johnlad
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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.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
Recon steering box now on order.
frog hopper
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I like that, good shout, will see what happens after I fit the recon box.
v8250
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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...?
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...?
Jonmlb748
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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 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
frog hopper
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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.
jamesmartin
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tie barReplaced 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.
frog hopper
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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.
jamesmartin
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they normally arent problem bolts,unluckyThats the fella.
frog hopper
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No worries really mate, the ones I was worried about were the 4 through the chassis, but they came out as sweet as a nut, so all in all happy so far.
jamesmartin
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they are in blind cast holes so no issue,normally its the outer nut ,tjhe other 2 bolts are usually protected by oil leaks
frog hopper
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The outer nut came free OK, but being a nylock I was looking to replace it anyway, just don't have one in stock.
jamesmartin
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if it looks a fine thread its 1/2 unf
Lief Zpring
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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?
v8250
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Buy a large angled funnel and some funnel filters. Decant from Jerrycan with stage.1 filter into 2ltr lemonade/coke bottles, then stage.2 filter via funnel into new fuel tank. You'll catch 99.9% of old tank and Jerrycan crud not going into the new tank
neilly
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Bought a job lot of Landy bits on eBay, much to Mrs K’s annoyance.
How did it go?
Chassis
Bulkhead
Engine
Transmission
Axles
Seats
Roof
Doors
Body
Strangely my dear it it like another Landrover........
Cheers
