well ive fixed the back axle :) new hub and seals bearings and new pads as they needed to be done ohhh yeah fitted some black chequer plate to the bonnet and doors and looking good ...
 
Dropped off my wheels at the local tyre place to have a set of 5 235/85/R16 Enduro Runway AT's fitted. Just hope I made the right decision on the tyres. Funds wont run to BFG's and I don't fancy remoulds, although I'm sure modern remoulds are fine, I have a very long memory and can remember the dreadful rubbish that used to be marketed by the remoulders.
 
Wire brushed the chassis at the back and painted the rear cross member with Hammerite paint..I'll be buying some goggles before i do anymore.Sunglasses are **** at keeping muck out your eyes.Who'd have guessed?
 
took it for mot........ FAIL....

two days of welding rear mounts and cross member, rear wheel arch, hole in chassis... and still a fail... mechanically fine, just one drag link to replace..

but 10 points for welding....:mad:

all mounts on both sills... thats six items but just inner sills to replace..

couple bits on boot floor where wheel arches meet floor..

and bottom of c post on o/s cos the wheel arch aint got nothin to attach to...

so its not as big a job as it looked when i picked up the fail sheet...

oh well another 2 days of welding and should be done...
 
nick2303 said:
took it for mot........ FAIL....

two days of welding rear mounts and cross member, rear wheel arch, hole in chassis... and still a fail... mechanically fine, just one drag link to replace..

but 10 points for welding....:mad:

all mounts on both sills... thats six items but just inner sills to replace..

couple bits on boot floor where wheel arches meet floor..

and bottom of c post on o/s cos the wheel arch aint got nothin to attach to...

so its not as big a job as it looked when i picked up the fail sheet...

oh well another 2 days of welding and should be done...
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you can do it nick think of next weekend lol
 
I did my impersonation of S71 and drove it forward 10 ft in the morning and then reversed it 10ft back in the afternoon.:eek::p
 
Changed front pads the other day cos there was nowt left on one side and found both calipers had a seized piston each.
Changed oil today, and whilst underneath undoing the sump plug I heard a hissing from one tyre, and when I checked the front prop (which I only changed about 3 months ago) for movement, the front UJ is on its way out! :doh:

Least I found out before it went this time tho!!
 
took it for it's first proper drive since dropping the 200tdi in, motorway speeds no problem,much better on fuel,a bit quieter,vast improvement on me 19j.
 
removed all the trim, carpets, seat belts, dicky seats, c post trim from the boot to see the extent of the rust... much worse than i thought, aint it always!

bought a new socket set, some grinding discs, some cuttin discs and attacked the rust...

made up some repair panels and welded em in..

forgot to get some curved snips while i was out so couldnt cut any more panels..

got 80% of the nearside done... off side is much worse though...
 
Removed, straightened and refitted the front roof bar, after I tried to go under a 6-foot clearance on the local car park. What a divvy. I think if I hadn't heard the roof bar hit I'd have lost me roof vents! :(
 
Sucessful : Started wiring up my front spots to my Raptor dash, (with wifes help!!!), wired in my turbo boost guage, and my radio aerial.

Unsucessful : Tried to remove the steering link, but don't seem to have enough play to slide it up the splines enough to remove it.

Wayne
 
Fitted my new 285x75x16 BF goodrich mud terrains on silver Modulars, my OME +2" shocks and springs and diff guards...........good day apart from shearing both rear shock mounts:doh:
 
Changed diff oils in the disco and stuck the off-road wheels on. Then changed the the trackrod on the rage rover, wouldve been nice if I didnt spend 2 hours with a pipe wrench trying to get ball joint off the old very corroded bar.. Sigh
 
Fitted a new drag link ball joint and both track rod ends, again with the use of Buster's guides :D Might need to do the drop arm ball joint as well, but that can wait ;)
 
Freediscoranger said:
Changed diff oils in the disco and stuck the off-road wheels on. Then changed the the trackrod on the rage rover, wouldve been nice if I didnt spend 2 hours with a pipe wrench trying to get ball joint off the old very corroded bar.. Sigh
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Ha, you were doing the same as us today then! Took half a can of WD-40, a big hammer, two pairs of mole grips and a bloody big vice to get the ball joints out of my steering rods. :rolleyes: Nice shiny new ones in now though :)

Freediscoranger said:
Just gotta get its MOT again next ready for university!
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Yup :eek: Gonna book it in for early next week, still gotta sort out niggly things like my intermittent rear fog lamp. Fingers crossed though :D
When you going up to Harpers?
 
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