Not today but over the past few weeks, I have done rear body mounts, rear shuts, rear tubs patched and the boot floor, repaired the front foot wells, new inner wing, chassis repair, chassis and underneath wire wheeled and treated with deox. Annnnnnnnnd breath, Chassis under sealed, got a HD bumper, started fitting bearmach poly bushes, all leaks fixed, head liner stripped ready for new material, and starting to respray the out side and refit. Busy month, neglected pictures but took few today need to upload the rest bit of a bin at the moment.

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hopefully sorted my fueling problem on the old 90 bloody great lump of ali swarf in the inlet pipe to lecy pump :( :doh:
 
removed the spare from the bonnet and put it on me noo swingaway wheel carrier.

Also swapped the old knackered ally bonnet, for me noo GRP one. Nice simple job ya thinking? Lift old bonnet off drop noo one in and jobs a good un. ERRRMM NOOO!!!!!

cos me GRP bonnet is off a series and had series hinges. soo swap hinges over simples yes? NOPE cos the hole pattern is different, :mad: So drill noo holes for defender hinges and swap hinges over. and fit bonnet. NOPE :mad: :mad:

Cos the catch pin is fatter on a series. :doh: So swap pins over and adjust length simples? Yep, except the one on the GRP bonnet was rusted solid. Lots of releasing spray and gentle back and forth fettling to get it off, without ripping the mounting off the bonnet. But finally managed it. All that's left is to swap the bonnet stay over. Simples??? Nope cos the angle it sat at meant it hit the Rad bracket so Pipe bender out and a dogleg bent into it top & bottomm to get it to fit. And so a 2 minute job, turned into a 2 hr job :mad: Landrovers WHY THE FOOK do we bother.. :confused:

Noo Bonnet
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Realigned Bonnet stay.
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Using it to take me tools over to work to take apart my bosses car... head gasket blew so we are gonna break it for spare... anyone want some peugeot seats??? ;) :D
 
hello everyone

i am a new member to this site and am unsure how to use it
i have a range rover p38 4.0litre petrol every thing seems fine but it goes through allot of water i have to fill it up every 2or3 but i have no cream in the oil or on the dipstick and it doesn't over heat i have had the water pump checked and was told its fine so was just wondering what the problem was.


cheers dohan10
 
hello everyone

i am a new member to this site and am unsure how to use it
i have a range rover p38 4.0litre petrol every thing seems fine but it goes through allot of water i have to fill it up every 2or3 but i have no cream in the oil or on the dipstick and it doesn't over heat i have had the water pump checked and was told its fine so was just wondering what the problem was.


cheers dohan10

Any white smoke or you have a leak and you need to click on the bit that says introduce your self , then goes to range rover and we wil sort you out !
 
Just done re-torque on the wheels and hub nuts after it sat over night. New discs and pads fitted.
Also found a new rubber band for the bonnet stay :D
 
Fitted new water pump, thermostat, top and bottom hose, bypass hose, header tank and cap, recon radiator, fresh antifreeze and oil and air filter and fresh oil.
All ready for the winter.
 

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