Jamespepperpot
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Mainlander
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Removed the Vosges steering guard which previous owner fitted and had pierced the steering damper, then replaced the damper with a new terrafirma one. Replaced the plastic covering the speedo dials as mine was cracked for some reason, fitted a new reversing lamp on the roof rack and replaced all the rusty bolts and screws in the front and rear lights
Mainlander
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Vosges?!?? Bodged*
flat
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Have now painted the rear chassis upto the mounting points for the rear trailing arms. Had a good poke around the front, and i thought the rear was a pain to brush paint. The front is going to be a ball ache. Still its all getting covered in dinitrol after so will be able to get the bits i cant reach with the brush, with the spray.
Quite hard work but i am hoping i will then just be able to spray underbody sealant on it every few years or so, and make the chassis last well. No further rust found. Which pleases me!
My poking around revealed that I have a recon gearbox and xfer box on the vehicle, fitted 2003.
Quite hard work but i am hoping i will then just be able to spray underbody sealant on it every few years or so, and make the chassis last well. No further rust found. Which pleases me!
My poking around revealed that I have a recon gearbox and xfer box on the vehicle, fitted 2003.
Giantswood
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Failed to get it started despite using all the prescribed swear words !
rangy35
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peters4891
New Member
Found a nice new rusty crack in footwell. Now off to change the spring on drivers door mechanism and try to forget the new crack...
metallicachick86
New Member
Picked my disco up tonight again. It was the new thrust bearing. It had collapsed. Which is why it looked like the arm had disconnected. All sorted now and back on the road.
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
how soon will it be roadworthy fanny???
mikescuba
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Booked mine in to get a new windscreen and get the thermostat housing bolts drilled out and re-taped. Changing the thermostat to an 88 degree one in the hope that it might be a bit warmer for next winter. I will also clean out the heater matrix when the weather gets warmer.
Goes in on the 29th May.
Goes in on the 29th May.
waldershelf
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Repaired my fog light switch, just a case of stripping it and cleaning the contacts.
Then I set about replacing the lock in my fuel cap. I had a look at busters guide but it doesn't go as far as the lock, a search on here and google didn't help, most people saying it's not possible but I like a challenge. If you follow busters guide to dismantle the cap, once you get to the lock itself there is no way to release it from its housing however if you put a screwdriver between the little plate on the end of the lock barrel, the one that moves the locking bar, and prize it out the end will break off the old lock barrel allowing it to come out of the housing. then its just a case of removing the broken bits and reassembling the cap with a new lock. The only hard bit is being brave enough to break the existing barrel.
Then I set about replacing the lock in my fuel cap. I had a look at busters guide but it doesn't go as far as the lock, a search on here and google didn't help, most people saying it's not possible but I like a challenge. If you follow busters guide to dismantle the cap, once you get to the lock itself there is no way to release it from its housing however if you put a screwdriver between the little plate on the end of the lock barrel, the one that moves the locking bar, and prize it out the end will break off the old lock barrel allowing it to come out of the housing. then its just a case of removing the broken bits and reassembling the cap with a new lock. The only hard bit is being brave enough to break the existing barrel.
