Recent content by the bandy forester
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well, it was the black pump!!
tested the fuel filter and it was diesel at the business end!
looks like it'll keep me occupied for a while
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hi folks
beating my merry way home tonight and suddenly my 110 300tdi strts running like a bag of hammers and chucking smoke out of the exhaust - it's just managing to idle - feels like its missing a cylinder. naturaly i pulled over and checked the oil - it's not lookng like the cylinder head...
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got annoyed with a clever leak that dribbled onto my seatbelt...
used rtf in the end... all dry!:D
might splash out and get some silicone from 'ardware shop to seal the roof leak and the draught coming from the deepest recessess of the instrment panel...
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tried britpart, but been let down by lack of any discernable quality. so don't use them anymore...
been known to renage on above statement when times is hard :)
like previous posters, depends on the job... wouldn't be wanting to install britpart valves in the engine for example (if they...
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oh, do you sleep IN your landrover...
thank the green oval, thought you were asking if anyone had slept WITH your landrover...
what a gentleman does in his own garage is his own business, sir!!
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got a big box o' bits to repair me rear n/side drive shaft... 'twas like chrimbo:)
if it goes tong, i'll be on here ranting!:mad:
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after much procrastination i have just done the dreaded p gasket repair!!
and, do you know, didn't hurt that much. :)
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hmm it clearly isn't the thing i'm thinking it is..
so is it a case of getting the waterpump off???
[i've been topping the coolant off for years, it's doing me head in now!]
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yep, i'd have to agree - there's some smashing discos out there and will do you better than a freelander. the thing about freelanders is that they are classed by land rover themselves as an 'entry level' 4x4 - if you are seriously going to be travleeing green lanes, a freelander just won't be up...
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hi all
got a coolant leak on me n plate 300tdi defender: been advised it's the 'p gasket' - which is shaped like a 'P' :doh:. having had a look on e-bay, there's a fair few of them about - but they dont look anything like i thought they would on mine, i assumed the p gasket was the one that...
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rotflmao!! whatta a mistaka to makea
giving me a hand [with a] job.
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wotcher from the arctic tundra of lancashire - i'm still on my first landy (defender 110 h/t) courtesy of the forestry commission.
welcome to the world of real driving (oh, probably best to get some spanners and a hayne's book of lies!!!)
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I've had my 110 hard top for getting on six years and unsurprisingly, I've been bitten by my pride and joy a fair few times. most recently i changed me glowplugs (well timed too, given the 2 inch of snow outside) - and managed to get stabbed by a box spanner lying on the wing! me mate was giving...
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ta guys - i reckon the fishing pole / gaffer tape solution's workable - i did consider a broom handle, but the flags a bit of a whopper. i'll bung a few pix on when it's done!
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this is a common feature of the landrover marque! my indoor pool's feed is specailly designed to drip right over the accelerator pedal, which ensures a nice wet right foot. i've greased my seals over the entry point and it sems to have stopped it for the mo