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Thanks Wagon Loon - yep, when I was an apprentice fixing lorry brakes, truck owners didn’t like spending money. They would ask me to fit brake linings instead of buying complete shoes as it was a fraction of the price 😀. Didn't know that you could get linings for Landrovers until I found these...

After fitting the lever, I found the relay and rods, stripped and cleaned them. A going over with the wire wheel on the bench grinder, I primed and painted the relay with satin black. I checked the centre wear bush and it was in good condition. I had a new pivot pin, so after a good coat of...

With this initial success, I thought I would push it a bit and look at the handbrake lever and mechanism. I had a pick of three levers. Somehow I seem to have collected a trio of them, and none of them very pretty! I gave the best one a bit of a wire brush by hand but it needed more, so I moved...

Next up was fitting the gearbox onto the engine! couldn’t wait to get another big bit fitted 😀. Was a bit of a faff though, due to the weight and trying to do it myself…. After calling in the cavalry 2 hours later it was in, within 15 minutes 😂. I fitted two new gearbox mounts along with new...

Next up was to assemble everything back together and fit it to the transfer box. I made a gasket and used some sealer for the oil thrower. I cleaned the brake drum with thinners, abraded the brake surface and gave the outer a coat of paint. Coming together now 😀

After stripping the shoes off, I put them in the vice and chisled off the old friction material then sheared off the old rivets. Cleaned them up and gave it a light dusting of black paint to smarten them up a bit. I love the fact I have new old stock linings which are oem manufactured and...

When I stripped down the brakes, the adjuster was completely seized, so I ordered up a new one. It was a ‘county’ make which seemed to be decent quality and a good fit too. Just the same price as Britpart. I also stripped, cleaned and rebuilt the expander mechanism. What a faff that securing...

Moving on to the leaky oil seals, I stripped off the front output shaft drive flange and housing, cleaned it all up, replaced the seal, gasket and refitted with a new split pin. It was a doddle, so moving on to the handbrake drum, I removed the drum to be met with a gungy mess! 🙁 Time for some...

Decided to take the plunge and have a look at the gearbox over the weekend. First thing to do was strip out the slave cylinder and clutch release arm. With that, it became clear that the slave cylinder had been a slave cylinder too long! I could not believe the amount of gunge and corrosion...

Sounds like a fuel mixture which is far too lean when the choke is off. Have you set up the mixture when the engine is up to running temperature? If you don’t have access to a CO meter, then you can tune the mixture by ear, but you need to be sure that the carb is clean, the needle or jet is...

Don’t know if this is the same issue for sure, but downdraft Weber carbs on Ford v6’s used to suffer from similar problems. The main reason for this, is the carb base where it bolts through the spacer to the inlet manifold can deform when it gets hot. This causes the fuel mixture to lean out and...

I would use Lucas parts if you can, but there are good quality alternatives out there too if you cannot buy Lucas. Buy the best quality parts you can, but I find LR are overpriced for spares, so not necessarily my first choice. Lucas are OEM anyway in most cases, if they are available to you...

There are some tips I follow. Ensure you clean up the yokes internally with emery cloth and make sure the surfaces are free from burrs or rough edges. Check the yokes are straight and not deformed or twisted. Buy the best quality uj that you can afford. Clean out the circlip groove with a thin...

Cheers….5 years in….5 years to go…😂. Let’s hope not anyway. Plan is to get the gearbox in with new seals and gaskets and oils, then refurb the propshafts, fit them and probably back onto bodywork after that. Some light at the end of the tunnel now…

After a bit of blood and lots of swearing, I finally managed to get the engine in. Not an easy job on your own but got there. Nice to see that the spacers on the passengers mount have done the job and lifted the turbo above the chassis with decent clearance 😀. Been at least 7 years that there...

Fitted up the flywheel housing with a new gasket, along with the flywheel all cleaned up, the 9.5” diesel clutch and discovery pressure plate.

Not much to report this week, but I did another couple of jobs to get the engine ready to come off the stand and ready for the chassis. I cleaned up the flywheel housing which took an age then fitted a new OEM crankshaft seal. After that, daughter cleaned up the n/s engine mount, then blasted...

Love your attention to detail. I couldn’t leave a cracked weld either 😂.…….better check mine now, just in case 😄. Great work again 👏

Ah, that’s a brilliant tip. Mine is exactly the same as yours was. Will give that a shot when I come to that point……which is a while away yet 😂👍