Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
How much of a bargain?
disco dickie
Active Member
Looked for my ignition key for two hours solid.....found it, middle of the floor in my boys room....don't know if it were me or him that put it there.
Marmaduke
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Great, you can come and do my rear passenger one for meReplaced the drivers door lock spring what a fkn pain in the ar$e job for a 40p spring
Great, you can come and do my rear passenger one for me
Ive got a full set of spare doors to do il be able to do them blind folded soon
1988smithy
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Used it to take the wrong rear brake discs for the bmw back to eurocarparts
Thank god I've got a landy to rely on when the Beemers laid up
Thank god I've got a landy to rely on when the Beemers laid up
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
Isn't that what air conditioning is for?
1988smithy
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Towed the van to Kidderminster, can't upload pic tho
Shimsteriom
Master Procrastinator
Bought it a new set of front shocks and springs.
Nothing special, just standard ones.
Nothing special, just standard ones.
RogerStenning
Active Member
Did an oil chance on my D2TD5, to find that the diesel filter supplied was the wrong one. Oops. Craddocks are getting a call when I get back from France. Then I found that the oil filter (the normal one, not the centrifugal one) was stuck on so tight by the garage who serviced is last, that I couldn't get the damn thing off. SO, they're also getting a call when I get back from France. The only things that went right in the oil change were the oil change, the air filter change, and the centrifugal filter change.
Also, I tried using a suction oil extractor for this oil change; previous oil/filter changes have been highly messy. I can recommend highly the Draper 77057 Manual and Pneumatic Oil Extractor. Amazing bit of kit. With warm oil, and a fair amount of pumping, this tool hauled out eight or so litres of oil (OK, it was a leeeeetle overfilled) with little trouble at all (just a fair amount of pumping, was all). No mess, no fuss, job done. I'm impressed.
Oy.
Also, I tried using a suction oil extractor for this oil change; previous oil/filter changes have been highly messy. I can recommend highly the Draper 77057 Manual and Pneumatic Oil Extractor. Amazing bit of kit. With warm oil, and a fair amount of pumping, this tool hauled out eight or so litres of oil (OK, it was a leeeeetle overfilled) with little trouble at all (just a fair amount of pumping, was all). No mess, no fuss, job done. I'm impressed.
Oy.
1988smithy
Well-Known Member
Go easy on the garage about the oil filter. I did 3 services on my D2 Td5 while I owned it, never overtightened an oil filter and they were always right bastards to get off. My defender was the same. They're that close to the turbo and head they just get heat cycled to buggery. In my experience, it's just a td5 thing!
RogerStenning
Active Member
I know they get tight, but this one is like it's been welded in place; that's never happened when I or a mate have done filter can changes on either my old Siii 109", or the current D2TD5. Hell, I couldn't even get it to shift with locking can grips (like a mole grip for oil filters). It got to the point where I was concerned that the filter outer body would part company from the ring, and that, as they say, would have been that. With two days to go before I take the wagon over to France for a week, it's not a risk I was willing to make.
1988smithy
Well-Known Member
Was like that on my defender. Ended up hammering a screwdriver thru it and bastardising it off. Defo a job for a quiet weekend then
RogerStenning
Active Member
Was like that on my defender. Ended up hammering a screwdriver thru it and bastardising it off. Defo a job for a quiet weekend then
Maybe. I might even call a mobile mech I've used in the past, see if he can shift the damn thing. We'll see. I'll have another look at it when I get back next weekend.
brianconwy
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One thing I like with the Land Rover genuine filter is that you can use this type of spanner which makes it easier.
RogerStenning
Active Member
Yup. I got a genuine LR filter kit (well, aside from them sending the wrong fuel filter, dammit), but the oil filter the garage fitted last time wasn't an LR part, and that's half the problem, I suspect.
Thankfully, I'm on three weeks leave from work, so I'll have a fortnight to sort this out when I get back from France next weekend. And yeah, I have one of those spanners too, although mine has a rubberised grip
Finally got my drivers door card back on, what a bloody job that was
Plastic fixings/ screws missing , speaker missing screws, all replaced as required
Hopefully door panel won’t squeak anymore
One thing I found very helpful was using small cable ties to hold the handles cable into the holder , as that then allowed me to reconnect the electrics for
Speaker
Tweeter
4 x window master switch
One touch window control
Rear window master child lock switch
Exterior mirror connector
Bottom door puddle light
Impact sensor wire
Window regulator motor wire
Plastic fixings/ screws missing , speaker missing screws, all replaced as required
Hopefully door panel won’t squeak anymore
One thing I found very helpful was using small cable ties to hold the handles cable into the holder , as that then allowed me to reconnect the electrics for
Speaker
Tweeter
4 x window master switch
One touch window control
Rear window master child lock switch
Exterior mirror connector
Bottom door puddle light
Impact sensor wire
Window regulator motor wire
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Guilty of getting some extra bits for proposed works in the pipeline , lol, inc at last some decent terminal pin extractor tools
To install when I can
Example pic of the Bottom switch panel , already bought dual battery volts gauge , inside temp monitor gauge
Obd2 data computer
Tyre monitor system
To install when I can
Example pic of the Bottom switch panel , already bought dual battery volts gauge , inside temp monitor gauge
Obd2 data computer
Tyre monitor system
