What have you done on your 90/110/130 today?

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JimS said:
Rebuilt the seizing clutch pedal box, replaced the dodgy master cylinder with an LOF powermaster and spent today pressure washing the Defender (and demossing it). Tomorrow might get the polisher out see if the paint can be brought back a bit.
Nice to have a biting point smack in the middle and a softer pedal again
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Nice looking Defender you have ;)
 
frog hopper said:
How one thing leads to another, was in Lidl just before house arrest started and picked up a set of pry bars for not much money.
Today finally got round to re-tensioning the power steering belt in prep for when I'm allowed to leave the house again.
Still squeals when putting on any lock. Plenty of fluid, no adjustment left on allen bolt, jacked up front end and steering is notchy as hell when going from r/h lock to l/h, ok the other way. Backed off adjustment a bit, no change :mad::mad:
Recon steering box now on order.
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The squeal is probably wear on the pas pulley, had it on my 200tdi, change belt and fully adjusted but still squealing, a friend suggested wear on the pulley as it had done close to 200k miles, new pulley approx £15 sorted it.
 
johnlad said:
The squeal is probably wear on the pas pulley, had it on my 200tdi, change belt and fully adjusted but still squealing, a friend suggested wear on the pulley as it had done close to 200k miles, new pulley approx £15 sorted it.
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I like that, good shout, will see what happens after I fit the recon box.
 
This weekend finished the chassis RE primer with 2-3 good coats. It's a remarkably good glass mix primer and has very good adhesion, particularly with the 2nd and 3rd coats where it soaks in to the previous coats. Next weekend...2x coats of FX sand finish :)

In others news, jet washed main car and windows, front of house, garage door et al. Whilst enjoying this distraction from painting Landy chassis I rx'd a couple of messages from a good colleague/friend. He asked how the "Jeep..." rebuild was going...? o_O:mad::mad:
 
Made a gear lock out of stuff I had lying about and before anyone starts I’m well aware it won’t stop em with an angle grinder but all part of the slowing down process that hopefully would encourage em to bugger off elsewhere.
 

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Finished fitting allisport rad, intercooler, header & oil catch tank & all silicone hoses...
replaced the oil filter housing as my mate over tightened it replacing a hose a few months ago
gave it an oil change then took it for its mot.
Got an advisory for an oil leak what a shocker lol mileage now reads 52500 not bad for an old c reg :)
 
Replaced the tired steering box on Thursday, everything went well except I couldn't replace the (don't know the name) big bracket that has two bolts to the box and one nut to the bracket on the chassis. I really struggled to get the bolts undone and I damaged them enough to want to replace them. Now got to wait for factors to open to buy new so I can road test.:mad::mad:
 
frog hopper said:
Replaced the tired steering box on Thursday, everything went well except I couldn't replace the (don't know the name) big bracket that has two bolts to the box and one nut to the bracket on the chassis. I really struggled to get the bolts undone and I damaged them enough to want to replace them. Now got to wait for factors to open to buy new so I can road test.:mad::mad:
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tie bar
 
frog hopper said:
Thats the fella. :):) Had to get a nut splitter on the nuts to the steering box, no matter how many times I scrabble through my box of odd bolts I can't find suitable replacements. Classic case of should have bought bolts etc with the box. :mad::mad:
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they normally arent problem bolts,unlucky
 
Drained the fuel tank. It has finally given up the ghost. I few months ago I had a leak at the top of the sender unit seal which I fixed by tightening the locking ring. Then a few week ago it started leaking again. I assumed it was the same leak so only filled the tank half full. The Landy has sat for 6 or 7 weeks during the lockdown and yesterday I notice large patch of diesel on the road, under the tank. As a temporary measure I put a washing up bowl under the drip. This morning the bowl had collected 2" of diesel but there were further patches of diesel from other leaks that the bowl did not catch. Managed to siphon the tank the morning, 40 lts into 2 jerry cans and new tank ordered from Bearmach. Now I just need to clean the diesel out of my homebrew siphon tubes before the next batch is ready for bottling. Any ideas?
 
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