What have you done to your Landie today.

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Put me grill back for now until I get it sanded and top coat of paint on:)
 

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I've been fiddling with mine trying to identify the source of the squeaky noise that started a few weeks ago. I crawled underneath and wobbled and jiggled everything. On jacking one wheel up and taking the handbrake off, spinning the propshaft produced a roughly similar noise - it seems to be the handbrake. Maybe it's just dirt and brake dust. It's not binding and spins freely by hand. So I shan't worry any more. The next question is what it's doing with its oil. It looked a bit low yesterday so I put a drop more in and now it seems too full. However, when I parked it in the position it was in last night as I topped it up, it just looks full rather than over-full. I shall check it again tomorrow and see what it's doing. Always something to puzzle over.

if you check the level when its just been ran, some oil will still be flowing down so it will show lower that it should
 
if you check the level when its just been ran, some oil will still be flowing down so it will show lower that it should

Yup, it takes about 15 minutes to stabilise in my case. Even so, it has the knack of hiding about half a litre of oil and then re-materialising it a day or two later. I suppose if it goes steadily one direction or other over a period of time I might have problems. So I'll keep an eye on it.
 
Yes, didn't think Id get the tub to line up again without it. Makes it a bit easier than trying to measure things up.
Yes, I wonder about all the clever people on here who hack pieces off a completely naked chassis and weld new pieces on and everything lines up perfectly. Surely someone must make a mistake with the measurements occasionally?
 
today I have mostly learnt the hard way that the electric seat switches on my '98 300tdi Disco contain lots of fiddly little parts!

Fortunately I decided to take the switch pack inside and sit at the desk to try and see if I could get it to work! Opened the casing and it all fell out - took me a while to fathom out just how it all goes!

Cleaned all the contacts inside, put it all back together again with a bit of trial and a lot of error and now I have fully working electric seats again! It was starting to get a bit awkward - I kept catching the switches and moving the seat, The problem then being that the switches only worked in one direction so I would eventually end up with the back of the seat really high and the front really low!

Oh... and booked him in for an MOT for tuesday.....fingers crossed!
 
Today i gave my Series 2 a wash :)

Not the second generation 1 but the 1971 series.

Getting him ready for his new owner tomorrow, such a heavy heart !!!!

Oooops, not knowing how to insert an image is hindering my experience !!!
 

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Fitted winch all on my own (still doesn't work) n fitted my gutter mount fit aerial in my lunch break n low n behold aerial sticks out at an angle! Now gotta get an adaptor or re fit it elsewhere
 
Today i gave my Series 2 a wash :)

Not the second generation 1 but the 1971 series.

Getting him ready for his new owner tomorrow, such a heavy heart !!!!

Oooops, not knowing how to insert an image is hindering my experience !!!

upload them to a Photobucket account and paste the link I've arrowed in the text box here

 
I'm still trying to identify why my 200 tdi is smoking. I have been told it could be the Turbo is warn and dripping oil into the engine or could be warn Valve guides. I always thought changing the valve guides required the Cylinder head removal but I have been told they can be changed without removing the head. Has anyone done this before?
 
Took off the transfer box sump plate and beat a nasty dink out of it so hopefully it won't leak....then spent the next 2 hours trying to get the exhaust downpipe off so I could weld it up before it fell off :mad: Ended up making up a new one :rolleyes:

Filthy, bad-tempered and heading for the shower
 
Me & Minty changed the sides on the 110 Now have windows in the back. Sides were tiger sealed onto the roof and didn't wanna let go. Heatgun, wedges, pry bars and brute force, to get it shifted.

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