I’ve stopped counting the leaks on mine!Came out the house noticed another oil leak, drove it into the garage and locked the door...maybe forever
You do know that when it stops leaking, its time for a top up? Land Rover kindly gives an external visual of oil levels........Came out the house noticed another oil leak, drove it into the garage and locked the door...maybe forever
Hicap phill
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What other car gives you an excuse to go into the garage(& hide for peace & quiet sometimes)?Came out the house noticed another oil leak, drove it into the garage and locked the door...maybe forever
Just put a black carpet under it so you can’t see the leaks
moremuckmush
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Rest assured there are plenty in the same boat ... part of landy ownership , factory Yorkshire pudd'n tin oil catchment trays should be fitted as standardCame out the house noticed another oil leak, drove it into the garage and locked the door...maybe forever
Finished repairing the doors, refitted the door cards - took forever to get the sodding things to shut properly.
Fitted the rear door threshold strip and rubber seal.
Fitted one of the replacement felt sliders in the side windows- what a faff.
Fitted load space mat and floor mats, plus started the soundproofing.
Knackered - drinking Gin and watching the sunset over my shrinking bank balance….
Fitted the rear door threshold strip and rubber seal.
Fitted one of the replacement felt sliders in the side windows- what a faff.
Fitted load space mat and floor mats, plus started the soundproofing.
Knackered - drinking Gin and watching the sunset over my shrinking bank balance….
Kimbo 110
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I opened the garage and sorted the defender. I'm going to say it.... at 19:22 it was oil leak free, even risked no cover on the drive ! I know every one calm down . Let me enjoy the night it might change in the morning. I also have two side doors which my brother has sorted for me!
at 19:22 it was oil leak free, even risked no cover on the drive ! I know every one calm down . Let me enjoy the night it might change in the morning. I also have two side doors which my brother has sorted for me! Attachments
Hicap phill
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The cheap Chinese versions work well. There are a few in the forum that use them & there are some write ups
Punto443
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It came with a eberspacher d1, that just needed a service, but it only has a off/on and thermostat, problem is, a timer costs the same as 2x Chinese ones!
Just don't know about leaving one running while asleep in it
Hicap phill
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I use the thermostat. But normally switch mine off on a night so the battery don’t go flat.(fitted to the horse lorry)It came with a eberspacher d1, that just needed a service, but it only has a off/on and thermostat, problem is, a timer costs the same as 2x Chinese ones!
Just don't know about leaving one running while asleep in it
Dr Strangeglove
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Well yesterday a friend of mine came over and I assisted him changing the P gasket, core plug, water pump, thermostat, timing belt and radiator. The radiator was goosed but you would not know how much until you put a screw driver into the vanes.
All went well until we realised the lower hose I had purchased was not the same as what had come off. It had to come off and the original refitted - thankfully it seemed in good condition. We got the cowl and fan back on then filled the system with coolant. As we were finishing filling up we noticed coolant leaking out. We could not figure out where it was coming from as it looked to be from the alternator! We looked and looked but couldn't figure out where it was coming from.
B******s, top hose, fan and cowl off and we were trying to see where the leak was from. Not from the water pump and not from the P gasket. WTF! Feeling around the joints and screws the there it was - after all the messing around with the bottom hose, I had not tightened the jubilee clip to the water pump - what a c**t! At least it was not a joint.
Lost about 2lts of coolant and an hour in time, but jobs done now.
Note to self - when ordering anything for the 300tdi, some things are are specific to disco or defender! And stop being a c**t!!!
All went well until we realised the lower hose I had purchased was not the same as what had come off. It had to come off and the original refitted - thankfully it seemed in good condition. We got the cowl and fan back on then filled the system with coolant. As we were finishing filling up we noticed coolant leaking out. We could not figure out where it was coming from as it looked to be from the alternator! We looked and looked but couldn't figure out where it was coming from.
B******s, top hose, fan and cowl off and we were trying to see where the leak was from. Not from the water pump and not from the P gasket. WTF! Feeling around the joints and screws the there it was - after all the messing around with the bottom hose, I had not tightened the jubilee clip to the water pump - what a c**t! At least it was not a joint.
Lost about 2lts of coolant and an hour in time, but jobs done now.
Note to self - when ordering anything for the 300tdi, some things are are specific to disco or defender! And stop being a c**t!!!
Dr Strangeglove
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State of the radiator and the vanes/dust that came out.
Defender90 ged
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Uragasuido
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Fitted replacement instrument cluster, painted the rear bay and put down some sound deadening. Debating whether to paint front interior fire engine red as well. Probably add about 30bhp if I do.
Does the sound deadening make much difference?
v8250
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considered swapping new calipers / pads / flexi's in the front ('86 Ninety) but its ~30* outside and I cba....
maybe I'll get brave innabit..
Rich.
You being lazy arse. It's been 30degsC and a bit in the garden today. Number two nephew and I had loaded and barrowed 3tonnes of clay, rock, brick and concrete crud into the 6yard skip by 11.05 this morning. Then shifted and skipped an old shed...had a fine lunch...then back to work skipping 14x barrow loads of dead vegetation. Then shifted and cleaned ~22 stored Siberian larch sleepers...
Here, slight problem...they'd been stored under sheets of dpm and rats had decided to use the wood as a **** pots and the off the ground area for turding. Now my sleepers are heavily stained. Think I'll need to builders acid to remove the rat **** stains...
30degsC...
Zed.
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guilty as charged
theres lovely for you
the
makes ALL the difference
30degsC...
yup, much hotness (I gave up on that when I left my Weldist's job in the local steelworks (HOTmill, Caster & furnaces
)also, it don't usually get above 10* in South Wales
Rich. (Lazy git
)ps.
new front calipers / pads / flexi's and master cylinder (genuine LR) going on
