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andy85 · Mar 21, 2019

JUKE179r said:
Looks good!
How much was the powder coating for all 4 wheels?

Cheers mate.
Was done by a very good friend who I’ve known a lot of years so he looked after me on price very well.

This week Iv been very busy,Iv fitted a new handbrake cable,extended my breathers,fixed my dull rear light,repaired some rot in the front inner wing and fitted a safari snorkel.Oh and changed both diff oils and fitted brass filler plugs.

Shimsteriom · Mar 23, 2019

Found out why the front passenger carpet was wet.
The water was coming in through a small screw hole beneath the cable entry.
Can't find the drain hole for the bottom of the A pillar though, anyone know it's location?

Water Ingress - Wet Front Passenger Carpet.jpg

BravoNovember · Mar 23, 2019

Started to replace the oil seals on the front drive shafts.

Actually I just spent half an hour standing and on a breaker bar trying to undo the hub nut. Hasn’t even been staked by whoever changed them last.

It’s having an evening of penetrating oil with a bag taped over it to stop the local cats p1ssing on it before I get the jack under the breaker bar tomorrow morning.

BravoNovember · Mar 24, 2019

Fecking hub nut, won’t budge... even had the breaker bent under the jack aaaaaaaah!

neilly · Mar 24, 2019

BravoNovember said:
Fecking hub nut, won’t budge... even had the breaker bent under the jack aaaaaaaah!

3/4 drive breaker bar???

Cheers

BravoNovember · Mar 24, 2019

neilly said:
3/4 drive breaker bar???

Cheers

Nope I’ve only got a 1/2” until I’ve got paid!
Reckon that would sort it?

neilly · Mar 24, 2019

BravoNovember said:
Nope I’ve only got a 1/2” until I’ve got paid!
Reckon that would sort it?

1/2 IMHO is a waste of time, See if you can find someone with a 3/4 who can lend you one.

How are you planning on tightening it?

Cheers

BravoNovember · Mar 24, 2019

neilly said:
1/2 IMHO is a waste of time, See if you can find someone with a 3/4 who can lend you one.

How are you planning on tightening it?

Cheers

Good call actually, is the bar itself thicker on a 3/4?

My tame mechanic friend runs a garage that fixes vans etc... he said if I tighten them up as far as I can and take it to his garage he’ll torque them up and stake them for free.

neilly · Mar 24, 2019

BravoNovember said:
Good call actually, is the bar itself thicker on a 3/4?

My tame mechanic friend runs a garage that fixes vans etc... he said if I tighten them up as far as I can and take it to his garage he’ll torque them up and stake them for free.

Yep, bar is a lot thicker on the ones I have. Plus it is longer.

Cheers

Shimsteriom · Mar 25, 2019

Ordered a new gearbox from Ashcrofts.

Saar · Mar 25, 2019

Installed a Boost Pin after removing the EDC.
How can people drive the Auto 300Tdi without it???

biketeacherdave · Mar 25, 2019

Replaced the ns front bearing/hub on the D3 my last job....

Marmaduke · Apr 11, 2019

Finally got around to starting a job I've been putting off for a few months

The boot floor....

resto_d1 · Apr 12, 2019

Stuck suspension and wheels on...

discodrivercumbria · Apr 12, 2019

driven it for first time today, new clutch etc in as bought spares or repair, with 11months 16days mot!

brianconwy · Apr 16, 2019

I have been trying to cure major leak at rear tailgate seal. I found this old post with a cure - https://discoweb.org/index.php?threads/wet-discovery.30294/
The piece of paper I tried pulled through with noi resistance and then when door realigned a bit it takes a lot of pressure to pull through and no waterfall with the hosepipe test.

Shimsteriom · Apr 17, 2019

Washed it

Millertime_9 · Apr 17, 2019

Washed and polished!!

(Despite being told that is sacrilege haha)

gstuart · Apr 18, 2019

Started messing around with the wiring for my new aux panels

Now able to at least sit at the table for a little before my back starts to burn like hell, progress I think ,

Got some other bits as well over the months , small display unit will go next to my T max control box, that provides live data and also can clear / read fault codes

Also found a half decent terminal extractor kit, I’ll be taking a lot of the dashboard apart to get everything wired in

Shimsteriom · Apr 20, 2019

Just realised that trying to adjust the wastegate threads after giving the engine a good run isn't a good idea...
It's slighty warm!

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