Me serpentine belt stopped squealing at last :D Only problem is the fooking belt tensioner stud stripped itself out of the casting. Lost power steering in a very tiny carpark :mad: it had only been screwed in about 6mm. so hopefully the rest of the thread will be ok. To make sure, I have smothered the stud threads in epoxy metal resin. and screwed it in as far as I could.

Watch this space :eek:
 
:( Took disco for MOT failed on rear axle brake pipe so can't really complain for a 15yr old vehicle only done 3 thou miles since last MOT.
 
Picked up the free replacement boss n steering wheel from mm4x4. Totally different boss to the insane wobbly one!

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Old had two dodgy grub screws on the join between two sections
 
Put the rear seats back in after removing them to transport a very nice sofa bed to sleep on at xmas when my partner and I get turfted out of our room coz family are coming to stay!:mad:
 
discogal said:
Put the rear seats back in after removing them to transport a very nice sofa bed to sleep on at xmas when my partner and I get turfted out of our room coz family are coming to stay!:mad:
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that aint fair is it.tell em to go stay in a b&b.cheeky buggers.:D
 
Fell out wea the 90,s electrics fur the third week running!:mad2:

Made one step forward and about twenty backwards........beer time!
 
got part way through doing one of me rear trailing arm bushes, had to take a break in the middle for a visit to A&E...
trailing arm, thumb and hammer, makes a pretty good guillotine, now got a lump of thumb held on with steristrip stitch things, came back n got the new bush in though, just ran out of light/will to refit the arm.
other side to do tomorrow, note to self, hit drift, not thumb...
not happy, wanted to at least finish one side today!!
 
timtheenchanteruk said:
got part way through doing one of me rear trailing arm bushes, had to take a break in the middle for a visit to A&E...
trailing arm, thumb and hammer, makes a pretty good guillotine, now got a lump of thumb held on with steristrip stitch things, came back n got the new bush in though, just ran out of light/will to refit the arm.
other side to do tomorrow, note to self, hit drift, not thumb...
not happy, wanted to at least finish one side today!!
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They're no good, those steristrips. I had those when I nearly lost the tip of my middle finger a few years ago. After a while they had to put real stitches in instead and it healed up. Get well soon!
 
I had a session today trying to get the drain plug out of my R380 gearbox. It doesn't have a 32 mm hex like everyone else's, but an odd shaped recess, which defies every implement I've got, even with a little grinding down to fit. On another forum it was suggested that it might be a 3/8" square but it certainly isn't. It must have been well and truly butchered before I got it. I entertained various thoughts like drilling and tapping a new hole in the gearbox (no, too much swarf will get in with the gears) or trying to weld a nut on (well, if it won't shift with a 1m breaker bar it'll shear off a dollop of weld), so it looks like I'll have to change the oil from the top hole instead. New toy time. I've ordered an oil sucker from Ebay. Whilst underneath I forced a bit of grease into the propshaft nipples front and rear, so that's a useful job done. I also attacked the interior to try and get instant gasket compound out of the upholstery. I accidentally squashed a tube of the stuff last week and it got everywhere. Having tried detergent and white spirit to no avail I used brake cleaner and it seemed to work quite well.
 
took it to ATS and watched the tyre fitter struggle to get the tyres off the 2 front Zu's. swapped they tyres off me steel rims onto the Zu's now got 10/11mm tread instead of 6/7mm also wheels rebalanced so hopefully bloody shake at 50 to 60mph will go now.

fitted a jate ring to front leg of of the defenders chassis ready for laning toimorrow.

picked up the NATO hitch I painted 5 days ago and had the fooking paint smear off all over me hands. Still wet after 5 days FFS :Cry: so had to clean it all off will try again with noo paint when it's warmer :(
 
redhand said:
Picked up the NATO hitch I painted 5 days ago and had the fooking paint smear off all over me hands. Still wet after 5 days FFS :Cry: so had to clean it all off will try again with noo paint when it's warmer :(
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yu need to get a pro to paint it, not an amateur ;)
 
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