What have you done to your Landie today.

Pikey · Jul 15, 2011

Langers said:
Started fitting my Terrafirma +2" lift kit.
Spent three hours on it after work this evening (just come inside now), and only managed to get one corner done :doh:

Was fun though, no spring compressor to hand, so used a couple of ratchet straps Redneck for the win

Jack under Chassis until wheel is well off floor support with and axle stand on chassis not axle.. and stick a bottle jack between axle and body and jack axle downwards spring will fit straight in..

Langers · Jul 15, 2011

redhand said:
Jack under Chassis until wheel is well off floor support with and axle stand on chassis not axle.. and stick a bottle jack between axle and body and jack axle downwards spring will fit straight in..

Had a jack under the chassis but it didn't go high enough to lift the wheels off the ground... already had jack on top of some blocks, but didn't want to pile them up too high

Might give that method a go tomorrow though, if I can find a steady base for the jack. Would probably save me some time. And some fingers.

Fur Trapper · Jul 15, 2011

Langers said:
Had a jack under the chassis but it didn't go high enough to lift the wheels off the ground... already had jack on top of some blocks, but didn't want to pile them up too high

Might give that method a go tomorrow though, if I can find a steady base for the jack. Would probably save me some time. And some fingers.

Take the tyres off then :doh::doh::doh:

The Mad Hat Man · Jul 15, 2011

jack up the axle, axle stands under the chassis, remove wheels and then lower axle. One side at a time.

Langers · Jul 15, 2011

The Mad Hat Man said:
jack up the axle, axle stands under the chassis, remove wheels and then lower axle. One side at a time.

Ta, yeah, that's pretty much what I did, except I had axle stands under axles and jack under chassis.

john winsemius said:
Take the tyres off then :doh::doh::doh:

What are you on about?

The Mad Hat Man · Jul 15, 2011

i fink he meant wheels

Mseries3 · Jul 15, 2011

My Hi-Lift was my best friend when i changed my suspension

Fur Trapper · Jul 15, 2011

Langers said:
Ta, yeah, that's pretty much what I did, except I had axle stands under axles and jack under chassis.

What are you on about?

Put jack stands on the frame and let your axles hang :doh:

Langers · Jul 15, 2011

john winsemius said:
Put jack stands on the frame and let your axles hang :doh:

Thanks for pointing out the obvious, yes, I did realise I would have to take the wheels off in order to change the suspension :doh:

Trewey · Jul 15, 2011

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/how-replace-200-tdi-defender-front-shock-absorber-57044.html

Langers · Jul 15, 2011

Trewey said:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/how-replace-200-tdi-defender-front-shock-absorber-57044.html

Cheers Trewey, looks like an excellent guide. Didn't realise about the shock turrets though, hopefully mine will come out without breaking, as I don't have replacements. But judging by the state of the the other nuts and bolts I've removed today, I doubt it!

GasFiredDisco · Jul 15, 2011

Gave the wheels a wire brushing to clean them up and then gave them a few coats of cream hammerite. Forgot piccies :doh:, will get them tomorrow!

Mr-Tomcat · Jul 15, 2011

Spent the last few days welding up the rear floor of my Range Rover, I'm not good at it but I try, the O/S has been done, tomorrow I'll do the couple at the rear on the N/S.

timberjock · Jul 16, 2011

spent the morning painting wind screen hinges, door hinges, and a bit on the back door cause it was looking rubbish. The winter up here has been a bit hard on the old landy.

matthew2riches · Jul 16, 2011

Started chopping but then it rained and I ran out of slitting discs

Freediscoranger · Jul 16, 2011

Bought a new winch bumper and steering guard from billing! Fitting them tomorrow. Now all I need is to save the pennies for a winch !

Langers · Jul 16, 2011

Finished fitting the rear suspension, though it appears Terrafirma haven't included one of the lower shock mounting nuts :doh:

Have had to borrow one from the front suspension kit (they're the same size) but it means that the car will look like a hot rod and handle like a bag of ****e until I can get hold of another nut.

Either that, or I just fit the springs for now and wait until I can get hold of the nut in order to do the shocks :doh:

Hardly ideal!

Nomad Z · Jul 16, 2011

Repainted the bumper and door mirror arm-thingies black. Painted the ally treadplate on the wings black. Gave up trying to fix the horn when a major ****-down arrived. At least the paint was touch-dry by then.

S6Breaker · Jul 16, 2011

New timing case, belt, tensioners, gaskets, oil seals, 8 new push rods and a new rocker..........all in a days work lol

wrighty · Jul 16, 2011

Took out the shorted ignition switch from my series 3, managed to hot wire it to satisfy myself that nothing else could be causing the smoking, and then ordered some bits from ebay to fix it up.

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