linkage, and two of the bolts were pretty tough to remove. Used a bit of heat to take one nut off, but the n/s...

Repaired the right side sill, found some soft spots last weekend. Cut a larger piece out under the front door and cleaned the inside of the sill from front to back with pressurized air and vacuum. Lot's of sand and dust which of course keeps the...

New Monroe shocks just arrived from Paddocks. Good enough to pass an MOT as mine are original, and are very rusted. Suppose I've got to get off my backside and fit them now.... Still, another bit knocked off the very long list. Might tackle the...

This is also helpful @Stance - It reminds me to anchor cargo nets in layers to the structure to keep the contents in place. In Germany, one of my pass throughs, the police issue on the spot fines for poor loading internally. I recall seeing an...

I have converted my 5dr to a van and it's so practical for hauling large dogs of course but all kinds of stuff. The floor will handle heavy stuff. If you think about how much the rear seat and 2 or 3 persons + their stuff in the rear compartment...

IRD oil change.

While waiting for the parts for the job made spacers for the front crossmember. I have longer shocks and mild lift so in theory the propshaft could hit the crossmember. The block of steel was practically free of charge, just needed 2 hours of...

I've got the oem storage boxes on both sides, handy also but your solution is better for wet boots etc.

Installed my Flatdog boot shelf to keep random bits and pieces from being in the way of the main load space. Matte bonnet decal to reduce summer glare, with nice logo detail. Dixon Fabrication rock sliders fitted. Don't need them, but they look...

The pressure release vaalve bolt check is a good one, and yup, I was going to do that one as if not I'd have to go throught the whole rigmarole of removing the sump again. Not seen the oil pick-up O ring change, but that too makes sense. Just...

No, I had neither the time nor the facilities, (nor the good secondhand autobox to replac it with) so I put it out to a local indy. He did it just before we left for Frogland. Have to confess, I am being lazy, I could just crawl under and have...

I've been reading about the topic and watched couple of youtube videos, these were mentioned: - Pressure release valve bolt check, put back with thread lock - Oil pickup o-ring change Don't know how important these would be though.

Seriously...are you planning to do other task beside the oil pump bolt when the sump is off?

I assume you changed the gearbox and didn't weld that cross member in place? 😄

Having just got all the bits to do the exact same job, and some advice about resealing the sump one I get it off, now you come along with this. :rolleyes: I had the gerbox changed 4 months ago, PLEASE tell me that this means the cross member...

Decided that I need to check the oil pump sprocket bolt on my 2000 TD5. First job was to remove the front crossmember. Air chisel, breaker bar and 2 hours of fighting with rusty bolts and it's done. Knocked the captive nuts off with air chisel so...