Took it in for the MOT, failed on drivers seatbelt frayed and worn UJ. :( Still not bad considering it's been sat on various drives for 4 years.

Then I broke down on the way home. :mad: Luckily the nice RAC man bodged a fix for me. I thought it may have been alternator or starter related, turned out to be the ignition switch. So he made a fused connection direct from the battery to the coil. good enough to get me home.:)
 
Stoatie said:
Took it in for the MOT, failed on drivers seatbelt frayed and worn UJ. :( Still not bad considering it's been sat on various drives for 4 years.

Then I broke down on the way home. :mad: Luckily the nice RAC man bodged a fix for me. I thought it may have been alternator or starter related, turned out to be the ignition switch. So he made a fused connection direct from the battery to the coil. good enough to get me home.:)
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An ignition system with a coil, great, and normally reliable!!! - if you read a recent good Sunday Newspaper there is a story about an AA man who attended an early Landy in a field which would not start so noticing a selection of vegetables in the field he wired a potato to replace a capacitor and the car started! must have gone to the same school as me! only we used to put potatoes up the exhaust of the maths teachers car!!

So as a spare you should always carry a potato! The RAC would never have thought of that!!!!!!
 
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been chasing coolant leaks all week finally think i cracked it today after bleeding the system yesturday today replace those stupid hose clips on the T piece with decent hose clips then found the same stupid clip leaking on a hose on the thermostat as the coolant system is pressurising coolant is finding away out seems ok atthe moment tomorrow is the big test as it seems to leak out over night after iv parked up at the end of the day
 
Drove through central London for a meeting. 1 hour to get 9 miles. Glad I live in the sticks! & tapping engine at idle was driving me nuts.
 
biketeacherdave said:
get it pinned mate will solve all your troubles and aint londun great
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Decided to go for a full top hat block rebuild in the end. Always been paranoid about liners & the P38 is a keeper so worth the cost really.
Ps. £12 for 2hours parking. At least I missed the congestion charge by 50 meters.:rolleyes:
 
martynv8 said:
Decided to go for a full top hat block rebuild in the end. Always been paranoid about liners & the P38 is a keeper so worth the cost really.
Ps. £12 for 2hours parking. At least I missed the congestion charge by 50 meters.:rolleyes:
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bonus missing that then i live right on the outer limits and was badly effected by the lez had to buy a new van blah blah blah one day gonna move to the middle of no where with a big moat and machine gun towers
 
biketeacherdave said:
dont worry my wife says im rebuilding mine, i think she mite be right
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I'm bringing it back to show room condition then keeping it so literally everything inside is basically new or as new as i can get same with all wearing parts. Its due a full respray in a few months then it will be finished. So trust me the girlfreind has said many many times i should just buy a new one!:eek:
 
Littelwill said:
I'm bringing it back to show room condition then keeping it so literally everything inside is basically new or as new as i can get same with all wearing parts. Its due a full respray in a few months then it will be finished. So trust me the girlfreind has said many many times i should just buy a new one!:eek:
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im sort of doing the same with mine new headliner going in once the weather warms up want to keep it standard well its a vogue so its got everything and my paints pretty dam good especially after i took the rotary polisher to it, am thinking about having the n/s rear quarter redone its been touched up before will see how far im prepared togo cruise control to sort before my trip to north wales in may
 
Littelwill said:
I did my headlining a few months ago and boy what a difference!! Youll be glad you did it trust me!
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Decided I couldn't be bothered to do my headlining, it now has a nice quilted effect with plastic studs holding it up at intervals. I use it as an example to others of Land Rover quality:rolleyes:
 
Mines hanging down spray glue didnt work for previous owners think itl be going the staple route
 
:eek::eek: Come on you lot! It honestly takes about 3hours and it looks like new!! cost me about £75 all in plus 3hours of my life!
 
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